US allows NGOs to send money to quake-hit Iran
By BBC The United States has said it will temporarily lift sanctions for US-based non-governmental organisations that want to send financial aid…
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Quake victims honoured in Iran’s football match
By Trend The victims of the earthquake in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province were honoured during a football match in Iran. On Friday,…
Swiss humanitarian aid workers arrive in Iran
By swissinfo.ch Swiss humanitarian aid workers arrived in Iran on Friday and made their first tour of the areas in the north west…
Armenia’s humanitarian relief will head to Iran
By Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am YEREVAN. – The Government of Armenia has adopted a decision to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of the devastating…
Iranian athletes dedicate Olympic medals to earthquake victims
By Iran Sport Press Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestlers Hamid Sourian and Ghasem Rezaei dedicated their gold medals at London Olympics to the victims…
Iranian charity and banker say US sanctions hurting patients
By Al Monitor As the Obama administration continues to weigh options for aiding earthquake victimsin Iran, an ever more complex web of US…
Ayatollah Khamenei Visits Iran’s Quake-Hit Areas
By Fars News Agency TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday paid a visit to…
Confusion over how to aid Iran quake victims
By New York Times The deadly double earthquakes in Iran over the weekend, the first natural disaster there since the United States imposed onerous…
Iran says ready to receive foreign aid for quake survivors
By Bloomberg Iran said it is ready to receive foreign aid to assist survivors of two earthquakes in the country’s northwest after earlier…
Iran raises quake death toll more than 300
By USA Today TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday’s twin earthquakes to at least 306, a…
Iranian hospitals struggle to cope after earthquakes leave 250 dead
By Telegraph Iranian hospitals were struggling to cope with thousands of wounded people yesterday in the aftermath of twin earthquakes that left…
Timeline: Major earthquakes in Iran
By Reuters (Reuters) – Here is a timeline of some of the major earthquakes in Iran in the past four decades: April 10, 1972…
Germany offers condolences, aid after Iran quakes
By Business Recorder BERLIN: Germany on Sunday offered condolences and aid to Iran after devastating earthquakes claimed the lives of at least…
Pakistan offers help to Iran after deadly earthquake
By Pakistan Today ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf while expressing grief and shock over the loss of…
Iran quake death toll hits 250, with over 2,000 injured, six villages leveled
By Fox News Northwestern Iran was struck Saturday by a series of major earthquakes and strong aftershocks, as state TV reported at…
Iran earthquakes kill 87 people in the northwest
By Reuters (Reuters) – Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Iran on Saturday, killing 87 people, injuring hundreds and scaring thousands into fleeing their homes as…
6.2 magnitude quake hits northwestern Iran
By Business Recorder TEHRAN: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck on Saturday near the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz,…