Tehran, Nov 27, IRNA Two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan caused unprecedented devastation in the Philippines, over 3.2 million women and girls of reproductive age are still in need of urgent care and protection. As health infrastructures have been destroyed and security remains a concern, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has taken the lead in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) As international aid efforts gather pace in the Philippines, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) dispatched its first consignment of relief aid and a disaster assessment team to typhoon-stricken regions of the country on Tuesday. The Iranian disaster assessment team is led by the head of the Rescue and Relief Department of the ...

Tehran, Nov 18, IRNA Iranian head of Iran-Philippines parliamentary friendship group Nasrollah Pejmanfar extended a message of condolences to his Filipino counterpart Simeon Datumanong on the recent devastating typhoon which killed a large number of people. Pejmanfar, in his message, expressed sympathy with the people and government of the Philippines ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) As international aid efforts gather pace in the Philippines, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said it is ready to send a forty-ton consignment of relief aid and a disaster assessment team to typhoon-stricken regions of the country. The four-member IRCS assessment team, too, is waiting for visas and ready to be immediately dispatched ...

Tehran, Nov 16, IRNA Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday condoled with Philippine speakers of House of Representatives and Senate on loss of life of people in recent Typhoon Haiyan. In separate messages, Larijani voiced sympathy with the Philippine government and nation and the survivors of the incident which left thousands dead and nearly ...

Tehran, Nov 13, IRNA Irans Red Crescent Society (RCS) on Wednesday sympathized with the Philippines on Typhoon Haiyan and said it is ready to send humanitarian aid to the country as well as rescue teams and mobile hospital equipment. In a statement, RCS said its personnel were skilled both nationally and internationally, being capable of controlling ...

Tehran, Nov 12, IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a message on Tuesday to his Filipino counterpart Benigno Aquino, offered condolences over the devastating typhoon that killed and injured a large number of people. President Rouhani also expressed sympathy with the Filipino government and nation over the killer Typhoon Haiyan hit the central ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Philippines representative Libran Cabactulan discussed the situation after typhoon Haiyan hit the country and affected lives of over 9.5 million people. This said in a statement the press service of the United Nations. The Secretary General is very concerned by the aftermath of the typhoon ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Vietnam after bashing through the Philippines leaving an estimated 10,000 people dead in the central province of Leyte alone, and devastating over 9.5 million residents. The Vietnamese national weather forecast agency said the storm descended in northern province of Quang Ninh at around 5 am ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian Red Crescent Society official said Monday that Iran is ready to send an assessment team to the disaster areas in the Philippines in a bid to assess the humanitarian needs. The Iranian Red Crescent Society had already announced its readiness for dispatching humanitarian aids to the typhoon-stricken victims, and now ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham extended her condolences to the Filipino nation on the death of their beloved ones in the recent devastating typhoon. In her message of condolence on Saturday, Afkham hoped that the Filipinos would leave behind the current calamity, praying to God to bestow patience upon the families ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Red Cross said that more than 1,200 people are confirmed dead as Haiyan, one of the most powerful-ever tropical typhoons, blows through the Philippines. Local authorities earlier put the death toll at nearer 100. The Philippines Red Cross has announced that at least 1,000 could have been killed by Haiyan super typhoon in ...