Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has criticized the international communityfor inaction in the face of oppressive US sanctions against the Iranian people, calling forconcertedefforts to counter the inhumane measures. The oppressive US sanctions are an inhumane act and a blatant form of terrorism against the Iranian people that must be rejected ...

Press TV - The International Red Cross has warned that thousands of Yemeni patients suffering from kidney failure risk dying unless dialysis centers across the war-ravaged country receive adequate supplies and their employees are paid. "An astonishing 25 percent of dialysis patients in Yemen have died every year since conflict began in 2015,...

Press TV - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the Yemeni capital of Sanaa and the south-central city of Bayda have joined the list of urban centers without clean water due to a persisting blockade imposed on the impoverished nation by a Saudi-led military coalition. The ICRC said in a statement on Monday that the siege,...

Press TV - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the Saudi blockade has left three cities in Yemen running out of clean water due to a halt in the import of fuel needed for pumping and sanitation. The ICRC said in a statement on Friday that nearly one million people in the Yemeni cities of Ta'izz, Saada and Hudaydah were now ...

Tasnim Head of mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iran praised the Islamic Republics demining activities and programs, saying other countries contaminated by landmines could tap into Irans experiences. Addressing a meeting in Tehran, held to mark the International Mine Awareness Day, Florence Gillette commended ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian official on Tuesday said the humanitarian aid delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the people of Yemen is not enough, urging the world community to accelerate the dispatch of its aid to the war-torn country. Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official on Wednesday expressed surprise that a humanitarian organization like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has asked Iran to pay $5mln for sending humanitarian aid to Yemen. "Unfortunately, the UN and ICRC officials have delayed delivery of the Islamic Republic of Iran's aid to the oppressed ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the embattled Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in southwestern Syria. Emergency medical care is urgently needed for the reported 18,000 inhabitants remaining in Yarmouk, which was stormed by the ISIL Takfiri militants earlier this month,...

[caption id="attachment_152255" align="alignright" width="210"] Head of ICRC mission in Iran Oliver Martin[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and foreign experts participating in a conference in Tehran urged the world to consider humanitarian values when using Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) and conventional arms. During a round-table meeting ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Palestinian Islamist Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Sunday that it had accepted a proposal for a three-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza it said was made by the International Committee of the Red Cross. "The ICRC contacted (us) and offered to broker a three-hour humanitarian truce to enable ambulances to evacuate the dead ...

Tehran, May 7, IRNA International Committee of Red Cross in a statement on Wednesday expressed concern over the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers reported missing in action 25 years after the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). The statement said the Committee supports joint efforts by Iran and Iraq to learn about the fate of the missing soldiers to alleviate ...