'Suspicious Deaths' of Birds Reported in Northwest Iran Islamic Republic of Iran News Network Television (IRINN) Wednesday, October 12, 2005 (Presenter) After a number of suspicious deaths of wild birds in Aras River, experts are asking if these deaths were caused by the spread of bird flu. (Unidentified man speaking to a correspondent) Let me correct one thing first: so far, bird flu has not been confirmed. However, the deaths that we had a few days ago in Aras River created a particular sensitivity and we immediately set out to take samples and to send the samples to several diagnostic...