International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Iran’s Zarif meets with French, Danish counterparts in NY

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister held separate meetings with Danish FM Jeppe Kofod and French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly.

IRCS head:

Efforts being made to transfer €3mn intl. humanitarian flood aid relief into Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Head of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Ali Asghar Peyvandi informed on Saturday that efforts are still underway to transfer the international humanitarian aid, about 3-million-euros, into Iran to help those in flood-hit regions.

Iran calls on ICRC to form fact-finding committee on its abducted diplomats

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to establish a fact-finding committee on learning the of the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomats.

US blocks €2.5mn flood aid relief to Iran: MP

TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – The US has reportedly blocked €2.5 million flood aid relief to Iran, an Iranian Parliament Member Hossein Naghavi Hosseini said on Sunday.

‘US blocks Red Cross flood relief aid to Iran’: Larijani

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Despite its made announcement, the US has blocked the Red Cross humanitarian aid from reaching Iran’s Red Crescent Society, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani lamented on Saturday.

ICRC to run mine-risk awareness project in Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Mark Acherman, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross mission in Tehran, said Tue. that ICRC will launch a mine awareness project in Iran with the cooperation of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).

Tehran hosts intl. roundtable on humanitarian mine action

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – An international roundtable on humanitarian mine action was held in Tehran this morning with participation of representatives of Asian countries, the Commonwealth and intl. demining organizations.

The many challenges of assisting those affected by war

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Katrina Ritz, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iraq, describes the situation on the ground in Iraq “stable” but in need of much assistance.

Zarif, Red Cross president discuss US food, medicine sanctions on Iran

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to the Swiss city of Geneva, held talks with Peter Mauer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Red Crescent hails Iran’s coop. in supporting Afghan immigrants

MASHHAD, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Vice-President of International Committee of the Red Cross Gilles Carbonnier hailed Iran's efforts in supporting the large number of Afghan immigrants residing in the country.

Iran’s RCS ready to aid Yemeni people: official

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Iran’s Red Crescent Society secretary general Mahmoud Mohammadi-Nasab said the body is ready to enhance cooperation with International Committee of the Red Cross on providing people of Yemen with humanitarian aid.

Amir-Abdollahian:

'US’ logistics support makes Saudi war against Yemen last this long'

TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said the Saudi military strike against Yemen, sponsored with US’ logistics support, must be stopped since the Yemeni crisis does not have a military solution.

All of Zarif’s sideline Thu. meetings in New York

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a busy schedule in New York on Thursday, meeting with counterparts and other notable international figures on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Iran says ready to help ICRC to alleviate sufferings in Syria, Yemen

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Senior Aide to Iranian Foreign Minister, reassured ME coordinator of Red Cross that Iran wil spare no efforts to ease the pains of civilians in Syria and Yemen.

No military solution for Yemeni crisis: Amir-Abdollahian

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said Iranian government and Parliament strongly condemn Saudi aggression in Yemen, adding that "Yemeni crisis has no military solution."

Al-Jaafari:

Syria-taken measures required to alleviate civilians suffering in Ghouta

NEW YORK, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari, said that Syria has taken many measures to alleviate the suffering of civilians in al-Ghouta, including the opening of two humanitarian corridors to ensure their safe exit.

SARC calls for guarantees to deliver humanitarian convoy to Afrin

DAMASCUS, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) called for guarantees to deliver a new humanitarian convoy to reach the civilians in Afrin, who have been under the Turkish aggression and its mercenaries for 51 days.

Zarif, Red Cross chief discuss humanitarian crises in Syria, Yemen

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – During a meeting on Sunday in Tehran, Peter Maurer ICRC’s President and Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Minister of Foreign affairs called for an immediate halt to war in Yemen.

Iran’s Jaberi Ansari, ICRC president meet in Tehran

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a top aide to Iranian Foreign Minister in special political affairs, has held talks with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer.

ICRC should stop war in Syria, Yemen: Velayati

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Leader's Senior Advisor Ali Akbar Velayati called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take serious measures in putting an end to the war and violence in Syria and Yemen.

Humanitarian aid delivered to civilians in Eastern Ghouta

DAMASCUS, Mar. 06 (MNA) – A humanitarian aid convoy has entered to the civilians besieged by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and other armed groups in the Eastern Ghouta area in Damascus Countryside under the supervision of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC).

SARC delivers new aid convoy to locals in Raqqa

RAQAA, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) on Sunday delivered an aid convoy to a number of villages and towns in Raqqa southern countryside.

New humanitarian aid convoy arrives at al-Bukamal city

DEIR EZZOR, Dec. 13 (MNA) – Supervised by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), a new humanitarian aid convoy provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC), SARC, and the United Nations arrived at al-Bukamal city on Tuesday.

Iran Red Crescent, IRFC stress joint coop. on regional ills

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – VP Jahangiri on Wed. called for expansion of cooperation between Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC) on addressing various issues in the region.

Red Cross warns about humanitarian tragedy in Yemen

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Alexandre Faite, Head of the ICRC delegation in Yemen, released a public statement on Saturday recounting how Saudi closure have stopped sanitation systems in 3 Yemeni cities.

Yemen faces largest cholera epidemic in world

MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (MNA) – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of suspected cholera cases in war-ravaged Yemen has reached half a million since the start of the ongoing civil war in 2015 between the internationally-recognized Yemeni government and a collection of rebels led by the Shiite Houthis.

Red Cross:

Yemen cholera deaths expected to double by end of year

MOSCOW, Jul. 25 (MNA) – The forecast for Yemen’s cholera epidemic looks grim, as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warns that by the end of 2017 the number of cholera cases will double, reaching 600,000.