Malaysian Islamic Institutes representatives visit Khuzestan
IRNA – Representatives of the Malaysian Islamic Institutes arrived in Khuzestan province on Wednesday to see extent of the damages inflicted by…
Tag Archives: Iran floods
Iran floods: Rapid needs assessment by NRC
United Nations Iran – Since the middle of March 2019, intense rainfalls, storms and blizzards caused flooding in the Islamic Republic of…
Slovakia humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Iran arrives
Relief Web – Slovakian humanitarian aid to the Iranian flood-stricken people was delivered to the country Red Crescent Society on Sunday. The…
Iran starts reconstruction of schools in flood-hit areas
IRNA – The ground breaking ceremony of reconstruction of schools in flood-stricken areas in northern Iran started by Iranian Education Minister Mohammad…
Rouhani lauds IRCS efforts during recent floods
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appreciated hard work of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) personnel, especially during the recent floods in…
Iran Red Crescent receives China-Austria 2nd aid shipment
IRNA – The second humanitarian aid consignments of China and Austria were delivered to Iran’s flood-stricken people. The Chinese consignment consisted of…
Iranian teachers fill gap between state, society after floods
Al-Monitor | Mohammad Reza Niknejad: Although governments are responsible for dealing with natural disasters, individual and collective relief efforts by citizens cannot be…
Thailand donates $100,000 to flood victims in Iran
Relief Web – Thai deputy foreign minister on Monday extended his condolences over recent devastating floods in different provinces in the Islamic…
Iran floods further add to public mistrust of government organizations
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: This year, the Nowruz holidays in Iran were accompanied by unpleasant events. Heavy rainfall in the final days…
Iran’s flood-hit areas receive first batch of Chinese aid
MENAFN – On Friday, the first batch of emergency assistance materials from the Chinese government to Iran’s flood-hit areas delivered in capital…
Photos: Floods hit Aqqala again
ISNA | Amir Kholoosi: The town of Aqqala in northern province of Golestan witnessed its second flash floods since the start of…
Norway allocates cash aid to Iran flood victims: embassy
MNA – The Norwegian Embassy in Tehran said on Saturday that Norway has allocated over $700,000 to the relief operations to Iran’s…
FAO to see if ‘Certain States’ led locust attack on Iran
Iran Front Page – The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has dispatched a delegation to Iran to discover the possible…
Army official: No danger threatening Aqqala
FNA – A senior Army official in the Northern province of Golestan said that no danger is threatening the town of Aqqala…
UN Workshop on disaster loss and damage assessment will be held in Tehran
United Nations Iran – Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (ESCAP-APDIM) in Iran in cooperation with the…
VP: Iran to file lawsuit against US at Hague for prevention of humanitarian aid to flooded people
FNA – Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi underlined efforts to lodge a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…
Iranian minister rejects UNICEF report on flood-hit children out of school
Tasnim – Iranian Minister of Education Seyed Mohammad Bathaei vehemently rejected a recent report by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund…
Rouhani: Enemies’ plot to tell lies about drought in Iran
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that one of the enemies’ plots, especially the Zionist regime and the US, is…
Senior MP in Baghdad summit blasts US regional policies
MNA – Addressing a parliamentary meeting in Baghdad, senior Iranian lawmaker expressed gratitude for humanitarian aid Iraqis dispatched to flood-hit regions in…
Iran sets up trade vehicle with Turkey as Saudi, UAE send flood aid
Al-Monitor – Iran and Turkey have set up a special transaction channel in order to bypass US sanctions on Iran, according to…
Qatar sends humanitarian aid to flood victims in Iran
Tasnim – The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has sent consignments of humanitarian assistance to flood-stricken people in Iran, local reports said.…
Photos: President visiting flood-hit areas in west
President.ir – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in western province of Lorestan on Saturday to oversee the rescue-and-relief operations underway in the…
Gov. to pay for temporary housing of flood-hit families: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the government will pay for temporary housing of the people in flood-affected areas of the…
Nearly 300,000 flood victims housed in emergency shelters: Iranian official
Tasnim – Head of Iran’s Relief and Rescue Organization v said relief operations continue in flood-stricken provinces of the country and that…
Rouhani arrives in Lorestan prov. to visit flood-hit regions
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived at Khorramabad Airport this morning to visit flood-hit areas of Lorestan province. He is now…
President to visit flood-hit region in western province
IRNA – Iranian president will visit the western province of Lorestan on Saturday to closely examine the flood-stricken regions in the province.…
UNICEF’s aid for flood-hit areas arrives in Tehran
MNA – The first batch of UNICEF’s supplies from for flood-affected children across the country arrived in Tehran on Thursday night. In…
Iranian judiciary chief urges probe into deadly floods
Tasnim – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi said he has ordered the General Inspection Organization (GIO) to seriously probe into…
Iraqi people donations distributed in Iran’s flood-hit areas
IRNA – Part of Iraqi people’s donations for flood-stricken people of Iran’s Khuzestan province, was distributed among the resident of the town…
Iranian comedian in hot water over flood jokes
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The most famous face of Iranian comedy has courted controversy again by ridiculing the government’s efforts to help…
India extends relief assistance to flood victims in Iran
MNA – According to a press release by the Indian Embassy in Tehran, an Indian cargo plan carrying humanitarian assistance to the…
UAE, Saudi Arabia send aid to flood-stricken Iran
Middle East Monitor – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have organised aid packages to help those affected by floods…
Devastating floods further strain Iran’s creaking economy
Bourse and Bazaar – Iran’s economy was already creaking as two weeks of flooding devastated communities across the country, killing 76 people…
UNICEF opens bank accounts for donations from outside of Iran to help with the flood response
United Nations Iran – UN in Iran is pleased to inform you that both UNICEF Germany and UNICEF Switzerland have opened accounts for…
Iran’s flood reveals US anti-human nature: President
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Wednesday said that the recent flood in Iran revealed the ‘anti-human’ and ‘malicious’ nature of the…
Why Iranian authorities failed to minimize flood damage
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Poor crisis management in the aftermath of the recent floods in Iran has highlighted the weaknesses of management…
Govt. commences reconstruction of flood-stricken areas: Rouhani
MNA – “Reconstruction of flood-hit areas will be commenced as of today,” President Hassan Rouhani announced on cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “Under…
Italy sends humanitarian supplies to Iran’s flood victims
MNA – A humanitarian aid flight left from the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Tuesday carrying 40 tons of essential humanitarian…
Envoys of 10 int’l bodies visit flood-hit Ahvaz villages
IRNA – Representatives from ten international organizations visited flood-stricken villages of southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, a senior provincial official announced on…
Foreign humanitarian aid cargoes to arrive in Iran for flood-hit victims
MNA – Iranian Red Crescent Society announced on Tuesday that a large number of humanitarian aid cargoes from foreign countries are to arrive in Iran to…