{"id":258840,"date":"2022-05-12T09:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T07:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=258840"},"modified":"2023-02-03T03:18:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T02:18:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_258844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258844\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-khuzestan-mahshahr\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iran-khuzestan-mahshahr.jpg\" alt=\"iran-khuzestan-mahshahr\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iran-khuzestan-mahshahr.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iran-khuzestan-mahshahr-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iran-khuzestan-mahshahr-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iran-khuzestan-mahshahr-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iran-khuzestan-mahshahr-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, Southern 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: 10:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Uprising in Iran Continues to Inflame<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Footage posted on social media indicates that the people from Joonegan, Southwestern Iran, have raided and set fire to a local Basij office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 12 &#8211; Jooneghan, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Social media video shows angry protesters taking over a local Basij base. They have set fire to something inside the base\/base gate is wide open. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Tell the soldiers to come out. We won&#39;t hurt soldiers,&quot; a protester says. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7JeRY5VOzy\">pic.twitter.com\/7JeRY5VOzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1524833673522073620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/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\">May 12 &#8211; Jooneghan, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Social media video of protesters attacking a local Basij base. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Khamenei you will burn like this,&quot; a voice says. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0hbki2T76E\">pic.twitter.com\/0hbki2T76E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1524845184588075034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Reports of Unrest and Protests in Iran Tonight<\/h3>\n<p>Today, protests against soaring prices of basic food items spread over from Khuzestan Province and sparked in Shahrekord, the capital city of Chaharmahal, and Bakhtiari Province, Southwestern Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The people of Shahrekord, Izeh, and Andimeshk rallied and marched through the streets and cried out slogans like &#8220;Death to Khamenei&#8221; and &#8220;Death to Raisi!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_lrqNbOfJyCo\"><div id=\"lyte_lrqNbOfJyCo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlrqNbOfJyCo%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\/lrqNbOfJyCo\" 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%2FlrqNbOfJyCo%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=\"gtx-body\">Slogans of &#8220;Death to Khamenei&#8221; has filled the streets of Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, Southern Iran<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_eDWo-BTzOK4\"><div id=\"lyte_eDWo-BTzOK4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FeDWo-BTzOK4%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\/eDWo-BTzOK4\" 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%2FeDWo-BTzOK4%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>Footage from Andimeshk: the cameraman says that security forces are shooting and aiming directly at protestors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_loCF4MPJtJE\"><div id=\"lyte_loCF4MPJtJE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FloCF4MPJtJE%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\/loCF4MPJtJE\" 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%2FloCF4MPJtJE%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=\"gtx-body\">Youths from the city of Izeh, Khuzestan Province, Southern Iran, chant and are calling for the death of Khamenei<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ff5JZsIywiE\"><div id=\"lyte_ff5JZsIywiE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fff5JZsIywiE%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\/ff5JZsIywiE\" 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%2Fff5JZsIywiE%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>Shahrekord, people are chanting &#8220;Death to the dictator!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_uCfDlc-VxY0\"><div id=\"lyte_uCfDlc-VxY0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FuCfDlc-VxY0%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\/uCfDlc-VxY0\" 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%2FuCfDlc-VxY0%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=\"gtx-body\">Shahrekord: voices are warning that the security forces are targeting people<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_gCQhsi_h-nY\"><div id=\"lyte_gCQhsi_h-nY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FgCQhsi_h-nY%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\/gCQhsi_h-nY\" 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%2FgCQhsi_h-nY%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>Shahrekord: people are chanting &#8220;Raisi, you liar! What happened to your promises?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_rYJhT-pXaYM\"><div id=\"lyte_rYJhT-pXaYM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrYJhT-pXaYM%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\/rYJhT-pXaYM\" 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%2FrYJhT-pXaYM%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>Shahrekord: police is trying to disperse the crowd<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_r2HDtHeotMY\"><div id=\"lyte_r2HDtHeotMY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fr2HDtHeotMY%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\/r2HDtHeotMY\" 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%2Fr2HDtHeotMY%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>Shahrekord: people are calling for the mullahs to get lost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ETqsVr-JBiE\"><div id=\"lyte_ETqsVr-JBiE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FETqsVr-JBiE%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\/ETqsVr-JBiE\" 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%2FETqsVr-JBiE%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>Shahrekord: people are asking Raisi to step down and leave the country alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_eWY78_OZ0So\"><div id=\"lyte_eWY78_OZ0So\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FeWY78_OZ0So%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\/eWY78_OZ0So\" 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%2FeWY78_OZ0So%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>Shahrekord: people are chanting and calling on the mullahs to get lost.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 12:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">50% of Iranian Freight Carriers Possess MS or BS Degrees, Official Admits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranian-tired-kulbar\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258019 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-300x170.webp\" alt=\"iranian-tired-kulbar\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ghobad Karampour, an MP representing the Iranian regime from Kermanshah province <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ilna.news\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7-15\/1228903-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">told the state-run ILNA<\/a> news agency: &#8220;Ten percent of women in Paveh, Oraman and Marivan are working as kulbars (poor people who carry heavy loads over the border to make ends meet). Most of them are now heads of households. This job is exhausting even for men, let alone women. More than 50% of these people have bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Khamenei&#8217;s Paper Pushes for More Internet Restriction<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kayhan-internet-censorship-Copy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258849 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kayhan-internet-censorship-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"kayhan-internet-censorship-Copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kayhan-internet-censorship-Copy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kayhan-internet-censorship-Copy-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a column on May 11, Kayhan newspaper whose editorial guidelines are dictated by the Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader asked Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s government and the parliament to restrict the internet and block the free flow of information under the disguise of fighting cultural and moral discourse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Unfortunately, the management of the internet in this country has been severely neglected. This space has overshadowed the lives of families and the lifestyles of children, adolescents, and various individuals, almost without proper regulation and control,&#8221;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/241328\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kayhan wrote<\/a>. &#8220;This abandonment of cyberspace has given the best opportunity to the enemies to safely design and implement all kinds of intellectual projects, promote anti-cultural and immoral topics, change the Iranian-Islamic lifestyle, execute deceptive plots, spread rumors and target young people, adolescents, and even Iranian children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The daily concluded: &#8220;The popular government, the Revolutionary parliament, the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, and other officials are expected to act swiftly and seriously to protect the country from cultural attacks and to protect Iran&#8217;s future creators from the traps of the enemy. They should do this by approving or implementing any plan with any name and title.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Facing Uprisings in Khuzestan Province, Iranian Regime Shuts Down Internet<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following the widespread protests in the cities of Shushtar and Mahshahr in the southern Khuzestan province last night, Netblocks, which monitors the state of Internet communication in various countries reported a major disruption on mobile and fixed-line providers in Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Confirmed: Real-time network data show a brief collapse in observable international connectivity on internet provider Rightel in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, as well as a deterioration on other mobile and fixed-line providers; the slowdown may limit the free flow of information amid protests \ud83d\udcc9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuzu2uYduB\">pic.twitter.com\/uuzu2uYduB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NetBlocks (@netblocks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1524490136234479619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Young Man from Kermanshah Died Under Torture<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-prison-torture\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-249459 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-torture-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iran-prison-torture3\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-torture-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-torture-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-torture-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-torture-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-torture.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A young man from Kermanshah who was arrested in Karaj and severely tortured by security forces died in Buin Prison from severe injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the latest victims of systemic human rights violations inside Iran, he was identified as Mohsen Abbasi. Mohsen was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Unit in early April on drug-related charges. Following a month of torture for forced confession and a day after he was transferred to the quarantine ward of Buin Zahra Prison on May 5, Mohsen lost his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A relative of the Abbasi family said: &#8220;Mohsen&#8217;s corpse, which showed signs of torture and bruising on his body, underwent autopsy and his family is now waiting for a forensic doctor&#8217;s opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Police Beat and Arrested Young Man For Protesting Publicly<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_BjZn3JmmQnY\"><div id=\"lyte_BjZn3JmmQnY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FBjZn3JmmQnY%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\/BjZn3JmmQnY\" 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%2FBjZn3JmmQnY%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\">A video posted on the Internet on May 11 shows a young man from a city in Mazandaran province chanting &#8220;Death to Khomeini&#8221; and protesting against the clerical regime. Consequently, he is beaten and arrested by the repressive agents of the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Recent Protests Over Skyrocketing Prices Are Concerning Regime Officials<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"protest-rally-by-retirees-in-Khuzestan\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258841 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/protest-rally-by-retirees-in-Khuzestan-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"protest-rally-by-retirees-in-Khuzestan\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/protest-rally-by-retirees-in-Khuzestan-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/protest-rally-by-retirees-in-Khuzestan-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/protest-rally-by-retirees-in-Khuzestan.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Activists in cities checkered across Iran are reporting tense atmospheres. Regime authorities are disrupting and\/or completely shutting down the internet in a number of provinces to prevent reports of anti-regime protests from leaking to the outside world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite these measures, people are finding methods to send their reports and footage indicating widespread protests and clashes between angry locals and the regime\u2019s forces in many cities, especially in the southwest province of Khuzestan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-recent-protests-over-skyrocketing-prices-are-concerning-regime-officials\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">4 Women Documentary Filmmakers and Photographers Arrested Arbitrarily<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258842 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shilan-Saadi_Mina-Keshavarz_Firouzeh-Khosravani_Reyhaneh-Taravati.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Iranian intelligence services arbitrarily arrested four women documentary filmmakers and photographers in Tehran on May 9 and 10, 2022. Firoozeh Khosravani, a documentary filmmaker and director, living in Tehran, was arrested by intelligence agents in Tehran on Monday, May 9, 2022. During a telephone call with her family, Ms. Khosravani told them that she was in the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Center, Ward 209 of Evin Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/05\/12\/women-documentary-filmmaker\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Analysis: Iran Regime\u2019s Reaction to Hamid Noury\u2019s Trial and Its Consequences<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-1988-massacre\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-253030 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1988-massacre\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following the request for life in prison for Hamid Noury by the Swedish court prosecutor Christina Lindoff Carlson, the court went through a qualitative stage which included a series of undeniable testimonies exposing the horrific dimensions of the 1988 massacre to the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following this, the Iranian regime changed its behavior unexpectedly. They sent a group of their paramilitary Basij forces, led by the infamous hoodlum Hossein Allahkaram, in front of the Swedish embassy in Tehran in a bid to threaten the Swedish government. They then summoned the Swedish ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be put under pressure, in the hope that they could change the court\u2019s direction and decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/iranian-opposition\/analysis-iran-regimes-reaction-to-hamid-nourys-trial-and-its-consequences\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Antwerp Court Ruling Is a Landmark Victory for the Iranian People<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranians-belgium-antwerp-court\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258843 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iranians-belgium-antwerp-court-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"iranians-belgium-antwerp-court\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iranians-belgium-antwerp-court-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iranians-belgium-antwerp-court-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iranians-belgium-antwerp-court-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iranians-belgium-antwerp-court.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Antwerp appeals court in Belgium issued its final verdict on May 10 for three accomplices of Iranian regime diplomat-terrorist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/arrested-iranian-diplomat-runs-a-bigger-network-of-spies-in-europe-authorities-believe\/\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>\u00a0for their role in a foiled bomb plot targeting a massive Iranian Resistance gathering in June 2018 in Villepinte, north of Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nasimeh Naami, 37, Amir Saadouni, 41, and Mehrdad Arefani, 58, were all sentenced to 18, 18, and 17 years in prison, respectively, their Belgian citizenship and passports were revoked indefinitely, and each was fined 60,000 euros in cash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/the-antwerp-court-ruling-is-a-landmark-victory-for-iranian-people\/\" 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-11-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 11,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST Uprising in Iran Continues to Inflame Footage posted on social media indicates that the people from Joonegan, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":258844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[129,277],"class_list":{"0":"post-258840","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 v27.3 - 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