Xinhua News Agency, Tehran, December 27 (Reporter Xia Chen) According to a report by Iran’s National Television on the 27th, the number of dead climbers found in the mountains in northern Iran’s capital Tehran rose to 12.

  The report quoted Reza Zarei, chairman of the Iranian Mountaineering Federation, as saying that all the missing have been found and rescue work has come to an end.

  There has been heavy snowfall in northern Tehran, and avalanches occurred in some mountainous areas.

The Iranian Mountaineering Federation said on the 25th that some climbers fell to death due to ice and snow in northern Tehran, and many climbers were trapped in the snow.

The relevant Iranian rescue agency said on the 26th that the remains of six climbers were found in the snow in the mountains of northern Tehran.