Persian Relief Committee
The Persian Relief Committee, established in 1916, was the name of an American organization in Iran that was formed to help the people affected by World War I and its aftermath.[1]
The organization was established in Iran under the leadership of a missionary named John Lawrence Caldwell.
A committee called the "American Persian Relief Commission" was formed in New York City,[2] chaired by Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president of the University of Chicago, to fund the organization and support those who worked for it.
According to a report, amount of $2,271,570, as well as some grain for planting and trucks to transport food from India to Iran, has been donated by the Persian Relief Committee.[3]
It is said that during World War I, the United States Department of State also forced the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide significant assistance to Iran.[4][5]
See also[edit]
- Mary Wade Griscom
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush
- Deportation of the Iranian students at US airports
- Correspondence between Barack Obama and Ali Khamenei
- Negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
References[edit]
- ^ Yeselson, Abraham (1956). United States-Persian diplomatic relations, 1883-1921. Rutgers University Press. p. 137.
- ^ Majd, Mohammad Gholi (2003). Persia in World War I and its conquest by Great Britain. University Press of America. p. 281. ISBN 0761826785.
- ^
یسلسون, آبراهام. روابط سیاسی ایران و آمریکا ۱۸۸۳-۱۹۲۱ (in Persian). تهران: انتشارات امیر کبیر. p. ۱۸۹.
ترجمه محمد باقر آرام، سال ۱۳۶۸
- ^
Foreign Relations. 1918. p. 563-565.
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Supplement 2. Nov. 21, 1918.
- ^ New York Times. July 14, 1918