The Iranian government has paid nearly $100 million in flood relief to farmers whose lands and crops were devastated in the heavy rainfall that came in April and March this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A senior official at Iran\u2019s ministry of agriculture said on Tuesday that the government had provided nearly $60 million in direct payments to farmers who had incurred losses during the floods, Presstv Reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi said an extra $40 million had been paid in low-interest loans to nearly 50,000 farmers in north, west and southwest of the country, where floods had caused significant damage to the agricultural lands and crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The announcement comes as the Iranian government and other agencies continue with reconstruction activity in flooded regions in four main provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dozens of people were killed in the floods which continued for several weeks and caused massive damage to roads, bridges, homes and lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The payments to farmers are extra to other disaster funds allocated by the government to rebuild towns and villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Estimates suggest the floods had caused around 350 trillion rials ($2.5 billion) worth of damage,, prompting the Iranian government to tap into the country\u2019s sovereign wealth fund and draw up o $2 billion for relief and reconstruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Various compensation schemes launched by the government, especially for the farmers, come despite various budgetary and economic issues caused by the American sanctions on the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to Iran while they have also affected the normal imports of foods and medicine into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International estimates suggest that almost two million people were affected by floods in Iran earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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