THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 2,846,000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 65,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 3 MONTHS
Summary

Iranian authorities passed out food and medicine to the several thousand Iraqi Kurds allowed to cross the border yesterday, while refugee women were warned to cover up.

Public works vehicles arrived from Marivan in the Iranian province of Kurdistan, the closest large city, to begin preparing the ground at a former market area where 6,000-8,000 Iraqi Kurd refugees were huddled.

The situation remained precarious and a number of young children were suffering from colic. Tehran continued to press for the rapid arrival of international aid to prevent, the interior

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0200
1. THE UN/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN TEHERAN REPORTS THAT, ACCORDING TO THE DISASTER TASK FORCE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, FLASH FLOODS HAVE IMPACTED 153 VILLAGES IN 14 SHAHRISTANS (COUNTIES) IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE TABRIZ, MIANEH, MARAND, MARAGHEH, DJULFA, BOSTANABAD, SHABESTAR, KALIBAR, MACO, KHOY AND OROMIYCH. FLOODS HAVE LED TO THE DEATH OF 22 PEOPLE, DESTRUCTION OF 400 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND OF 9,000 HA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. 3,500 LIVESTOCK HAVE PERISHED. THE TOTAL FINANCIAL DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT RIALS 26 BILLION