IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani in a message expressed sympathy with the people of flood-stricken provinces of East and West Azarbaijan and Ardebil, assuring them that his government will stand alongside the affected people until the situation restores to normalcy.


The message reads the damaging flood and landslide in provinces of East and West Azarbaijan and Ardebil which killed and wounded dozens of loved fellow-countrymen saddened all Iranians including the officials.

Governors general of the affected provinces as well as the energy minister who are on a trip to the flood-hit areas to oversee relief operations in the regions have been present in the scene since the early hours of the incident alongside the other relevant institutes and armed forces.

“Once again, I ask all the institutes providing relief to mobilize all their facilities and incessantly try to extend aid to the injured and do their best to restore normalcy to the affected areas,” he said.

Necessary orders have earlier been issued to the ministers of health, treatment and medical education, road and urban development, energy as well as Red Crescent Organization and other relevant institutes to take immediate measures in this respect, the president said.