The New York Times, in a report dated February 10, 1972, described how the week-long blizzard quite literally "dumped" snow on Iran, placing the number of missing people at around 6,000.

Forty years ago this week, the deadliest blizzard on record ripped through the lower Caucasus and into Iran, where it left 4,000 people dead. The Blizzard of 1972, as this hellish storm has come ...

According to the NWS, a blizzard is defined as sustained winds ... At least 4,000 people were killed when a series of blizzards crippled Iran for six days in February 1972, leaving people buried ...