{"id":245938,"date":"2021-08-29T03:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T08:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=245938"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:58:46","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief – August 29, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

Covid-19 Death Numbers Are on The Rise in Ahvaz<\/h3>\n

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The head of the Ahwaz Municipality Cemetry Organization said: “Since the Coronavirus pandemic has started, the daily number of burials in Ahvaz has reached 60 people a day.”<\/p>\n

Musa Khanafareh said: “Before the pandemic, the daily number of burials was an average of 20 to 25 people per day… With the outbreak of various types of Coronavirus mutations, the daily number of deaths is on the rise.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

Amid Desperate Efforts Tehran Remains Persona Non-Grata in Baghdad<\/h3>\n

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On Saturday, world leaders attended the Baghdad Summit to discuss Iraq and the Middle East security. French President Emmanuel Macron, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as well as the Emir of Qatar and the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, were among the participants. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called the Iraqi Foreign Minister to assure him of President Biden’s support for the Baghdad Regional Summit.<\/p>\n

Last week, following reports hinting that the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi might attend the summit, Iraqis expressed their disgust with the chief executioner on social media, using popular hashtags like ‘No to Raisi in Iraq’.<\/p>\n

During his visit to Baghdad, the Iranian regime’s foreign minister, Amir Abdullahian, expressed Tehran’s displeasure for not allowing Bashar al-Assad to attend the conference, saying: “It was necessary for Syria to be invited to this meeting as well!”<\/p>\n

Iran’s foreign minister also broke <\/span>protocol<\/span> and placed himself in line with heads of state while they were posing for an official photo. The latter raised some eyebrows in the diplomatic world community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Fatalities Surpass 391,000<\/h3>\n

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The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI\/MEK<\/a>)\u00a0announced on Saturday, August 28, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had passed 391,000. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 91,846, Isfahan 25,780, Khuzestan 24,056, Khorasan Razavi 28,385, Mazandaran 15,190, East Azerbaijan 14,118, Fars 13,882, West Azerbaijan 13,718, Gilan 13,385, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,665, Alborz 11,393, Qom 10,985, Kerman 10,138, Golestan 9,345, Hamedan 7,663, Central Province 7,468, Hormozgan 6,780, Yazd 6,753, Kermanshah 6,873, North Khorasan 5,144, Ardabil 4,860, Qazvin 4,329, and South Khorasan 3,556.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n

More than 391,000 people have died of the novel #coronavirus<\/a> in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n

Full Reporthttps:\/\/t.co\/GYsGeY2of8<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Zocy5DD3N5<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n