KUWAIT CITY, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Wednesday that it would dispatch urgent aid to flood-hit people in Iran next week, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.

Hilal Al-Sayer, KRCS board chairman, said that the society will launch an immediate aid campaign for affected Iranians next week, adding that it has set up a committee to set out an action plan to provide humanitarian aid.

The Kuwaiti charity would work with its Iranian counterpart, along with other humanitarian organizations, to offer immediate relief aid to affected people in this country, he noted.

Floods and landslides killed at least 44 people and injured 265 others across Iran in the past week.