{"id":259356,"date":"2022-05-26T08:58:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T06:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=259356"},"modified":"2023-02-03T18:29:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:29:58","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-26-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-26-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 26, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The aftermath of another instance of systemic corruption followed by state failure in Abadan, Khuzestan Province, Southwest Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

The Post That Wasn’t Supposed to Be Published on A State News Agency’s Website<\/h3>\n

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Today, a very strange article was published on the state-run Mehr news agency’s website and rapidly taken down by the admins. The title read: “Some state leaders are regretting the subsidies’ policy change”.<\/p>\n

Starting with the systemic failure to run an agenda that was supposed to gradually increase the price of bread in several provinces under the pretext of a “pilot program”, the author criticizes the mismanagement that has led to unrest in many Iranian cities.<\/p>\n

“It is noteworthy that two weeks ago, when state officials in charge of the economy decided to once again surprise the people during the midnight hours and eliminated subsidies for basic goods, this step, according to estimates, should have led to a rise in prices by twenty to sixty percent,” Mehr wrote. “But in practice, prices have risen four to six times, and reports even indicate that some goods have risen tenfold in different regions.”<\/p>\n

The piece concludes: “For many years, the country’s officials have forgotten that they once were among the people and that their duty is to serve the people. Therefore, there is no doubt that the state is getting closer to the verge of collapse every day, and its arrogance has the opposite effect inside and even abroad. Following reports of widespread corruption among those close to the leadership, there are now reports of livelihood and social discontent, even at some levels of the security and law enforcement forces<\/strong>, who sometimes confront a family member or neighborhood during protests. The time has come for those who have ruled this country for more than thirty years to hand over the system to others.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n

The Uprising in Iran Continues Tonight<\/h3>\n

In solidarity with the people of Abadan, other cities in several southern provinces are rising up and calling for regime change. According to the latest reports from inside Iran, the people of Khorramshahr, Shahinshahr, Bandar Abbas, and Behbahan have taken to the streets and are chanting slogans against the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his president Ebrahim Raisi.<\/p>\n

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