Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has expressed condolences to Afghanistan over the deadly earthquake that struck the country last week and said Tehran was ready to provide assistance to those affected.<\/p>\n
In a Sunday message to his Afghan counterpart, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Momeni said Iran was prepared to extend \u201cany cooperation and assistance\u201d in the aftermath of the disaster.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recent devastating earthquake in the friendly and brotherly country of Afghanistan, which unfortunately resulted in the death and injury of a number of its citizens, caused deep sorrow for me and the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d Momeni said.<\/p>\n
He voiced confidence that Afghanistan\u2019s government and people would overcome the tragedy, while reiterating Iran\u2019s readiness to help.<\/p>\n
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan last week, killing more than 622 people and injuring around 1,500, Afghan authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has expressed condolences to Afghanistan over the deadly earthquake that struck the country last week and said Tehran was ready to provide assistance to those affected. In a Sunday message to his Afghan counterpart, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Momeni said Iran was prepared to extend \u201cany cooperation and assistance\u201d in the aftermath of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-501566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n