Islamic Republic of Iran has so far dispatched nearly 200 tons of relief aid to the flood-ravaged Pakistan.
Iran's Red Crescent Society announced readiness to set up a number of field hospitals in bordering areas with Pakistan to accelerate relief and rescue efforts and treatment of the Pakistani people injured in the recent devastating floods in the country.
"Iran's Red Crescent is prepared to build field hospitals in the bordering areas between Iran and Pakistan to treat the people injured in Pakistan's floods," Head of the Iran's Red Crescent Society Abolhassan Faqih told FNA.
He said Iran has sent five cargoes of humanitarian aids to Pakistan after Islamabad called on the international community to continue aids to a large number of people affected by huge and devastating floods in the country, and added that the sixth cargo of aids will be dispatched to Pakistan on Tuesday.
20 million people are now known to be affected by the torrential rains and heavy flooding in Pakistan. At least 1600 people have been killed.
The UN assessment indicates that the scale of the floods is worse than the 2004 tsunami in Asia and the recent Haiti earthquake.
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