{"id":253267,"date":"2021-12-22T03:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T08:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=253267"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:35:14","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-22-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Zahedan-\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan-.jpg\" alt=\"Zahedan-\" width=\"1000\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--696x427.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><strong>UPDATE: 5:10<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>State-affiliated Economist: Iran&#8217;s People Consume Very Little Meat<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Farshad Momeni, one of the Iranian regime&#8217;s economists acknowledged on Wednesday, that the average annual meat consumption in Iran is around 6-7kg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;During the worst years of the [1980s Iran-Iraq] war, a family&#8217;s annual consumption of red meat was 122kg. Currently, it&#8217;s only 6-7kg,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;During the worst years of the [1980s Iran-Iraq] war, a family&#39;s annual consumption of red meat was 122kg. Currently its only 6-7kg,&quot; said a university professor in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>.<br \/>Over 70% of Iranians live in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poverty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poverty<\/a> as the regime continues to fund terrorists across the Middle East. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F5jwPurBf2\">pic.twitter.com\/F5jwPurBf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473647010855067648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Round-up of Iran protests on Wednesday<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) there have been a number of protests in different Iranian cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Workers of the Central Iron Ore Company in Bafq, central Iran, held a rally on Wednesday, protesting the sudden removal of the company&#8217;s director-general and launching a strike demanding this measure be reversed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 22 &#8211; Bafq, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of the Central Iron Ore Company protesting the sudden removal of the company&#39;s director general and launching a strike demanding this measure be reversed.<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\/XHnORuL4ML\">pic.twitter.com\/XHnORuL4ML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473624358807486466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 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\">On Wednesday, stockholders in Tehran rallied outside the regime&#8217;s Majlis, demanding answers to their long-raised issues. It is worth noting that many Iranians lost their life savings when Iran&#8217;s stock market&#8217;s bubble growth burst. The Iranian regime&#8217;s top officials, including Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, had encouraged people to invest in Tehran&#8217;s Stock Market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 22 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Stockholders rallying outside the regime&#39;s Majlis (parliament) in the Iranian capital demanding answers to their long-raised issues.<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\/4oKTmIrvxa\">pic.twitter.com\/4oKTmIrvxa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473620583531171841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 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: 2:10<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Regime Official Encourages Marriage of Minors<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Mehdi Mottaghifar, head of the Youth Social Planning and Development Office in the Iranian regime&#8217;s <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0Ministry of Sports and Youth, encouraged the marriage of minors. &#8220;High school girls can get married,&#8221; he said recently. Child brides are deprived of education and face many risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mehdi Mottaghifar, head of the Youth Social Planning and Development Office in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Ministry of Sports and Youth, is encouraging the marriage of minors.<br \/>&quot;High school girls can get married,&quot; he said recently. <\/p>\n<p>Child brides are deprived of education and face many risks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z8F01sMR5e\">pic.twitter.com\/z8F01sMR5e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473639465574879235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Global Union Federation of Teachers Urges Iran to Halt ongoing violations of educators\u2019 rights<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Esmail-Abdi\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Esmail-Abdi.jpg\" alt=\"Esmail-Abdi\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Esmail-Abdi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Esmail-Abdi-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Esmail-Abdi-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Esmail-Abdi-696x399.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a press release on December 21, Education International, the Global Union Federation that brings together organizations of teachers and other education employees from across the world, urged the Iranian regime to halt the ongoing violations of educators&#8217; rights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Education International and its member organisations urge the government of Iran to allow teachers to exercise their right to request fair pay and the release of jailed colleagues without fearing violence or arbitrary arrest. The call follows the arrest of a teacher trade union leader and the ongoing detention of others,&#8221; the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ei-ie.org\/en\/item\/25670:iran-government-must-halt-ongoing-violations-of-educators-rights\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30<\/strong><strong> AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Regime Forces Attack Balochis in Shirabad Wounding Defiant Residents, Demolishing Homes<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Zahedan-\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan-.jpg\" alt=\"Zahedan-\" width=\"1000\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zahedan--696x427.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At dawn on Monday, December 20, 2021, the State Security Force (SSF), along with municipal and the Housing and Urban Development Organization agents, demolished a number of homes of Baluch compatriots in the Shirabad area of Zahedan. The deprived residents and the youth resisted the actions.<\/p>\n<p>The SSF fired tear gas into the people\u2019s homes and opened fire at the defenseless residents, wounding several of them. It then destroyed the houses at the end of Pirbakhsh street using several loaders.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-regime-forces-attack-balochis-in-shirabad-wounding-defiant-residents-demolishing-homes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Majlis Speaker: Iran\u2019s Economy Is Bankrupt<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237322\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-parliament-ghalibaf\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf.jpg\" alt=\"iran-parliament-ghalibaf\" width=\"690\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Iranian parliament objecting Bagher Ghalibaf the spokesman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-inflation-skyrocketing-prices-destroying-peoples-lives\/\"><strong>economy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is bankrupt and the government isn\u2019t doing anything about it, Majlis (parliament) speaker\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-5\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0admitted recently in a meeting with the members of the Majlis Research Center. The remarks are significant because they are coming from an official who has served different key posts in the past decade, and they go against the regime\u2019s constant claims that Iran\u2019s economy is flourishing.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/majlis-speaker-irans-economy-is-bankrupt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 490,800<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MicrosoftTeams-image-52-1-696x397\" src=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-52-1-696x397.jpg\" alt=\"MicrosoftTeams-image-52-1-696x397\" \/>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-coronavirus-update-over-489100-deaths-omicron-arriving-on-the-countrys-doorsteps\/\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>)\u00a0announced\u00a0on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, that the COVID-19 death toll in 547 cities has exceeded 490,800. In Tehran, the number of victims has reached 114,890, Isfahan 33,815, West Azerbaijan 18,488, Fars 18,470, Gilan 17,045, Golestan 10,695, Kermanshah 9,159, Sistan and Baluchestan 13,575, Semnan 6,480, North Khorasan 6,268, Bushehr 5,469, South Khorasan 4,316, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 3,790.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-exceed-490800\/\" rel=\"noopener\">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-21-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 De<\/strong><strong>cember 21<\/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: 5:10 PM CET State-affiliated Economist: Iran&rsquo;s People Consume Very Little Meat Farshad Momeni, one of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s economists acknowledged [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":253247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-253267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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