More foreign aid pouring into quake-hit Iran

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More foreign aid pouring into quake-hit Iran

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More countries are joining the international humanitarian mission and sending aid to Iran, whose Bam city in the Kerman province was hit Friday by a powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale.

A plane sent by the United Arab Emirates carrying 30 tons of food, medical supplies, tents and blankets has landed Sunday in Kerman. The United Arab Emirates is the first Arabian country sending aid to Iran.

Indonesia is to dispatch relief assistance worth at least 200,000 US dollars to Iran. The world's largest Muslim country has called its people to pray for the Iranian victims and their families. Indonesia and Iran are members of the Organization of Islamic Conference.

Bangladesh has announced that it would send medicine and a medical team to Iran, said the country's BSS news agency.

The Philippines has said a rescue and search team including firefighters, doctors, security personnel will soon leave for Iran.

Egypt has dispatched two chartered military planes loaded with 10 tons of aid, local media reported.

UN officials said Sunday that the search for survivors was expected to end Sunday with the attention shifting to the recoveryof bodies and aid for the homeless. The Iranian Interior Ministry said Sunday that over 20,000 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating earthquake.

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