{"id":244194,"date":"2021-08-03T01:27:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=244194"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:12:21","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; August 3, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min.jpg\" alt=\"iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iran-washington-protest-aug2021-min-265x198.jpg 265w\" 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: 10:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tuesday Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Ebrahim Raisi was celebrating the start of his tenure and was posing in front of the cameras with even more vows and promises than his predecessor, Iranians gathered and protested in different cities to prove that their desire is regime change and the henchman of the 1988 massacre is not their president.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 3 &#8211; Shush, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers and employees of the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company rallied for the 22nd consecutive day and blocked a road, protesting not receiving answers to their economic demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6fcUgT2y6k\">pic.twitter.com\/6fcUgT2y6k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1422556768454930432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 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\">August 3 &#8211; Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of the Mobarakeh Steel Company went on strike today demanding higher wages. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZdYu0Utrk\">pic.twitter.com\/jZdYu0Utrk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1422559378125860869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 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\">August 3 &#8211; Shadegan, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Municipality workers are holding a gathering and protesting further delays regarding their outstanding demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLKVNMdupx\">pic.twitter.com\/bLKVNMdupx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1422509297968181251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians in Diaspora Condemn the Installment of a Massmurderer as President<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, while Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s presidency was officially confirmed by Ali Khamenei, the regime&#8217;s supreme leader, Iranians in several European cities protested the official tenure of a mass murderer taking over one of the highest positions instead of facing justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">M\u00fcnster, Germany<br \/>Iranian expatriates hold a gathering in support of protests across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> and condemning the regime&#39;s incoming president Ebrahim Raisi.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/24TxPrsGqK\">pic.twitter.com\/24TxPrsGqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1422528424455905309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian expatriates across Europe hold gatherings in support of protests across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> and condemning the regime&#39;s incoming president Ebrahim Raisi, especially his direct role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> of over 30,000 political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Paris &#8211; Berlin &#8211; The Hague<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Pzi63mN8h\">pic.twitter.com\/8Pzi63mN8h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1422522887563476994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Message to the Call for Justice gathering on the Capitol Ground<\/h3>\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 August 2, 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maryam-Rajavi\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam-Rajavi\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maryam-Rajavi-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honorable personalities,<br \/>\nDear Friends,<br \/>\nI am delighted to be able to join you today in this gathering.<br \/>\nI thank the distinguished speakers for their long-time solidarity and support for the Iranian people and the Resistance, in the noble quest to liberate our homeland from the oppression of the religious dictatorship.<br \/>\nThese days, Iran is crying out for freedom. An uprising from Khuzestan to Tehran with chants of \u201cdeath to Khamenei\u201d and \u201cdeath to the dictator.\u201d<br \/>\nKhamenei, his IRGC, and the mass murderer, Ebrahim Raisi, will never be able to silence the voice of Iranians and their young people by bullets and tear gas, detention and torture, and by shutting down the internet.<br \/>\nThe overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 regime is within reach.<br \/>\nThe appointment of Ebrahim Raisi to the regime\u2019s presidency signals the end for the clerical regime. Raisi is the symbol of the regime\u2019s brutality.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/1988-massacre-prosecute-raisi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Message to the Call for Justice gathering on the Capitol Ground, Washington, D.C. &#8211; Henchman Raisi presents a historic test to the international community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aacfX1fO2i\">pic.twitter.com\/aacfX1fO2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1422223403348541447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 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: Over 345,300 Deaths, Record Numbers Across the Board<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 345,300 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-345300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Over 345,300 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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> as of Monday afternoon local time, August 2. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 91,407, around a fourth of the actual figure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 80,756 in Tehran, 23,385 in Isfahan, 21,916 in Khuzestan, 20,955 in Razavi Khorasan, 13,513 in East Azerbaijan, 13,380 in Mazandaran, 12,573 in West Azerbaijan, 11,807 in Fars, 11,146 in Gilan, 10,285 in Qom, 10,053 in Alborz, 9880 in Sistan &amp; Baluchistan, 8553 in Kerman, 8135 in Golestan, 6988 in Markazi, 6418 in Kermanshah, 6007 in Yazd, 5855 in Hormozgan, 5455 in Semnan, 4145 in Ardabil, 3904 in Qazvin, 3655 in Zanjan, and 3181 in South Khorasan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-news-345300-deaths-20210802\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a result of the criminal and predatory policies of the clerical regime and Khamenei himself, the per capita death toll in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is much larger than the rest of the world, reaching 350,000.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1422189723309719558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 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\">Liberation from poverty, unemployment, disease, oppression, and repression in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> can only be achieved with the overthrow of the clerical regime and the establishment of democracy and national sovereignty. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1422189738589630474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Iran:18 Executions In 11 Days And As Raisi, Henchman Of 1988 Massacre Takes Office<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-execution-21022021-2-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min.jpg\" alt=\"iran-execution-21022021-2-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-execution-21022021-2-min-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Ebrahim Raisi, the henchman of the 1988 massacre, takes office tomorrow, the inhuman clerical regime hanged three prisoners named Sepehr Abbasnejad (from Urmia) and Eskander Zare\u2019 and Hamzeh Rezaei (from Salmas) in Urmia Prison, this morning, Monday, August 2, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, many relatives and friends of the prisoners had gathered in front of Urmia Prison. The regime\u2019s repressive special units fearing the spread of the protest dispersed the crowd and confiscated the mobiles of several people.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran18-executions-in-11-days-and-as-raisi-henchman-of-1988-massacre-takes-office\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Collapsed Economy, Far Behind Even War-Torn Countries<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Over 60 million people live in poverty across Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Over-60-million-people-live-in-poverty-across-Iran-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran&#8217;s economy is grappling with several crises due to structural corruption. According to economic experts, Iran is the only country in the world that has had double-digit inflation rates for more than four decades. Meanwhile, government experts are worried about the dangerous situation that is on the horizon for the regime, especially as we see protests escalating from Khuzestan province to other cities and towns across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-economy-inflation-khamenei-raisi-20210802\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Monthly Report July 2021, Iran Human Rights Monitor<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor.jpg\" alt=\"Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Monthly-Report-July-2021-Iran-Human-Rights-Monitor-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">July saw Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejeii taking office as head of the Iranian Judiciary Branch. Khamenei issued an edict appointing Ejeii as head of the Judiciary, which is the apparatus in charge of executions and crimes in Iran. In his decree, Khamenei noted Ejeii\u2019s \u201cpriceless experience and brilliant record\u201d which is a reference to his long-time expertise in human rights abuses and suppression during his service as the first deputy to the Judiciary Chief, the country\u2019s General Prosecutor, and the Minister of Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2021\/08\/02\/monthly-report-july-2021-iran-human-rights-monitor\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Western Reaction to Iran\u2019s Presidential Inauguration Could Promote Domestic Revolt<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-and-the-world-powers-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-and-the-world-powers-min.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-and-the-world-powers-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-and-the-world-powers-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-and-the-world-powers-min-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-and-the-world-powers-min-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-and-the-world-powers-min-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-and-the-world-powers-min-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On August 3, Ebrahim Raisi will be inaugurated as the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and there is little doubt that the Iranian people will be scrutinizing Western reactions to that development. Many commentators in the expatriate activist community have already criticized those governments for their relative silence in the wake of Raisi\u2019s June 18 \u201celection,\u201d but the Iranian Resistance leader Maryam Rajavi has said that the United States, Britain, and the European Union will face a \u201clitmus test\u201d for their principles only after Iran enters into its \u201cnew era\u201d with Raisi\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/western-reaction-to-irans-presidential-inauguration-could-promote-domestic-revolt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Bahai Woman Sentenced to 5 Years of Prison in SW Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iranian-Bahai-woman-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-in-SW-Iran-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An Iranian Bahai woman was sentenced to five years and eight months of prison by the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court in southwestern Iran. According to the Human Rights News Agency, she was identified as Sanaz Notghi. Sanaz was charged with \u201cmembership in the illegal Bahai organization\u201d and \u201cspreading propaganda against the state\u201d. 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