{"id":249443,"date":"2021-10-23T02:06:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=249443"},"modified":"2023-01-31T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:48:56","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 23, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-resistance-units-22102021-3\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-resistance-units-22102021-3.jpg\" alt=\"iran-resistance-units-22102021-3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-resistance-units-22102021-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-resistance-units-22102021-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-resistance-units-22102021-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-resistance-units-22102021-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-resistance-units-22102021-3-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\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: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">US House Foreign Affairs Committee Members Urge Treasury to Take Firm Action Against Iranian Oil Sales<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"US-treasury-department-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a letter to the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, nine members of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee expressed their concerns over China continuing to purchase oil from the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;These purchases enable Iran to support terrorism, develop ballistic missiles, and pursue weapons,&#8221; members of the US congress wore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;We urge you to take action against China&#8217;s illegal conduct of purchasing oil from Iran. This action will increase the credibility of the United States and send a strong message to both Beijing and Tehran that the United States will hold these rogue regimes accountable for destabilizing the Middle East and the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">State Affiliated Cleric Calls on Extremists to Attack other Countries<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad-Mohsen Moruji Tabasi (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mohammad-Mohsen-Moruji-Tabasi-1-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mohammad-Mohsen Moruji Tabasi, faculty member and director of the University of Religions in Iran, attacked other Muslim countries for failing to send their troops to war in Syria and incited the citizens of these countries to attack the US, UK, and Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking on state television &#8216;Quran Network&#8217; on October 22, Moruji Tabasi said: &#8220;Why shouldn&#8217;t we have a joint Islamic army? Why is the burden to defend the holy shrines in Syria and Iraq only upon Haj Qassem Soleimani? Why are other Islamic countries failing to send troops? Why didn&#8217;t they go?&#8230; Why should a communist country come to our aid? Aren&#8217;t these Islamic countries ashamed? Why is Russia coming to help, but Islamic states fail to come to help our children, and then we saw that Qassem Soleimani was martyred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Outrightly provoking terrorism, he added: &#8220;Do you really want to be a martyr? No problem. Take some explosives, go to the US or the Israeli embassy, and them blow up. You really want to be a martyr and go to heaven? No one is stopping you. There are so many facilities in the United States, Israel, and Britain. Go there, and do it in the name of God. We will pray for you to do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Feudal Infighting within IRGC Becomes More Evident<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_gd4bG3ACSkk\"><div id=\"lyte_gd4bG3ACSkk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fgd4bG3ACSkk%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\/gd4bG3ACSkk\" 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%2Fgd4bG3ACSkk%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\">This morning, during the introductory ceremony of Zeinulabedin Khoram, former commander of the IRGC Ashura Corps as the new governor of East Azerbaijan, Khoram was attacked by another IRGC colonel. Khoram who has been one of the IRGC commanders in Syria was appointed as governor by Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian regime&#8217;s president this week. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi was also present at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Venediktova: Ukraine Again Requests Iran To Provide Uia Plane Downing Files<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-ukraine-flight-ps752\" width=\"1000\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-ukraine-flight-ps752-1-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova posted on Facebook, &#8220;in 2.5 months, we will mark the second anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian plane near Tehran, which killed 176 people. Two of them were the wife and 9-year-old daughter of Hamed Esmaeilion, President of the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims, Canadian citizen of Iranian descent. He and Assistant to Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Mavourneen Mooney paid a visit to the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/3337061-venediktova-ukraine-again-requests-iran-to-provide-uia-plane-downing-files.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Surpass 462,200<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 462,200 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-462200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.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 on Friday, October 22, 2021, that the number of fatalities in 547 cities across Iran had exceeded 462,200. In Tehran it has reached 108,246, Khorasan Razavi 37,855, Isfahan 31,410, Khuzestan 28,345, Mazandaran 17,020, West Azerbaijan 16,998, Fars 16,830, Gilan 16,130, Alborz 13,618, Sistan and Baluchestan 12,990, Kermanshah 8,459, Hormozgan 7,765, Kurdistan 7,412, Semnan 6,210, Qazvin 5,249, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 3,515.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-surpass-462200\/\" 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 462,200 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\/ZNnn3wED7T\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZNnn3wED7T<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FEqqvqoTDv\">pic.twitter.com\/FEqqvqoTDv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1451652534553092097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 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\">\u201cMy Brother Was Sentenced to Death by Raisi\u201d\u2014Survivor of Iran\u2019s 1988 Massacre<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-1988-massacre-2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-1988-massacre-2.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1988-massacre\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-1988-massacre-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-1988-massacre-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-1988-massacre-2-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-1988-massacre-2-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-1988-massacre-2-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Unfortunately, the summer 1988 massacre in Iran has been one of the most under-reported atrocities in our times. In the span of just a few months the ruling mullahs\u2019 regime sent over 30,000 political prisoners to be executed, mostly members and supporters of the Iranian opposition People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Countless Iranian families throughout the country have long been devastated by the mass killing, now defined by experts as a \u201ccrime against humanity\u201d and \u201cgenocide.\u201d Numerous families lost numerous loved ones and the regime, seeking to forever bury these atrocities, carried out the horrific executions in a hasty manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/1988-massacre-witnesses-mohammad-sarkheyli-20211022\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Endangering Children\u2019s Lives With COVID-19 Vaccinations<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-vaccines-NCRI-MEK-696x463.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">No health authority worldwide has authorized the use of the COVID-19 vaccines in children under age 11 years so far, except China and Cuba. Yet, the Iranian regime is recommending that parents vaccinate their children as young as 3 years old most probably using COVID-19 vaccines developed in China and Cuba. This recommendation is medically unethical and puts children\u2019s lives in danger. Parents should stand up for their children and fight the government mandate for children to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. If and when the World Health Organization (WHO), or another globally recognized health authority, authorizes any of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines for use in children-only then should parents carefully weigh the benefits and risks of the vaccine and make the best decision possible for their children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-endangering-children-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Fifth COVID-19 Wave in Iran Worsens, As Sixth Wave Is Imminent<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Corona-Iran-00006\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-247786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corona-Iran-00006.jpg\" alt=\"Corona Iran hospital\" width=\"1000\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corona-Iran-00006.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corona-Iran-00006-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corona-Iran-00006-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corona-Iran-00006-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corona-Iran-00006-696x413.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Iran is still suffering from its fifth wave of Covid-19 infections, the Iranian regime has announced that they intend to resume normal activities, with public prayer gatherings due to resume on Friday, October 22.\u00a0According to the regime\u2019s concocted death toll figures, as of Wednesday, the number is approximately 124,500. On the other hand, estimates from the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) suggest that the actual number is above 460,800. The regime has consistently downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic in Iran in a bid to cover up its errors in responding to the crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/fifth-covid-19-wave-in-iran-worsens-as-sixth-wave-is-imminent\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Athena Daemi Human Rights Activist, Should Not Spend a Single Day in Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min.jpg\" alt=\"Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atena-Daemi-denied-calls-home-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Amnesty International has once again called for the \u201cimmediate and unconditional release\u201d of human rights activist Athena Daemi.\u00a0The international organization stated that Athena had been subjected to various human rights violations in Iranian prisons. \u201cIllegal and arbitrary detention, torture, and other cruel and inhuman treatment and unjust imprisonment\u201d are some of the situations Athena has faced during the many years she has spent in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/10\/22\/athena-daemi-human-rights-activist-should-not-spend-a-single-day-in-prison\/\" 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-22-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 22, 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: 7:00 PM CEST US House Foreign Affairs Committee Members Urge Treasury to Take Firm Action Against Iranian Oil Sales In [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":249402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[129,276,277],"class_list":{"0":"post-249443","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","10":"tag-iran-human-rights","11":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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