{"id":246244,"date":"2021-09-03T02:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=246244"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:23:19","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-3-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-3-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief – September 3, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

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

US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Intelligence Network in the United States<\/h3>\n
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WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating four Iranian intelligence operatives who targeted a U.S. citizen in the United States and Iranian dissidents in other countries as part of a wide-ranging campaign to silence critics of the Iranian government. Senior intelligence official Alireza Shahvaroghi Farahani led a network that plotted the kidnapping of a U.S. journalist and human rights activist, a failed plot that led to the indictment of members of the network in late July. Consistent with the well-documented role of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in domestic repression, this operation demonstrates the pernicious role of Iran\u2019s intelligence apparatus in targeting Iranians abroad, including brazen attempts to return dissidents to Iran.<\/p>\n

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UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances Calls for an International Inquiry into the 1988 Massacre in Iran<\/h3>\n

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The UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances expressed concerns about the concealment of burial sites of those who forcibly disappeared and allegedly executed between July and September 1988 across the country.<\/p>\n

In its report to the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, to be held from September 13 to October 30, the Working Group also announced that it was joining the call for an international inquiry into the 1988 massacre in Iran.<\/p>\n

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

Khamenei’s Senior Military Advisor Died<\/h3>\n

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Hassan Firoozabadi, Khamenei’s top adviser and former chief of staff of the clerical regime, has died. The Revolutionary Guards News Agency – Fars, announced on Friday, September 3: “Hassan Firoozabadi, the former Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, died after a while due to illness.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

The Coronavirus Death Toll In Iran Exceeds 400,000<\/h3>\n

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The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Thursday, September 2, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities across Iran had exceeded 400,900. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 94,146, Khorasan Razavi 30,135, Isfahan 26,430, Khuzestan 24,651, Mazandaran 15,540, East Azerbaijan 14,358, Fars 14,312, West Azerbaijan 14,083, Lorestan 13,880, Gilan 13,830, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,835, Alborz 11,688, Qom 11,175, Kerman 10,388, Hormozgan 6,950, Yazd 6,893, Semnan 5,810, Ardabil 4,980.<\/p>\n

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

More than 400,900 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\/ghFIF2qud1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2veL7kZV8d<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n