{"id":249181,"date":"2021-10-18T02:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T07:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=249181"},"modified":"2023-01-31T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:25:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-18-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Activities by MEK Resistance Units in Iran - October 2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Activities-by-MEK-Resistance-Units-in-Iran-October-2021-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 10:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians Commemorate Late Sir David Amess in Sweden<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_M29tNJMU0wY\"><div id=\"lyte_M29tNJMU0wY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FM29tNJMU0wY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/M29tNJMU0wY\" 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%2FM29tNJMU0wY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, Iranians and supporters of the People&#8217;s Mojahedin of Iran Organization (PMOI) staged a demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden, where the trial of Hamid Noury, one of the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre was taking place. The demonstrators also honored the memory of British MP David Amess who was murdered in London last Friday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Four Prisoners Were Executed in Iran<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_244647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244647\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34.jpg\" alt=\"iran-executions-increasing\" width=\"1000\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/photo_2018-09-22_14-51-34-696x399.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime&#8217;s judiciary executed a prisoner in Zahedan prison. According to HRANA, the victim&#8217;s name was Ibrahim Musa Shahbakhsh and he was the son of Ebrahim. He was transferred to the quarantine of Zahedan Central Prison two days ago. In the same prison, the authorities had executed another prisoner, identified as Ismail Qassabi, at dawn on Monday, October 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Zanjan Prison, three prisoners named Hamed Jafarzadeh (41), Soheil Hojjatfar (39), and Younes from the City of Bonab were executed on drug-related charges.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Water and Wastewater Workers in Ahvaz Protest<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jUJLdOPTNXY\"><div id=\"lyte_jUJLdOPTNXY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FjUJLdOPTNXY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/jUJLdOPTNXY\" 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%2FjUJLdOPTNXY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Employees of the Ahwaz Water and Sewerage Company gathered in front of the provincial office of the company on Monday, to protest against the official&#8217;s refusal to pay their salaries for several months.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 7:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 457,800<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 458,700 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-458700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p 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 this afternoon, on Saturday, October 16, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 547 cities had surpassed 457,800. In Tehran the death toll has passed 107,226, Khorasan Razavi 37,590, Isfahan 31,045, Khuzestan 28,075, West Azerbaijan 16,713, Fars 16,585, Lorestan 15,215, Qom 12,550, Kerman 12,187, Hamedan 8,553, Central Province 8,338, Kermanshah 8,324, Hormozgan 7,710, Yazd 7,528, Semnan 6,165, Bushehr 5,149, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 3,314.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-surpasses-457800\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Resistance Units Call for Regime Change and a Free State<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&ldquo;Democracy &amp;amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi,&rdquo; say MEK Resistance Units\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_bUOePbgVTBc\" 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%2FbUOePbgVTBc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bUOePbgVTBc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-10-17T09:39:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_bUOePbgVTBc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbUOePbgVTBc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">\u201cDemocracy &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi,\u201d say MEK Resistance Units<\/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\/bUOePbgVTBc\" 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%2FbUOePbgVTBc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&ldquo;Democracy &amp;amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi,&rdquo; say MEK Resistance Units\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"October 14, 2021\u2014In recent days, the network of the Iranian opposition inside Iran carried out its anti-regime activities across the country. The internal network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), known as the Resistance Units, has organized a vast campaign in recent days against the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship ruling Iran. MEK units graffiti read: Tehran\u2014 Poster of the Iranian Resistance leader, Massoud Rajavi Tehran\u2014 \u201cThe youth can play a pivotal role by getting united\u201d Semnan\u2014 Poster of the Iranian Resistance leader, Massoud Rajavi Mashhad\u2014 \u201cIt is time to rise up across Iran\u201d Ahvaz\u2014 Distributing messages of the Iranian Resistance leader, Massoud Rajavi Tehran\u2014 \u201cDemocracy &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cA democratic republic with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cJustice &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, hail to Rajavi, democracy &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cA free Iran with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Tehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, hail to Rajavi\u201d Karaj\u2014 \u201cDemocracy &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Malard\u2014 \u201cDemocracy &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Kazerun\u2014 \u201cWithout a doubt the mullahs will be overthrown, we will have a sovereign state with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Mashhad\u2014 \u201cDemocracy &amp; freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d Mashhad\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn Khomeini,\u201d &amp; \u201cWe can and we must overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime.\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 inside Iran carried out anti-regime activities across the country. The internal network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), known as the Resistance Units, has organized a vast campaign in recent days against the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship ruling Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Resistance Units took to graffiti and spread anti-regime slogans against the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-20211017\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Pensioners Hold Protest Rallies in Ahvaz, Isfahan<\/h3>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Retirees and pensioners held protest rallies in Ahvaz and Isfahan cities across Iran on Sunday, protesting poor living conditions, low wages, and the regime\u2019s lack of response to their demands.\u00a0In Ahvaz, the protesters gathered in front of the offices of Khuzestan Steel Retirement Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify\">In the past months, retirees have been regularly organizing protests in various cities. But regime officials refrain from addressing the pensioners\u2019 demands. The protesters complain that their meager pensions are not nearly enough to cover their most basic expenses and are often delayed for several months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-pensioners-ahvaz-isfahan-20211017\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">October 17 &#8211; Ahvaz, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retired Khuzestan steel workers and pensioners rallying and protesting officials&#39; refusal to see to their long-raised demands regarding their wages and deteriorating living conditions.<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\/ygn3gUVore\">pic.twitter.com\/ygn3gUVore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1449657685780025348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 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\">Sir David Amess, a Tireless Advocate for a Free Iran, Murdered<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018.jpg\" alt=\"Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sir-David-Amess-MPs-speech-at-Free-Iran-Rally-2018-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On October 15, the people of Iran and their organized Resistance lost Sir David Amess MP, one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson portrayed him. According to eyewitnesses Sir David was stabbed multiple times during a constituency surgery in Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Excess.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/sir-david-amess-a-tireless-advocate-for-a-free-iran-murdered\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Poverty Runs Rampant in Iran Due To State Mismanagement and Corruption<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-children-garbage-poverty\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-children-garbage-poverty.jpg\" alt=\"iran-children-garbage-poverty\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-children-garbage-poverty.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-children-garbage-poverty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-children-garbage-poverty-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-children-garbage-poverty-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-children-garbage-poverty-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The people of Iran have become much poorer in the past years. The middle class has all but diminished and more than 80 percent of the Iranian people live under the poverty line.\u00a0The thought and sight of people sleeping in empty graves and ditches, on roofs, or in abandoned refrigerators batter the conscience of every human being.\u00a0Today, they are a daily sight everywhere in Iran, under the rule of the mullahs. The regime\u2019s officials and media talk and write about these people easily and without shame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2021\/10\/17\/poverty-iran-rampant-due-to-state-corruption\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-17-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 17, 2021<\/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-246866 td-animation-stack-type1-2 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png 250w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1-150x50.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:30 PM CEST Iranians Commemorate Late Sir David Amess in Sweden Watch this video on YouTube Today, Iranians and supporters [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":249192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[129,276,277],"class_list":["post-249181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-latest-news-in-brief","tag-iran","tag-iran-human-rights","tag-iran-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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