The Iranian government has said it will accept foreign aid from certain countries after an earthquake devastated cities and killed over 300 in the north-west of the country on Saturday.
For two days Iran insisted it was not in need of foreign assistance.
However, after scathing criticism at home over the slow response, the Iranian government has now said it will accept offers of aid.
"Now and under the current circumstances, we are ready to receive help from various countries," vice-president Mohammad Reza Rahimi was quoted as saying by state Irna.
Iran rejected offers of aid from the US, saying the offer was not made in ‘good faith’.
The US issued a statement, sending their condolences to ‘the Iranian people’ and saying ‘we stand ready to offer assistance in this difficult time’.
But the head of the Iranian interior ministry's crisis management organisation, Hassan Ghadami, said on Wednesday the country had declined the offer.
"Iran did not accept the US offer for sending humanitarian aid for quake survivors," he said.
"We do not believe the US put forward the offer in good faith. We are currently having a medicine supply crisis because of sanctions.
"Do us a favour and lift the sanctions."
