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Daily Rise in Iran’s COVID-19 Fatalities at All-Time High

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In her press briefing on Sunday, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima-Sadat Lari said the fatalities reported in the past 24 hours increase the overall death toll to 94,015.

She also reported 39,619 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of cases to 4,158,729.

So far, she added, 3,539,035 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.

Lari said 6,462 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.

The spokeswoman noted that 26,494,040 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.
She said 12,589,587 people have so far received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 3,072,371 have received the second dose.

Leader Thanks Medal-Winning Olympians as Iran Finishes 27th

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“I thank Olympics medal winners who made the Iranian nation happy with their efforts,” the Leader said in a message.

Iran’s Olympics team, consisting of 66 athletes competing in 16 sports, won the 27th spot in the Tokyo Olympics with three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

The Iranian team won medals in shooting, wrestling, weight lifting and karate. 

Iran shone in the debut presence of karate in the summer Olympics with Sajjad Ganjzadeh winning the gold in the +75 kilogram category. It was a gold many did not think Iran would win and wrapped up Iran’s medal haul in the Olympics. 

Iran also won another widely-unexpected gold when Javad Foroughi, on the second day of the contests, grabbed the top spot in shooting. It was Iran’s first Olympics medal in shooting and made the 42-year-old Iran’s oldest ever Olympics medalist.

Iran bagged its other gold in Greco-Roman wrestling after Mohammad Reza Geraei smoothed past its rivals in the 67-kilogram category to win the top spot. 

Ali Davoodi Javan also won the Iranian team a silver weight lifting medal in the +109 kilogram category with a total lift of 441 kilograms, marking Iran’s first medal in the weight class in over a decade.  

 

Iranians bagged their other medals in wrestling. 

 

Hassan Yazdani won the 86-kilogram medal in the free style category after defeat against his American rival David Taylor in the finals. Iran also secured the bronze in the 125 kilogram category after free styler Amir Hossein Zare beat his Chinese opponent. Mohammad Hadi Saravi also won Iran the third spot in the 97-kilogram Greco-Roman face-off after beating his Finnish opponent.

Iran was represented by 10 female athletes in the Tokyo Olympics. The Iranian women were best in rowing, where Nazanin Molaei won the 11th spot, the best place Iranian female rowers have ever won the in the history of the games.

The Tokyo summer Olympics will wrap up Monday with China, the US and Japan on top, respectively, so far.

Researchers Announce New Discovery in Historical Graveyard in Northern Iran

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According to the public relations office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, radiocarbon dating shows the graves, found at the site, go back to somewhere between the mid-Parthian era and the end of the Sassanid period.

Liar Sang Bon historical site is located in a remote area of Gilan province. It spans a vast area of nearly 27 hectares.

Researchers conducted have different phases of rescue excavation there in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and finally in 2019. But, according to the head of Liar Sang Bon archeological team, their work remained unfinished.

“This historical site includes a burial ground and has scattered evidence of residence [beginning] from the historic period all the way to the middle centuries of the Islamic period,” said, Vali Jahani, who leads the team. 

He added that they have conducted new excavations at the site in Amlash area of Gilan province.

Researchers Announce New Discovery in Historical Graveyard in Northern Iran“In this [sixth] season, excavations were carried out in four different locations in Liar Sang Bon cemetery covering an area of around 2 hectares. 19 graves (21 burials) including pit and urn graves as well as towers of silence were found and valuable information was obtained including different clay vessels, objects with everyday use and weapons made of iron,” Jahani said. 

“The pit graves, which lack any specific structure and consist of an oval pit, accounted for the large proportion of the graves discovered in this cemetery.”

He further explained that there are also towers of silence, which consist of a vertical pit with a special structure that lead to a room, called a Dakhma. Instances of such graves have been spotted in Mazandaran province, which borders Gilan province, as well as several other sites in the north, northwest and northeast of the Caspian Sea.

Jahani noted that several urn burials have also been discovered at the site. This, he said, resembles the burial method used during the Parthian period in the Iranian plateau.

 

Iran to Openly Announce Any Possible Response to Enemies: Top General

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Iran Warns Armenia, Azerbaijan Not to Open Way for Terrorists’ Presence

“The stories fabricated recently by the enemies are merely psychological warfare and emanate from their fear of the integrity of the Establishment of Islamic Iran,” said senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi in a meeting with journalists on August 7, marking National Reporters’ Day.

He then touched upon the importance of journalism and news reports in countering the enemies.

“Each piece of news can lay the groundwork for countering the enemies; of course, the reverse is also true,” he added.

“Unlike the strategy of the United States, Britain and the Israeli regime, which aims to create insecurity to intensify Iranophobia, especially with Saudi media joining them, Iran’s strategy is to boost security in the Persian Gulf,” he said.

IRGC Aerospace Force on Israeli Threats: ‘They Won’t Do a Thing

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Iran Develops Its Space Program While Keeping Low Profile: IRGC

“Iran has been tested [before] and there is no need to test the country again. [However] If they want, they [can] test Iran again,” said Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

“They have tested us before and know what [sort of] response they will be getting. We both have the power and the will to use our power. Therefore, they should know that in case of any aggression [against the Islamic Republic of Iran], they will sure get a tough response,” Hajizadeh further warned.

Israel, the US and the UK have blamed Iran for being behind the July 29 attack against the Mercer Street, a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned tanker operated by an Israeli-owned company. But, they have offered no evidence while Iran has categorically rejected any involvement.

Photo of the Day: Afghan Refugees Fleeing War

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Stage Set for Collapse of Israel: IRGC Chief

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Major General Hossein Salami added once the situation is prepared for Tel Aviv’s mistake, any future war will lead to the regime’s annihilation.

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) made the comment in a meeting with Sheikh Naim Qassem, the deputy secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, in Tehran.

In the meeting, General Salami lauded Hezbollah’s prudence and might, describing the movement as a power which brings dignity to, and ensures the security of Lebanese people.

“At a time when we are seeing the growing power of the resistance front, on the other hand we are seeing the enemies of the resistance front declining, though on social media they are launching psychological warfare to create the impression that the reverse is true,” General Salami noted.

“Hezbollah’s recent epic move to stop the Israeli military showed the new prime minister of this fabricated regime that equations are determined somewhere else and that nothing has changed,” he explained.

“Zionists have a deep understanding of the reality that if Hezbollah’s engine is revved up, they should definitely leave occupied territories,” the top commander said.

He underlined if Hezbollah power of “waging war on the ground” is set in motion, it will lead to “a domino of escape” for the Israeli regime.

Iran: Hiroshima Bombing Anniv. Reminder of US’ Grave Crimes against Humanity

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“The Hiroshima incident demonstrates that this country [the US] is ready to put in every effort and take every inhuman action to achieve its illegitimate and insensible objectives,” Saeed Khatibzadeh said.

“The memory of the victims of this incident is a reminder to the world of the necessity of pursuing and seriously realising the exalted ambition of a world free from nuclear weapons and underlines that the dark shadow and the permanent threat of such weapons are putting the international peace and security at risk.”

The spokesman also slammed the double standards the US and other nuclear powers apply to the issue of nuclear weapons. 

“Nuclear powers, including the US, have declared their clear commitment for permanent nuclear disarmament, within the framework of international agreements, especially the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In spite of that, not only no practical and serious step has been taken in this regard, so far, but also these countries, led by the US, are increasingly modernising their arsenal, on the one hand, and increasingly focusing on nuclear arms in their military-security doctrines, on the other,” Khatibzadeh said.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, unswervingly, within its fundamental policy on international disarmament for all, and while reiterating equal and peaceful use of nuclear energy, has always considered keeping, using and threatening to use such unconventional weapons to be against all human criteria and international legal obligations and declares its strong determination to advance and realise the ambition of a world free from nuclear weapons and is always ready for constructive cooperation with the international community.”

The spokesman also called for steps by other countries in this regard.

“Accordingly, it is necessary that all countries take practical and legal steps to cooperate on full nuclear disarmament, which has been clearly stated in article 6 of NPT, away from biased political approaches of some countries, which are in possession of nuclear arms,” he stressed.

 

 

Iran Marks Anniversary of Taliban Terror Attack against Its Diplomats

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What follows is the full text of the statement:

August 8 marks one of the most bitter days for the diplomatic arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

23 years ago, on such a day, Iranian diplomats and an Iranian reporter were martyred at the country’s consulate general in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, in an act of cowardice and in violation of commitments made to Tehran as well as international regulations and treaties and the human and Islamic common sense.

International condolence and empathy with the people and government of Iran, following the terrorist incident, and specially the message of condolence from the oppressed people of Afghanistan, who were themselves victims to blind terror, was a fresh dazzling show of deep ties between the peoples of the two countries of Iran and Afghanistan.

These are the ties, which in the midst of unjust wars and suffering of the oppressed people of Afghanistan, led to the reciprocal support of the people of Iran for their subjugated Afghan brothers and sisters.

Deep and true ties between the Iranian and Afghan nations leave the two sides with no better choice than taking up constructive approaches with an eye on ensuring the interests of both countries.

The people and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, just as in the past, are standing alongside their brothers and sisters in Afghanistan and support any solution that helps end more than four decades of baleful and devastating war and protects the achievements of the people of Afghanistan, which are the fruit of the bloods of thousands of martyrs.

The Islamic Republic of Iran honours the memory of the martyrs of this incident and, once more, strongly condemns the executed act of terrorism.
Tehran also pledges to pursue the issue as an obvious demand of the Iranian government and nation until the hidden aspects of the incident come to light.

In the end, Iran invites all parties to the war in Afghanistan to end their conflict and fratricide and look for a settlement through negotiations and expresses its readiness to continue to facilitate and host these talks.

Iran Rejects G7’s ‘Baseless’ Accusations over Israel Ship Attack

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“We categorically condemn the unfounded statement by G7 foreign ministers and the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security in which baseless accusations have been levelled against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeid Khatibzadeh.

“It is noteworthy that the scenario of this incident played out only a few days before the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s new president, which is a manifestation of the democratic transition of power in Iran,” he explained.

“Such baseless scenarios, which are usually developed by the Israeli regime, are aimed at stirring up tension, and are unfortunately believed by those who are ready to draw unreal and unwise conclusions,” said Khatibzadeh.

“In fact, those who are familiar with the history of this region are no strangers to such conspiracies by the Israeli regime at different points in time,” he noted.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has been fully committed to ensuring the security of the strategic Persian Gulf waterway and the Strait of Hormuz, and regards it as part of its own security and remains ready to work with the regional countries to establish and ensure a lasting collective security system in the region,” he noted.

Meanwhile, he added, Iran will not hesitate one iota to defend its sovereign rights in that domain.

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