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Mother kisses one of her three dead children during Quake Father carries his two dead sons after Iran quake. Two little surivors eat biscuits. Iranian soldiers carry an injured person to be flown to hospital from Bam airport. An Iranian man walks through rubble and dead bodies after the earthquake in Bam. Bam, one of iran's poorest and oldest cities in total ruins.

Lack of preventive measures and the government's coordination of relief efforts following the Bam earthquake are receiving short shrift in the Iranian press. One paper, however, hopes for a change of international attitude towards Iran as countries around the world, including the US and Israel, offer their assistance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What the hell happened to crisis management, responsible governance, and all the talk about caring for those in most need? Men, women and children dying in the thousands only because the state machinery was ill-prepared for natural disasters is mind-boggling, to say the least. As for those who manage the affairs...

Thousands of the regime forces have been mobilized in the Kerman Province and especially in the cities of Bam and Jiroft in order to prepare the "conditions" for the "future" visit of the Islamic republic leaders. Orders have been issued to arrest or shoot on any protester in the devastated areas under the label of "fighting looters". The Islamic regime knowing the degree of the popular hatered and the existing explosive situation has preferred to postpone these official visits and its leaders, such as Mohamad Khatami, haven't showed up on the scenes of the unprecedented devastation which stroke the region...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894   December 28, 2003Release Number: 03-12-70 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIRST AMERICAN AIRCRAFT LANDS IN KERMAN, IRAN COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, QATAR: Just after midnight local time, the first American aircraft landed in Kerman, Iran, with 20 pallets of humanitarian aid destined for the earthquake-stricken residents of Bam. Five pallets laden with such medical supplies as intravenous fluids, bandages, gauze, and surgical equipment, plus food and purified water comprised the first load of American relief support. American airmen and Iranian soldiers...

The stench of death filled Iran's earthquake-devastated city of Bam on Sunday and fears of epidemics and looting grew as hopes dwindled for those still buried by a disaster that killed 22,000 people. Aid poured in from around the world, including Iran's arch-foe the United States, to help deal with what appeared to be the world's most lethal earthquake in at least 10 years. "The toll has risen to 22,000 dead," an official from the government of the Kerman province where Bam is located told Reuters on Sunday evening. Cemeteries overflowed with corpses. Mullahs in shirt-sleeves rather than their usual...

High level U.S. and Iranian officials put aside diplomatic differences to directly discuss humanitarian aid after the earthquake that killed tens of thousands of Iranians, a State Department official said on Saturday. Spokesman Lou Fintor told reporters the discussion took place in a phone call between Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations, Mohammad Javad Zarif. "Given the urgency of the situation we deemed direct contact to be the most appropriate channel," Fintor said. The White House said earlier the United States would send government and civilian emergency workers and 150,000 pounds of...

The regime's plainclothes men and security agents have arrested in several cities, such as in Tehran and Esfahan, Iranians who angered by the situation had shouted publicly unprecedented slogans considered almost as a blasphemy by the ruling theocracy. These unprecedented slogans were nothing else than "Long Live Israel!" and "Long Live America!" shouted during tens of popular Blood collect gatherings by Iranians welcoming the Israeli and American support of the quake's victims. The popular anger has been boosted as the Islamic regime has banned any Israeli support of the quake's victims by rejecting this country's offer of aid. Many Iranians...

U.S. and Iranian officials put aside diplomatic differences to directly discuss humanitarian aid after the earthquake in Iran that claimed tens of thousands of lives, a State Department official said on Saturday. The United States will send government and civilian emergency workers and 75,000 tons of medical supplies to Iran, the White House said. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in a statement that the United States was working with Iranian authorities, the United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent to quickly send aid to Iran after the devastating earthquake in the city of Bam, where officials...

The Israeli Government offered condolences on Saturday following the devastating earthquake in Iran, saying it had "no conflict" with the Iranian people, despite its enmity with the Islamic regime. "The Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom, addresses in the name of the Israeli Government and the people of Israel condolences to the Iranian people after the catastrophe," the Foreign Ministry said. "The Government and people of Israel are moved by the human tragedy experienced by the Iranian people and believe that despite all differences a mobilisation of the whole international community is needed to come to the help of...

The Bush administration began sending 150,000 pounds of medical supplies in a military airlift to quake-ravaged Iran, White House officials said Saturday. The administration is also dispatching teams of about 200 search-and-rescue, disaster relief coordination and surgical experts from Fairfax County, Va., Los Angeles and Boston, said spokesman Scott McClellan. Disaster-response experts will also be drawn from three federal agencies. The government and civilian teams will work with the International Red Cross, the Iranian Red Crescent Society and the United Nations to determine needs and distribute the supplies. Among the medical supplies being shipped to Iran are blood, food and...

Overwhelmed rescue crews picked through entire city blocks of rubble in search for survivors and bodies a day after an earthquake ruined this southeast Iranian city. With the death toll in the thousands, Iran appealed for international help and promised to waive visas for foreign relief workers. The scope of the tragedy was so vast that a reliable death toll was impossible to pin down so soon after the magnitude 6.5 quake hit Bam early Friday. The Interior Ministry's early estimate on Saturday was 20,000 dead, while two leading rescue officials said the toll could eventually double. "As more bodies...

A powerful earthquake has rocked southern Iran, causing many casualties, state radio reported. It said the tremor, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, was centred near the city of Bam in Kerman province. The city's historic quarter was destroyed and there were a "very many" dead, local governor Mohammad Ali Karimi was quoted as saying. Telephone communication with several towns in the province has been cut off, and rescuers have rushed to the area. The earthquake occurred at 0528 local time (0158 GMT), Iran's official news agency Irna quoted the Tehran University Geophysics Centre as saying. "There is a...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A severe earthquake devastated the historic city of Bam in southeast Iran on Friday, and a preliminary estimate said the death toll could reach 10,000. Hasan Khoshrou, a legislator for Kerman province where the quake occurred, said there was still no precise number of dead from the magnitude 6.7 quake, but officials working in Bam had given him that figure. "The quake hit the city when most of the people were in bed, raising fears that the death toll may go higher," he said. Officials surveying the city of 80,000 people from helicopter said about 60...

Anger rises following deadly quake!!!! Free Iran at ActivistChat.com! Anger rises following deadly quake SMCCDI (Information Service) Dec 26, 2003 Original LinkAnger is rising against the Islamic republic regime following the deadly quake which jolt the historic southeastern City of Bam. Many Iranians are already blaming the regime for the lack of appropriate help and as the cold wave is expected to take more lives in the region with the start of night fall. The few choppers, planes and tractors sent to the area, cut from neighboring cities, are judged to be unsufficient for the heavy task of rescuing thousands...