{"id":252918,"date":"2021-12-13T02:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T07:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=252918"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:36:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:36:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-13-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-13-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 13, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 07:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

State Media: Iran’s Raisi to Impose Taxes on Poor People<\/h3>\n

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In his administration’s budget for the Persian Year of 1401, the regime’s new president Ebrahim Raisi has not shied away from plundering Iran’s poor people. One of the methods in Raisi’s budget plan is increasing taxes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile according to the state-run Mardom Salarie daily December 13, “Receiving taxes from incomes above 5 million Tomans is included in next year’s budget, while in October it was announced that the poverty line of a family of four has reached 5 million Tomans and more than half of Iranians are in absolute poverty.”<\/p>\n

“It is obvious that despite the high inflation, the poverty line will be much higher than 10 million Tomans next year, but the government has decided to tax 10% of the monthly income between 5 and 10 million Tomans,” Mardom Salarie adds.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 06:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran State-Affiliated Expert: New Budget Ends in A Socio-economic Collapse<\/h3>\n

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In an article published on the state-run Bahar News, Iranian sociologist Mohammad-Reza Mahboubfar warned about the consequences of the regime’s new budget plan for the New Persian Year of 1401.\u00a0 By referring to Ebrahim Raisi’s decision to eliminate the official exchange rate of a dollar at 42000 rials and a ten-percent rise of workers salaries said: “Undoubtedly, a socio-economic collapse will be inevitable next year.”<\/p>\n

“The poverty line will undoubtedly increase with the approval of the 1401 budget, and we will see a poverty line of 25 to 30 million Tomans in the country. This would be the end of economic and social collapse,” he warned.<\/p>\n

Iran: Ex-Official Warns Regime of Another Uprising<\/h3>\n

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In an interview with the state-run Eghtesad News, Mohammad Reza Tajik, a former official, expressed the regime’s fear of a social turmoil.<\/p>\n

“Iran’s shambled economy will not be integrated by the alignment of several institutions affiliated with the current of power. The current economic problems of our country lie beyond a theoretical space, in the strategic and managerial sector,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Rooted weakness in the country’s economic management has created wounds that can not be easily healed, and in the near future, these wounds will cause several riots in the country,” he warned.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 487,400<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, December 11, 2021, that the COVID-19 death toll in 547 cities across Iran has exceeded 487,400. In Tehran, the number of victims has reached 114,155, Khorasan Razavi 39,510, Isfahan 33,500, Khuzestan 29,545, Mazandaran 17,760, East Azerbaijan 16,798, Lorestan 16,190, Kurdistan 8,017, Qazvin 5,644, and Ilam 4,658.<\/p>\n

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MEK Resistance Units Commemorate Student Day in Iran<\/h3>\n

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Seven decades after the Shah regime murdered three student activists in Tehran University on December 7, 1953, the people continue to honor their memory on the anniversary of their death. December 7 has become Iran\u2019s Student Day, in which the people commemorate the role of Iran\u2019s young generation in shaping the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

On Student\u2019s Day, members of the Resistance Units, the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), carried out activities across the country to mark the memory of students who have laid down their lives for the cause of freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Upgrading the Police Force in Fear of People\u2019s Protests<\/h3>\n

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To increase repression in the country and counter the people\u2019s protests, the Iranian government has upgraded its police so that it is now able to act independently from the interior ministry and is on a par with the regime\u2019s military and the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore this change, because the NAJA was defined as a law enforcement force, it had a lower organizational status than the army and the\u00a0IRGC<\/a>, and by turning it into a general command, it will be at the same level as the army and the Revolutionary Guards.\u201d (State-run news agency Mehr, December 7, 2021)<\/p>\n

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Iranian Teachers Continued Their Protests for the Second Day in 70 Cities<\/h3>\n

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Iranian teachers continued their protests for the\u00a0second day<\/a> on Sunday, December 12, 2021, in more than 70 cities.\u00a0Their sit-ins and protests are over Iranian teachers\u2019 abysmal living conditions and low wages. The teachers called for the release of imprisoned teachers and educators. They renewed their call to continue the protests on Monday, December 13.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Regime Killed Sattar Beheshti, the Son of Gohar Eshghi, and Is Now Trying To Kill Her as Well<\/h3>\n
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