TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Rouhani said the government will stand by the flood-hit people of the southeastern cities, adding that he had ordered the acceleration of the relief operations in Sistan and Balouchestan.

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Kuwait’s first humanitarian aid package arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport late on Friday and Kuwaiti government’s aid packages are reported to continue in the upcoming weeks.

“These aids are a sign of human responsibility and the expression of Islamic brotherhood among Muslim countries in difficult conditions,” Ghasemi told IRNA on Saturday.

Other than regional states, other Asian and European countries are also sending humanitarian aid to Iran, he said, adding that more details will be revealed on this issue in the near future.

Exceptional rainfalls since March 19 have flooded some 1,900 cities and villages across Iran, claiming over 70 lives and causing hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to Iranian water and agriculture infrastructures. Floods have affected several provinces in the north and west of the country including, Golestan, Mazandaran, Lorestan, and Khuzestan.

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Speaking to reporters during the visit, Major General Jafari referred to participation of IRGC units in rescue and relief efforts and said the main priority is helping to drain the flood waters.

He said providing relief and accommodation to those affected is underway but drainage is taking some time as dredging riverbeds has not been prior to the flooding.

Heavy rainfall hit the two northern Iranian provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan on March 19-20. Rivers and other streams — abundant in northern Iran — overflew their banks as a result, in turn flooding cities, towns, villages, and farming communities. Two dams also overflew in Golestan.

Over 56,000 people have been affected in at least 70 villages in Golestan and more than 200 in Mazandaran. At least five people have been killed.

On Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on officials and the nation to assist the flood-affected people.

Later, Iran’s top military commander ordered additional and coordinated efforts by the Iranian Armed Forces to help the residents in two provinces in the north of the country affected by severe flooding.

Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, issued instructions to commanders in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the Iranian Army, Police, and the Defense Ministry that forces under their command should continue “full and organized” assistance in flood-hit areas in a coordinated manner.

Major General Jafari then ordered the IRGC commanders in all 31 provinces of Iran to help speed up relief and rescue operations in flood-hit areas.

He called on all commanders of the 31 provinces, the IRGC Ground Force, the IRGC Aerospace Force, and the Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base to facilitate the relief operations and dispatch more equipment and facilities to the two provinces.

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Ayatollah Khamenei asked the Friday prayers leader to convey his message of condolences to the bereaved families and those injured in the flood.

The Leader also urged prompt and serious action to provide relief to those affected by the incident.

At least 19 people were killed and nearly 120 others injured in the flooding that hit Shiraz on Monday morning.

Emergency and rescue organizations are on full alert in different provinces of Iran as heavy rain is predicted to continue to fall in much of the country, especially in the western and southern regions.

Last week, heavy rainfall hit northern provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan. Rivers and other streams overflew their banks as a result, in turn flooding cities, towns, villages, and farming communities. Two dams also overflew in Golestan.

Over 56,000 people have been affected in at least 70 villages in Golestan and more than 200 in Mazandaran.

The flooding in those provinces has claimed the lives of at least five people and destroyed hundreds of homes over the past few days.

High water has forced evacuations of several small farm communities as all farmland has been swamped.

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