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Agricultural Product Waste in Iran
While the Iranian population is struggling with poverty and fresh fruit has become a luxury for many Iranian families, Masoud Lotfian, the regime’s deputy director of pest control in the Planting Organization acknowledged that 30 percent of agricultural products in Iran are wasted annually.
A report by his organization suggests: “According to estimates, agricultural waste and food waste in Iran is estimated at about 30% per year. This is about 3% of the total waste of agricultural production and food waste in the world.
Lotfian added: “Currently, an average of 100 million tons of agricultural products are produced annually in Iran, of which about 16 and a half million tons are removed from the consumption cycle as waste.” This amount of waste is equivalent to the product produced at the level of one million hectares, i.e. 12% of the area under cultivation of the country’s irrigated products. Source: state-run ILNA News Agency- August 17
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST
Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 372,400
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Thursday, August 19, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 372,400. The number of victims Tehran has reached 87,696, Isfahan 24,830, Khorasan Razavi 24,735, Khuzestan 23,156, Mazandaran 14,460, East Azerbaijan 13,813, Lorestan 13,430, West Azerbaijan 13,198, Fars 13,072, Gilan 12,435, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,060, Alborz 10,888, Qom 10,640, Kerman 9,498, Hamedan 7,468, Central Province 7,283, Yazd 6,488, Hormozgan 6,440, Kurdistan 5,987, Semnan 5,655, Ardabil 4,555, Bushehr 4,289, Zanjan 3,840, South Khorasan 3,411, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,955, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,804.
Iran’s Society on the Verge of Explosion From Inflation, Poverty, and COVID
While the coronavirus is expanding in Iran and most people have been laid off, many Iranian families are unable to make ends meet and this is leading to malnutrition for millions of people. To add insult to injury, food prices are skyrocketing across the country. “Since (late March), we have seen a 90 percent increase in the price of sugar, a 35 percent increase in the price of oil, a 30% increase in the price of rice, and a 20 percent increase in the price of beans and other items,” said the Tehran Food Union secretary in reference to the unbridled rise in food prices.
Iran’s Regime Ramps Up Nuclear Extortion and Races to an Atomic Bomb
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) reported on August 18 that a warning has been given by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the Iranian regime has now produced 200 grams of 20 percent enriched uranium metal. The MEK said, “The Iranian regime continues to produce material that can be used in nuclear bombs…The IAEA released the findings in a report published on Tuesday, and it shows that the Iranian regime is making alarming advances in its nuclear ambitions.”
Detained protester Amir Hossein Moradi in critical condition in Tehran Prison
A young man detained during protests in Tehran in 2019 is in critical condition, according to another political prisoner who is currently on leave from the Greater Tehran Prison. Hossein Qashqaei wrote in a tweet on August 16 that despite his deteriorating condition, prison authorities refrain from releasing political prisoner Amir Hossein Moradi.
1953 Coup D’état in Iran and the End of Mossadegh’s Rule
Sixty-eight years ago today, in Iran the cabinet of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh was subverted through a coup d’état backed by the United States intelligence services. The coup’s implementors were the ayatollahs, particularly then-Parliament Speaker Abolghassem Kashani, and their thugs led by Shaban Bi-Mokh, or ‘brainless Shaban.’ “My sole offense was the nationalization of the oil industry and the cut-off of the exploiters’ hands from Iran,” Mossadegh said in a military court several months later.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – August 19, 2021
