Top officials stress aiding flood-hit Sistan and Baluchestan

Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei held a meeting on Saturday to discuss issues related to the country.

They stressed the need to accelerate the dispatch of aid and relief to the Sistan and Baluchestan province in the southeastern country that has been hit by a massive flood.

They also thanked the Iranian nation's turnout in the recent nationwide elections for electing the new members of the parliament and the Assembly of Experts.

President Raeisi visited flood-hit areas in Sistan and Baluchestan Province last week to see the situation of the relevant government bodies's assistance to flood victims and efforts to rebuild damaged infrastructure.

He talked to local officials and rescue teams and instructed the government-run bodies to intensify efforts in their humanitarian aid missions. 

"I came in person here to Sistan and Baluchistan to hold meetings to discuss the possibility of other floods in the future and to learn about the situation of the flood victims," the president said Tuesday afternoon in Negur District.

At least 200 relief teams were dispatched to flood-hit areas of Sistan and Baluchestan to provide services to the victims.