In a message to Vice-President of Moroccan Red Crescent Society Kaddour Kharbouch on Saturday, Kolivand expressed his condolences to Moroccan nation after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake killed and injured hundreds of people in the country on September 8.
He added that the IRCS is ready to send the medical and relief teams to assist humanitarian operations in Morocco.
At least 1,037 people died, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the quake’s epicenter, and another 1,204 people were injured, Reuters reported citing Morocco's Interior Ministry statement on Saturday morning.
The epicenter was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) southwest of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said.
It struck at 23:11 local time, followed by a 4.9 aftershock 19 minutes later.
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