Hyderabad, India, Aug 2, IRNA -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Thursday offered cash assistance to a group of Myanmarese Musli refugees in Hyderabad, capital city of Andhra Pradesh.

Persecuted in their own country, a group of 250 Muslims from Myanmar have reached Hyderabad to take refuge here.

The group, fled Myanmar to escape ethnic violence in Rakhine state, have taken refuge at Dargah Ali Shah Qadri in the old city of Hyderabad.