Referring to his first phone call to Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, British Foreign Secretary Dominique Robb said that he had talked with the new Iranian Foreign Minister about Afghanistan and also demanded the release of British citizens in Iran.

Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran, called the display of "spirituality" a serious goal of the capital's municipality, saying: "If this city is built and the slogans of the revolution are realized in it, it is an example of the efficiency of the Islamic Republic."

Mahboubeh Rezaei was denied access to a telephone following the release of a voice message from Bushehr Prison in Iran International regarding the assault on women prisoners.

Bahram Ainollahi, the Minister of Health, said that Iran was able to overtake France in the number of "weekly" vaccinations and become the second in the world after Germany. "We hope to be ranked number one in the world," he said, referring to "more than five million vaccinations in one week."

In an interview with ILNA, Ardeshir Bahrami, head of Qarchak Welfare, said that according to his field studies, "75% of suicides occur in poor and middle-class families, ie those with economic problems and mental disorders." He added that the suicide scene is changing from western Iran to the center and other areas