According to Kuwait media, Abdullatif Abdullah Al-Roudhan said based on the decree issued by Emir of Kuwait Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Council of Ministers tends to render urgent aids to flood-stricken people in Iran.
Based on the reports, Kuwait Council of Ministers has made Kuwait Red Crescent responsible for establishing cooperation with foreign ministry to supply emergency aids.
Unprecedented heavy rains caused floods in various parts of Iran over the past two weeks. Scores of people were killed and 478 others were injured and a large number were displaced across Iran.
The disaster coincided with the high season of Iranian trips as they were spending the national two-week holidays of Nowruz.
Despite the urgent need of Iranian people to preliminary aids, Iranian people were left without any help on the side of global humanitarian organizations, including the Red Cross, due to US unilateral sanctions on Iran.
Calling the sanctions 'economic terrorism', Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Twitter slammed the US for defying the UNSC resolution 2231 and the ruling of International Court of Justice.
He said that the President Trump's 'maximum pressure' has impeded the aid efforts by Iranian Red Crescent to all communities.
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, has criticized politicizing humanitarian aids, saying sanctions have hindered issuance of assistances. He made the remarks at a UN Security Council meeting on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law: international humanitarian law: 'Safeguarding Humanitarian Space'.
Despite the pressures, however, many countries, including the European allies of the US offered their helping hands to Iran.
German Ambassador to Tehran Michael Klor Berchtold said that his country will provide Iranian flood-stricken people with humanitarian aids including 40 boats.
British Red Cross announced readiness for supplying aids to Iranian flood-hit people. Turkey too deployed consignments for Iranian people and assured Tehran that it was beside it in handling the difficulty.
Many other heads of states or missions expressed their sadness over the tragic flooding in Iran and said they were ready to help Iran in the difficult situation.
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Tehran, April 3, IRNA – Secretary General of the Council of Ministers of Kuwait offered condolences on the death of a number of Iranians in recent flash floods, and offered emergency and rescue aids to Iran.
