Ali Asakereh, CEO of the Abi Abitaleb Charitable Foundation in Abadan, told ILNA that 3,000 orphans had been identified in the border villages of Abadan and Khorramshahr. "In addition to the father, 200 of these children do not have a mother and live with a relative," he told ILNA.

Mohammad Mehdi Hajmohammadi, head of the Prisons Organization, said, referring to the disclosure of images of Evin Prison: "The enemy is trying to question the real human rights achievements in prisons by magnifying, blackmailing and lying in order to attack the Islamic system."

Mohsen Baharlou, Tehran Deputy Minister of Education , stated that according to the fire department report, out of 2,500 public schools in the city, 827 schools are not safe. "In other words, one third of the educational spaces in Tehran are weak and unsafe in terms of structures," he said.

"All our progress has been made during the embargo," said Hussein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, on the sidelines of the opening of an exhibition.

In an interview with ISNA, the President of the University of Tehran, Mahmoud Nili, stated that Kasra Nouri, a graduate student of human rights at the University of Tehran, and a imprisoned dervishes, had sent a letter to the head of the judiciary requesting his release. "We are waiting for an answer," he said.