{"id":260202,"date":"2022-06-17T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T07:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=260202"},"modified":"2023-01-31T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:35:25","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-17-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-17-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 17, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_260210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260210\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-kashan-poverty\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty.jpg\" alt=\"iran-kashan-poverty\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-kashan-poverty-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohtasham Street in Kashan, Isfahan province, Central 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: 10:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">18,000 People Die on Iran&#8217;s Roads Annually, Official Says<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-traffic-police\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260228 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-traffic-police-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iran-traffic-police\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-traffic-police-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-traffic-police-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-traffic-police-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-traffic-police-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-traffic-police.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the head of the regime&#8217;s Emergency Organization, each year about 18,000 people lose their lives in traffic accidents in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sharghdaily.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-220\/848493-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C\" rel=\"noopener\">at a ceremony<\/a>, Jafar Miadfar said on June 13: &#8220;When discussing unexpected accidents, out of a total of 41 lethal accidents in the world, about 31 accounts occur in our country, including storms, floods, earthquakes, thunderstorms, while electricity and traffic accidents are among the most important of these events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He stated: &#8220;Annually, about 18,000 people, most of them between the ages of 15 and 40, die on the country roads, while the amount of damage in this sector is estimated at about $14 billion annually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Health Official Acknowledges Regime&#8217;s Miserable Healthcare System<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mohammad-Raiszadeh-the-head-of-the-regimes-Medical-Council\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260214 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mohammad-Raiszadeh-the-head-of-the-regimes-Medical-Council.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad-Raiszadeh-the-head-of-the-regimes-Medical-Council\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mohammad-Raiszadeh-the-head-of-the-regimes-Medical-Council.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mohammad-Raiszadeh-the-head-of-the-regimes-Medical-Council-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mohammad Raiszadeh, the head of the regime&#8217;s Medical Council, acknowledged that Iranian doctors are fleeing the country by the thousands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the state-run ISNA news agency, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etemadonline.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-23\/558277-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">Raiszadeh said<\/a>: &#8220;Both the appeals of other countries have become more attractive and the situation inside Iran has become more unfavorable than in previous years. Accordingly, the acceleration of migration, which was not unprecedented, has increased. Last year, over 4,027 people applied for a &#8216;good standing certificate&#8217; or a &#8216;no medical malpractice verification&#8217;. In general, the acceleration of &#8216;good standing&#8217; requests for immigration among physicians has increased.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Criticizing the claims of some of the MPs, Raiszadeh added: &#8220;We have now about 15,000 to 20,000 general practitioners who are not doing medical work; why? Why are we short of 18,000 physicians in our medical centers? We have so many doctors who are not performing their professions or doing things that are not related to their expertise. If you really care, first hire the same doctors available in this network, and then start complaining about the shortage of physicians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers\u2019 Demonstrations in 22 Provinces; Retirees Hold Protests in Tabriz, Ahvaz, Rasht, and Doroud<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Teachers-held-gatherings-EN\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260203 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Teachers-held-gatherings-EN-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Teachers-held-gatherings-EN\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Teachers-held-gatherings-EN-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Teachers-held-gatherings-EN-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Teachers-held-gatherings-EN-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Teachers-held-gatherings-EN-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Teachers-held-gatherings-EN.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers and education workers staged protest rallies in 22 provinces this morning, Thursday, June 16, to demand the release of imprisoned teachers and to protest the lack of ranking and standardization of their salaries in the face of spiraling inflation and overwhelming high prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests took place outside education departments in many cities such as Marivan, Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Andimeshk, Saqez, Bukan, Karaj, Hamedan, Sari, Shahrekord, Kashmar, Bandar Abbas, Bijar, Shazand, Khorramabad, Bojnourd, Abdanan, Eslamabad-e-Qarb, Sardasht, Zanjan, Ardabil, Qazvin, Shiraz, Rasht, Lahijan, Isfahan, Doroud, Harsin, Malayer, Kamyaran, Urmia, Najafabad, Babol, Ahvaz, Yasuj, Arak, and Rezvanshahr. Teachers marched in many cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/iranian-teachers-protest\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers Hold Protest in Many Cities Across Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-teachers-protests\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260204 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-teachers-protests-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"iran-teachers-protests\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-teachers-protests-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-teachers-protests-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-teachers-protests.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers and educators came to the streets on Thursday, June 16, to hold rallies in protest of the regime\u2019s education policies and the suppression of teachers\u2019 rights activists. Protests were reported in Marivan, Bandar Abbas, Khorram Abad, Sharekord, Kashmar, Sari, Hamedan, Sanandaj, Karaj, Bukan, Saqqez, Andimeshk, and several other cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The protests were organized and declared by teachers\u2019 rights organizations a week earlier. They are taking place today despite the regime resorting to severe security measures to prevent them. On Wednesday, security forces summoned and arrested dozens of teachers, activists, and organizers of demonstrations to intimidate protesters. But on Thursday, large rallies were reported in several cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/teachers-hold-protest-in-many-cities-across-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Uncertain Conditions of 3 Female Political Prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260205 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mojgan-Bagheri-Anishah-Assadollahi-Maliheh-Jafari-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Uncertain conditions of 3 female political prisoners in Iran.\u00a0The clerical regime in Iran has stepped up repression in recent months through waves of mass executions, arrests, torture of prisoners, and disrespectfully parading arrested young men in public.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Female civil activists<\/a>\u00a0are among the main targets of the repression and arrests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The present report briefly reviews the conditions of 3 female political prisoners, Maliheh Jafari, a student, Anisha Assadollahi, a labor activist, and Mojgan Bagheri, a teacher, in recent days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/06\/16\/uncertain-conditions-of-3-female-political\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">In the Qarchak Torture Chamber, Women Are Deprived of Water, Air, and Healthy Food<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-259743 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Qarchak-Prison-authorities-torture-female-detainees.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The notorious\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/abysmal-conditions-of-inmates-in-qarchak-prison-for-women\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Qarchak Prison<\/a>\u00a0is the only women-only prison in Iran and the detention center for at least 2,000 women. This prison was a disused industrial chicken farm. Initially, it did not have the standards for a prison. The lives and health of all prisoners are in danger in the Qarchak torture chamber in Varamin. \u201cThis is the end of the world,\u201d In other words, it is a place of torture, exile, and murder of women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Women prisoners in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjnjojJvLD4AhVF16QKHVt3C5wQFnoECEgQAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.handsoffcain.info%2Fnotizia%2Firan-qarchak-prison-a-nightmare-for-women-prisoners-60344556&amp;usg=AOvVaw23ABkKqPkaf9lZxnDQ9GGW\" rel=\"noopener\">Qarchak<\/a>\u00a0are deprived of the three vital elements for every human being: water, air, and healthy food. The Qarchak torture chamber is used as an exile for political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/06\/16\/qarchak-torture-chamber\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Protesting People Are \u201cNo Longer Afraid of Anything\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"TehranPars\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-244106 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TehranPars-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"the people of Tehran and many other cities took to the streets\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TehranPars-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TehranPars-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TehranPars-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TehranPars-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TehranPars.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An expert of the Iranian regime on suppression of political opposition to the regime warns about the rising support for the opposition movement the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mohamad Sadegh Koushki, a former integrator of political prisoners with close ties to the IRGC in an interview warned that the activities of MEK are focused on \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d and \u201con creating despair among different sectors of the society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/irans-protesting-people-are-no-longer-afraid-of-anything\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Disabled Iranians Sell Wheelchairs, Trash Scavenge To Make Ends Meet<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260206 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Disabled-Iranians-in-poverty.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Disabled Iranians have turned to garbage scavenging and selling their wheelchairs to make ends meet in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a June 9 report, the Roydad 24 website cited the problems and hardships of disabled Iranians; Problems that have increased unprecedentedly with the skyrocketing prices of various goods and services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the report, a disabled woman identified by her first name as Moloud sold her five million toman wheelchair to pay the deposit of the house she wanted to rent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/06\/16\/disabled-iranians-sell-wheelchairs-trash-scavenge-to-make-ends-meet\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">UN Human Rights Experts Express Concern Over Repression in Iran in a Statement \u2013 June 15, 2022<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"UN-Experts\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260207 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/UN-Experts.jpg\" alt=\"UN-Experts\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/UN-Experts.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/UN-Experts-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights website\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2022\/06\/iran-un-experts-alarmed-civil-society-crackdown\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u00a0<\/a>from Geneva on June 15, 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">UN Special Rapporteurs\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2022\/06\/iran-un-experts-alarmed-civil-society-crackdown\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed\u00a0<\/a>their grave concern over the violent crackdown on civil society in Iran, including trade unionists and teachers arrested for protesting against low wages and poor working conditions. They called on authorities to use excessive force through comprehensive investigations and Be audited independently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2022\/06\/un-human-rights-experts-express-concern-over-repression-in-iran-in-a-statement-june-15-2022\/34180\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-16-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 16,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:30 PM CEST 18,000 People Die on Iran&rsquo;s Roads Annually, Official Says According to the head of the regime&rsquo;s Emergency [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":260210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-260202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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