{"id":241674,"date":"2021-06-18T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241674"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:38:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-18-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-protests-NCRI\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-protests-NCRI.jpg\" alt=\"Reports from Iran indicate protests by people from all walks of life continue across Iran, days before the regime\u2019s sham presidential election\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-protests-NCRI.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-protests-NCRI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-protests-NCRI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-protests-NCRI-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-protests-NCRI-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\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: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Takes Away the Lives of More Than 313,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-313300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-313300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-313300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" \/><\/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 Thursday, June 17, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 313,300. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 73,436, Isfahan 21,065, Khuzestan 19,726, Khorasan Razavi 19,050, East Azerbaijan 12,833, West Azerbaijan 11,773, Fars, 10,502, Alborz 8,938, Golestan 7,495, Kermanshah, 6,093, Hormozgan 4,290, Zanjan 3,415, and South Khorasan 2,881.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-takes-away-the-lives-of-more-than-313300\/\" 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 313,300 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\/eyEaV5mMoc\">https:\/\/t.co\/eyEaV5mMoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xClb8Zn8o4\">pic.twitter.com\/xClb8Zn8o4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1405610950460276736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 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: Regime\u2019s Concerns Escalate Over Nationwide Boycott Campaign<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021 (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-jun2021-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Friday, the clerical regime ruling Iran will hold its so-called elections while an absolute majority of the Iranian population are determined to boycott the farce. People are calling it a sham election, result from nothing but the regime\u2019s internal balance of power. The popular uprisings in December 2017, January 2018, November 2019, and January 2020, in which the people chanted \u201cReformists, hardliners, Game Over!\u201d have changed the circumstances for both factions in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-opposition-pmoi-mek-resistance-units-presidential-elections-boycott-20211217\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Regime Leaders Beg the People to Vote in Sham Elections<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-regime-khamenei-rouhani-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a speech on Wednesday, two days before the sham presidential elections scheduled for June 18, the regime supreme leader pleaded with the people to vote. Khamenei admitted that the \u201cpoor segments of the society are discouraged and dissatisfied and don\u2019t want to vote in the elections.\u201d Khamenei tried to blame the forecasted low voter turnout on the regime\u2019s enemies but also expressed disdain at regime officials who are warning about low voter turnouts. \u201cSome from inside the establishment are trying to dissuade the people. This is wrong. They are spreading hopelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/ali-khamenei-hassan-rouhani-elections-20210617\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s Role in Gas Price Hikes of November 2019<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Raisi-and-Larijani\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raisi-and-Larijani.jpg\" alt=\"Raisi-and-Larijani\" width=\"1000\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raisi-and-Larijani.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raisi-and-Larijani-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raisi-and-Larijani-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raisi-and-Larijani-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raisi-and-Larijani-696x423.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Two years after November 2019, Iran\u2019s society has yet to forget the bloody crackdown on hundreds of thousands of protesters in around 200 cities across the country. At the time, Iranian citizens flooded onto the streets protesting gas price hikes by the government. In response, authorities used extreme lethal force, killing at least 1,500 demonstrators, injuring 8,000 citizens, and arbitrarily arrested more than 12,000 protesters and bystanders. However, these days and amid the Presidential campaigns, Judiciary Chief and the Supreme Leader\u2019s favorite candidate Ebrahim Raisi and outgoing President Hassan Rouhani blame each other for increasing the fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iran-ebrahim-raisis-role-in-gas-price-hikes-of-november-2019\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">No Justice for women under Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi.jpg\" alt=\"No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/No-Justice-under-Judiciary-Chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With the clerical regime paving the way for Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, the preferred candidate of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, he runs virtually uncontested for president. Ali Khamenei appointed Ebrahim Raisi to head the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary on February 26, 2019. Raisi\u2019s first two years as judiciary chief (2019-2021) have been marked by intensified repression and rights violations. Particularly women were subjected to harsher repression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2021\/06\/17\/women-under-judiciary-chief-ebrahim-raisi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran News in Brief, June 18, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 18, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_cNqKoCs--VI\" 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%2FcNqKoCs--VI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNqKoCs--VI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M23S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-18T07:49:58Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_cNqKoCs--VI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FcNqKoCs--VI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 18, 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\/cNqKoCs--VI\" 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%2FcNqKoCs--VI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 18, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, June 18, 2021 Khamenei Begs People to Vote in Sham Elections In a speech on Wednesday, two days before the sham presidential elections scheduled for June 18, the regime supreme leader pleaded with the people to vote. Khamenei admitted that the \u201cpoor segments of the society are discouraged and dissatisfied and don\u2019t want to vote in the elections.\u201d Khamenei tried to blame the forecasted low voter turnout on the regime\u2019s enemies but also expressed disdain at regime officials who are warning about low voter turnouts. \u201cSome from inside the establishment are trying to dissuade the people. This is wrong. They are spreading hopelessness.\u201d Khamenei warned, \u201cIf [the people] don\u2019t participate [in the elections], the enemy will increase the pressure\u2026 If the people\u2019s presence is weak, the establishment will become weaker, and [the enemy] will threaten the country with insecurity and terrorism.\u201d Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 313,300 Over 313,300 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 Thursday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 82,619, around a fourth of the actual figure. While the mullahs\u2019 criminal and plundering policies has led to coronavirus taking more lives with each passing day, regime President Hassan Rouhani resorted to more preposterous remarks on Thursday. One of the prides of the \u201crevolution is in the people\u2019s health. Nobody can deny this reality. All these hospitals, all these hospital beds, equipment, physicians and nurses, all these testing devices across the country,\u201d he said. 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