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Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation

Iranian government charity organization

Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation

Summary

Iranian government charity organization

FieldValue
nameImam Khomeini's Relief Foundation
logoImam Khomeini Relief Foundation logo.png
logo_size190px
founded_date
founderRuhollah Khomeini, Habibollah Asgaroladi, Mehdi Karroubi, Habibollah Shafigh, Reza Nayeri, Abolfazl Haji Heydari
<ref namehistory0{{cite web
urlhttp://www.emdad.ir/central/masolin/shora_markazi.asp
titleFounding Committee of IKRF
accessdate14 April 2013
archive-urlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130411091445/http://www.emdad.ir/central/masolin/shora_markazi.asp
archive-date11 April 2013
url-statusdead
}}</ref><ref namehistory /
key_peopleMorteza Bakhtiari (CEO)
Mohsen Kazerouni (Chairman of the board)
location_cityTehran
location_countryIran
area_servedWorldwide service
homepagewww.emdad.ir

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411091445/http://www.emdad.ir/central/masolin/shora_markazi.asp |archive-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead Mohsen Kazerouni (Chairman of the board) | Non-profit_slogan = The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (Persian: کمیته امداد امام خمینی) is an Iranian charitable organization, founded in March 1979 to provide support for poor families. The aim is to help such families regain financial stability. IKRF has also provided support outside Iran, including in Pakistan,{{cite news | author-link = | archive-date = 2 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130502134527/http://emdad.ir/mcontent/amar/amar_gozaresh_saliane/fasl%202%20kolaseh%2033%20saleh.pdf | url-status = dead

Main branch office of IKRF in [[Nishapur

IKRF provides multiple forms of support to individuals and families. , a total of 8.6 million people in need are said to have received aid from IKRF. 698 thousand families were covered in the Rajaei plan, which provides social security coverage for senior villagers and nomads without insurance. 1.5 million people below the poverty line received free insurance from IKRF and 843 thousand students received assistance for education.{{cite journal | author-link = | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130702113945/http://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/IJPH/article/view/98 | url-status =dead | archive-date =2 July 2013

2023 Absolute poverty reduction document

In September 2023 Iranian regime devised yet another revision to program for reducing absolute poverty in association with Imam Khomeini relief.{{cite web

Sources of funding

The foundation is supported by the Iranian government{{cite press release |url-status = dead

Child sitting on an IKRF charity box

History

The history of such committees goes back to 1964, 15 years before Iran's revolution. At that time, the objective of the smaller committee was to support the families of political prisoners.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330175126/http://www.emdad.ir/en/history.asp |archive-date=2009-03-30 |url-status=dead

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