Iran names August 22 as solidarity day with Somalis

Iranian Red Crescent Society Wednesday announced that August 22 was named as the day of Iranians’ solidarity with the famine-stricken people of Somalia.
Releasing a statement, the IRCS said, on that day (next Monday), Iranians could deliver their humanitarian aid to special bases which are to be established in diferrent parts of the Iranian cities to collect public aid for the people of Somalia, women and children in particular, who are suffering from a spreading famine and drought in the African state.

The United Nations has formally declared a state of famine in five regions in southern and central Somalia, and the number of people in need of food aid and humanitarian assistance across the wider region is more than 12 million.

The international body has also predicted that the famine could spread to more areas and last until December.

Iran has, so far, sent three planeload of humanitarian aid to Somalia.