20 August 2025

UPDATED/ Red Crescent offers assistance to over 15,160 individuals during snowy conditions

TEHRAN, 3 February 2024 (IRCS) - During the time span from January 31st to February 3RD, aid workers from the Red Crescent extended aid to a total of 15,160 individuals who were impacted by snowstorm across the country.

The extensive weather conditions had a significant impact on 28 provinces, leading the aid workers of the Iranian Red Crescent to extend relief support to a total of 15,160 individuals.

According the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), this support encompassed providing emergency shelter to 4,412 people, relocating 15 individuals to secure areas, and facilitating the transport of 16 people to medical facilities.

A total of 359 teams, composed of 1,392 aid workers, executed humanitarian missions.

Furthermore, 912 vehicles that were stuck in the treacherous snow conditions were successfully rescued by humanitarian personnel.

 The Red Crescent provided essential relief supplies, including blankets, food packages, water bottles, canned goods, bread, dates, and biscuits, to the individuals who had been left stranded along the snowy roads and icy highways.

Photo: The Red Crescent aid workers in North Khorasan are providing assistance to stranded travelers on a snowy road at night.

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