{"id":253082,"date":"2021-12-17T02:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=253082"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:40:47","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021-696x391.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><strong>UPDATE: 10:45<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran Under the Mullahs&#8217; Regime: Where People Struggle with Poverty<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Two heart-wrenching videos circulating on Iran&#8217;s social media show the grim face of poverty and misery in Iran under the mullahs&#8217; regime. Iran is a wealthy country but its people have to sell body parts or their children or collect trash to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A video from Iran shows an Iranian Turkmen mother casually saying she wants to sell her son at the bazaar and &#8220;that no one was willing to buy him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartbreaking video from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>An Iranian Turkmen mother casually says she wanted to sell her son at the bazaar and &quot;that no one was willing to buy him&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>42 yrs of clerical rule has made Iranians so miserable they&#39;re willing to sell their own children to put food on the table. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cH3a9jyzi3\">pic.twitter.com\/cH3a9jyzi3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1471184068914069514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another video from Dezful shows that how kids in tribal areas are deprived of even the minimum education standards. The voice\u00a0 of a local teacher can be heard in the video protesting such dire circumstances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dezful, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Kids in tribal areas are deprived of even the minimum education standards. This is the voice of a local teacher protesting such dire circumstances.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/42YearsOfMisery?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#42YearsOfMisery<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dJ2T0eiOwB\">pic.twitter.com\/dJ2T0eiOwB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1471819968421507076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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>UPDATE: 08:00<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Qarchak Prison Officials Deprive Political Prisoner of Urgent Medical Care<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228644\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Zahra-Safaei-28102020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Zahra-Safaei-28102020.jpg\" alt=\"Zahra-Safaei-28102020\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Zahra-Safaei-28102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Zahra-Safaei-28102020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Zahra-Safaei-28102020-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zahra Safaei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Qarchak prison officials are preventing political prisoner Zahra Safaei from being sent to the hospital to continue treatment for his heart problems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_ads \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-right \" style=\"text-align: justify\">The warden of Qarchak Prison, Soghra Khodadadi, has not allowed Mrs. Safaei to receive medical treatment despite the doctor\u2019s prescription and her family\u2019s repeated inquiries.<\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2021\/12\/16\/qarchak-prison-officials-deprive-political-prisoner-of-urgent-medical-care\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 05:30<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>US State Department: Iran\u2019s Regime Continued Terrorist Activities in 2020<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an annual report on terrorism, the U.S. State Department highlighted terrorist threats posed by Iran\u2019s regime \u201cIran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to provide support to terrorist organizations\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026provide cover for associated covert operations, and create instability in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The report highlights the regime\u2019s support for terror groups in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen \u201cIran has acknowledged the involvement of the IRGC-QF in the Iraq and Syria conflicts, and the IRGC-QF is Iran\u2019s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorist activity abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The report also points to the regime\u2019s terror threats against members of the opposition \u201cThe Iranian government continued supporting terrorist plots or associated activities targeting Iranian dissidents in Europe\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Round-up of Iran Protests December 17<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), indicate there have been several protests in Iran on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Friday, landowners in Yazd, central Iran, held a protest rally, demanding officials to recognize their rights. Simultaneously, teachers in Yazd also held a demonstration, protesting their low wages and demanding their basic rights.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 17 &#8211; Yazd, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>-Land owners are demanding officials recognize their rights<br \/>-Teachers with unofficial contracts protesting inadequate insurance pensions &amp; new contracts<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OHAwZC3JDh\">pic.twitter.com\/OHAwZC3JDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1471812431752040449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In addition, locals in Yazd held a rally protesting an initiative intending to launch a mine, saying it will destroy their city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 17 &#8211; Behabad, Yazd province, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals are protesting an initiative intending to launch a mine, saying it will destroy their city.<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\/b4c9ZfvS70\">pic.twitter.com\/b4c9ZfvS70<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1471759570678648832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 08:30<\/strong><strong> AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">State-affiliated Expert: Most of Iran\u2019s Population Under the Poverty Line<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Poverty-in-Iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Poverty-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Poverty in Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Poverty-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Poverty-in-Iran-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Poverty-in-Iran-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Poverty-in-Iran-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Poverty-in-Iran-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an interview with the state-run Armane-e Meli, Khodaie, one of the regime&#8217;s experts, acknowledged that most of the Iranian population is under the poverty line due to the regime&#8217;s actions. &#8220;The value of our currency has decreased more than four thousand times and most of our population has gone below the poverty line. We have wasted the best era of having the highest young population,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Minister of Intelligence Expresses Fear of Growing Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"esmail-khatib-iranian-minister-intelligence-mois\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/esmail-khatib-iranian-minister-intelligence-mois.jpg\" alt=\"esmail-khatib-iranian-minister-intelligence-mois\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/who-is-esmail-khatib-irans-minister-of-intelligence-mois\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Esmail Khatib<\/a>, head of the Iranian regime&#8217;s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) expressed fear about the expanding protests across Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The enemy and dissidents are making all possible efforts to create internal crisis and protests and exploit them. We are deemed to be alert about their efforts,&#8221; he said, according to the state-run Asr-e Iran website.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Six Executed in Gohardasht, Qayen, and Ardabil Prisons Yesterday<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-under-the-mullahs-regime-has-the-highest-number-of-executions-per-capita-in-the-world\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-under-the-mullahs-regime-has-the-highest-number-of-executions-per-capita-in-the-world.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-under-the-mullahs-regime-has-the-highest-number-of-executions-per-capita-in-the-world\" width=\"651\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Wednesday, December 15, the clerical regime executed six prisoners in Gohardasht (Karaj), Qayen, and Ardabil prisons. Hamed Mousavi, Kourosh Mazaheri, Davood, and another prisoner were hanged in Gohardasht, Mohammad Khodaei in Ardabil, and Ali Nehtani (Nourzehi) in Qayen prisons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-six-executed-in-gohardasht-qayen-and-ardabil-prisons-yesterday\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Rally by Freedom-loving Iranians, MEK Supporters in Stockholm<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm-raly-by-the-MEK-supporters-Dec-16-2021\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><strong>Thursday,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>December 16, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0The 53rd session of the trial of<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?s=Hamid+Noury\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Hamid Noury<\/a>, one of the executioners of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre,<\/a>\u00a0took place in the Stockholm court.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dec 16, 2021: Freedom-loving Iranians, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> supporters  in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sweden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sweden<\/a>, held a rally in front of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Stockholm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Stockholm<\/a> district court. They are seeking justice for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> martyrs &amp; prosecution of the mullahs&#39; regime leaders. Part 1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DB2yHwyCEf\">pic.twitter.com\/DB2yHwyCEf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Freedom-En (@4freedominiran2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1471488597312237576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Resistance Reveals New Details About Tehran\u2019s Drone Program, Regional Threats<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ncri-us-office-press-conference-iran-drone-program\" src=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ncri-us-office-press-conference-iran-drone-program.jpg\" alt=\"ncri-us-office-press-conference-iran-drone-program\" width=\"650\" height=\"367\" \/>Iran\u2019s regime is using civilian front companies to supply its illicit military drone program, according to a new report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The report, compiled in a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/IRAN-IRGCs-Rising-Drone-Threat-Desperate\/dp\/1944942467\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a>\u00a0titled\u00a0<em>IRAN: IRGC\u2019s Rising Drone Threat; A Desperate Regime\u2019s Ploy to Project Power, Incite War<\/em>, was presented at a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/live-report-briefing-policy-options-to-counter-the-rising-iranian-threat\/\" rel=\"noopener\">conference<\/a>\u00a0in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, in which politicians and experts weighed in on the threats posed by Iran\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iranian-resistance-reveals-new-details-about-tehrans-drone-program-regional-threats\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Staggering Death Toll Surpasses 489,100<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-489100-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Thursday, December 16, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 547 cities across Iran have surpassed 489,100. In Tehran, the death toll has reached 114,540, Khorasan Razavi 39,610, Isfahan 33,650, Fars 18,355, East Azerbaijan 16,853, Lorestan 16,240, Hamedan 9,073, Bushehr 5,449, South Khorasan 4,276.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-staggering-death-toll-surpasses-489100\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-16-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 De<\/strong><strong>cember 16<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/2077cfe36d0d\/mvlhuta4du\" 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: 10:45 PM CET Iran Under the Mullahs&rsquo; Regime: Where People Struggle with Poverty Two heart-wrenching videos circulating on Iran&rsquo;s social [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":253085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,4,182],"tags":[277,902],"class_list":{"0":"post-253082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-anews","9":"category-latest-news-in-brief","10":"tag-iran-news","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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