Iran Press/ Europe: A statement by Russia's Emergency Situation Ministry reads: "Responding to Iran’s request for assistance and in joint cooperation with Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry, humanitarian aid for flood victims of Iran has been sent."
According to the statement, the ministry has dispatched four thousand tents, blankets and folding beds to its regional station in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The Russian government created the centre in 2015 in the city of Yerevan in a bid to serve as a regional basis for humanitarian aid for Armenia and surrounding countries, Reuters reported.
Exceptionally heavy rains since March 19 have flooded some 1,900 cities, towns, and villages, killing 62 people and causing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to Iranian agriculture, leaving aid agencies struggling to cope.
States of emergency have been declared in several provinces and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has ordered the Armed Forces to join the national rescue and relief operations.
Many people, as part of various voluntary groups as well as non-governmental organizations, have been participating in the efforts to ensure a speedy recovery in areas that incurred the most flood damage. 105/211
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