{"id":253239,"date":"2021-12-21T03:13:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T08:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=253239"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:35:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:35:17","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 21, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

State-affiliated Expert: World’s Greatest Economist Cant Resolve Iran’s Crises<\/h3>\n

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Mohsen Ranani, a state-affiliated economist, acknowledged the Iranian regime’s deepening economic crises, underlining that if the regime hires “the world’s most prominent economists” they cannot help Iran’s collapsing economy.<\/p>\n

“Our economic situation could be described as a disease that is in a dangerous situation and with a small decision, the patient can die,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I should plainly say that our economic problems are so complex and so tied to the political, social, and psychological levels that economists can’t offer any solution,” Rannani added.<\/p>\n

Iran’s Official: People’s Protests Could Result in Regime’s Collapse<\/h3>\n

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Majid Ansari, a member of the regime’s Expediency Discernment Council warned officials about people’s protests that could lead to the system’s collapse.<\/p>\n

“The alarms were sounded [after] November 2019 [uprising]. Even if we control the world’s largest nuclear arsenal but people do not support [the regime] this power melts rapidly like snow. Just like the Soviet Union that collapsed without war,” he said, according to the state-run Khabar-Fouri website on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Iran Officials Force Teachers to Buy Fish On Installments<\/h3>\n

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An official document by Iran’s Ministry of Education published on social media shows that the regime officials sell fish to teachers on Installments.<\/p>\n

This document has the official letterhead of Iran’s Ministry of Education and is signed by Ahmadi, head of the education department in Karaj. According to this document, teachers in that city had four hours on Sunday, December 19, to buy fish on installments.<\/p>\n

In recent months, Iranian teachers have held several raillies and strikes, protesting their low wages and pensions. Iranians suffer while the regime wastes billions of dollars on terrorism and its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Reports of Several Protests Across Iran<\/h3>\n

Reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) indicate there have been a number of protests across Iran.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, South Pars bus drivers in Asaluyeh, southern Iran, held a protest rally demanding their unpaid paychecks and pensions.<\/p>\n

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December 21 – Asaluyeh, southern #Iran<\/a>
South Pars bus drivers protesting not receiving their paychecks and pensions.#IranProtests<\/a> #\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/dOxdMLTPfT<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n