Iran ready to help Bahrain Red Crescent

Sun Mar 20, 2011

The secretary general of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) says the organization is ready to help the Red Crescent deal with the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Bahrain.

Zaher Rostami told Press TV on Saturday that Bahrain should allow Red Crescent relief workers into the kingdom since it is an international humanitarian body with no borders.

"If we are given permission, we are ready to send our relief forces to help the Bahraini people with medical and health supplies," Rostami said.

He also expressed condolences to the Bahraini people over the deaths in the crackdown and said the IRCS condemns the inhumane actions committed against protesters by the Bahraini government.

Rostami also stated that the Bahraini government should not target hospitals, doctors, and nurses.

He denounced the brutal crackdown on protesters in Bahrain, and criticized the Saudi Arabian military intervention.

On Thursday, Iranian Rescue and Relief Organization Director Mahmoud Mozaffar said Iran is ready to dispatch humanitarian assistance to all Muslim nations in the region.

Bahrainis began peaceful demonstrations calling for constitutional reforms in the capital's Pearl Square on February 14, but later began demanding the abolition of the 230-year-old monarchy.

At least 12 people have been killed and about 1,000 injured during the anti-government protests in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom, where the US Fifth Fleet is based.

UAE soldiers arrived in Bahrain on Friday to join Saudi Arabian troops, which were sent there earlier in the week, to help the Bahraini government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/170838.html.