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Red Cross Opens First Overland Aid Routes Into Iran

The new land corridors replace blocked air and sea links that stalled relief.

Overview

  • The Red Cross movement said Tuesday its first cross-border deliveries have entered Iran using trucks on new routes.
  • IFRC trucks from Turkey crossed the border Sunday carrying about 200 trauma kits with tents and blankets bound for Tehran.
  • The ICRC said five trucks from Jordan arrived Monday as part of a 14-truck, 171-tonne shipment of household supplies.
  • Weeks of U.S.- and Israeli-led strikes cut shipping and flights, leaving emergency stocks stuck in Dubai warehouses and forcing agencies to use roads.
  • Iranian authorities report more than 3,000 people killed and the U.N. refugee agency estimates up to 3.2 million displaced across the country.