The 30 tonnes of goods -- blankets, jackets, clothes and socks donated by domestic businesses -- was flown by a China Airlines Boeing 747-400 cargo aircraft.

Taiwan previously sent two rescue teams, one formed by the private Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, to Iran after the city of Bam was hit by a massive earthquake on December 26 that killed up to 35,000 people.

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