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Iranian newspaper warns of “medical poverty” in Iran 

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IFP Editorial Staff
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COVID in Iran

Jomhuri Eslami urged officials to take what it called “medical poverty” very seriously.

The Tehran-based daily said figures show that each year thousands of doctors with different specialties leave Iran to live in foreign countries.

According to Jomhuri Eslami, 8,000 talented Iranian doctors live in the US alone.

It added that there are many Iranian doctors also in countries such as Canada, Germany, England, France and other European countries, as well as Arab and Eastern countries, who prefer to work in their own country if possible.

Jomhuri Eslami described the doctors as being the most important asset of Iran, which unfortunately Iran failed to use for the benefit of the country and they are now serving foreigners.

The newspaper further warned that the shortage of doctors is already felt, particularly in small cities.

It said this risk is also felt regarding the migration of nurses and many hospitals are facing shortages of medical staff.

Former Iranian footballer in critical condition after being attacked by thieves

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Behnam Aboulghasem Pour

After his car came under attack, Behnam Abolqassempour refused to give the thieves his cell phone and other valuables and got into a fight with them to defend himself, eyewitness accounts suggest.

The fighting was so intense, but the thieves got away without being able to take any of the victim’s valuables with them after people pitched in.

However, the tragic part of the story is that the former player of the Saipa Club and the Tehran powerhouse Persepolis passed out after the assailants escaped and was taken to hospital immediately.

He has undergone surgery twice so far. The intensity of the blows by the attackers was so great that the former soccer player is currently in critical conditions.

However, doctors at the hospital have expressed hope that his condition will be back to normal in the coming hours.

Iranian photojournalist released from Taliban custody

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IFP Media Wire
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Taliban Afghanistan

Velayati was handed over to the Embassy of Iran in Kabul on Friday night. Taliban deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi has confirmed that Velayati has been released.

The Iranian photojournalist had been arrested at the airport of Kabul on August 19 when he was going to board the plane to fly home. He had legally entered Afghanistan’s capital via an aerial border crossing and spent ten days there.

The Taliban had detained him without any explanation.

Historical relics on display at Iranian museum

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The relics were unearthed at archeological sites in Hamedan.

They are being kept at the National Museum of Iran, but are on loan to Hamedan’s Hegmataneh museum to be showcased.

The antique objects included a golden cup with the shape of a lion’s head and a bird’s wing, an Achaemenid golden dagger, a silver plate belonging to the Sasanid era, an Achaemenid stone column capital inscribed with the image of a cow, an Achaemenid gold bowl, and Achaemenid silver amphora, a silver plate engraved with the image of a Sasanid queen and an Achaemenid gold bracelet.

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Expert: Iran’s BRICS membership significant, end of FATF tensions a must

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IFP Editorial Staff
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BRICS

“The BRICS group is one of the most effective new regional mechanisms in today’s world, and membership in the bloc can be regarded as an important achievement provided that the country taps into the group’s potential,” said Heshmatollah Fallhatpishe, a former MP, as he elaborated on the economic impacts of Iran’s membership in the bloc.

“BRICS seeks to reduce the power of the US dollar and the Euro and somehow circumvent past mechanisms, and these moves will provide Iran with new opportunities,” he noted.

“But as long as Iran’s tensions persist and this country remains on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list, BRICS member states have an excuse in order not to cooperate with Iran,” he explained.

“BRICS is not expected to cooperate in countering sanctions because it is mentioned in Iran’s initial BRICS membership bids that the bloc tries to expand relations and wants Iran to remove challenges in the international domain,” he added.

BRICS is comprised of the world’s emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Iran was invited to join the group during its summit in South Africa on Thursday.

Palestinian youth dies of injuries sustained in Israeli raid on Jenin

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IFP Media Wire
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Israel Palestine

The 20-year-old man identified as Ezzedine Kanaan was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper while he was en route to a center to donate blood to victims of the Israeli raid.

The body of Ezzedine, who was from the town of Jaba’ in southern Jenin, will be laid to rest on Saturday after noon prayers.

Israel launched deadly aerial and ground attacks on the refugee camp of Jenin in early July.

According to the United Nations, 2023 is already the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since it began recording fatalities in 2005.

The previous year, 2022, had been the most lethal year with 150 Palestinians killed, of whom 33 were minors, as reported by the United Nations.

The alarming rise in fatalities last year drew condemnation from UN experts, who denounced the Israeli regime’s violations of Palestinians’ rights, including attacks on their homes and destruction of their property.

Tehran Court orders U.S. to pay $300mn in compensation over 1980 failed Nojeh coup

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The verdict was issued by an international branch of the Tehran Justice Department after survivors and victims of the failed coup d’etat filed a lawsuit against the US and seven other defendants.

The botched coup attempt was aimed at overthrowing the Islamic Republic of Iran immediately after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

The plot was hatched by retired Colonel Muhammad Baqir Bani-Amiri, in cahoots with Shapour Bakhtiar, the prime minister of the deposed Shah of Iran.

Russia’s military cooperation with Iran to withstand geopolitical pressure: Senior official

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IFP Media Wire
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Iran Drone

“There are no changes, and cooperation with Iran will continue,” Ryabkov said, according to a report on Saturday from Russian state news agency RIA.

“We are independent states and do not succumb to the dictates of the United States and its satellites,” he added.

The US is pressing Iran to stop selling the armed drones, which Russia is using in the war in Ukraine, the Financial Times daily reported earlier this month, citing an Iranian official and another person familiar with the talks.

An Iranian news outlet affiliated with the country’s Supreme National Security Council has rejected the claim by the British newspaper Financial Times on the alleged use By Russia of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.

Nour News said in a tweet that Tehran has officially announced its position on the lies by the media about the drones.

Both Iran and Russia have repeatedly denied claims that Tehran has provided Moscow with drones to be used in the Ukraine war.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in November dismissed media controversy over Iran’s alleged support for Russia in the Ukraine war, adding, however, that Tehran had provided Moscow with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine.

He also assured that Iran will not be indifferent if it is proven that Russia has used Iranian drones in the conflict.

Recently, the Iranian diplomat said that Tehran’s defense cooperation with Moscow has never involved the use of Iranian drones or weapons in the Ukraine war as Russia itself is one of the world’s biggest arms producers and exporters.

“We have provided no parties [to the war] with drones for use in Ukraine,” he asserted.

Amirabdollahian further stated that last year he had himself asked Ukraine to submit its alleged anti-Iran evidence to Iranian military officials.

The Ukrainian side shunned a meeting with an Iranian military delegation in Warsaw, Poland, and it provided no acceptable documents in a later meeting in Oman, he added.

“It was agreed that the Ukrainian side will once again review its documents for examination in another meeting with the Iranian side. We repeatedly called for such a meeting, but the Ukrainian side did not attend a new round of talks,” he continued.

The Iranian foreign minister also expressed Iran’s objection to the arming of any party to the Ukraine war, saying the flow of American and Western weapons to the former Soviet country will stoke insecurity and instability there and cause further deaths and destruction.

Protests spread in Syria over dire economic and living conditions

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IFP Media Wire
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Protest Syria

Increased fuel prices after the government’s decision to cut fuel subsidies last week have exacerbated already dire economic conditions amid hyperinflation triggered by the collapse of the lira.

While the protests were initially focused on fuel prices, demonstrators went on to call for better living conditions, the release of political prisoners and condemned what they described as ongoing corruption and poor governance.

The protests, which started in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, have spread to other cities, including in the northwest and government-controlled parts of the Aleppo province, according to local news outlet Sweida 24.

Protests have picked up momentum and have also taken place in the cities of Daraa and Deir Ezzor, as well as the town of Jableh, near the coastal city of Latakia.

Videos shared on social media platforms showed people chanting against Assad in the main squares of the city. Another video shared online showed a large banner depicting Assad being set on fire by demonstrators.

Earlier this week, protesters raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party and partially blocked a highway that connects Sweida to Damascus.

On 20 August, a general strike also took place resulting in local shops all shutting down. Videos shared online showed uniformed law enforcement officers patrolling the streets of Jableh and reportedly asking people to break their strike by re-opening their shops.

Those protesting are believed to be Druze as well as from the minority Alawite sect, who have traditionally supported Assad during the war.

Pro-government Druze religious leaders met on Thursday for the first time after the protests erupted.

Hikmat Hajri, the spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, acknowledged citizens’ rights to protest, but warned against vandalism and acts of violence.

“These protests are the righteous voice of the Syrian people,” he stated, though he did not comment on or back calls for Assad to step down.

The protests have raised concerns that they could spread to other cities and escalate into violence.

State media has not covered the protests, while pro-government commentators have blamed foreign powers for fuelling unrest.

Denmark seeking to ban Quran burnings after Muslim outrage

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IFP Media Wire
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Quran

The government will present a bill that will “prohibit the inappropriate treatment of objects of significant religious importance to a religious community,” Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard told reporters.

He added the legislation was aimed especially at burnings and desecrations in public places.

Hummelgaard said Quran burnings were a “fundamentally contemptuous and unsympathetic act” that “harm Denmark and its interests.”

The new legislation would be included in chapter 12 of Denmark’s penal code, which covers national security.

Hummelgaard stated that national security was the main “motivation” for the ban.

“We can’t continue to stand by with our arms crossed while several individuals do everything they can to provoke violent reactions,” he continued.

The legislation will also apply to desecrations of the Bible, the Torah or, for example, a crucifix.

Those who break the law risk a fine and two years in prison.

In recent months, several copies of the Quran have been burned by far-right protesters and Islamophobic agitators in Denmark and nearby Sweden.

The provocative stunts, considered sinful by the Muslim world, have spurred anguish in several countries, where many have urged European governments to take stronger action and prevent the incidents.

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