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Thursday, January 15, 2026
Red Crescent says one of its employees was killed in Iran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleOne Red Crescent member of staff has been killed and five other colleagues wounded while on duty in northwestern Iran, the aid group’s parent organization says, without giving the circumstances.
“The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is deeply saddened by the killing of Amir Ali Latifi, an Iranian Red Crescent Society staff member, and the wounding of five other IRCS colleagues, who were all in the line of duty in Gilan province, on January 10,” the IFRC says in a statement from its headquarters in Geneva.
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