{"id":241523,"date":"2021-06-15T01:28:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241523"},"modified":"2023-01-30T08:33:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T07:33:52","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 15, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_241468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241468\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"election9\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9.jpg\" alt=\"Over the past week, supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/PMOI) and Resistance Units called for a boycott of the clerical regime\u2019s presidential election\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election9-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mashhad, Sanandaj, and Semnan &#8211; Activities of the Resistance Units and supporters of the MEK, calling for the boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential election &#8211; &#8220;My vote regime change, yes to a democratically-elected republic&#8221; \u2013 Second week of June 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The Boycott Campaign Is Gaining Ground by the Day<\/h3>\n<p>With less than three days to go, resistance units throughout the country have increased their activities to call upon the population to boycott the sham election and deprive the regime of its long-strived aim; claiming legitimacy. These actions are expanding very quickly among ordinary Iranians and an unofficial grassroots movement is conquering the streets of Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units members continuing their nationwide campaign across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> calling on their compatriots to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJSzEKYYLH\">pic.twitter.com\/BJSzEKYYLH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1404837569028771844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian woman rips an election banner. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HulFWMLTPv\">pic.twitter.com\/HulFWMLTPv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1404800551745896452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Iranians Continue to Challenge the Regime with its own Tools<\/h4>\n<p>While the regime desperately tries to use the public frustration and organizes &#8220;free speech&#8221; podiums to pretend people are free to express themselves and conclude things are going to change after the election, the wisdom that Iranians have gained through four decades of the regime&#8217;s deception and systemic corruption is turning the tides against the regime. In every city, citizens and locals use the opportunity to express their hatred and anger and ask for other people to join and rise up against the entire ruling system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian woman: &quot;I won&#39;t vote because it&#39;s all a show. They&#39;ve turned Iranians into scarecrows and are taking advantage of them. Why would I wait in line for hours to vote and risk COVID-19 when I know it won&#39;t make a difference!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7DBYSsAWM\">pic.twitter.com\/p7DBYSsAWM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1404803444272152579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kerman, SE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I won&#8217;t vote because it would betray the 1,500 young people who were killed on the streets protesting gas price hikes. It would betray the mothers whose tears will not dry.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZKuvtS2r7\">pic.twitter.com\/IZKuvtS2r7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1404802160899002379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Covid-19 Takes The Lives Of More Than 311,700 In Iran<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-311700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Monday, June 14, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities across Iran had exceeded 311,700. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 73,016, Isfahan 20,935, Khuzestan 19,586, Khorasan Razavi 18,945, Lorestan 12,370, Mazandaran 12,345, Fars 10,442, Gilan 10,396, Golestan 7,470, Sistan and Baluchestan 7,256, Kerman 6,983, Kermanshah 6,068, Semnan 5,270, Hormozgan 4,190, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,570, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,434.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/covid-19-takes-the-lives-of-more-than-311700-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 311,700 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDChvSIWEC\">https:\/\/t.co\/kDChvSIWEC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EM7UT4S5dz\">pic.twitter.com\/EM7UT4S5dz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1404522528861741056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran \u2013 Activities of Resistance Units and MEK Supporters in the Second Week of June \u2013 Call for Boycott of the Sham Elections<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241462\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"election3\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3.jpg\" alt=\"The MEK's Resistance Units have popularized the call for boycotting the election . Iranian youths have largely approached the MEK recently.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isfahan and Hamedan &#8211; Activities of the Resistance Units and supporters of the MEK, calling for the boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential election -\u201cThe nation has not forgotten that Raisi, is the henchman of the 1988 massacre\u201d\u2013 Second week of June 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past week, supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/PMOI) and Resistance Units called for a boycott of the clerical regime\u2019s presidential election farce by posting banners and placards, writing graffiti, and distributing leaflets. These activities were carried out as the regime\u2019s security forces were on maximum alert. People in different regions welcomed the campaign.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-election-protests\/iran-activities-of-resistance-units-and-mek-supporters-in-the-second-week-of-june-call-for-boycott-of-the-sham-elections\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> opposition PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units campaign against the regime&#39;s sham elections<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/26YPnzGgxw\">pic.twitter.com\/26YPnzGgxw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1404319673005477888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran Elections 2021: Regime Concerned of Popular Boycott Campaign<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-sham-presidential-elections-jun2021-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Less than a week remains to the Iranian regime\u2019s sham elections. The mullahs, however, are facing a crisis of low public interest in the elections. State-run television reports are acknowledging that 90 percent of college students will not participate in elections. Three tightly controlled \u201cpresidential debates\u201d have only added to the already escalating public outrage vis-\u00e0-vis all factions of the clerical regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-elections-editorial-20210614\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>MEK Resistance Units Campaign Against Iran Sham Election and Ebrahim Raisi<\/h3>\n<p>The PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units continue to spread slogans against the Iranian regime sham election calling for Iran presidential election boycott. They also install posters of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi in public places. Their slogans and placards read, \u201cMy vote is regime change in Iran. Yes to a democratic republic. No to the mullahs\u2019 sham election. Yes to a free election and a democratic republic. The Iranian people chant boycott mullahs\u2019 sham election.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"MEK Resistance Units campaign against Iran sham election and Ebrahim Raisi\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-jRql5IAPE8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-jRql5IAPE8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jRql5IAPE8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-14T14:31:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_-jRql5IAPE8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-jRql5IAPE8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">MEK Resistance Units campaign against Iran sham election and Ebrahim Raisi<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-jRql5IAPE8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-jRql5IAPE8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"MEK Resistance Units campaign against Iran sham election and Ebrahim Raisi\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units June 13, 2021\u2014The PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units continue to spread slogans against the Iranian regime sham election calling for Iran presidential election boycott. They also install posters of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi in public places. Their slogans and placards read, \u201cMy vote is regime change in Iran. Yes to a democratic republic. No to the mullahs\u2019 sham election. Yes to a free election and a democratic republic. The Iranian people chant boycott mullahs\u2019 sham election.\u201d Their slogans read as follows: Shiraz\u2014Posters of Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi: \u201cThe dictatorship of the supreme leader will not give birth to freedom.\u201d Anzali\u2014 \u201cThe Iranian people chant boycott mullahs\u2019 sham election.\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cYes to a democratic republic. Democracy and freedom with Maryam Rajavi.\u201d Hamadan\u2014 \u201cNo to the sham election. Down with Khamenei. Viva Rajavi\u201d Hamadan\u2014 \u201cThe Iranian people have not forgotten that Ebrahim Raisi is the butcher of the 1988 massacre.\u201d Ilam\u2014 \u201cMy vote is regime change in Iran. Yes to a democratic republic.\u201d Ilam\u2014 \u201cViva Rajavi. We are ready [to overthrow the regime]. Ilam, June 2021.\u201d Asaluyeh\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cThe blood of victims of the 1988 massacre is rising [against Ebrahim Raisi]\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cNo to the mullahs\u2019 sham election. Yes to a free election and a democratic republic\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cMy vote is regime change in Iran. Yes to a democratic republic.\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cMy vote is regime change in Iran. Yes to a democratic republic.\u201d *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel are not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Daring Speeches While Facing the Cruelty<\/h3>\n<p>Iranians, fed up with corruption and discrimination are standing up against the regime officials and even risk their lives to protest and call upon their fellow countrymen to boycott the presidential sham elections. These scenes are touching and unprecedented, even for the brave people of Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian woman: The kids of officials who chant death to the US live in the US with the people&#39;s money. Enough empty promises! Raisi has been Chief Justice for 2yrs. Which (corrupt official) has he brought to justice?! All the candidates are thieves! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJcdi6KKe0\">pic.twitter.com\/EJcdi6KKe0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1404525175455031296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Qom, near Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t need VOA to tell me not to vote (in presidential elections.) All I have to do is look at the people&#8217;s empty pockets. After 40 years of rule, even bread has become scarce.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IraniansBoycottElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IraniansBoycottElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ROAyVGpqj\">pic.twitter.com\/5ROAyVGpqj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1404519118326411265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Video Report: Iranians Tearing Down and Burning Election Posters<\/h3>\n<p>A video compilation of angry Iranians tearing down and burning election posters &amp; images of Iran\u2019s Chief Justice &amp; presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi is best known for his part in the execution of thousands of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians tearing down and burning election posters\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_nOrmqGnKuBU\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FnOrmqGnKuBU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOrmqGnKuBU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-14T19:23:28Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_nOrmqGnKuBU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FnOrmqGnKuBU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians tearing down and burning election posters<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nOrmqGnKuBU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FnOrmqGnKuBU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians tearing down and burning election posters\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A video compilation of angry Iranians burning\/tearing down posters &amp; images of Iran&#039;s Chief Justice &amp; presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi is best known for his part in the execution of thousands of political prisoners.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s President Masters Lying<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hassan-Rouhani\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hassan-Rouhani.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan-Rouhani\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hassan-Rouhani.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hassan-Rouhani-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hassan-Rouhani-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hassan-Rouhani-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hassan-Rouhani-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Iran\u2019s state-run telegram channel Khabar Fori on June 12, 2021, the regime\u2019s president Hassan Rouhani claimed there was a high level of health in Iran and said: \u201cThe government\u2019s work in the field of health has been unprecedented since the Achaemenid period. The Health Transformation Plan surprised the world. Dozens of world leaders said how could you do that? The work of the Eleventh and Twelfth Governments (Rouhani\u2019s presidential period) on health is unprecedented in the history of Iran. No such services have been provided to the people since the Achaemenid period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/irans-president-masters-lying\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran Worker Commits Suicide in 3rd Case in Week<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mine-worker-commits-suicide-S-Iran-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A mine worker in Sirjan, southern Iran committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself at his workplace. According to the state-run Rokna News Agency, the worker worked as a driver at the mine. His identity or his motive was not stated in the report. This is the third case within one week that Iranian workers attempt suicide. Due to Iran\u2019s deteriorating economy, workers are facing severe pressure from delayed wages and other economic grievances.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-mine-worker-attempts-suicide-3rd-case-week\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran News in Brief, June 15, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 15, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_o-Ls-NPmmhc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo-Ls-NPmmhc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o-Ls-NPmmhc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-15T09:51:51Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_o-Ls-NPmmhc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo-Ls-NPmmhc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 15, 2021<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o-Ls-NPmmhc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo-Ls-NPmmhc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 15, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, June 15, 2021 Iran: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 311,700 Over 311,700 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Monday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 82,217, around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cThey wake up and say we will vaccinate the Iranian people in three months. They think vaccines are ice cream, or maybe they do not know how to count. You can\u2019t manage such a task with slogans,\u201d said Alireza Raisi, spokesperson of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Monday, in response to remarks made by the candidates in the regime\u2019s sham presidential election scheduled for this Friday, June 18, according to the Javan daily, an outlet linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards. MEK Resistance Units Activities Expand Across Iran Over the past week, supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq and Resistance Units called for a boycott of the clerical regime\u2019s presidential election farce by posting banners and placards, writing graffiti, and distributing leaflets. These activities were carried out as the regime\u2019s security forces were on maximum alert. People in different regions welcomed the campaign. Among the slogans written on placards and on walls were: \u201cThe nation has not forgotten that Raisi, is the henchmen of the 1988 massacre,\u201d \u201cNo to the regime\u2019s sham election, yes to a free election and a democratically-elected republic,\u201d \u201cMy vote regime change, yes to a democratically-elected republic,\u201d \u201cDown with Khamenei, down with Raisi, henchman of the 1988 massacre, yes to a democratically-elected republic,\u201d \u201cDown with Khamenei, down with Raisi, hail to Rajavi.\u201d The Students News Network (SSN), which is affiliated with Khamenei\u2019s faction, said June 12: Young Iranians are joining the MEK, and it\u2019s not clear what the regime can do about it. 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