Japan Provides Emergency Grant Aid For NW Iran Quake

Tehran, Aug 25, IRNA – The government of Japan decided on August 24 to extend grant emergency assistance which is necessary for purchasing prefabricated houses to the government of Iran for the northwest Iran quake. The upper limit of its assistance is up to 90 million Japanese yen (approximately US$1,110,000), according to the press release of Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan. The press release, a copy of which was made available to IRNA on Friday, said the government of Japan which deeply appreciated the aid from Iran toward Great East Japan Earthquake has decided to extend this grant assistance, in response to the request of the Government of Islamic Republic of Iran, from a humanitarian point of view and in light of the friendly relations between the two countries. Together with the emergency relief goods (approximately 18 million Japanese yen) which Japan has already provided to Iran, Japanese government has decided the assistance of 108 million Japanese yen in total so far (approximately US $1,330,000) for this earthquake. On 17th, the government of Japan decided in response to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to provide through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) emergency relief goods which are mobile toilets (including showers), equivalent to approximately 18 million Japanese yen (approximately US$222,000) in total to Iran, which has sustained serious damage from earthquake in northwest Iran. On 22th, JICA delivered 100 mobile toilets (including showers) to Iranian Red Crescent Society./end