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Daily COVID-19 Deaths Continue to Decrease in Iran

Over 500,000 Iranian Patients Recover from COVID-19: Ministry

In a press briefing on Thursday, Sima-Sadat Lari confirmed 2,190 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of infections to 367,796.

The spokeswoman said 316,638 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 or been discharged from hospital, but 3,822 are still in critical conditions of the disease.

Lari added that so far 3,138,782 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.

‘Animosity towards Iran Caused by Its Rejection of Both West, East’

'Animosity towards Iran Caused by Its Rejection of Both West, East'

Iranian Vice-President Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht says enmities toward the Islamic Republic of Iran still continue, but they won’t go anywhere.

“When they (terrorists) once tried to kill a president and a prime minster [of Iran], in fact they were seeking to destroy the Establishment,” said Nobakht, the head of the country’s Budget and Planning Organization.

“Even now that years have passed since then, the enemies of the revolution still try to overturn this system. Now, we should see what has happened that this hostility still exists as we see that across the world, for example the Bosnia event unfolds and relations between countries are normalized after a few years,” he added.

He said the enemies imposed the Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s to trigger the downfall of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

“That means enmity toward the Establishment continued, but because they failed to achieve their objective in this way, they began to attack Islam, and that’s why we see they introduce as Islamic the decapitation of people by those trained in the West,” he said.

No Prospect for US Success in Reinstating Iran Sanctions: Vaezi

No Prospect for US Success in Reinstating Iran Sanctions 22

Mahmoud Vaezi, the chief of staff of the Iranian president, said an overwhelming majority of UN Security Council members have opposed Washington’s demand.

“I don’t see any prospects for success for the US,” he said

“The United States’ alleged ‘snapback’ mechanism needs to go through a month-long process, but so far, 13 of 15 UN Security Council members have opposed the US demand. It means if the Council goes through the process properly, it is a foregone conclusion that this event will amount to a defeat for the US worse than before,” Vaezi added.

“However, the US has resorted to threatening countries today,” he noted.
He said it has been unprecedented to see the US threatening the UN Security Council with sanctions or tough action if the world body did not meet the US demand.

Vaezi also touched upon the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

“Sometimes it is said that the US pulled out of the JCPOA because the agreement was flawed. But the reality is that the US also withdrew from many conventions, charters and old multilateral accords which were probably stronger the JCPOA,” he said.

“The JCPOA suffered serious blows due to the fact the US used all its resources, power and influence to destroy the agreement altogether, but failed to, and because it couldn’t achieve its objective, now it is using all its resources to undermine the deal,” he noted.

However, he said, the JCPOA, despite all pressure it has been under, is so strong that it has defeated Washington in the UN Security Council arena.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

Iranian Newspapers

Abrar Newspaper:

1- Iran, Russia, Turkey Oppose Confiscation of Syria Oil Revenues

2- UNSC Once Again Rejects US Letter for Reinstating Iran Bans

3- Zarif: We Seek to Have Normal Ties with IAEA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Afkar Newspaper:

1- Resistance Front Will Remain Powerful: Iran Leader’s Representative at IRGC Quds Force

2- Era of US Unilateralism Over: MP

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Arman-e Melli Newspaper:

1- Electricity to Become Free of Charge for 30 Million Iranians: Rouhani

2- US Bid Rejected at UNSC: President of UNSC, Members Oppose Activation of Snapback Mechanism

3- Iran Allows IAEA to Access Two Suspicious Sites

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Ebtekar Newspaper:

1- Israel Defeated by Iran in Several Fronts

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Etemad Newspaper:

1- Tehran Blocks Anti-Iran Paths in Vienna, New York

* Iran Voluntarily Gives Access to IAEA in Return for End of Its Questions

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Ettela’at Newspaper:

1- US’ Back-to-Back Defeats against Iran: UNSC Rejects US’ Bid

2- Israel Attacks Southern Lebanon with Prohibited Phosphorus Weapons

3- Rouhani: Iran Ready for Close Cooperation with IAEA within Safeguards

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Iran Newspaper:

1- Grossi’s Deal in Tehran

* Rouhani to IAEA Chief: Explain to World Why JCPOA Must Be Maintained

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Jomhouri Eslami Newspaper:

1- Iran, IAEA Agree to Resolve Differences

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Kayhan Newspaper:

1- US Unrest Now at Armed Struggle Phase

2- Energy Minister: Over Eight Million Iranian Families to Have Free-of-Charge Electricity

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Mardom Salari Newspaper:

1- Rouhani: Iran Ready for Cooperation with IAEA within Safeguards Framework

2- Oil Price at Highest Level in Five Months

3- Tension in Lebanon’s Borders with Occupied Territories: Israel Shoots at Southern Lebanon

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Sazandegi Newspaper:

1- Big Deal: Iran and IAEA Release Joint Statement

2- Diplomatic Scandal: UNSC Rejects US Bid to Activate Snapback, Return Iran Sanctions

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27


Shargh Newspaper:

1- IAEA Has No More Questions: Iran and IAEA Issue Joint Statement

2- Decrypting Diplomacy of Biden, Trump

3- 42-Year Dream of Iranians Realized: 30 Million to Have Access to Free-of-Charge Electricity

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 27

Number of Non-Coronavirus Patients in Iran Down by 40%: Official

Number of Non-Coronavirus Patients in Iran Down by 40%: Official

Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi urged non-coronavirus patients to refer to hospitals without being worried.

“Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the high number of such patients going to hospitals, we have seen a decline in the number of hospital patients suffering from other diseases,” he said.

“Now that we have witnessed an around 40% decrease in the number of inpatients compared to the previous months, patients suffering from diabetes, heart problems and other diseases may go to hospitals to continue their treatment,” he added.

The official noted that there are no coronavirus patients in some hospitals.

“In other hospitals, too, safety principles are observed and there is no cause for concern,” he said.

Astana Process Guarantor States, UN Envoy Convene in Geneva

Astana Process Guarantor States, UN Envoy Convene in Geneva

Diplomats from the guarantors of the Astana format and United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen held the meeting at the United Nations Office in Geneva on Wednesday, August 26, and discussed the developments in Syria, particularly the third meeting of the Constitutional Committee, the situation in Idlib, and the task force on the exchange of abductees and missing persons.

At the beginning of the gathering, Pedersen gave a report on holding the first round of the third meeting of the Constitutional Committee.

The UN Special Envoy for Syria also expressed hope that the ceasefire in Idlib would continue, stressing the need for the exchange task force to proceed with its activities.

Diplomats representing the three guarantor states of the Astana Process also expressed their views in the meeting.

Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, expounded on Tehran’s stances on Syria at the meeting. He stressed the need to respect Syria’s national sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity, and reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to fighting against terrorism in the region, especially in Syria.

He also emphasized the necessity of resolving the crisis in Syria through Syrian-Syrian dialogue and for the continuation of the Constitutional Committee’s activities, and voiced Iran’s readiness to support the continued performance of the Committee.

Khaji further called for the removal of the cruel and unilateral sanctions on the people of Syria and for the delivery of humanitarian aids to Syrians, specifically in the battle with the coronavirus pandemic.

The Iranian diplomat also highlighted the necessity for implementation of the existing agreements on Idlib, expressing hope that carrying out the agreements would establish sustainable calm in Idlib.

Khaji finally underlined the need for the resumption of activities of the exchange task force as a humanitarian and trust-building measure.

Iran’s Behaviour to Be Commensurate with IAEA’s Approach: Envoy

Iran’s Behaviour to Be Commensurate with IAEA’s Approach: Envoy

Kazem Gharibabadi urged the agency not to overstep the provisions of a joint statement between the IAEA and Tehran issued at the end of talks with the IAEA delegation led by its director general Rafael Grossi during his visit to Iran.

“Iran showed its goodwill in its interaction with the new director general of the agency,” said Gahribabadi.

“Should the agency, under any circumstances or pretext, want to trample the terms of this joint agreement underfoot in the future, or fail to act in good faith, as stipulated in the statement, … Iran’s cooperation and engagement with the agency will be affected,” he added.

“We seriously expect the agency’s director general to fully abide by the agreements reached because Iran will not tolerate it if the agency goes beyond them,” he added.
The Iranian ambassador further said Iran is the most important partner of the IAEA and is a country where one-fifth of the agency’s inspections are conducted.

“During his trip which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Grossi met with the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the foreign minister and the president,” he added.

“During these meetings, he heard the same thing from all those he met, [he heard] that the agency should be professional, independent and impartial, that the agency should remain on the watch for the plots hatched by enemies of Iran which themselves refuse to allow IAEA inspections and which are in possession of nuclear weapons,” said Gharibabadi.
“If Iran sees that the agency is acting in good faith, the country is ready to move forward with, and further boost cooperation with the agency within the framework of, and not beyond the law,” he noted.

Gharibabadi underlined that Grossi opted for the path of cooperation, not confrontation, with Iran.

The top Iranian envoy further said Tehran will provide the agency with “voluntary access” to its nuclear sites.

“It means Iran will not work with the agency based on a recent resolution of the [IAEA’s] Board of Governors, which Iran has rejected; rather, Iran will cooperate of its own volition,” he added.

He said Iran made it clear to the vising IAEA delegation that any political move at the IAEA’s Board of Governors will impede cooperation with the agency.

Iran ‘Voluntarily’ Allows IAEA to Access Two Locations

IAEA

That was announced in a joint statement issued by Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) following intensive bilateral talks in Tehran.

What follows is the full text of the statement:

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) agreed to further reinforce their cooperation and enhance mutual trust to facilitate the full implementation of Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) and the Additional

Protocol (AP) thereto, which is provisionally applied by Iran since 16 January 2016.

After intensive bilateral consultations, Iran and the IAEA reached an agreement on the resolution of the safeguards implementation issues specified by the IAEA, in good faith. In this regard, Iran is voluntarily providing the IAEA with access to the two locations specified by the IAEA and facilitating the IAEA verification activities to resolve these issues.

Dates for the IAEA access and the verification activities have been agreed. The IAEA verification activities will proceed in accordance with the CSA and the AP, and the IAEA’s standard verification practice as implemented for all States with CSAs and APs on equal basis and without discrimination.

In the context of resolution GOV/2015/72 adopted by the Board of Governors on 15 December 2015, the IAEA and Iran recognize that these safeguards implementation issues are exclusively related to nuclear material and activities subject to safeguards under the CSA and the AP.

In this present context, based on analysis of available information to the IAEA, the IAEA does not have further questions to Iran and further requests for access to locations other than those declared by Iran under its CSA and AP.

Both sides recognize the independence, impartiality and professionalism of the IAEA continue to be essential in the fulfilment of its verification activities.

The IAEA will continue to take into consideration Iran’s security concerns, by protecting all safeguards confidential information in accordance with the IAEA’s Statute, the relevant provisions of the CSA and the AP, and the established IAEA confidentiality regime, standards and procedures.

Iran Sympathizes with Afghanistan over Deadly Flood

Iran Sympathizes with Afghanistan over Deadly Flood
Afghans rescue people after heavy flooding in Parwan province / Photo by AP

Heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 100 people, as the deluge ravaged large parts of Charikar city, the capital of Parwan province, officials have said.

Wahida Shahkar, spokeswoman for Parwan province, said on Wednesday the number of casualties may rise as rescue teams work to locate people buried under destroyed houses.

Containing the incident and helping the affected families was beyond the capacity of the local government, and the central government should step in quickly, Shahkar said.

Many children were among the dead in Charikar, which was hit by heavy rains overnight, the Ministry of Disaster Management said in a statement.

Iran Urges UN to Play More Active Role in Helping Yemeni People

Iran Urges UN to Play More Active Role in Helping Yemeni People

n the Wednesday talks held in Geneva, the two sides expressed satisfaction with mutual cooperation on offering humanitarian aid at bilateral, regional and international levels.
Khaji touched upon the dispatch of relief aid, medical equipment and medicine to Yemen to tackle the spread of coronavirus, and called on the UN to play a more active role in helping Yemeni people across the country.

The UN official, in turn, hailed Iran’s humanitarian assistance, especially to Afghan nationals in the areas of education and health, and called on Iran to contribute to efforts to prevent an environmental hazard in some Yemeni ports.