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{{Short description|Non-governmental organization for disaster relief based in Iran}}

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Pharmaceutical industryHealthcare}}weblink|status = Legislated by the Iranian Parliament on 28 April 1988|founder = Amir Amir-Aʿlam|sec_gen = Dr. Yaghob Soleymani|leader_title = Presidenttitle=UN Humanitarian head praised Iran for rescue attempts after quakework=Islamic Republic News Agencyaccess-date=24 November 2017|id=82740384}}Valiasr Street>Valiasr St., Tehran|region_served= Iranurl=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-review-of-the-red-cross/article/interview-with-ahmad-ali-noorbala/09501DF095845B333E7ADDCC80B7C451journal=International Review of the Red Crossvolume=87date=June 2005author1=Toni Pfanner author3=Mostafa Mohaghegh |via=Cambridge University Press}}|staff_year = 2005title=Red Crescent volunteer organization with 2mn memberswork=Islamic Republic News Agencyaccess-date=24 November 2017|id=82632949}}|volunteers_year = 2017title=IRCS Slams Meager Budget Increasework=Financial Tribuneaccess-date=24 November 2017quote=The government has increased IRCS budget for renovation and procurement of relief supplies by 1,000 billion rials ($25.64 million at market exchange rate) to 5,000 billion rials ($128.2 million). IRCS’s budget for relief supplies saw a steep cut of 3,000 billion rials ($76.92 million) last year to stand at 7,000 billion rials ($179.48 million). It was again reduced to 4,000 billion rials ($102.56 million) in the current Iranian year’s budget, the Persian daily Shahrvand reported.}}|budget_year = 2016–17weblink}}|formerly = Red Lion and Sun Society}}The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), officially the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran () is a non-governmental humanitarian organization in Iran.ENCYCLOPEDIA, JAMʿIYAT-E HELĀL-E AḤMAR-E IRĀN, Encyclopædia Iranica, 21 January 2016, Bibliotheca Persica Press, New York City,weblink Ghassemlou, Farid, Online, 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{{citation|title=IRCS among top five int'l relief bodies|url=http://www.iran-daily.com/News/58883.html|work=Iran daily|date=4 January 2015|access-date=24 November 2017|id=58883}} and changed its name and emblem in 1980, informing the international community of Hilal Ahmar adoption{{citation|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-review-of-the-red-cross/article/interview-with-ahmad-ali-noorbala/09501DF095845B333E7ADDCC80B7C451|title=Adoption of the red crescent by the Islamic Republic of Iran|journal=International Review of the Red Cross|publisher=International Committee of the Red Cross|volume=20|number=219|date=December 1980|pages=316–317|author1=H. Beer |author2=J. Moreillon |via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S002086040006736X}} 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 domesticallyJOURNAL, The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Islamic Societies, with Special Reference to Jordan, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 24, 2, 1997, 157–177, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Jonathan Benthall {{subscription required, |jstor=195770|doi=10.1080/13530199708705644}} and is held in high esteem by the Iranian general public.

Organization

File:Red Lion and Sun Society of Iran.png|thumb|Emblem formerly used for the Red Lion and Sun SocietyRed Lion and Sun SocietyIRCS 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.{{citation|title=ICRC hails Iran Textile Industries' contributions|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/105519/ICRC-hails-Iran-Textile-Industries-contributions|work=Mehr News Agency|date=14 January 2015|access-date=24 November 2017|id=2558936}} SOHA, a manufacturer of disposable medical devices is also owned by the society,{{citation|title=ICRC, IRCS For Stronger Ties|url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1391/4/8/MainPaper/4267/Page/3/MainPaper_4267_3.pdf|work=Iran daily|number=4267|page=3|date=28 June 2012|access-date=24 November 2017|id=2558936}} as well as Shahrvand, a daily newspaper.{{citation|title=Harrowing Images Shock Iranand Spark Widespread Outrage|url=http://eng.majalla.com/editions/al-majalla-issue-1630-en.pdf|work=The Majalla|number=1630|page=4|date=27 January 2017|access-date=24 November 2017|author=Fairoza Ramadan Zada}} The Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, an English language peer-reviewed journal on clinical and scientific medicine, is another publication of IRCS.JOURNAL,weblink About the Journal, 2074-1804, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 10.32592/ircmj.Crossmark, 1 January 2021, free,

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: Pir-Hossein Kolivand

References

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External links

{{commons category|Iranian Red Crescent Society}}

• Official Website
• Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

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