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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST
State Media Censors Khomeini’s Grandson
Ruzbeh Alamdari, the editor-in-chief of the Jamaran website affiliated with the so-called “reformist” faction inside the regime, criticized state television for deleting footage of Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of former Supreme Leader, and cutting off live broadcasting during his speech when the new cabinet was visiting Khomeini’s grave.
Alamdari wrote in Jamaran.news: “The state media boycotted Hassan Khomeini’s speech at the ceremony, even though his words were only a piece of advice underlining unity and the need to support the new government. They not only cut off the live broadcast of the ceremony during the Imam’s grandson’s speech but also while covering the news, there was no mention of these unifying words whatsoever.”
UPDATE: 1:30 PM CEST
Raisi Visits Khuzestan Province and Is Welcomed by Outrage
On his first provincial trip after becoming president, Ebrahim Raisi who was visiting Ahvaz an hour ago was met with fury and anger from local people. One man directly addressed him by saying: “Why don’t you speak the truth?” Everyone is lying! The vaccine had to be freely available for people but it is being stolen.”
The regime’s media correspondent, who had been reporting on the presidential visit and was preparing for favorable coverage, interrupted the report in the face of the people’s anger.
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST
Online Conference by Prominent EU Officials, Jurists, Witnesses
Iran: 1988 Massacre, urging the EU to take the lead for a UN inquiry
Call to end impunity for masterminds
1,000 former political prisoners in attendance
A number of EU and Canadian dignitaries and senior former officials will urge the EU and Canada to take the lead and urge the UN to end impunity for the Iranian regime’s leaders, in particular its president, Ebrahim Raisi, for their role in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran and to initiate a UN independent inquiry.
They will be joined by former UN judges, distinguished human rights experts, witnesses, and survivors, including those who spent time in the notorious Evin Prison
The conference is scheduled for Friday, August 27, 2021, at 15:30 (CET), 9:30 am ET
Live Broadcast:
Iran: 1988 Massacre & Genocide
No to Impunity, Yes to Accountability
1,000 former political prisoners in attendance#Iran #ProsecuteRaisiNow #1988Massacre
Friday, August 27, 2021
3:30 PM CEST 9:30 AM EDThttps://t.co/v2qO30Zwcm— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) August 25, 2021
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 386,900
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Thursday, August 26, 2021, that the Coronavirus in 547 cities had surpassed 386,900. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 90,896, Khorasan Razavi 27,585, Isfahan 25,580, Khuzestan 23,856, Mazandaran 15,030, East Azerbaijan 14,033, Fars 13,712, West Azerbaijan 13,588, Gilan 13,185, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,555, Alborz 11,283, Kerman 10,008, Golestan 9,270, Hamedan 7,618, Central Province 7,474, Hormozgan 6,705, Yazd 6,698, North Khorasan 5,109, Ardabil 4,775, Bushehr 4,444, Qazvin 4,279, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,884.
Iran: Raisi’s Cabinet of Thieves and Terrorists Gets Approval From Parliament
After nearly a week of debate, the Majlis (parliament) issued its vote of confidence on all but one nominee for the cabinet of Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian regime’s new president. The lineup of Raisi’s government seems to be in line with regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s vision of a “young and hezbollahi” government, which in other words means old regime veterans who have been involved in decades of financial corruption, repression, and terrorism.
Iran Says It Has Run Out of Black Fungus Medication, More Iranians Get Infected
Iranian health officials have confirmed that the black fungus disease has infected Iranians in at least four provinces. There are now concerns that Iran does not have enough medicine to deal with the growing number of infections. Tehran’s Khomeini hospital has reported 15 cases of the dangerous infection while a health official in the northern province of Mazandaran has confirmed 20 cases. A health official said today that another 20 people were suffering from infections that target the nose, eyes, lungs, and sometimes the brain.
Senior Iranian Epidemiologist Says COVID-19 Deaths 7 Times More Than Official Stats
A senior Iranian epidemiologist told a state-run news agency that Iran’s death rate from COVID-19 was seven times more than that announced by the Ministry of Health. According to official figures, at least 100,000 Iranians have died from the virus. Koroush Naeimi, a professor of epidemiology at Tehran’s Medical Sciences University told the ROKNA News Agency that Iran’s Health Ministry “engineers COVID-19 data” and that relevant specialists, including himself, did not have access to real data concerning the deadly virus in Iran.
Iran’s Regime Facing a Series of Acute and Chronic Crises
The Iranian government is faced with a series of acute and chronic crises. The most acute and critical issues at the moment are two issues of people’s health and livelihoods, and being able to solve them, or at least to reduce the dangers, is very much related to foreign relations and the dilemma of lifting international sanctions, especially those imposed by the US government.
Supreme Court Turns Down Vahid Afkari’s Appeal To Re-Examine His Case
Supreme Court turns down Vahid Afkari’s appeal to re-examine his case. Branch 38 of the clerical regime’s Supreme Court turned down the appeal by Vahid Afkari for the re-examination of his case. Political prisoner Vahid Afkari is imprisoned in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz. His lawyer, Saeed Dehghan, posted a notice saying, “It would have sufficed to just glance through the case, just like a newspaper, to find out the legal reasons for re-examining the case which contains 24 contradictions and 3 lies.”
Read more: Iran News in Brief – August 26, 2021
