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Persian Relief Committee

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ Yeselson, Abraham (1956). United States-Persian diplomatic relations, 1883-1921. Rutgers University Press. p. 137. Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. ^ Majd, Mohammad Gholi (2003). Persia in World War I and its conquest by Great Britain. University Press of America. p. 281. ISBN 0761826785.
  3. ^ یسلسون, آبراهام. روابط سیاسی ایران و آمریکا ۱۸۸۳-۱۹۲۱ (in Persian). تهران: انتشارات امیر کبیر. p. ۱۸۹. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-01-31. ترجمه محمد باقر آرام، سال ۱۳۶۸
  4. ^ Foreign Relations. 1918. p. 563-565. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Supplement 2. Nov. 21, 1918.
  5. ^ New York Times. July 14, 1918
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