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2019-11-02 17:02
Flood hits 5 provinces, leaving 2 dead
TEHRAN – Torrential rain has triggered flooding in 5 provinces of the country, claiming two lives so far, head of Rescue and Relief Organization Morteza Salimi said.
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2019-08-08 02:18
IRCS, UNICEF to support flood-affected children
TEHRAN – Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have agreed to support the children residing in flood-ravaged areas across the country, Shahaboddin Sabounchi, an official with the IRCS has announced.
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2019-07-27 17:58
2,000 residential units to be built for flood survivors
TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the Ministry of Health inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to construct 2,000 houses for those affected by flood, ISNA reported on Saturday.
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2019-06-25 18:20
Photo exhibit by Foreign Ministry personnel opens in Tehran to raise funds for flood victims
TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos taken by the personnel of the Foreign Ministry opened at the Malek National Library and Museum in Tehran on Monday to raise funds for the flood victims in Iran.
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2019-05-25 22:26
$7b to be allocated to retrofit, rebuild flood-devastated houses
TEHRAN – A budget of 290 trillion rials (nearly $7 billion) will be allotted to reconstruct and repair housing units destructed by flood in 18 provinces across the country, Mehdi Jamalinejad, deputy interior minister for urban and rural development has announced.
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2019-05-15 20:55
Welfare Organization collects $4.5m for flood-hit provinces
TEHRAN – Within the framework of a campaign launched by Iran’s Welfare Organization philanthropists donated a total of 190 billion rials (about $4.5 million) to the flood survivors, an official with the Welfare Organization has said.
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2019-05-01 22:01
Charity foundation to generate 3,500 jobs in flood-hit Khuzestan
TEHRAN – Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will create over 3,500 job opportunities for the financially struggling families residing in flood-stricken Khuzestan province, Mohammad Mokhber, director of the Foundation has said.
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2019-04-28 22:39
Flood-hit houses to be fully rebuilt within a year
TEHRAN – The whole housing units undergone devastation by recent flooding will be fully retrofitted and reconstructed by the next year, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli has announced on Sunday.
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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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2019-04-16 17:07
Charity foundation to grant appliance packages to flood-hit families
TEHRAN – Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, provides some 18,000 packages consisting of household appliances to the families affected by flood, Mohammad Mokhber, the Foundation’s director has announced.
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2019-04-14 23:04
Flood blocks roads linking 73 villages in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN – Flood has reached southeastern parts of the country, blocking linking roads of 73 villages in Kerman province, crisis management director at provincial governor office announced.
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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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2019-04-10 21:56
350 volunteer groups offering services in flood-affected areas
TEHRAN – More than 350 volunteer groups of people are providing services to the provinces haunted by flood across the country, deputy director for social affairs organization affiliated to the Ministry of Interior has said.
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2019-04-10 21:51
110,000 housing units destructed in 3 flood-affected provinces
TEHRAN – Recent severe flooding damaged 110,000 houses in provinces of Lorestan, Golestan and Mazandaran, ISNA reported on Wednesday. Following heavy rainfalls in the country particularly in provinces of Golestan, Mazandaran, Lorestan, and Khuzestan as well as other provinces in western, southwestern, and northeastern Iran severe flood struck many cities and villages.
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2019-04-07 12:54
‘Flood devastation worsened by environmental degradation, improper planning’
TEHRAN – Ignoring technical issues in developing infrastructure of the water basin along with excessive soil erosion are what made the recent floods extremely devastating, director for wetland ecosystem office at the Department of Environment has said.
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2019-04-06 20:15
Blocking aid to flood victims shows U.S. animosity towards Iranians: Larijani
TEHRAN – By blocked the accounts of Iran’s Red Crescent Society the United is practically preventing aid to the Iranian flood victims by other countries, a move which Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Saturday clearly shows the depth of Washington’s animosity toward the Iranian people.
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2019-04-06 19:13
Art exhibit to raise funds for Iran’s flood victims
TEHRAN – The Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization plans to hold an exhibition of artworks to raise funds for Iran’s recent flood victims.
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2019-04-04 14:55
Leader assures nation flood victims will get full compensation
TEHRAN - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on Wednesday praised national display of solidarity with the victims of the recent floods that swept through large parts of Iran, assuring the nation that the flood damage will be entirely compensated once the rescue efforts are completed.
