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Introduction The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) supports disaster response and preparedness...
Operation Mercy was able to install nine water tanks to provide the inhabitants of the island off the Iranian coast with clean drinking water. After the severe earthquake in September last year,...
Hormozgan province in southern Iran is no stranger to disaster. After an earthquake in 2005 left a path of devastation across the province, another earthquake in September has caused additional...
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] TEHRAN, 13 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - During 2005, Iran was on a rollercoaster ride of earthquakes, disasters, major political...
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"This year has been a year like no other for humanitarian action, bracketed by devastating disasters, - the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the final days of 2004 and the South Asia earthquake of October...
As a follow up of the earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale which recently shook Qeshm Island in Hormozgan province, IRCS relief workers are still in the scene and doing their utmost to...
Vatican City, 2 December 2005 - Caritas Internationalis has launched an appeal for more than US$200,000 to support earthquake-battered communities on Qeshm Island in southern Iran. On 27 November, an...
Tehran, Dec 2, IRNA - The third earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale hit suburbs of Qeshm Island in southern Hormuzgan Province at 01:28 hours local time on Friday (2158 GMT) Thursday night. ...
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Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2005/0213 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Qeshm Earthquake - Iran Occurred 27 November 2005 This report is based on information received from the OCHA office in Tehran and the outcome of...
Seventh countrywide maneuver in response to earthquake and considering security as well as disaster preparedness was held at 10:14 hour local time in one of secondary schools (Farzanegan) in Tehran...
TEHRAN, Nov 29 (Reuters) - As soon as the siren rings, the girls dive for cover under their desks. Schoolchildren went through their annual drills across Iran on Tuesday to prepare for an earthquake,...
An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit surrounding areas of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf in southern Iran on Monday evening following two killer quakes that hit the coastal area and its...
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake trembled the southern island of Qeshm in Hormozgan province on Monday afternoon at 13:53 pm local time (10:23 am GMT). The quake has reportedly lasted around 15 seconds and...
Qeshm, Hormuzgan Prov., Nov 28, IRNA. The sixth aftershock shook this southern Iranian island in the Persian Gulf on Monday as death toll from a strong earthquake a day before rose to 10. The new...
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ANKARA, 28 November (IRIN) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is ready to provide assistance after a...
By Saeed Komeijani QESHM ISLAND, Iran, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Aid workers handed out blankets and food on Monday to thousands of people on the Iranian Gulf island of Qeshm left homeless by an earthquake...
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Geneva, 28 November, 2005 - A powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale has hit southern Iran, killing at least 13 people. The earthquake struck Gheshm Island and the city of Bandar...
