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Relief programs hit by ongoing crisis in Myanmar, UN humanitarian office says

The political unrest in Myanmar has impacted the ability of humanitarians to respond to the needs of vulnerable communities, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country’s conflict-affected areas, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

US intentionally raising humanitarian trade costs with Iran: CBI

Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said the United States keeps hampering Iran’s efforts to access vaccines needed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in the country, and Washington is dishonest in its claims that banks would not face punishments if they process payments related to humanitarian trade with Iran.

Iran: Syria’s humanitarian issues taken hostage by West for political purposes

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Iran sends humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan

Iran shipped a second consignment of humanitarian supplies to Kyrgyzstan to help the Central Asian country deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

China: US sanctions exacerbating humanitarian crises in Iran, Venezuela

China’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna Wang Qun accused Washington of exacerbating humanitarian crises in countries such as Iran and Venezuela with new “long-arm extra-territorial sanctions,” which were also distorting global oil supply and further destabilizing West Asia.

Swiss gov’t: Iran has gotten nothing from US ‘humanitarian’ channel

The humanitarian banking channel set up by the US administration to get medicine and other supplies into Iran has not in fact processed any potentially life-saving transactions, the Swiss government confirmed to The Daily Beast.

Mousavi: Iranian expats’ humanitarian aid conveys solidarity message in times of trouble

By Farzam Vanaki

South Korea to resume humanitarian exports to Iran

South Korea is pushing for resumption of humanitarian trade transactions with Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak, with the shipments likely to begin next month, a South Korean Foreign Ministry Official said on Friday.

Iran: US sanctions impede progress of Swiss humanitarian channel

Iranian Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said that the effectiveness of the Swiss humanitarian channel cannot be judged while the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic continue to threaten Iranians’ lives.

A humanitarian crisis looms in Africa unless we act fast to stop the desert locust

*By Qu Dongyu & Mark Lowcock

Swiss humanitarian channel to Iran launched with medical shipments

A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations, the Swiss government said on Thursday, helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over US sanctions.

Syria opens 3 humanitarian corridors for civilians from militant-held areas in Aleppo, Idlib

Syrian authorities have opened three humanitarian corridors for civilians from areas controlled by foreign-sponsored militants in the northwestern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib to leave and move to government-controlled parts of the country.

Swiss channel to ease humanitarian exports to Iran: Report

A Swiss channel for the export of food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods to Iran is to open “within months”, officials have told Reuters, amid Europe’s failure to launch its long-awaited Iran channel known as INSTEX.

Syrian army opens humanitarian corridor in northwest

Syrian government forces have opened a humanitarian corridor in the northwestern province of Idlib and the neighboring province of Hama for the safe exit of civilians fleeing violence by foreign-backed militants.

UNHCR sends humanitarian aid to flood-hit Iran

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sent a batch of humanitarian aid to the flood-hit Iranians and refugees living in western parts of Iran.