{"id":258648,"date":"2022-05-08T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T08:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=258648"},"modified":"2023-02-03T18:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:30:02","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 8, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_258657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258657\" style=\"width: 1044px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"highway-kerman-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran.jpg\" alt=\"highway-kerman-iran\" width=\"1044\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/highway-kerman-iran-696x440.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A highway in Kerman, Kerman Province, Southeast Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Security Forces Face Fierce Resistance in Izeh, South Iran<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_RFHgMeHdZJ4\"><div id=\"lyte_RFHgMeHdZJ4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FRFHgMeHdZJ4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RFHgMeHdZJ4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FRFHgMeHdZJ4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_FxCbesSqrtY\"><div id=\"lyte_FxCbesSqrtY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFxCbesSqrtY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FxCbesSqrtY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFxCbesSqrtY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the last couple of days, the counter-insurgency unit has been dispatched to the city of Izeh in the southern Khuzestan Province and clashes erupted when it faced the resistance of the locals. Security forces used tear gas to disperse a protest rally but a number of the security forces have been beaten by people in the streets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gtx-body\" style=\"text-align: justify\">A number of people who had taken to the streets were identified, and early the next morning, the Iranian regime&#8217;s agents arrested them. In Izeh, the repressive forces of the Basij and the IRGC in neighboring provinces were put on high alert and a number of them were stationed in schools and high schools to be ready to be dispatched.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Six New Executions Recorded in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-execution\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255253 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-execution-300x170.webp\" alt=\"iran-execution\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-execution-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-execution-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-execution.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At dawn on Saturday, May 7, four prisoners, including a woman, were executed in Zahedan Central Prison in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Southeast Iran. The death sentences of these four prisoners had been issued before, and they had been transferred to the quarantine of Zahedan Central Prison since May 6.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The execution of two prisoners in Qom was also carried out by the Iranian regime&#8217;s Judiciary on May 7.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Livelihood Problems Are Becoming Security Problems, MP Warns<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MP-Majid-Naserinejad\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258674 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Majid-Naserinejad-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"MP-Majid-Naserinejad\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Majid-Naserinejad-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Majid-Naserinejad-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Majid-Naserinejad.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Soaring prices and record-high inflation that is threatening to cause a new wave of uprisings in Iran has cast a shadow on today&#8217;s parliament session.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During his speech in the regime&#8217;s parliament session today, MP <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icana.ir\/Fa\/News\/499489\" rel=\"noopener\">Majid Naserinejad said<\/a>: &#8220;Mr. Speaker, we really have a serious warning to the President. It&#8217;s regarding inflation. He promised to stop inflation. We were supposed to stop inflation. Did you want to stop the soaring prices this way? Some friends suggest we should better inform the people. There is no problem with information; people just can no longer bear these pressures. People are fed up. The issue is a security issue and it must be stopped.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Now the dust has taken the breath away from Khuzestan,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Officials are not seeing any way out of the situation. They don&#8217;t move, they&#8217;re asleep. People got sick, their lives are ruined, and no one is trying to find a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">MP Admits to Public Outrage and Hatred of the Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MP-Jalil-Rahimi-Jahanabadi\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258668 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Jalil-Rahimi-Jahanabadi.webp\" alt=\"MP-Jalil-Rahimi-Jahanabadi\" width=\"408\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Jalil-Rahimi-Jahanabadi.webp 408w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Jalil-Rahimi-Jahanabadi-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-Jalil-Rahimi-Jahanabadi-150x85.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWhat is left of this nation?\u201d the MP Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi asked during his speech at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icana.ir\/Fa\/News\/499459\" rel=\"noopener\">parliament&#8217;s session today<\/a>. \u201dThese days, when you visit your constituency, do you hear anything else other than curses, insults, and desperate calls from people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe government is incapable of running the country and the parliament should intervene as a supervisory body and legislator, not just conducting speeches!!\u201d he added. \u201cYou have to ask why cars are being sold to the nation four times or five times as much as the neighboring countries. Why are they depriving the people of flour under the pretext of \u201ccountering a smuggling network\u201d or \u201cthe war in Ukraine\u201d? Once, our people were longing to have houses like our neighboring countries. Then, people started longing to eat food like those in the neighboring countries. Now, they are striving to be able to have bread like those in neighboring countries. Go to occupied Iraq and occupied Afghanistan. Go and see for yourself what percentage of their currency has fallen?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He admitted: &#8220;Why are we fooling ourselves? Why are you forgetting the country\u2019s problems? Our economy is based on systemic rent and mafia. No matter a reformist government or a principalist one, none of them can do anything here.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Supreme Leader\u2019s Paper Sets Conditions for UN Special Rapporteur\u2019s Visit to Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kayhan-iran-douhan-visit-small\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258665 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kayhan-iran-douhan-visit-small.jpg\" alt=\"kayhan-iran-douhan-visit-small\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kayhan-iran-douhan-visit-small.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kayhan-iran-douhan-visit-small-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Kayhan newspaper whose editorial guidelines are dictated by the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader\u2019s office called on the regime\u2019s Judiciary to set conditions for liaising with the United Nations Special Rapporteur Prof. Alena Douhan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWhat is the purpose of this visit and what are the overt and covert goals?\u201d Kayhan\u2019s editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari asks <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/240988\">in his column<\/a>. \u201cMs. Alena Douhan&#8217;s report, even if without mal-intent (which is unlikely), will have no effect on the sanctions process, and the UN will not feel obliged to consider it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kayhan added: \u201cMs. Alena Dohan has previously submitted detailed reports to the UN on the impact of American and European sanctions on the people of Syria, Venezuela, etc., which have not had the slightest impact. Hence, isn&#8217;t the Rapporteur\u2019s trip designed to assess the failure factors of the maximum pressure agenda and find the solutions needed by the United States and Europe to block the path of circumvention of sanctions, a recalibration if you will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following a long list of grievances about sanctions on the regime and its allies, Kayhan calls on the regime\u2019s Judiciary and demands: \u201cMr. Gharibabadi! First, ask the UN Secretary-General to address our questions, and if they have convincing answers (which they never will), then allow the Special Rapporteur to visit Iran. Otherwise, apologize and postpone her mission upon receiving formal answers to these questions. At the same time, our dear and noble brother, Mr. Mohseni Ejei, who is unique in his commitment and revolutionary nature, is also expected to act in this regard with the same firmness as always.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">MP Warns Raisi Government&#8217;s Policies Is Killing People<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Warning of grief consequences of the systemic price increase, an Iranian regime\u2019s member of the parliament Mohammad Kaab Umayr tweeted on May 7: \u201cDo something! Inflation over 100% is killing the people! The parliament is expecting the government to eliminate poverty not the poor!!\u00a0With the wrong policies of some ministries, instead of eradicating poverty, the poor will be eradicated!\u00a0Those prices that increased for basic items of the lower decile households are a serious challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0628\u0647 \u062f\u0627\u062f \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0628\u0631\u0633\u06cc\u0645\u060c\u062a\u0648\u0631\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627\u06cc \u06f1\u06f0\u06f0 \u062f\u0631\u0635\u062f\u06cc \u0627\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0631\u06cc\u062f\u0647 \u0627\u0633\u062a.<br \/> \u0645\u062c\u0644\u0633 \u06cc\u0627\u0632\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0632 \u062f\u0648\u0644\u062a \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631 \u0641\u0642\u0631 \u0632\u062f\u0627\u06cc\u06cc \u062f\u0627\u0631\u0646\u062f\u0646\u0647 \u0641\u0642\u06cc\u0631 \u0632\u062f\u0627\u06cc\u06cc!!<br \/>\u0628\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u063a\u0644\u0637 \u0628\u0639\u0636\u06cc \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0647\u0627 \u0628\u062c\u0627\u06cc \u0631\u06cc\u0634\u0647 \u06a9\u0646\u06cc \u0641\u0642\u0631\u060c \u0641\u0642\u06cc\u0631 \u0631\u06cc\u0634\u0647 \u06a9\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u0634\u0648\u062f!<br \/>\u06af\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u0647\u0627\u06cc\u06cc \u06a9\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u0633\u0628\u062f \u06a9\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u067e\u0631\u0645\u0635\u0631\u0641 \u062e\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0631\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u062f\u0647\u06a9 \u0647\u0627\u06cc \u067e\u0627\u06cc\u06cc\u0646 \u0627\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0641\u062a\u0627\u062f \u0686\u0627\u0644\u0634 \u062c\u062f\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u06a9\u0639\u0628 \u0639\u0645\u06cc\u0631 (@KaabomirM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaabomirM\/status\/1522164908863164418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/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: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Khamenei\u2019s Rep Encourages Regime\u2019s Followers to Withstand Flow of Information<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ahmad-Sheikh-Bahai-the-supreme-leaders-representative-in-Kerman-e1651991584751\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258655 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ahmad-Sheikh-Bahai-the-supreme-leaders-representative-in-Kerman-e1651991584751-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad-Sheikh-Bahai-the-supreme-leaders-representative-in-Kerman-e1651991584751\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ahmad-Sheikh-Bahai-the-supreme-leaders-representative-in-Kerman-e1651991584751-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ahmad-Sheikh-Bahai-the-supreme-leaders-representative-in-Kerman-e1651991584751-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ahmad-Sheikh-Bahai-the-supreme-leaders-representative-in-Kerman-e1651991584751.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During his speech at the Friday prayer sermon, Ahmad Sheikh Baha&#8217;i, the Supreme Leader\u2019s representative in Kerman said: \u201cWe are now engaged in a combined jihad and war; a war that is both on the military front and on the security front. It is also fought on the economic front and on the cultural front. It is also in the media where we fight beliefs and perceptions, and absent explanation or enlightenment, there are going to be many casualties!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Trying to make sense of Khamenei\u2019s line of \u00a0\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-the-world-should-start-listening-to-what-khamenei-says\/\">Jihad of Clarification<\/a>\u2019, he tried to warn the regime\u2019s loyal followers on how to spread disinformation and withstand public exposure of the regime\u2019s atrocities on the internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cOne of the things they do is to embellish the enemy,&#8221; Baha&#8217;i added. &#8220;They want you to believe that everything the enemy says is good, great, and beautiful. They want you to question why we are fighting this enemy anyway? Unaware that these enemies, who are dressed in beautiful clothes, once they advance and get the chance, they can do worse than ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Nears Another Flashpoint as the Price of Bread Increases<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran: Alarming increase in price of bread, other foods\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fk0sMH9XNHI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Ffk0sMH9XNHI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fk0sMH9XNHI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-05-07T08:20:21Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fk0sMH9XNHI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Ffk0sMH9XNHI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran: Alarming increase in price of bread, other foods<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fk0sMH9XNHI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Ffk0sMH9XNHI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Alarming increase in price of bread, other foods\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Earlier this week, the price of flour in Iran increased more than ten-fold Following this price hike, the prices of basic goods have skyrocketed Sandwich buns have become 13x more expensive Regime officials have declared that the government might ration subsidized bread The price of other basic goods has increased too, including pasta, rice, poultry, meat, and medicine The latest reports indicate that even cooking oil has become expensive and hard to find *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In his inauguration speech, Iranian regime President <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-of-judiciary\/\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0spoke of \u201cdevelopments\u201d and his presidency will mean a \u201cchange in the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nine months into his tenure Iran is witnessing drastic economic crises, people\u2019s livelihoods nosediving, millions plunging into poverty, and even bread is becoming a luxury these days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-nears-another-flashpoint-as-the-price-of-bread-increases\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/05\/05\/civil-activist-zamaneh-zewyeh\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Macaroni Bids Farewell to Citizens\u2019 Food Baskets<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-macaroni\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-macaroni-300x188.webp\" alt=\"Iran-macaroni\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-macaroni-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-macaroni-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-macaroni-150x94.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-macaroni-696x435.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-macaroni.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As impoverished breadwinners in Iran are struggling to fill their food baskets, Abbas Tabesh, the Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade, and Mine and the head of the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization, has declared a 200-percent increase in macaroni prices. Dubbed a controversial official, Tabesh had already filled media publications with his odd remarks and orders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On April 13, Tabesh claimed that \u201cany increase in the prices during the last month\u201d should be corrected \u201ctonight\u201d and be returned to last year\u2019s price. In his interview with the official state-run\u00a0<em>IRNA<\/em>\u00a0news agency on the same day, he gave another hollow promise, stating, \u201cFrom April 21, the cost of 8,000 essential goods will be adjusted by an average of 40 percent compared to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/iran-and-the-crushing-poverty-line\/\">previous prices<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/iran-macaroni-bids-farewell-to-citizens-food-baskets\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Political Prisoner Could Become Paralyzed From Lack of Proper Medical Care<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Leila-Chegini.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian political prisoner Leila Chegini could become paralyzed if Iranian authorities continue to refuse to deprive her of access to essential medicines prescribed by doctors.\u00a0She has been detained in Nowshahr Prison in uncertain status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">She has been on hunger strike since April 27, 2022, to protest her lengthy uncertain status and the inhumane pressures and restrictions imposed on her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/05\/07\/political-prisoner-could-become-paralyzed-from-lack-of-proper-medical-care\/\" 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-may-7-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 7,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Security Forces Face Fierce Resistance in Izeh, South Iran Watch this video on YouTube Watch this video [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":258657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[129,277],"class_list":{"0":"post-258648","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":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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