{"id":259303,"date":"2022-05-24T08:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T06:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=259303"},"modified":"2023-02-03T01:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:55:21","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 24, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 10:30 PM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

We Were Told to Stop Coverage for Collapsed Building\u2014 IRIB Chief<\/h3>\n

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According to the state-run Eqtesad 24<\/a>, Peyman Jebli, the head of the state’s Radio and Television Organization said he has been told to stop covering the incident in Abadan following the collapse of the Metropol Complex.<\/p>\n

At a meeting with the students of Sharif University in Tehran, Jebeli said: “We lined up the news network to send over to the Metropol site and there were pleads from all over the place to cover it for one or two hours and then to stop it. Covering the protests has some delicacies which can be explained later when we sit down and make up our minds.”<\/p>\n

Trying to hide the regime’s fear of popular protests, he argued: “Do you think we should cover the protests or follow up on their demands first? When protests reach the street, you can no longer allow people to express their mental issues. When there is a street protest, the responsibility becomes very serious. How do we cover it when the killing starts and glass begin to break?”<\/p>\n

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Brave Student Calls Out IRGC Strategist at University<\/h3>\n

Footage posted by the state-run Mostaqel Online today<\/a> shows that the speech of the IRGC strategist Hassan Abbasi<\/a> at a university was interrupted by a student who is protesting his rhetoric and continues to insistently call him out.<\/p>\n

While Abbasi is trying to trash talk or belittle him, the student keeps crying: “Name only four economists, you clown!”<\/p>\n

Eventually, Abbasi resorts to threatening and several people grab the student and take him away, while some in the crowd say: “Basij is coming in.”<\/p>\n

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While Abbasi is trying to trash talk and belittle him, the student keeps crying: \u201cName only four economists, you clown!\u201d#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n