{"id":241840,"date":"2021-06-20T03:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T08:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241840"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:03:45","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-20-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-20-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 20, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mass boycott of Iran's sham presidential elections \u2014 June 18, 2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-696x393.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><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Clashes and Protests in Iran on Sunday<\/h3>\n<p>With or without a new president in Tehran, the misery continues for the vast majority of Iranians and therefore an end to the daily protests in Iranian cities is obviously nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>For the second time, workers and employees of Tehran&#8217;s metro transit system stroke and rallied to claim their wages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021.jpg\" alt=\"iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-tehran-metro-strike-20062021-696x321.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Yasuj, locals clashed with the security forces over voter fraud in the city council elections. Four injured have been reported so far.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jun. 20 &#8211; Yasuj, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage of clashes between locals and security forces over vote-rigging in the City Council elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NmJB2Zrb0c\">pic.twitter.com\/NmJB2Zrb0c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1406612158637559810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There have also been reports of strikes of Sina Refinery workers in Qeshm, as well as workers of Farab Bidkhoon Power Plant Company in Asaloye, both Southern Iran.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Covid-19 Takes The Lives Of 314,400<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-314400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-314400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-314400-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-314400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-314400-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-314400-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-314400-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-314400-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 Saturday, June 19, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities across Iran had exceeded 314,400. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 73,696, Isfahan 21,140, Khuzestan 19,811, Khorasan Razavi 19,115, East Azerbaijan 12,868, Mazandaran 12,410, West Azerbaijan 11,798, Gilan 10,486, Alborz 8,963, Kerman 7,068, Hamedan 6,833, Central Province 6,498, Kurdistan 5,367, Semnan 5,285, Yazd 5,237, Hormozgan 4,360, and Ardabil 3,885.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-covid-19-takes-the-lives-of-314400\/\" 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 314,400 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\/K1EXpQ0mEU\">https:\/\/t.co\/K1EXpQ0mEU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ar9MXYNl1\">pic.twitter.com\/0ar9MXYNl1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1406343275867344897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi: Installing as President a Mass Murderer and a Criminal Against Humanity Reflects the Regime\u2019s Desperation, Foreshadows the Overthrow of the Ruling Theocracy<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal.jpg\" alt=\"Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-must-face-justice-in-an-international-tribunal-696x418.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said the following after the regime announced the results of its sham presidential election:<\/p>\n<p>Despite astronomical rigging and falsifying the vote tally, the dimensions of the popular boycott were so extensive that the regime succumbed to announcing a lower than 49 percent turnout, plainly admitting that the majority of Iranian people boycotted the sham election and testified to its illegitimacy.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/mullahs-sham-election-ebrahim-raisi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Low Voter Turnout in Iran\u2019s Sham Presidential Election Sends Historic Message to the World<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mass boycott of Iran's sham presidential elections \u2014 June 18, 2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mass-boycott-of-Irans-sham-presidential-elections-\u2014-June-18-2021-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As was expected, Iran\u2019s sham presidential election, held on Friday, turned out to be a farce and a humiliation for the tyrannical regime of the mullahs. According to information obtained by the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), less than 10 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots, which displays the Iranian people\u2019s utter contempt for the regime in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-presidential-election-turnout-policy-20210619\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min.jpg\" alt=\"amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amnesty-international-iran-raisi-investigation-min-696x498.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Responding to today\u2019s announcement declaring Ebrahim Raisi as Iran\u2019s next president, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General Agn\u00e8s Callamard said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency instead of being investigated for the crimes against humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, is a grim reminder that impunity reigns supreme in Iran. In 2018, our organization documented how Ebrahim Raisi had been a member of the \u2018death commission\u2019 which forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed in secret thousands of political dissidents in Evin and Gohardasht prisons near Tehran in 1988. The circumstances surrounding the fate of the victims and the whereabouts of their bodies are, to this day, systematically concealed by the Iranian authorities, amounting to ongoing crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Mass Executioner Raisi Becomes Iran\u2019s President to Quell Growing Unrest<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Khamenie-and-Raisi\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Khamenie-and-Raisi.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenie-and-Raisi\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Khamenie-and-Raisi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Khamenie-and-Raisi-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Khamenie-and-Raisi-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Khamenie-and-Raisi-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Khamenie-and-Raisi-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Minister of Interior announced today in a press conference that 17,926,345 people voted for Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi in yesterday\u2019s presidential elections making him the country\u2019s new president. According to Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli only 48.8% of those eligible voted in the elections, a record low compared to previous elections. Of course, 48.8% is fabricated and greatly exaggerated. Thousands of amateur videos and reports from polling stations indicate that less than 10% of Iranians actually voted. But that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/mass-executioner-raisi-becomes-irans-president-to-quell-growing-unrest\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Raisi\u2019s Desired \u2018Security\u2019 Is Nothing but Repression and Censorship<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-repression-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-repression-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-repression (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-repression-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-repression-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-repression-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-repression-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-repression-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime has decided to contract its regime, by electing the supreme leader\u2019s desired candidate Ebrahim Raisi, who is famous for his role in the 1988 political massacre. This decision is the start of a new era of human rights violation, execution, and repression, especially the youths. UN Watch in two separate tweets pointed out this event and wrote: \u201cIran\u2019s ruling regime is likely to install Ebrahim Parsi \u2014 who sat on a four-man \u201cdeath committee\u201d that oversaw the execution of 5,000 political prisoners \u2014 as its next president. Will U.N. rights chief @mbachelet speak out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/raisis-desired-security-is-nothing-but-repression-and-censorship\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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-19-2021\/\" 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 19, 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: 10:00 AM CEST Clashes and Protests in Iran on Sunday With or without a new president in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":241841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-241840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news-in-brief","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - June 20, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. 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