{"id":241562,"date":"2021-06-16T02:29:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T07:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241562"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:17:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 16, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_241567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241567\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg\" alt=\"iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021-696x375.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sepahan Cement workers rally in Isfahan, Iran- Jun 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Absolute Protest: One Man at a Time<\/h3>\n<p>While the regime&#8217;s sham presidential election enters its final stages and the candidates are prohibited to continue public campaigning and advertising, Iranians in many cities are taking the matters into their own hands and putting their anger on display by tearing down anything that reflects the regime&#8217;s misuse of democratic forms and norms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 16 &#8211; Shiraz, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Pasdaran Boulevard<\/p>\n<p>Courageous Iranian tears down campaign posters of the regime&#39;s so-called candidates.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/22POX4v9zm\">pic.twitter.com\/22POX4v9zm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1405135359160188943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 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\">Kurdistan, W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals burn a large election banner of Chief Justice and presidential front-runner Ebrahim Raisi. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElection?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElection<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CzSZ2WzdfY\">pic.twitter.com\/CzSZ2WzdfY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1405063175523950592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Families of the Regime&#8217;s Victims Want Justice<\/h3>\n<p>The Iranian regime that destroyed lives and brandished cemeteries is now facing thousands of families who are actively joining the nationwide campaign for regime change by the day. Family members of the slain protesters and those who lost their loved ones in the downing of Ukrainian flight PS752 by the IRGC are courageously posting videos on social media to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This mother lost her daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law in the IRGC downed Ukrainian plane. &quot;Please don&#39;t vote. The blood of our youth drips from the fingers of the Islamic Republic and whoever votes has blood on their hands.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZc0tWvwoY\">pic.twitter.com\/DZc0tWvwoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1405141392222003210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 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\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nephew of slain protester Farzad Ansarifar: My uncle was an Ariobarzanes (Persian hero). Whenever an Ariobarzanes dies, another one is born to take his place&#8221;.<br \/>\nWise words from a little boy who has seen so much pain.<br \/>\nFarzad was killed during 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> in Behbahan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVZR5uh9DE\">pic.twitter.com\/WVZR5uh9DE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1405059630334681090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Is More Than 312,200<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-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-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-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-312200-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-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-312200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/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 June 15, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 312,200. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 73,166, Isfahan 20,980, Khuzestan 19,636, Khorasan Razavi 18,980, East Azerbaijan 12,793, West Azerbaijan 11,738, Fars 10,467, Alborz 8,913, Yazd 5,207, Hormozgan 4,225, Qazvin 3,609, and Bushehr 3,279.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-is-more-than-312200\/\" 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 312,200 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\/OfuFmuA07N\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfuFmuA07N<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JnbvafkVvf\">pic.twitter.com\/JnbvafkVvf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1404897588201943041?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<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran&#8217;s Streets Depict People&#8217;s Will to Boycott the 2021 Sham Presidential Election<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&amp;#039;s streets depict people&amp;#039;s will to boycott the 2021 sham presidential election\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_7fdr8XWPinM\" 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%2F7fdr8XWPinM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fdr8XWPinM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-15T16:40:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_7fdr8XWPinM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F7fdr8XWPinM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran&#039;s streets depict people&#039;s will to boycott the 2021 sham presidential election<\/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\/7fdr8XWPinM\" 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%2F7fdr8XWPinM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&amp;#039;s streets depict people&amp;#039;s will to boycott the 2021 sham presidential election\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-unitsJune 14, 2021\u2014PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units have intensified their efforts to popular the message of the Iranian regime election boycott four days before the Iran presidential election. As four decades ago, the PMOI\/MEK has boycotted the Iranian regime sham election. The Resistance Units put up slogans against the Iranian regime\u2019s next president Ebrahim Raisi who is going to be selected by the supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The Resistance Units also put up posters of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi. The Resistance Units slogans read: Isfahan\u2014 \u201cNo to the mullahs\u2019 rule, no to religious tyranny, no to repression, no to looting, and yes to freedom and a democratic republic\u201d \u201cIran\u2019s destiny will not be written through the mullahs\u2019 sham elections but through its rebellious generation and uprisings\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cOur message to the regime supreme leader is: we will fight until the end\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cBoycott of the mullahs\u2019 sham elections is a national duty\u201d Anzali\u2014 \u201cIranian people\u2019s vote is boycott of mullahs\u2019 sham elections\u201d Babolsar\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, our vote is regime change\u201d \u201cDown with Khamenei\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cOur vote is regime change\u201d \u201cYes to a democratic Iran\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<p style=\"text-align: justify\">PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units have intensified their efforts to popular the message of the Iranian regime election boycott four days before the Iran presidential election. As four decades ago, the PMOI\/MEK has boycotted the Iranian regime sham election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Resistance Units put up slogans against the Iranian regime\u2019s next president Ebrahim Raisi who is going to be selected by the supreme leader Ali Khamenei.<br \/>\nThe Resistance Units also put up posters of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Behind The Iran Headlines:<\/h3>\n<p>The Ultimate Winner in Iran&#8217;s 2021 Presidential Election<br \/>\nFor the regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the June 18 contest is about survival.<br \/>\nAlireza Jafarzadeh explains why!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES:<br \/>\ud83d\udd36 The Ultimate Winner in Iran&#39;s 2021 Presidential Election<br \/>For the regime&#39;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the June 18 contest is about survival.<br \/>\ud83d\udd36 Alireza Jafarzadeh explains why!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@A_Jafarzadeh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Iran_Policy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranElection2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranElection2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjsS84fncx\">pic.twitter.com\/SjsS84fncx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1404844243932389387?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<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Elections: Why Raisi Is Khamenei\u2019s Choice<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-228718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_Raisi_crying_29102020-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian elections are due to be held on June 18, but the Iranian public is set to boycott en-masse because, as they\u2019ve said multiple times, their votes have never changed anything because Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei always makes the final decision on the \u201cwinning\u201d candidate. His favored candidate right now is judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, who is infamous for his human rights violations. This includes the crackdown on the November 2019 uprising and his role as a member of the Death Commission during the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sham-election\/iran-elections-why-raisi-is-khameneis-choice\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Man Detained for Speaking Out Against Chief Justice and Presidential Candidate, SW Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-man-in-Ahvaz-detained-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An Iranian man in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran was detained on June 13 after he spoke out against Iran\u2019s Chief Justice and presidential candidate in a circulating video on social media. According to reports, he was arrested at his workplace at 1.30 am and taken to an unknown location. The man had said in the video that Iran\u2019s Chief Justice and presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s election office had extorted money from fruit vendors for Raisi\u2019s election campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranian-man-detained-sw-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran, the Eighth Most Miserable Country in the World<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-poverty-levels-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-poverty-levels-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-poverty-levels\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-poverty-levels-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-poverty-levels-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-poverty-levels-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-poverty-levels-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-poverty-levels-1-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a recent interview with the state-run ISNA news agency, Steve Hanke, professor of economics at the Johns Hopkins University, ranked the Iranian regime as eighth in the misery. &#8220;According to Hanke, high inflation is the main reason for the high economic misery index (sum of unemployment and inflation rate) in Iran, and currency depreciation, the most important factor in high inflation. Among 156 ranked countries, Iran ranks eighth. The highest rates of economic misery are in Venezuela, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Syria, Argentina and Turkey,\u201d ISNA reported on June 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-poverty-misery-index-20210615\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Pfizer Vaccine Sold for up to $2,488 in Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pfizer-vaccine\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pfizer-vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"Pfizer-vaccine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pfizer-vaccine.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pfizer-vaccine-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pfizer-vaccine-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pfizer-vaccine-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pfizer-vaccine-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Pfizer vaccine is being sold in Tehran for 25 to 60 million tomans (around $1,036 to $2,488), a state-run daily said today. According to the Hamshahri Daily, the vaccines are being sold in parts of the capital equipped with modern refrigeration systems. Two vaccine doses are sold from between 25 to 60 million tomans. The price difference depends on the injection site and point of contact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/pfizer-vaccine-sold-for-up-to-2488-in-tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Judiciary Sentences Four People to Lashes in Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-flogging-four-people-to-lashes-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian Judiciary sentenced four people to lashes in Tehran for economic crimes, in addition to other punishments.\u00a0According to the state-run Etemad Online website, the four men were identified as Hassan Ghorbani, Mehdi Bahrami, Mohsen Ghorbani and Mohsen Hatami-Nejad. They were charged with \u201cparticipation in disrupting the economic system.\u201d All four were sentenced to lashes, confiscation of their belongings, and prison. Hassan was sentenced to 20 years of prison, Mehdi to 12 years of prison, and Mohsen Ghorbani and Mohsen Hatami-Nejad were sentenced to 10 years of prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-judiciary-four-people-to-lashes-in-tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran News in Brief, June 16, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 16, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NEutYf92IMQ\" 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%2FNEutYf92IMQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NEutYf92IMQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-16T07:14:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NEutYf92IMQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNEutYf92IMQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 16, 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\/NEutYf92IMQ\" 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%2FNEutYf92IMQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 16, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, June 16, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Is More Than 312,200 Over 312,200 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 82,351, around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cIn Tehran there is a black market to purchase Pfizer vaccines with prices ranging from &#36;1,037 to &#36;2,489. The vaccines are smuggled into the country. This market is flourishing while vaccination across Iran has come to a halt; there is a severe shortage in vaccine doses and many who need their second dose have been left to wait,\u201d according to a Tuesday piece published in the state-run Hamshahri daily. \u201cThe entire process of finding a customer is carried out very carefully and only through trusted individuals\u2026 The vaccine is applied by trained individuals and at the site the customer is provided a vaccine card with a stamp of the Iraqi Kurdistan Health Ministry,\u201d the article adds. Iran&#039;s Regime Condemns Four Men to Flogging The Iranian regime&#039;s Judiciary sentenced four people to flogging in Tehran for economic crimes, in addition to other punishments. These individuals are charged with \u201cparticipation in disrupting the economic system.\u201d All four were sentenced to lashes, confiscation of their belongings and prison. The Iranian regime is one of the few states that still uses degrading punishments, even though all international civil and political rights conventions have prohibited the use of inhumane punishments such as execution and flogging. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-15-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><strong style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 15, 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Absolute Protest: One Man at a Time While the regime&rsquo;s sham presidential election enters [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":241567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-241562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news-in-brief","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-iran-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - June 16, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran News in Brief - June 16, 2021 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-16T07:29:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-30T08:17:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"539\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\"},\"headline\":\"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 16, 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-16T07:29:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-30T08:17:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":920,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News in Brief-Live Updates\",\"Iran News in Brief-Articles and Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran News in Brief - June 16, 2021 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-16T07:29:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-30T08:17:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":539,\"caption\":\"Sepahan Cement workers rally in Isfahan, Iran\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 16, 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\",\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hamideh Taati\"},\"description\":\"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/hamideh-taati\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran News in Brief - June 16, 2021 - NCRI","description":"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran News in Brief - June 16, 2021 - NCRI","og_description":"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2021-06-16T07:29:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-30T08:17:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":539,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hamideh Taati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hamideh Taati","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/"},"author":{"name":"Hamideh Taati","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8"},"headline":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 16, 2021","datePublished":"2021-06-16T07:29:26+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-30T08:17:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/"},"wordCount":920,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg","keywords":["Iran News"],"articleSection":["Latest News in Brief-Live Updates","Iran News in Brief-Articles and Videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/","name":"Iran News in Brief - June 16, 2021 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-16T07:29:26+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-30T08:17:48+00:00","description":"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-isfahan-sepahan-workers-14062021.jpg","width":1000,"height":539,"caption":"Sepahan Cement workers rally in Isfahan, Iran"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2021\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 16, 2021"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8","name":"Hamideh Taati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hamideh Taati"},"description":"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/hamideh-taati\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}