Iran's oil minister on Wednesday urged local oil and gas firms to help with providing aid to victims of severe flooding, as one international aid agency announced extra funds to bolster relief efforts.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has denied remarks attributed to its president by Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, about U.S. sanctions impeding flood relief assistance.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called Washington’s announcement that it is willing to help in flood disaster, “fake news”.
Three of the eight countries to which Washington granted waivers to import Iranian oil have now cut their shipments from the country to zero, according to the U.S. special representative for Iran.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday blamed Iran for the level of devastation from major floods, and said Washington was ready to help.
After two weeks of heavy rains and unprecedented flood destruction in Iran, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says U.S. sanctions impede humanitarian aid to victims.
Iranian Baha'i citizen and human rights activist, Jinous Sobhani, was briefly arrested, Iran Human rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) reported on March 31.
Washington is considering additional sanctions against Iran, a senior U.S. administration official has said.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has welcomed the Arab League’s support for Syria’s territorial integrity, related to Golan Heights but has rejected parts of a statement Arab leaders issued at their summit in Tunis.
Prominent hardline cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi has claimed that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has not made "even one single mistake during the past three decades as the leader of the Islamic Republic."
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