Iran’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 400,000: Ministry

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September 13, 2020

In a press briefing on Sunday, Sima-Sadat Lari said the virus has killed 128 patients since Saturday noon, increasing the overall death toll to 23,157.

So far, she added, 346,242 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.

Lari said 3,791 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.

The spokeswoman noted that 3,559,565 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.

She said the high-risk “red” zones include Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Yazd, Khorasan Razavi, North Khorasan, Semnan, Gilan, Zanjan, Qazvin, and Kerman provinces.

The “orange” zones also include Lorestan, Ardabil, Golestan, Markazi, Alborz, Hormozgan, Ilam, Fars, Bushehr, West Azarbaijan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kermanshah, South Khorasan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, and Khuzestan provinces, she added.

Iran Warns Bahrain, UAE over Any Israeli-Instigated Tension in Persian Gulf

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September 13, 2020

Iran Warns Bahrain, UAE over Any Israeli-Instigated Tension in Persian Gulf — Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto ruler of the UAE (left) and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (right)

In a statement, the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament said being allied to Tel Aviv will jeopardize the security of the UAE and Bahrain more than ever before.

“Unfortunately, the betrayal of rulers who are cronies of the White House and the Zionist regime [of Israel] dealt yet another blow to the bloody body of Palestine,” read the statement.

“The puppet regime of Al Khalifa, which believes the continuation of its rule is fully contingent upon the US and the racist Zionist regime, has stepped into a path which will result in nothing but failure for it,” the statement added.

The legislators condemned Bahrain’s normalization of ties with Tel Aviv, and added such moves will only further strengthen the Palestinian nation’s rightful struggles against Israeli occupiers.

Iran Devises Machine to Produce Microfibres Used in Medical Dressings

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September 13, 2020

Iran Devises Machine to Produce Microfibres Used in Medical Dressings

The CEO of the company says they strive to meet the needs of industries and research institutes in the field of stem cell technology and reconstructive medicine, tissue engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and polymer by producing or modifying chemical products.

According to Hamed Daemi, polymer fibres, with numerous applications in a wide range of fields, are now used in medical industry.

He said the company produces more than 100 types of products using a machine which is used to make polymer microfibres from polymer solutions.

“These microfibres can be used as advanced dressings for the treatment of diabetic ulcers. Since the technical knowledge of making this device has become indigenous, we are upgrading and developing it. This has become the basis for offering domestically produced products at a lower price and higher quality than imported samples,” he added.

Daemi also stated that the ability to change and optimise parts to suit the needs of industry is one of the capabilities of this machine.

“The most important job of this machine is to produce polymer microfibres that are used in advanced medical dressings. But we have the ability to optimise the device to suit the needs and capabilities of every industry.”

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 13

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September 13, 2020

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 18

Iranian Newspapers

Aftab-e Yazd Newspaper:

1- Rouhani Criticizes Friendly Countries

2- Shocking Decline in Iran’s Marriage Rates

Arman-e Melli Newspaper:

1- Tehran in Worst Coronavirus Situation

2- Rouhani: We Won’t Have Arbaeen March This Year

Ebtekar Newspaper:

1- Global Reactions to Manama-Tel Aviv Rapprochement

2- Rouhani Slams Neighbouring Countries for Not Paying Iran’s Money

3- Iran Army Wraps Up Zolfaqar Drills with Parade in Persian Gulf

Etemad Newspaper:

1- Day of Imprisonment and Execution

* 58 Years in Jail for Former Judiciary Official

* Navid Afkari Executed with Insistence of Victim’s Family

Ettela’at Newspaper:

1- Rouhani: We’ve Chosen Best Method of Countering Corona; We Must Continue This Path

Iran Newspaper:

1- Iran Leader Offers Condolences on Demise of Ayatollah Saanei

Javan Newspaper:

1- Judiciary Official Sentenced to 58 Years in Jail for Bribery

2- IRGC: Bahrain’s Ruthless King Must Await Hard Vengeance of Quds Fighters

Kayhan Newspaper:

1- Trump: I Can Beat Crap Out of All Protesters on Election Night

2- Occupiers of Bahrain Province Recognize Occupiers of Palestine

Mardom Salari Newspaper:

1- Demise of Modernist Marja’

* Ayatollah Saanei Dies at 83

2- What Impact Has JCPOA Made on Iran’s Economic Growth?

Shahrvand Newspaper:

1- Rouhani: Iran Pays Attention to Future of Young People

Shargh Newspaper:

1- US Elections and Iran’s Economy [Editorial]

Iran Provides Refugees, Immigrants with Free Coronavirus Treatment

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September 13, 2020

Iran Provides Refugees, Immigrants with Free Coronavirus Treatment

Sima-Sadat Lari said due to the spread of the Coronavirus and the importance of creating sustainable health in the country, non-Iranian citizens, like the Iranians, will receive COVID-19 health services free of charge.

In an interview with IRNA, she said the Islamic Republic’s belief in creating sustainable health in the country has made it possible to provide health services to non-Iranians like the Iranian citizens because the basics of human rights, religion and the dignity of human beings say such services must be given to this population.

“Due to its special geographical location in the last four decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has welcomed a large number of immigrants and refugees from other countries, especially Afghanistan,” she underlined.

She further maintained that in this regard, health and medical personnel have been deployed in hotels and bases providing health and medical services to refugees and non-Iranian citizens since March 2020. People at high risk are also screened and their information recorded. In this respect, expert and technical meetings have been held with the organisations responsible for screening COVID-19 in the population of refugees and non-Iranian immigrants, and guidelines for the care and management of the disease in hotels have been developed.

Official statistics released by Iran’s Interior Ministry show that there are about one million refugees in the country, of which only about 4% live in official guest cities of the Ministry of Interior and 96% of other refugees, unlike other host countries, integrate with Iranians and they have settled in urban and rural areas.

According to statistical estimates, about 2 to 2.5 million illegal immigrants live in the country.

“Considering the health status of the refugee population in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the health needs of this population have been a priority of the Ministry of Health since the beginning and Iran has always planned to improve the health index among this population,” reiterated Lari.

Iranian Researchers Detect 23 Types of Mutations in COVID-19 Virus

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September 13, 2020

Iranian Researchers Detect 23 Types of Mutations in COVID-19 Virus

Mohammad-Ali Malboubi says four of the mutations are specific to Iran as they have not been seen in any other country.

The manager of the team tasked with conducting genetic studies on coronavirus says one of the projects underway is to genetically trace coronavirus in Iran.

“The objective was to create basic data by drawing on the outcome of surveys on categorizing coronavirus mutations in a bid to make diagnosis kits in the country and in the region more precise as mutations in the virus interferes with molecular diagnosis,” said the researcher.

At the moment, he says, 30-40 percent of molecular diagnoses have errors which could partly be blamed on mutations in the COVID-19 virus.

He said one of the mutations which has become prevalent in Europe and has been seen in Iran as well is one which causes the virus to reproduce in greater numbers in the body.
“That means this type of mutated virus will infect more individuals, and one person could infect 340 people. This type of virus has been seen in Iran, too,” he noted.

Severe Vengeance Awaiting Bahrain King after Deal with Israel: IRGC

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September 13, 2020

Anti-Islamism Expediting Fall of US, Zionism: Iran's IRGC

The IRGC warned that severe vengeance is awaiting Bahraini King Hamad bin Salman al-Khalifa.

“The ruthless ruler of Bahrain should be awaiting tough revenge by those fighting for the liberation of Quds and the country’s Muslim and zealous nation,” read an IRGC statement.
“The shameful move by the Al Khalifa [ruler] and the Bahrain ruling regime to establish relations with the Zionist regime [of Israel], which is against the will and desire of the Muslim people of this country, amounts to sheer folly and lacks any legitimacy and they will receive proportionate responses,” the statement added.

“The domino of the normalization of the Israeli regime’s ties with rulers of some Arab countries engineered by the White House and the hated and unwise president of the US following the imposition of humiliation on Muslim nations and looting their resources and wealth is aimed at creating security for the occupiers of Palestine and usurpers of the holy Quds; however, the vicious objective will never come true,” read the statement.

“Rather, the move will ironically further boost the power and determination of the Muslim community to unleash the hidden potential of the anti-Zionist resistance front to eliminate the cancerous tumour of Israel from the geography of the Muslim world,” the statement read.

The statement warned the Al Khalifa ruling regime as well as other rulers who commit acts of betrayal and are in the pay of the global hegemony against paving the way for the Israeli regime to gain a foothold in the strategic region of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

“Like other wicked and traitorous reconciliation deals, the Bahraini ruling regime’s diabolical and disgraceful move will have no achievement for the US and supporters of child-killing Zionists; rather, the move will expose those committing these acts of betrayal and wicked moves to the wrath and revenge of the Islamic community, especially the Shia people of Bahrain,” read the statement.

Iran’s COVID-19 Fatalities Hit 23,000: Ministry

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September 12, 2020

Iran's COVID-19 Fatalities Hit 23,000: Ministry

In a press briefing on Saturday, Sima-Sadat Lari confirmed 2,139 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of infections to 399,940.

The spokeswoman said 334,516 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 or been discharged from hospital, but 3,768 are still in critical conditions of the disease.

Lari added that so far 3,532,874 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country.
She said the high-risk “red” zones include Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Yazd, Khorasan Razavi, North Khorasan, Semnan, Gilan, Zanjan, Qazvin, and Kerman provinces.

The “orange” zones also include Lorestan, Ardabil, Golestan, Markazi, Alborz, Hormozgan, Ilam, Fars, Bushehr, West Azarbaijan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kermanshah, South Khorasan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, and Khuzestan provinces, she added.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

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September 12, 2020

Iranian Newspapers

Abrar Newspaper:

1- Pence: Trump Imposed Harshest Sanctions against Iran

2- Interior Minister Says Run-Off Elections Held Satisfactorily

3- Iran Has Not Received Lawsuit Filed by Canada, Won’t Do So

4- Zarif: Europe Must Reject US Economic Terrorism

5- Rouhani Inaugurates 28 National Plans in Special Economic Zones