{"id":253649,"date":"2021-12-31T02:46:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=253649"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:34:20","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-31-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-31-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 31, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-696x479.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-NCRI-interim-session-in-Auvers-sur-Oise-1024x683-3-1-1068x735.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 09:00<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi: I Sincerely Wish You All, Many Blessings With the Arrival of 2022<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I sincerely wish you all, many blessings with the arrival of 2022. <br \/>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewYear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewYear<\/a> comes new hope and determination to change what seems impossible and to overcome obstacles and defeat despair. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyNewYear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyNewYear<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ohwjYEJj5W\">https:\/\/t.co\/ohwjYEJj5W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e6tK92kVG8\">pic.twitter.com\/e6tK92kVG8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1476992149405188108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Iranian Security Forces Killed Her Son\u2014Now They\u2019re Preventing Her From Visiting His Grave<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During the November 2019 protests, Iranian security forces shot and killed more than 1,500 protesters. Among them was 19-year-old Amir Hossein Zarezadeh. Now, the regime is threatening his mother, Zahra Parvini, to prevent her from holding ceremonies at his grave. But for the brave mother, who has lost her dear son, the regime&#8217;s threats are no longer effective. &#8220;You want to kill me? I have no problem with that,&#8221; Parvini says. &#8220;I\u2019m willing to die for my innocent Amir Hossein&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 05:30<\/strong><strong> PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran&#8217;s regime Deliberately Poisons Iranians<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232604\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021\" class=\" wp-image-232604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021.jpg\" alt=\"Air pollution in Tehran, the capital of Iran\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Tehran-air-pollution-04012021-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air pollution in Tehran, the capital of Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There has been severe air pollution in Tehran and other metropolitan cities of Iran due to the regime&#8217;s use of illegal fuel oil in power plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;We used to sell this fuel to the UAE. But the UAE did not buy it from us after realizing that the sulfur in our fuel was 7 times more than the world standard. So we had to keep the fuel oil and use it,&#8221; the state-run Ghatreh website quoted Ismail Kahrom, an environmental expert on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The real root of Tehran&#8217;s air pollution is the authorities&#8217; negligence. They have not taken any action in the last 10 months to address this problem,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Iran: The Government&#8217;s Budget Planners Are Turning the Crisis Into a Social Explosion<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Irans-economic-crisis-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irans-economic-crisis-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran's economic crisis (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irans-economic-crisis-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irans-economic-crisis-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irans-economic-crisis-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irans-economic-crisis-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irans-economic-crisis-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the state-run Jomhuri-e Eslami acknowledged the regime&#8217;s 2022-2023 budget will create a crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many economists believe this budget is like a dagger in the heart of Iran&#8217;s economy and people. Let&#8217;s not forget these people are crushed under pressure and have lost their patience,&#8221; Jomhurie Eslami wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The article also warned that budget planners of the Raisi government are &#8220;turning the crisis into a social explosion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 08:30<\/strong><strong> AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Unprecedented Surge in Price of Red Meat in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The price of red meat has increased by 150,000 rials in the past few days, reaching 1.7 million rials per kilogram<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Livestock farmers are facing high feed prices, water shortages, and other problems, rendering reduced production. At the same time, the continued depreciation of the rial has increased the price of meat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The government\u2019s new policy to remove the 42,000 rial\/USD exchange rate has further upped the price of feed. Today, the high price of meat has resulted in a significant decrease in the consumption of meat across Iran<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Nuclear Talks: Time Is Running Out for Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-nuclear-talks-in-vienna\" src=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-nuclear-talks-in-vienna.jpg\" alt=\"iran-nuclear-talks-in-vienna\" width=\"650\" height=\"367\" \/>The third day of the eighth round of negotiations over the Iranian regime <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/as-vienna-talks-enter-eighth-session-iranian-regime-demands-still-show-signs-of-escalating\/\" rel=\"noopener\">negotiations in Vienna<\/a>\u00a0ended with more of the same: little-or-no progress, expressions of concern over Tehran\u2019s fast-moving uranium enrichment, and a date to continue talks next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-nuclear-talks-time-is-running-out-for-tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Surpass 493,600<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-493600-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-493600-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-493600-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" 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 Thursday, December 30, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 547 cities have surpassed 493,600. In Tehran, the number of victims has reached 115,420, Isfahan 34,130, Khorasan Razavi 39,850, Fars 18,630, Kermanshah 9,224, Hormozgan 8,160, Ardabil 6,255, Qazvin 5,779, Zanjan 4,730, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 3,729.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-surpass-493600\/\" 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-30-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 De<\/strong><strong>cember 29<\/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: 09:00 PM CET Maryam Rajavi: I Sincerely Wish You All, Many Blessings With the Arrival of 2022 I sincerely wish [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":253633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-253649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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