{"id":11546,"date":"2017-11-14T21:41:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T21:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=11546"},"modified":"2017-11-23T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T08:08:14","slug":"ayatollah-khamenei-urges-practical-help-for-quake-hit-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/ayatollah-khamenei-urges-practical-help-for-quake-hit-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayatollah Khamenei urges practical help for quake-hit victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with the heads of the three branches of the Iranian government and a number of authorities in Tehran on November 14, 2017. (Photo by Khamenei.ir)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Iranian officials to continue their practical and serious efforts to help alleviate the suffering\u00a0of those affected by a strong earthquake in the west of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a meeting with the heads of the three branches of the Iranian government and a number of authorities on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed his deep sorrow over the \u201cvery bitter incident\u201d in Kermanshah Province.<\/p>\n

The Leader praised the presence of the Iranian officials in the areas affected by the quake and their sympathy\u00a0with the people.<\/p>\n

Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the visit by Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani, to the quake-hit areas over the past two days and their expression of sympathy with people there.<\/p>\n

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (3rd<\/sup>\u00a0L) speaks in a meeting with the heads of the three branches of the Iranian government and a number of authorities in Tehran on November 14, 2017. (Photo by leader.ir)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Leader stated that he shares the sorrow of the brave people of Kermanshah and added that the loss of a loved one\u00a0is hard.<\/p>\n

Ayatollah Khamenei said such incidents lead to the presence on the scene of all the Iranian people who rushed to help the victims.<\/p>\n

The quake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale rattled the border region between Iran and Iraq on Sunday night, causing extensive damage and loss of life.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-In photos: Aid bodies join hands to help quake victims<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Iranian medics and aid workers have scrambled to help the survivors of a powerful earthquake in the country’s western regions.<\/a><\/div>\n

According to the latest figures, at least 432 people have lost their lives and over 7,817 others sustained injuries in the earthquake. More than 12,000 homes have also been completely destroyed in the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with the heads of the three branches of the Iranian government and a number of authorities in Tehran on November 14, 2017. (Photo by Khamenei.ir) Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Iranian officials to continue their practical …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1454,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-imam-khamenei","category-scientists-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11548,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11546\/revisions\/11548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}