{"id":252366,"date":"2021-12-01T03:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=252366"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:37:52","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 1, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

IRGC Fires At Hardworking Freight Carriers, Killing One and Wounding Another<\/h3>\n
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On Tuesday evening, December 30, a ‘kulbar’ (freight carrier) was killed and another was wounded by the Revolutionary Guards at the border heights of Chuman, Kurdistan Province. According to local sources, Adel Alipour, son of Ali from the village of “Sarsol” in the Baneh district, was shot dead and Yassin Aminpour, a resident of the same village, was seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Victims of the Iranian regime’s corruption, unemployment, and systemic discrimination, ‘kulbars’ are porters who haul goods on their back across the borders of Iran over long distances to be able to feed their families.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Severe Air Pollution in 11 Iranian Cities<\/h3>\n

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Schools in Tehran were closed on Wednesday due to severe air pollution. The density of air pollution in 20 districts of Tehran was announced high and unhealthy for all age groups. The air quality in Mashhad, where schools were closed on Tuesday, was also reported as very poor.<\/p>\n

According to local reports, the air in the cities of Isfahan, Ahvaz, Kerman, Urmia, Arak, Bukan, Pol Dokhtar, Susangerd, and Bojnourd was also highly polluted. In Qasre Shirin, air pollution crossed the red bar and reached the index of 208, and was very unhealthy.<\/p>\n

A state official at the Ministry of Health said: “The health of the people is in danger, and unfortunately… no decision has been made to reduce the sources of emissions and reduce the exposure of the people to air pollution.”<\/p>\n

“With these conditions, we will have a significant increase in heart and lung diseases in society, as well as an increase in the premature death of these patients and the elderly and a significant increase in the symptoms of respiratory diseases in the entire population,” he warned.<\/p>\n

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In Vienna, Iranians Call for Regime Change<\/h3>\n
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