Iran Press/ Iran news: Delivering a speech in a ceremony held on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day of Red Crescent Society and Red Cross Society, said the Red Crescent Society in Iran is a transnational, transpartisan, and transethnic entity the duties of which are tied with humanity and divinity.
He described the Red Crescent as a human-oriented organization wherein management is practiced from bottom to top, unlike other organizations.
Ghalibaf highlighted the role of the people-organized entity during the Sacred Defense, where its staff accompanied the army in the battleground against the enemy both with guns and rescue equipment to save their lives.
He referred to the Red Crescent's cooperation with the Red Cross Society to get the families of the Iranian captives about their situation in the Iraqi Baathist regime's prisons.
Today, May 8, 2024, is the International Day of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent.
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. 204
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