This bulletin is being issued for information, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), has determined that external assistance is not required at this moment, and is therefore not seeking funding or other assistance from donors and the International Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at this time.

An earthquake with the magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked Goharan District, Sardasht, Bandar-e Jask, in Hormozgan province, Iran on 11 May 2013.

Secretary General of the Iranian Red Crescent Society predicated the distribution of 1000 coolers to the Bushehr earthquake affected people

Because of the hot weather in the earthquake affected region of Bushehr, Dr. Mohammad Abbassi, Secretary General of the Iranian Red Crescent Society indicated that the urgent need of the earthquake affected people is the gas air conditioner.

by Nina Skandalaki, Ruth Bücker

Two severe earthquakes with a magnitude of 6 and 6.2 struck the northwest of Iran on August 11th, 2012. According to official figures published by the Red Crescent, 399 villages were affected by the quakes. About 12.000 houses were completely reduced to rubble. 1.800 injured persons had to be treated in hospitals, 12.000 people were given outpatient treatment.

This bulletin is being issued for information, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), has determined that external assistance is not required at this moment, and is therefore not seeking funding or other assistance from donors and the International Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at this time.

Iran

An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in South-eastern in Iran, near the city of Khash (86 Km), 78 Km from the border with Pakistan, on 16 April 2013 at 10:44:13 UTC (03:44:13 PM at epicentre).

There are so far no official reports on the impact but various media outlets have reported up to 40 deaths (according to Iran State TV).

The Deputy Head of Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has declared the state of emergency in the quake-hit region of the Province.

This bulletin is being issued for information, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), has determined that external assistance is not required at this moment, and is therefore not seeking funding or other assistance from donors and the International Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at this time.

1. The Iranian Red Crescent Society has announced the rescue operation is officially terminated.

2. The death toll is 35 persons (8 children), with some 800 people injured, of whom 80 have been hospitalized in Khormoj city hospital.

3. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) is responding with 40 search and rescue teams (10 from Kerman Province, 5 from Isfahan, 10 from Fars, 5 from Kohkilouyeh, and 10 from Hormozgan) and 4 assessment teams. All emergency teams have now returned to their areas of origin.

Highlights

• A large number of tents in the affected areas are dismantled and people are living either in the multifunctional transitional shelters or rural permanent residential units.

• More than 11,400 rural permanent residential units are roofed in 103 days

• The weather forecast illustrates 2 days of precipitation of rain or snow and the temperature of 9 to -3 centigrade for the next 5 days.

As winter settles in on this remote province of Iran, a pair of earthquakes that devastated the area in mid-August will likely claim new lives