{"id":242337,"date":"2021-06-30T01:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T06:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=242337"},"modified":"2023-05-01T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:13:19","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-30-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-30-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; June 30, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242343\" title=\"iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-doctors-college-students-june2021 (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-doctors-college-students-june2021-1-696x321.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Strikes and Protests on Wednesday<\/h3>\n<p>In many Iranian cities, people have to rally and protest, instead of going to work. Because even those who have the luxury of work, are having a hard time running their lives properly. On Wednesday, workers, public school janitors as well as students, have taken to the streets protesting the officials&#8217; failure to address their grievances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Ardabil\u2014Arta Energy Co. workers stopped working and joined the nationwide strike by oil workers in more than 60 refineries, power plants, and industrial centers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VITSdgBblX\">pic.twitter.com\/VITSdgBblX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1410258266358177805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Isfahan\u2014physicians and medical students rallied in front of the Provincial Medical Sciences University protesting the systematic violation of the physicians community&#39;s rights, ignorance about public health, and an expanding corruption in the health apparatuses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bU2SsuAsXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/bU2SsuAsXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1410186600781271048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Kerman\u2014physicians and medical students rallied in front of the Provincial Medical Sciences University protesting the systematic violation of the physicians community&#39;s rights, ignorance about public health, and an expanding corruption in the health apparatuses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rnaY8eT8Eu\">pic.twitter.com\/rnaY8eT8Eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1410181819090173963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: The Staggering Number of Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 319,700<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242330\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-319700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-319700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-319700-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-319700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-319700-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-319700-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-319700-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-319700-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-319700-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-319700-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 Tuesday, June 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had surpassed 319,700. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 74,836, Isfahan 21,565, Khuzestan 20,226, Khorasan Razavi 19,440, East Azerbaijan 13,028, Lorestan 12,565, Fars 10,732, Sistan and Baluchestan 7,686, Golestan 7,590, Kerman 7,308, Kermanshah 6,178, Kurdistan 5,442, Semnan 5,320, Yazd 5,317, Hormozgan 4,685, North Khorasan 4,523, South Khorasan 2,946, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,494.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-the-staggering-number-of-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-319700\/\" 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 319,700 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\/WjhlnJLgwk\">https:\/\/t.co\/WjhlnJLgwk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GCG422MEK\">pic.twitter.com\/8GCG422MEK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1410105259620323328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 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;\">Un Human Rights Rapporteur Calls for Investigation Into 1988 Massacre, Raisi\u2019s Role<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242340\" title=\"un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman.jpg\" alt=\"un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/un-rapporteur-on-iran-javeid-rehman-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Javaid Rehman, the UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran and the role played by the regime\u2019s incoming president Ebrahim Raisi in this crime against humanity. In an interview with Reuters on Monday, Rehman said that his office has \u201cgathered testimonies and evidence\u201d on the 1988 massacre and is \u201cready to share them if the United Nations Human Rights Council or other body sets up an impartial investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/javeid-rehman-1988-massacre-probe-ebrahim-raisi-20210629\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei\u2019s Failed Attempt To Legitimize the Boycotted Election<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242339\" title=\"Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei (left) and incoming president Ebrahim Raisi (right)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iranian-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-left-and-incoming-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-right-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the nationwide boycott of the Iranian regime\u2019s sham presidential election has become a recognized fact\u2014including by the regime\u2019s own analysts and experts\u2014some regime leaders and officials are trying to put a positive light on the disastrously low turnout to save face. On Monday, ten days after the June 18 election, regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei held a meeting with judiciary officials, in which he tried\u2014and unsurprisingly failed\u2014to twist the truth in his own favor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/ali-khamenei-remarks-election-boycott-20210629\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Election Proves No Hardliner\/Reformist Distinction<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242341\" title=\"Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Hardliner-and-reformists-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian election resulted, predictably, in Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s preferred candidate Ebrahim Raisi becoming president, while the majority of the population stayed away from the polls in line with the campaign by the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). The MEK and the Iranian people have long noted that there is no difference between the reformists and hardliners in Iran, citing that the conditions in Iran have gotten worse no matter who occupies the second-highest office of the land. In fact, while domestic and foreign policy has pursued the same goals, the only change was which group got the majority of benefits from corruption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iran-election-proves-no-hardliner-reformist-distinction\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: COVID Crisis Entered Fifth Wave<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242338\" title=\"Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-Covid-Crisis-entered-fifth-wave-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coronavirus crisis is only getting worse in Iran, with regime officials predicting the fifth peak soon, something that is unheard of in the rest of the world, as state media reports a marked increase in the number of cities labeled as \u2018red\u2019. The Khabar Online wrote last Friday: \u201cThe charts forecast bad news about the Covid-19 outbreak in Iran. For the second week in a row, the prevalence of coronavirus in the country has increased.\u201d\u00a0This was the same day that Health Minister Saied Namaki said that 32 cities were declared red because of the high number of hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/iran-covid-crisis-entered-fifth-wave\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran News in Brief, June 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 30, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_oXShp2qV40s\" 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%2FoXShp2qV40s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oXShp2qV40s\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-30T12:41:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_oXShp2qV40s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FoXShp2qV40s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 30, 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\/oXShp2qV40s\" 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%2FoXShp2qV40s%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 30, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, June 30, 2021 UN Expert Calls for Investigation into Iran\u2019s 1988 Massacre On Monday, Mr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, called for an international investigation into the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and Raisi\u2019s role in this crime against humanity. According to Reuters, \u201cThe U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988,\u201d and the role played by \u201cEbrahim\u202fRaisi\u202fas Tehran deputy prosecutor.\u201d In September, Mr. Rahman and six other UN experts published a letter sent earlier to the Iranian regime in 2020, underlining that the 1988 massacre \u201cmay amount to crimes against humanity.\u201d Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 319,700 Over 319,700 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 84,127, around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cThe number of people hospitalized in Tehran is increasing at an alarming rate and it is certain that the capital will be registered as a red zone. The Health Ministry announced there are 63 red zone cities, 184 orange, and 201 yellow,\u201d according to a Tuesday report wired by the regime\u2019s official IRNA news agency. 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