{"id":259093,"date":"2022-05-17T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T07:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=259093"},"modified":"2023-02-05T04:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T03:19:53","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-17-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-17-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 17, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_259098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259098\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"street-tabas-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-259098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/street-tabas-iran.jpg\" alt=\"street-tabas-iran\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/street-tabas-iran.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/street-tabas-iran-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/street-tabas-iran-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/street-tabas-iran-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/street-tabas-iran-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-259098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street in Tabas, South Khorasan Province, Northeast 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: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Rajavi: The Iranian People and the Organized Resistance Are the Decisive Factors in Developments Pertaining to Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-259094 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday, May 16, 2022,\u00a0<strong>Michael Pompeo<\/strong>, the 70th U.S. Secretary of State, visited Ashraf-3, Albania, home to thousands of members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI\/MEK), and met with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/interim-session-of-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NCRI<\/strong><\/a>). He also visited the Museum of 120 years of Struggle for Freedom in Iran and later addressed members of the MEK in Baharestan Hall at Ashraf-3.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Maryam Rajavi<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0addressed and welcomed Secretary Pompeo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/mike-pompeo-pmoi-people-iran-confrontation-clerical-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">In Iran, the Regime Seeks Economic Solutions in Plundering the People<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rising-inflation-and-skyrocketing-prices-in-Iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-259095 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rising-inflation-and-skyrocketing-prices-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Rising-inflation-and-skyrocketing-prices-in-Iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rising-inflation-and-skyrocketing-prices-in-Iran.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rising-inflation-and-skyrocketing-prices-in-Iran-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On April 8, Iranian regime President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-of-judiciary\/\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0said revoking the country\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-new-monetary-policy-is-setting-the-stage-for-another-disaster\/\">subsidized currency exchange rate<\/a>\u00a0will not cause a shock to Iran\u2019s economy. Less than a month later, rising inflation and skyrocketing prices are leaving tens of millions of people unable to purchase their basic necessities, including even bread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The price of wheat has jumped 100 percent compared to three years ago. Flour prices have jumped between 500 and nearly 700 percent. The price of ordinary sandwich bread has increased by a whopping thirteen-fold. Cooking oil prices have increased by more than 750 percent. Rice has seen a price hike of 130 percent in the past six months alone. Medicine is costing an average of 1,000 percent higher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/in-iran-the-regime-seeks-economic-solutions-in-plundering-the-people\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The \u2018Policy of Poverty Is Accelerating Iran\u2019s Regime\u2019s Downfall<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-poverty\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-259096 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-poverty-300x188.webp\" alt=\"Iran-poverty\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-poverty-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-poverty-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-poverty-150x94.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-poverty-696x435.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Iran-poverty.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s economy is heading to no man\u2019s land. The country\u2019s economic crises are\u00a0tuning into major political obstacles for the Iranian regime and have reached the stage beyond repair. Problems are increasing, congesting, and are becoming incurable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Therefore, the regime will face new social upheavals, but this time it will be led by starving people. This situation is the result of the \u201cexpanding government influence over the past four decades,\u201d as the regime\u2019s media have stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a recent publication, the state-run daily Jahan-e Sanat wrote, \u201cOfficials are aware of the social ills, but their strategy is to take advantage of the country\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iran-regime-collapse-is-the-mullahs-first-and-foremost-concern\/\">impoverished situation<\/a>. The impoverishment of the people is a divine gift for government officials. The people in power are also the ones who have taken the country hostage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/the-policy-of-poverty-is-accelerating-irans-regimes-downfall\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Political Prisoner Denied Urgent Treatment and Furlough<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-259097 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri-300x172.webp\" alt=\"Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri-300x172.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri-150x86.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri-696x399.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Political-prisoner-Mohammad-Ali-Pirooz-Mansouri.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Political prisoner Mohammad Ali (Pirooz) Mansouri has been deprived of necessary medical care and sick leave.\u00a0He has been serving his 15th year in Raja\u2019i Shahr Prison in the city of Karaj, near the capital, Tehran. Mansouri\u2019s daughter, Iran Mansouri, wrote a letter to Javid Rahman, the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, expressing concern about her father\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/05\/16\/iranian-political-prisoner-denied-urgent-treatment-and-furlough\/\" 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-16-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 16,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST Maryam Rajavi: The Iranian People and the Organized Resistance Are the Decisive Factors in Developments Pertaining to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":259098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[129,277],"class_list":{"0":"post-259093","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 v27.5 - 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