According to IQNA dispatches, the aircraft landed at the city’s Shah Amanat International Airport at 4:45 P.M. local time and then the humanitarian supplies were unloaded.
The consignment, weighing around 40 tons, includes foodstuff and medical supplies.
It was Iran’s first consignment of humanitarian aid to the Rohingya Muslims who have fled the deadly government crackdown at home in Myanmar and sought refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
Upon arrival at the airport, the Iranian delegation, headed by Asia and Oceana Deputy of Iran’s Foreign Ministry Ebrahim Rahimpour, answered questions at a press conference.
Rahimpour stressed the common stance of Iran and Bangladesh on the need for sympathizing and helping Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar.
He added that a specialized team from the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) is accompanying the delegation to study the possibility of setting up a temporary field hospital for the refugees.
The Rohingya, described as "the world’s most persecuted minority,” have been denied citizenship in Myanmar, which has effectively rendered them stateless.
On Thursday, the United Nations appealed for "massive” help for nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since late August, in a mass displacement described by the world body’s head, Antonio Guterres, as ethnic cleansing.
"We urge the international community to step up humanitarian support and come up with help,” Mohammed Abdiker, the director of operations and emergencies for the UN’s International Organization for Migration, told a news conference in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
The number of the refugees "may rise to 600,000, 700,000, even one million if the situation in Myanmar does not improve,” he added.