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2019-07-23 12:24
Photo: Maryam Rezaei
Bakhtiari region
Located in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Koohrang city and adjacent villages is one the most beautiful regions of Iran with its intact nature. Most of its residents are from Bakhtiari tribe boasting ancient rich culture living as nomads in foothills and beside rivers. The nomads of this region are known for producing meat, dairy, wool and handicrafts. Bakhtiari tribe has several rituals for death anniversary, wedding ceremony. The region hosts different large rivers like Karoon and Zayandehroud, which create several forests and pastures in the region. However, the residents at the region face depravity due to impracticable and inappropriate roads to meet their needs in providing water and electricity.
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2019-07-23 12:03
Photo: Mehri Jamshidi
Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation provides financial stability in Charmahl and Bakhtiari province
Close to southwest Iran, in Charmahl and Bakhtiari province, almost 530 kilometers from the Iranian capital of Tehran, there are rich nature and culture around the rural remote landscapes of Chelgerd city, the center of Koohrang Country. Although the roaring Koohrang river – the source of Karoon and ZayandeRood rivers, two significant rivers of Iran – flows the ZardKooh mountain range, there are still devastating result of impracticable roads. Some residents struggle with the high cost of the living. The governmental organization – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation – is one of the organizations which provide support to these deprived regions to give the resident financial stability. Some of these supports include founding to enrich the farming and cattle breeding which is the main occupation of the Bakhtiari resident of Koohrang City.
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2019-07-22 20:20
Relief foundation providing houses to 6,500 underprivileged families
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has started providing residential units to 6,500 financially struggling families residing in deprived areas across the country, the foundation’s deputy director has announced.
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2019-06-23 19:11
Relief foundation plans to provide 200,000 jobs for the deprived
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation plans to create 200,000 jobs in order to facilitate income generation for the deprived, as soon as the required budget is provided, Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki, deputy director of the Foundation has said.
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2019-06-14 23:48
Relief foundation invests $155m in setting up solar plants nationwide
TEHRAN — Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has made an investment of 6.5 trillion rials (nearly $155 million) last year (March 2018-March 2019) in setting up solar plants for the underprivileged families under its assistance, the foundation’s director has said.
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2019-05-29 13:16
Relief foundation puts achievements of the self-employed on show
Financially struggling individuals under assistance of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, who are self-employed and have achieved financial independence showcased their products at an exhibition in Tehran.
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2019-05-28 22:20
Relief foundation creates over 1.5m jobs for the deprived in 7 years
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has generated over 1.5m job opportunities for those financially struggling since the past 7 years, Hojatollah Abdolmaleki, the Foundation’s deputy director has announced.
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2019-05-17 20:10
Indian Shias donate $715,000 to Iran’s flood victims
TEHRAN — Shia Muslims in India have made contributions of 30 billion rials (nearly $715,000) to help victims of recent floods in Iran, Mehr news agency reported on Friday.
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2019-04-29 21:12
Public donations to flood-hit victims amount to $34m
TEHRAN — People have donated some 1.43 trillion rials (nearly $34 million) to victims of the recent floods in Iran, IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
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2019-04-26 17:52
Photo: Mohammad Baghal Asghari
Relief foundation helps beekeeper gain financial stability
Ghazban Davoodi, is a beekeeper in Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, who has managed to stand on his feet by taking low-interest loans from Imam Khomeini relief Foundation. Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation is a charitable organization, founded in March 1979, after the Islamic Revolution, to provide support for families who are struggling financially. The aim is to help such families regain financial stability. Boosting job creation is one of the primary objectives of the foundation.
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2019-04-26 10:38
Iranian donors allocate $35m to flood survivors
TEHRAN – Iranian donors have contributed an amount of 1.47 trillion rials (nearly $35 million) to those affected by flood, deputy director of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has announced.
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2019-04-17 22:57
Relief foundation to create 5,000 job plans in flood-stricken areas
TEHRAN –Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will open up a total of 5,000 job plans for those financially struggling affected by flood, Parviz Fattah, the Foundation’s head has announced.
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2019-04-16 21:17
Philanthropists donate $20m to flood victims
TEHRAN – Iranian philanthropists have made contributions both in cash and kind amounting to 880 billion rials (about $20 million) to flood-hit families, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has announced, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2019-04-10 22:07
Relief foundation allots $4.7m to flood-stricken families in Khuzestan
TEHRAN – Emam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated a total budget of 200 billion rials (nearly $4.7 million) as low-interest loans to those residing in the flood-ravaged province of Khuzestan, the Foundation’s head has said.
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2019-02-12 22:39
Relief Foundation, vice presidency for science, technology sign MOU to enhance job opportunities
TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the vice presidency for science and technology inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation on generating jobs by the means of knowledge-based companies in the underprivileged areas, Mehr news agency reported.
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2019-02-05 21:15
Houses to be built for families with no financial providers
TEHRAN – All underprivileged families with no financial providers will be supplied with housing units in the next Iranian calendar year (March 2019-March 2010), Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation director has said.
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2019-01-22 11:55
Relief foundation provides assist for fishermen
Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has supported fishing in Jask, a port city in the southern province of Hormozgan, to help local fishermen to get back on their feet.
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2018-12-30 22:23
Donations for the underprivileged up by 35% in 9 months
TEHRAN — Over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) contributions to the underprivileged increased by 35 percent, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation director has said.
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2018-11-30 11:53
Relief Foundation grants solar panels to the underprivileged for income generation
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF) has provided solar panels to financially struggling villagers in Khorasan Razavi province, northeastern Iran, to help them gain income.
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2018-11-20 22:25
Relief foundation allots $1.5b to create jobs for the underprivileged
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has earmarked a total of $1.5 billion from the National Development Fund for generating jobs for the financially struggling individuals, the foundation’s head has announced.
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2018-11-10 22:28
‘Post-quake reconstruction in Kermanshah to be done within 4 months’
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, which has started rebuilding housing units damaged by earthquake in Kermanshah province for the underprivileged, will complete the process by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019), Ebrahim Bazian, deputy director for housing department of the Foundation has said.
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2018-10-21 20:24
Charity creates 34,000 jobs for the underprivileged within 6 months
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has generated over 34,000 job opportunities for the deprived individuals in the first six months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21- September 22), an official with the Foundation has said.
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2018-10-07 21:45
Relief foundation creates jobs for over 600,000 underprivileged families
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has generated jobs for some 625,000 financially struggling families since the Iranian calendar year of 1390 (March 2011-March 2012), the foundation’s deputy head has said.
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2018-09-12 23:54
Tehraners donate $400,000 to support underprivileged students
TEHRAN – Benefactors in Tehran have donated some 18 billion rials (nearly $400,000) for the financially struggling students through a charity event prior to the upcoming school year (starting September 23), head of the provincial Relief Foundation has said.
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2018-08-25 09:03
Some 63,000 houses built for the underprivileged in 5 years: official
TEHRAN – The administration of President Hassan Rouhani has provided some 63,000 residential units since it took office in August 2013 for financially struggling families under coverage of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the Welfare Organization, Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey, labor ministry’s caretaker, has said.
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2018-08-15 08:47
Relief foundation earmarks $10m for marriage of the underprivileged
TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated over 410 billion rials (nearly $10 million) in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21) to facilitate marriage for financially struggling individuals.
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2018-08-04 08:59
Relief foundation allots $454m to create jobs for the underprivileged
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will spend a total budget of 20 trillion rials (nearly $454 million) on generating jobs for financially struggling individuals in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018-March 2019), the foundation’s head has said.
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2018-07-17 16:33
Relief foundation, ICT Ministry join hands to support job creation
TEHRAN – In collaboration with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation provides budget for ideas leading to job creation through crowdfunding, the ICT website reported.
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2018-06-08 19:36
Tehran relief foundation to earmark $30m for generating jobs
TEHRAN — Tehran province’s department of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will spend some 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $30 million) on generating jobs for 8,000 financially struggling people in the province this calendar year (ending on March 20, 2019), the foundation’s provincial director has said.
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2018-05-27 21:16
Relief foundation allots $950m to job creation
TEHRAN — Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated some 40 trillion rials (nearly $950 million) to job creation for 200,000 individuals in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018-March 2019), the foundation’s head has said.