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Iranian Red Crescent Society

Non-governmental organization for disaster relief based in Iran

Field	Value
name	Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran
native_name
image	Iranian Red Crescent logo.svg
size	160px
abbreviation	IRCS
purpose	Humanitarian aid
services
fields
formation
type	NGO
status	Legislated by the Iranian Parliament on 28 April 1988
founder	Amir Amir-Aʿlam
sec_gen	Dr. Yaghob Soleymani
leader_title	President
leader_name	Pirhossein Kolivand
headquarters	Building of Peace, 136 Valiasr Street, Tehran
region_served	Iran
staff	7,000 paid employees
staff_year	2005
volunteers	2,000,000
volunteers_year	2017
budget	$231.36 million
budget_year	2016–17
website
formerly	Red Lion and Sun Society

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), officially the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RCSIRI) () is a non-governmental humanitarian organization in Iran. Founded as the Red Lion and Sun Society in 1922, it became affiliated with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1924 and changed its name and emblem in 1980, informing the international community of Hilal Ahmar adoption while assuming the right to adopt the former emblem in future.

The society is one of the world's largest national societies within IFRC and is noted for its special expertise in responding to earthquakes.

Since inception, the IRCS has participated in a variety of public activities. Its core activity is to perform relief and rescue operations to help victims and the injured in natural disasters and accidents. It also engages a in wide range of humanitarian services in health and rehabilitation, training and research. The society had a therapeutic approach and was regarded a major healthcare institution with thousands of hospital beds across the country until 1979, when all of its medical facilities were transferred to the Ministry of Health.

IRCS is an example of strong national societies that play an important role domestically and is held in high esteem by the Iranian general public.

Organization

Emblem formerly used for the [[Red Lion and Sun Society

IRCS has 30 governorate headquarters, one in each province of Iran, and 330 branches throughout the country, as of 2005. Based on the latest structure, it is made up of four departments: relief and rescue (emdād wa najāt), medical provisions (tadārokāt-e pezeški), volunteers (dāvṭalabān), and youth (javānān). The latter is largely made up of high school and university student members.

According to the law enacted by the Iranian Parliament, the society is run by a chairman appointed by the President of Iran. This procedure is in contrast with the elective nature of a society chairman as suggested by the IFRC. The secretary general is responsible for the administrative and executive affairs.

Other subordinates

IRCS owns and runs Helal Iran Textile Industries Co., a producer of blankets and tents. SOHA, a manufacturer of disposable medical devices is also owned by the society, as well as Shahrvand, a daily newspaper. The Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, an English language peer-reviewed journal on clinical and scientific medicine, is another publication of IRCS.

Presidents

Heads of the society have been:

1922–1949: Amir Amir-A'lam (deputy director)
- 1922–1925: Mohammad Hassan Mirza (honorary)
- 1927–1931: Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (chairman)
- 1931–1941: Reza Pahlavi (symbolic)
- 1941–1949: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1949–1979: Hossein Khatibi Nouri (managing director)
- 1949–1979: Shams Pahlavi (chairwoman)
1979–1980: Kazem Sami
1980–1981: Ali Behzadnia
1981–1983: Hassan Firouzabadi
1983–1999: Seifollah Vahid Dastjerdi
1999–2006: Ahmad-Ali Nourbala
2006–2010: Masoud Khatami
2010–2013: Abolhassan Faqih
2013–2014: Mohammad Farhadi
2014–2017: Amir-Mohsen Ziayi
2017–2019: Ali Asqar Peyvandi
2020–2021: Karim Hemmati
2021–present: Pirhossein Kolivand

References

(23 November 2017). "UN Humanitarian head praised Iran for rescue attempts after quake". Islamic Republic News Agency.
(June 2005). "Interview with Ahmad Ali Noorbala". International Committee of the Red Cross.
(15 August 2017). "Red Crescent volunteer organization with 2mn members". Islamic Republic News Agency.
(19 December 2016). "IRCS Slams Meager Budget Increase". Financial Tribune.
(21 January 2016). "JAMʿIYAT-E HELĀL-E AḤMAR-E IRĀN". Bibliotheca Persica Press.
(4 January 2015). "IRCS among top five int'l relief bodies". Iran daily.
(December 1980). "Adoption of the red crescent by the Islamic Republic of Iran". International Committee of the Red Cross.
Jonathan Benthall {{subscription required}}. (1997). "The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Islamic Societies, with Special Reference to Jordan". British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.
(14 January 2015). "ICRC hails Iran Textile Industries' contributions". Mehr News Agency.
(28 June 2012). "ICRC, IRCS For Stronger Ties". Iran daily.
Fairoza Ramadan Zada. (27 January 2017). "Harrowing Images Shock Iranand Spark Widespread Outrage". The Majalla.
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