{"id":245045,"date":"2021-08-16T02:56:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T07:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=245045"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:46:26","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; August 16, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-2021-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Activities by MEK Resistance Units in Iran - August 2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-2021-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-2021-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-2021-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-August-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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">A Pandemic Unleashed on the Population<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Terrified of determined Iranians to take their fate into their own hands, the regime welcomed the Covid-19 virus into Iran&#8217;s borders and deliberately failed to take any preventive measures to curb the deadly pandemic. And now, 18 months into the crisis, the fourth variant is claiming at least 2,000 thousand lives on a daily basis, and Iranians in every city have to cope with its consequences in an already miserable state of life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mashhad, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Bodies of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> victims in a morgue<\/p>\n<p>Iran is setting new records in deaths from the delta virus due to the regime&#39;s Supreme Leader banning credible vaccines. The regime has deliberately allowed the virus to spread.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PhP9SYmYHk\">pic.twitter.com\/PhP9SYmYHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1427271656242696196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 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\">Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Large crowd of people seeking to receive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a> vaccines.<br \/>The regime&#39;s deliberate delays in protesting the Iranian people has left over 364,400 people dead. And the death toll continues to rise.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r3E9Mv9I4H\">pic.twitter.com\/r3E9Mv9I4H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1427200963266453505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 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\">August 14 &#8211; Mashhad, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Long line of people seeking to purchase oxygen tanks most likely as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a> continues to take more lives across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The regime&#39;s deliberate delays, mismanagement &amp; corruption has left millions of Iranians without credible vaccines. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6FzGswwrm\">pic.twitter.com\/K6FzGswwrm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1427185864564637701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 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: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 362,400<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-362400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244942 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-362400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 362,400 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-362400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-362400-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-362400-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-362400-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-362400-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, August 14, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 362,400. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 85,246, Isfahan 24,350, Khorasan Razavi 22,935, Khuzestan 22,751, Mazandaran 14,040, East Azerbaijan 13,688, Lorestan 13,260, West Azerbaijan 12,973, Fars 12,642, Gilan 11,935, Sistan and Baluchestan 10,695, Alborz 10,628, Kerman 9,138, Golestan 8,625, Kermanshah 6,598, Yazd 6,333, Hormozgan 6,255, North Khorasan 4,909, Ardabil 4,405, Zanjan 3,800, Ilam 3,668, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,749.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-the-staggering-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-362400\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">Iranian Resistance Units Carry Out Nationwide Campaign Against Murderous Regime President Ebrahim Raisi<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"MEK Resistance Units in Iran: Khuzestan uprising will continue until regime collapse\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_WfIcsD2nM1Q\" 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%2FWfIcsD2nM1Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WfIcsD2nM1Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-11T16:50:03Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_WfIcsD2nM1Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWfIcsD2nM1Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">MEK Resistance Units in Iran: Khuzestan uprising will continue until regime collapse<\/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\/WfIcsD2nM1Q\" 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%2FWfIcsD2nM1Q%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"MEK Resistance Units in Iran: Khuzestan uprising will continue until regime collapse\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units August 9, 2021\u2014PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units in Iran say that the uprising started in Khuzestan province will continue until the Iranian regime\u2019s collapse. They install posters of the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Maryam Rajavi and the Iranian resistance leader Massoud Rajavi in public places. They wrote: Isfahan\u2014 \u201cDo not leave the risen cities alone\u2026 This is an uprising for overthrowing [the regime] and for freedom\u201d Tonekabon\u2014 \u201cIt is time to rise all over Iran.\u201d Mashhad\u2014 \u201cRebels will continue the uprising that started in Khuzestan\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cRebels will continue the uprising that started in Khuzestan\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cThe oppressed and thirsty province of Khuzestan has risen to fight\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Viva Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Viva Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it the Shah or Ali Khamenei\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cIt is time for all cities in Iran to rise.\u201d Shahr-e Kord\u2014 \u201cDown with the dictator\u201d Shahr-e Kord\u2014 \u201cUprisings must be expanded\u201d Shiraz\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei and Raisi\u201d Karaj\u2014 \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it the Shah or Ali Khamenei\u201d Yasuj\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei and Raisi, Viva Rajavi\u201d Yasuj\u2014 \u201cIran will rise against mullahs\u201d Yasuj\u2014 \u201cThe Iranian people are aware and hate both Shah and mullahs\u201d Yasuj\u2014 \u201cIran will not get better as long as mullahs are in power.\u201d *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is 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\">In recent days the network of the Iranian opposition movement the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has continued its vast anti-regime campaign across the country. Anti-regime slogans such as \u201cDown with Khamenei and hail to Rajavi\u201d were spread in various cities by the MEK\u2019s internal network, known as the Iranian Resistance Units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-20210815\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">With Cabinet Appointments, Iran\u2019s President Continues Boasting the Regime\u2019s Impunity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Raisi-Criminal-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raisi-Criminal-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Raisi-Criminal-Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raisi-Criminal-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raisi-Criminal-Iran-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raisi-Criminal-Iran-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raisi-Criminal-Iran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raisi-Criminal-Iran-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">There were never such many questions about the type of administration that Iran\u2019s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, would oversee. But the picture became clearer recently when Raisi submitted to the Iranian parliament his list of names for prospective government ministers and heads of executive organizations. The list is a roster of some of the regime\u2019s most hardline figures, many of whom have been implicated in human rights abuses, foreign terrorism, and schemes to enrich themselves through the coordinated theft of national wealth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/with-cabinet-appointments-irans-president-continues-boasting-the-regimes-impunity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">Iran Arrests Lawyers for Plans to Sue Officials for COVID-19 Negligence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials-for-COVID-19-negligence-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Seven lawyers and civil activists were detained by security forces yesterday in Tehran and transferred to an unknown location. According to the Human Rights News Agency, they were identified as Arash Kikhsarvi, Mostafa Nili, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Mohammadreza Faqihi, Mohammad-Hadi Arefian Kaseb, Maryam Afrafaraz, and Leila Heidari. Their personal belongings including their smartphones were confiscated. Mehdi and Mostafa were detained in their office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-arrests-lawyers-for-plans-to-sue-officials\/\" 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-august-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 August 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: 6:30 PM CEST A Pandemic Unleashed on the Population Terrified of determined Iranians to take their fate [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":245048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-245045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","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 - August 16, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. 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