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Iran’s Daily COVID-19 Infections Top 30,000 in New Record

Iranians wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk along a street in the capital Tehran, on July 3, 2021. (Getty Images)
Iranians wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk along a street in the capital Tehran, on July 3, 2021. (Getty Images)
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Iran’s Daily COVID-19 Infections Top 30,000 in New Record

Iranians wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk along a street in the capital Tehran, on July 3, 2021. (Getty Images)
Iranians wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk along a street in the capital Tehran, on July 3, 2021. (Getty Images)

Iran on Monday broke another single-day COVID-19 caseload with more than 30,000 infections for the first time since the pandemic broke out in the country last year, official numbers revealed.

This is the second highest record registered in the country in less than a week.

In the last 24 hours, the Iranian Health Ministry announced 31,814 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total to 3,723,246.

The region’s worst-hit country also recorded 322 fatalities, taking the death toll to 89,122.

Last week, Iran had announced 27,444 new cases and 250 deaths, breaking a record in the country’s daily new coronavirus cases.

During an earlier surge in cases, in April, Iran reported the highest daily number of cases, 25,582. At the time, its daily death toll spiked to around 400, below the grim record of 486 reached last November.

The rise came as Iran’s public institutions and banks reopened in both Tehran province and the neighboring province of Alborz, following a one-week lockdown — the nation’s fifth so far — that started last Monday.

Earlier this month, President Hassan Rouhani had warned of a fifth wave of the pandemic in the country, fueled by the fast-spreading delta variant.

Iranians have recently been lax in complying with preventative measures and restrictions to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Authorities have also refused to impose full lockdowns similar to other countries, due to the dire economic conditions caused by US sanctions.

Officials complain that the sanctions impede access to coronavirus vaccines. The inoculation drive that kicked off last February is still slow. Only 2.4 million people out of 84 million have received both doses, mainly of the imported Russian and Chinese vaccines.

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Netanyahu Prepares Grounds to Dismiss Chief of Staff

Netanyahu with dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in October 2023 (dpa)
Netanyahu with dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in October 2023 (dpa)
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Netanyahu Prepares Grounds to Dismiss Chief of Staff

Netanyahu with dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in October 2023 (dpa)
Netanyahu with dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in October 2023 (dpa)

After the successful ousting of his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing the grounds to dismiss Army chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, reports in Tel Aviv revealed.
The PM’s intentions were visible through a series of preliminary measures. In a nine-minute video statement posted to social media on Saturday, Netanyahu claimed the ongoing investigation into the alleged theft and leak of classified documents, including by his aides, aimed at harming him and “an entire political camp.”
He then asserted that vital classified documents weren’t reaching him. “I am the prime minister. I need to receive important classified documents, and indeed sometimes important information doesn’t reach me.”
Netanyahu then defended his former spokesman Eli Feldstein, who is accused of leaking a classified document in a bid to sway public opinion against a truce-hostage deal in Gaza.
Last Thursday, Feldstein was charged with transferring classified information with the intent to harm the state.
The PM considered accusations against his spokesman as a “witch hunt” against his aides and Israelis who support him.
For the past 14 years, the Israeli right had run a large-scale incitement campaign against the security services. But in the last year, this camp increased its attack, particularly against the Chief of Staff, Halevi, who believes it is necessary to stop the war and ink a deal with Hamas.
The right-wing “Mida” website published a report entitled “Herzi Halevi’s Political Sabotage,” describing the man’s “rising against the Israeli political leadership.”
The report said Halevi's inappropriate behavior started during the first weeks of the war when the Army announced it was “ready for a ground attack,” accusing Netanyahu of delaying such an operation.
Mida then listed several other instances in which it described Netanyahu as a great leader who ordered strong attacks and deep military operations. It then accused the army of refraining from following his orders.
The report concludes that the “freeing of hostages file was the straw that broke the camel's back.”
In an April 2024 speech marking the six-month anniversary of the war, Halevi has said that it is time to end the war in Gaza and reach a prisoner swap deal with Hamas, while Netanyahu took a hardline stance, refusing to compromise on what he called “red lines.”
The Madi website also criticized Halevi for saying that the government was responsible for ordering the army of again operating in Jabalia, a decision that resulted in significant Israeli casualties.
“Halevi should have been dismissed as soon as the government was formed, and this was Netanyahu's mistake. But it is not too late to fix it. You can't win wars with rebel chiefs of staff,” the website wrote.