{"id":245095,"date":"2021-08-17T01:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T06:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=245095"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:46:24","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-16-2021-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-16-2021-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; August 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Protests in Khuzestan province over water shortages - July 2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Protests-in-Khuzestan-province-over-water-shortages-July-2021-696x393.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: 5:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Fourth Session of Hamid Nouri&#8217;s Trial<\/h3>\n<p>Dozens of exiled Iranians, former prisoners, and families of the victims of the 1988 massacre protested outside the court in Stockholm as Hamid Nouri&#8217;s trial began on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 17 &#8211; Stockholm<br \/>Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK supporters rallying outside the courthouse &amp; chanting:<br \/>&quot;[Ebrahim] Raisi, you criminal, accountability awaits you!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Raisi had a leading role in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> of thousands of political prisoners.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eqCtOLxEAK\">pic.twitter.com\/eqCtOLxEAK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1427615197271781392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 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: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 366,400<\/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 Monday, August 16, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 366,400. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 86,196, Isfahan 24,530, Khorasan Razavi 23,635, Khuzestan 22,906, Mazandaran 14,230, Lorestan 13,300, West Azerbaijan 13,068, Fars 12,832, Gilan 12,135, Sistan and Baluchestan 10,835, Alborz 10,748, Qom 10,560, Kerman 9,288, Golestan 8,735, Central Province 7,218, Kermanshah 6,633, Yazd 6,398, Hormozgan 6,330, Kurdistan 5,907, North Khorasan 4,944, Ardabil 4,460, Ilam 3,688, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,925.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-366400\/\" 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 366,400 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\/kA2sNwh6kF\">https:\/\/t.co\/kA2sNwh6kF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/827QCtFfur\">pic.twitter.com\/827QCtFfur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1427376734656028672?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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">The Catastrophic Spread of COVID-19 in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"ICUs are packed with coronavirus patients in the absence of general vaccination - Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ICUs-are-packed-with-coronavirus-patients-in-the-absence-of-general-vaccination-Iran-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an unannounced televised speech, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei acknowledged that the Covid-19 outbreak has become a &#8220;savage disease&#8221; that &#8220;has become the first and foremost issue before the state today&#8221; and is an &#8220;urgent matter.&#8221; Iran is facing a disastrous and tragic resurgence of coronavirus infection, with the number of covid cases and deaths growing at an unprecedented rate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-khamenei-raisi-20210816\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">Iran\u2019s Regime Plans To Divide Khuzestan Province After Major Protests<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Compilation&mdash;Demonstrations &amp;amp; protests in Iran&amp;#039;s southwest provinces over severe water shortages\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_RfQCJpEk4II\" 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%2FRfQCJpEk4II%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfQCJpEk4II\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-07-21T16:02:23Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_RfQCJpEk4II\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FRfQCJpEk4II%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Compilation\u2014Demonstrations &amp; protests in Iran&#039;s southwest provinces over severe water shortages<\/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\/RfQCJpEk4II\" 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%2FRfQCJpEk4II%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Compilation&mdash;Demonstrations &amp;amp; protests in Iran&amp;#039;s southwest provinces over severe water shortages\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"July 2021\u2014Protests began on July 16, 2021 and continue to this day. Regime security forces have killed at least three protests and injured numerous others. The people of Khuzestan continued their province-wide protests for the sixth consecutive night on Tuesday. The protests, triggered by extreme water shortages caused by the regime\u2019s destructive policies, reflect the multitude of problems the people of Khuzestan and other provinces face. And over the past week, they have turned into political protests, with the people calling for the overthrow of a regime that is responsible for the misery of the majority of Iran\u2019s population. On Tuesday, as in previous days, demonstrators expressed their protest by lighting fires and blocking roads and shouting slogans such as \u201cDown with Khamenei,\u201d \u201cDown with the dictator,\u201d and \u201cThe people want regime change.\u201d The regime continues to use its repressive forces to try to quell the protests, but the people continue to resist and prevent the regime from shutting down their voices. Read more: https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/khuzestan-province-water-shortage-protests-20210721 *** 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\">The regime claims that the new divisions will reduce bureaucracy and centralization and will help address the people\u2019s needs. But experts are suggesting that not only the province division will not solve these problems but will add new management overhead. The new divisions will provide the regime with more government posts to give to its affiliates and cronies and further channel public wealth into the pockets of the ruling elite. Currently, all the so-called economic support being provided to Khuzestan is being usurped by regime-appointed authorities and the corrupt bureaucracy. Meanwhile, the regime\u2019s destructive plans such as preventing investment in the province, changing the ethnic fabric of the province, and building dams across the province have contributed to the deterioration of the environmental and economic conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-khuzestan-province-division-policy-20210816\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">Hospital Beds Become Empty Only When a COVID Patient Dies<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-6\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-6.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-6-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-6-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-6-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-6-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe are on the brink of a catastrophe and the country has literally been left to be. There are no empty hospital beds. Beds become empty only after a patient dies,\u201d Iran\u2019s semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted physician Aram Eshaqi as saying on August 3. This is only the tip of the iceberg in Iran, where the coronavirus has swept the country and for five consecutive days, the official death toll surpassed 500 cases. This is while the opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/PMOI) has declared the actual number of Covid-19 fatalities is more than 1,700 per day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/hospital-beds-become-empty-only-when-a-covid-patient-dies\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">Iran\u2019s Regime and Its Illegitimate President<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers.jpg\" alt=\"Incoming Iranian regime president Ebrahim Raisi will pose serious challenges to nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incoming-Iranian-regime-president-Ebrahim-Raisi-will-pose-serious-challenges-to-nuclear-talks-between-Tehran-and-world-powers-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Earlier this month, Ebrahim Raisi was formally inaugurated as the Iranian regime\u2019s new president in a public ceremony, amidst an audience of international pariahs and terrorists, along with the questionable presence of a senior European Union representative. As a result of his appearance at the event, Enrique Mora, the Deputy High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has been scolded by members of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/irans-regime-and-its-illegitimate-president\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\">8 Political Activists Are Sentenced to Prison in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-political-prisoners\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-political-prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-political-prisoners\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-political-prisoners.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-political-prisoners-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-political-prisoners-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-political-prisoners-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-political-prisoners-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Eight political activists in Iran\u2019s Gilan province were sentenced to prison at the urging of the Ministry of Intelligence, despite their innocence in a previous court. Reports from Gilan indicate that on 28 June 2021, the Gilan Court of Appeal sentenced these political activists to prison. The names of these political activists are Ahmad Behnami, Ebrahim Hazuri, Mahin Akbari, Azra Taheri, Narges Shirbacheh, Simrokh Bozorg Ziaberi, Zahraheghgoo, Aqeel Rahnama Behembari.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" title=\"International Youth Day in Iran\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/8-political-activists-are-sentenced-to-prison-in-iran\/\" 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-16-2021\/\" 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 16, 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: 5:00 PM CEST Fourth Session of Hamid Nouri&rsquo;s Trial Dozens of exiled Iranians, former prisoners, and families [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":245098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-245095","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 v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - August 17, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. 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