{"id":253295,"date":"2021-12-23T03:54:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T08:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=253295"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:35:06","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 23, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min.jpg\" alt=\"iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-teachers-protests-in-Iran-Sanandaj-Dec.-23-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:22<\/strong><strong>\u00a0PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Women Sell their Hair to Make ends Meet<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hair\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hair.jpg\" alt=\"hair\" width=\"659\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hair.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hair-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hair-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran&#8217;s state-run Khorasan daily acknowledged on Wednesday that Iranian women and girl sell their hair to make their ends meet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;A ten-year-old girl sold her hair to purchase a cellphone. A middle-aged woman sold her hair to pay for her husband&#8217;s medications, who is now invalid after falling from a building. Another 21-year-old customer sold her hair to pay the installments of her sisters&#8217; dowry. And a teenage girl sold her hair to enroll at high school,&#8221; Khorasan daily wrote.<\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi: Teachers&#8217; Protests Manifest General Determination of\u00a0 Iran&#8217;s People to Overthrow the Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI&#8217;s president-elect, hailed Iran&#8217;s protesting teachers. She underlined that the &#8220;teachers protests in Iran manifest the determination of the general Iranian public to overthrow the clerical regime that is the main cause of oppression, corruption, poverty, unemployment, and poverty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The teachers\u2019 protests in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> manifest the determination of the general Iranian public to overthrow the clerical regime that is the main cause of oppression, corruption, poverty, unemployment and poverty. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1473969341829898244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I call on Iranian youths, particularly the high school and university students, to join their teachers in support. The first lesson of the freedom-loving teachers of Iran is to be free and courageous in the face of the mullahs\u2019 oppression,&#8221; Mrs. Rajavi added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I call on Iranian youths, particularly the high school and university students, to join their teachers in support. The first lesson of the freedom-loving teachers of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is to be free and courageous in the face of the mullahs\u2019 oppression.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1473969339879542787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 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<h3>Iranian Teachers Hold Nationwide Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian teachers held a nationwide protest on December 23 across Iran. Iranian teachers demand their basic rights, but the Iranian regime refuses to pay them. The Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) has tallied reports and footages, through its network, from the teachers&#8217; protest on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dec 23 &#8211; Tabriz, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesting teachers demanding higher paychecks.<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_%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc_\u0645\u0639\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0646<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mjStqX9rPN\">pic.twitter.com\/mjStqX9rPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1474001854161821698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dec 23 &#8211; Shahrekord, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Teachers protesting for higher paychecks and fair policies.<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\/IusdHgvyFr\">pic.twitter.com\/IusdHgvyFr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473961831752421386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dec 23 &#8211; Zanjan, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>&quot;Teachers cry out for your rights!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Lies &amp; broken promises have lost their effect!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Protests will continue!&quot;<br \/>Similar organized protests are reported from at least 60 cities across Iran.<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\/BtriClEinK\">pic.twitter.com\/BtriClEinK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473955993843208194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 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: 8:30<\/strong><strong> AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>US Navy Seizes 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition heading from Iran to Yemen<\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"us-navy-weapon\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/us-navy-weapon.jpg\" alt=\"us-navy-weapon\" width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/us-navy-weapon.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/us-navy-weapon-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/us-navy-weapon-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/us-navy-weapon-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/us-navy-weapon-696x426.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The US Navy has seized 1,400 AK-47 rifles and ammunition from a fishing boat it was smuggling weapons from Iran to Huthi rebels in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">US Naval Forces Central Command, or NAVCENT, said it boarded the boat on December 20 in the North Arabian Sea, seized the weapons cache and five crew members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cUS 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel,\u201c a US navy statement Wednesday read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe stateless vessel was assessed to have originated in Iran and transited international waters along a route historically used to traffic weapons unlawfully to the Huthis in Yemen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to the Huthis violates UN Security Council Resolutions and US sanctions,\u201c the US statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The boat was sunk because it was a \u201chazard\u201d for commercial shipping, the statement said.<\/p>\n<h3>Iran: MEK Supporters Continued their Protests in Sweden<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 22 &#8211; Stockholm<br \/>Freedom-loving Iranians &amp; family members of political prisoners killed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s regime during the summer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> rallying outside the trial session of Iranian regime operative Hamid Noury.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Part 1<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P16DJUIs6V\">pic.twitter.com\/P16DJUIs6V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1473654560203980810?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, freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the MEK, and family members of political prisoners killed by the Iranian regime held a rally outside a courthouse in Sweden where the trial of Hamid Noury is taking place. Noury is a former Iranian official involved in the 1988 massacre.<\/p>\n<h3>Political Prisoners in Urmia on Hunger Strike for More Than a Week\u2014Iran News<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dozens of political prisoners in Urmia Central Prison have been on hunger strike for 10 days. The prisoners went on hunger strike after being transferred to a high-security ward The ward has been designed to torture and harass political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Prison authorities have isolated the transferred inmates from other political prisoners. Urmia Central Prison is one of Iran\u2019s most notorious prisons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Prison authorities often torture prisoners and force them into false confessions. The NCRI has called on international human rights organizations to inspect Iran\u2019s prisons The Iranian Resistance also called on the UN to condemn the ill-treatment of political prisoners in Iran<\/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\">Iran\u2019s Regime Will Raise the Price of Gasoline Again<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240721\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min\" class=\" wp-image-240721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min.jpg\" alt=\"Behbahan - Iran protests in November 2019\" width=\"650\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bank-markazi-behbohan-2019-min-696x381.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behbahan &#8211; Iran protests in November 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the past months, Iranian officials have been constantly talking about the need for a \u201cbig surgery\u201d to save the regime. Regime president Ebrahim Raisi said in October, \u201cThe government and I would not hesitate to put our reputation on the line to carry out big surgeries and save the country\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-regime-will-raise-the-price-of-gasoline-again\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 491,100<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-\" width=\"650\" height=\"371\" \/>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, that the COVID-19 death toll in 547 cities has surpassed 491,100. In Tehran, the death toll has reached 114,950, Khorasan Razavi 39,705, Isfahan 33,840, Khuzestan 29,710, Fars 18,495, Mazandaran 17,860, East Azerbaijan 16,933, Kerman 13,197, Yazd 8,103, Kurdistan 8,092, and Ardabil 6,210.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-covid-19-deaths-surpass-491100\/\" 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-22-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 De<\/strong><strong>cember 22<\/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: 6:22&nbsp;PM CET Iran: Women Sell their Hair to Make ends Meet Iran&rsquo;s state-run Khorasan daily acknowledged on Wednesday that Iranian [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":253334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[277,902],"class_list":{"0":"post-253295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"tag-iran-news","10":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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