Short news summary for Sunday, September 2, 1397. Read the most important news from Iran and the world on the eleventh day of September 1397 here moment by moment.
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21:18, 11.6.1397 - City Council Member: Hospitals are disposing of hazardous waste in urban trash bins. Shahrbanoo Amani, a member of the Tehran City Council, stated that none of the necessary actions to eliminate pollution, such as autoclaving, are performed on most hospital waste delivered to the Tehran Municipality's waste management organization. According to this council member, some hospitals secretly dispose of their waste in urban trash bins to avoid paying the municipality for waste disposal. In August of this year, Eghtesad Online reported on the release of hazardous hospital waste and human body parts in Kahrizak.
20:29, 11.6.1397 - Jafarzadeh Iman Abadi: Ejei said we opposed the implementation of the JCPOA. Gholamali Jafarzadeh Iman Abadi, Vice President of the Independent and Revolutionary Faction, after a meeting with Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, stated that the Deputy of the Judiciary mentioned that they opposed the JCPOA from the beginning of 1396 when it was implemented, predicting its failure.
20:15, 11.6.1397 - Ehsan Yarshater, founder of the Iranica Encyclopedia, passed away. Ehsan Yarshater, founder of the Center for Iranian Studies and retired professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University, passed away on Saturday, September 10, in California. Yarshater, born in 1920 in Hamadan, was a graduate of the PhD program in Persian language and literature at Tehran University and the PhD in Iranian linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He was renowned for writing 16 volumes of the history of Persian literature and was the founder and editor of the Iranica Encyclopedia, which has been published since the 1970s in collaboration with numerous researchers and editors in New York.
19:30, 11.6.1397 - Court for Afghan attacker in the Netherlands. Dutch police announced that a 19-year-old Afghan who attacked people with a knife at Amsterdam's central railway station will be tried on Tuesday. On Friday, this individual severely injured two Americans with a knife and was ultimately stopped by police gunfire to his leg.
19:15, 11.6.1397 - Tabesh criticizes the arrest of lawyers. Mohammad Reza Tabesh, Vice President of the Hope Faction, criticized the arrest of several lawyers, stating, "Anything that gives the enemy an excuse in these circumstances is a kind of bad taste and pouring water into the enemy's mill." In recent days, Arash Kikhavari, Ghasem Shole Saadi, Payam Darvishan, and Farokh Forouzan have been arrested.
18:01, 11.6.1397 - Palestinian Refugee Agency: Political actors are responsible for seven decades of conflict in the Middle East. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East considered the US's cut of aid to this agency as politically motivated. Pierre Krähenbühl, the head of this agency, expressed "deep regret and severe disillusionment" over this decision, stating that the cause of seven decades of conflict is not the agency's performance but rather "political actors."
17:46, 11.6.1397 - Health Minister: We may have to ration baby formula. Hassan Hashemi, the Health Minister, regarding the shortage of baby formula and diapers, stated, "Market management is difficult because we have to supply baby formula at the previous price with a maximum increase of 9 percent, and controlling borders, smuggling, and the entry of baby formula into confectioneries is a challenging task that is not within the Ministry of Health's authority, and we may have to ration baby formula in the future or distribute it at health centers." The Health Minister stated that providing baby diapers is not his ministry's responsibility, but if it were entrusted to them, they might be able to do something, but the responsibility for this sector lies with the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade. Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, recently described the shortage of some items, including baby diapers, as "sabotage" aimed at creating dissatisfaction.
16:03, 11.6.1397 - Iraqi Foreign Ministry denies the transfer of Iranian missiles to Iraq. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry denied a Reuters report claiming that Iran had transferred its missiles to Iraq, stating that they were "surprised" by this report.
15:50, 11.6.1397 - Baqai did not attend court. Mehran Abdollahpour, lawyer for Hamid Baqai, former deputy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated: "My client announced in a letter that the court is a show trial and he will not attend a show trial." Abdollahpour described his client's charges as insulting officials and spreading falsehoods, stating: "Both charges relate to Baqai's statements upon his return to Evin after completing his medical leave, where he said that people do not know what is happening in prisons (spreading falsehoods) and that he referred to the head of the judiciary as oppressive (insulting officials)." According to Baqai's lawyer, the judge will issue a ruling at the scheduled time.
15:41, 11.6.1397 - "Coal brokers" are responsible for the forest fires in Zagros. Ali Akbari, a member of the Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources Commission of the Parliament, stated that "the main intention behind the forest fires in Zagros is charcoal production, and this speculation must be prevented." According to this parliament member, disease, water scarcity, fires, and human factors threaten Zagros trees. Akbari also mentioned: "Instead of preventing the drying of trees, it can be said that humans are somewhat pleased with it, and for example, in an area where several trees have dried, they also destroy the remaining trees to have more land for agriculture."