New Delhi: The second consignment of medical supplies, donated by the people of India, has reached Iran.
The Iranian embassy in New Delhi used donations by Indians to buy medicines to send home. On Friday, embassy deactivated accounts previously designated for receiving monetary contributions in India.
Mohammad Fathali, Tehran’s ambassador to Delhi, said on Saturday that the consignment has been dispatched to Iran.
The aid shipment was facilitated by the embassy using “voluntary contributions of the people of India to purchase medicine”, Fathali said in a video message. The initiative, according to him, reflected India’s “sympathy and solidarity with the people and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in these difficult times”, as reported by The Indian Express.
He appreciated the gesture, while standing before a part of the consignment, saying: “The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Delhi had utilised the voluntary contributions of the people of India to purchase medicine and you can see a part of this effort. And I want to say that the people of India demonstrated that they are reliable and compassionate partners in difficult times and times of hardship.”
This was the second shipment of donated medical supplies from the people of India to be dispatched to the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Fathali said, thanking the Government of India for facilitating “all the necessary arrangements”.
The embassy also requested people to refrain from transferring any funds to the accounts meant for the purpose as they they have been deactivated.
“With hearts full of gratitude, we sincerely thank the kind people of Kashmir for standing with the people of Iran through their humanitarian support and heartfelt solidarity; this kindness will never be forgotten. Thank you, India,” the mission said in a post on X.
It had earlier been reported by the newspaper that around 40 tonnes of medicine bought in India had been lying with the embassy, waiting to be sent to Iran. After a Mahan Air aircraft that was to come to India to fly the consignment to Iran was damaged in an air strike at Mashhad airport two weeks ago, the embassy has been trying to find a way to send the medicines home.
Recently, the Government of India also delivered a consignment of medicines to Iran as a humanitarian gesture.
