{"id":260317,"date":"2022-06-20T08:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=260317"},"modified":"2023-02-05T04:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T03:40:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-260321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022.jpg\" alt=\"amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022\" width=\"1000\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-stockholm-rally-June-18-2022-696x335.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\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: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Lidoma Shopping Center in Tehran Caught Fire<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lidoma-Shopping-Center-fire\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lidoma-Shopping-Center-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Lidoma-Shopping-Center-fire\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lidoma-Shopping-Center-fire.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lidoma-Shopping-Center-fire-150x137.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime&#8217;s spokesman of the Emergency Organization announced hours ago: &#8220;The Lidoma building in Sanat Square has caught fire and currently 4 ambulances have been sent to the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borna.news\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-4\/1341687-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%98-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA\" rel=\"noopener\">Borna news agency<\/a>, Mojtaba Khaledi said that firefighters are still trying to contain the fire while rescue workers have evacuated up to the seventh floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A spokesman for the Tehran Fire Department declined to comment on the number of casualties.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Killing Innocent Man in Southwestern Iran Leads to Locals Clashing with Police<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to reports and footage posted on social media, following police becoming suspicious of a vehicle on the Samirom-Yasuj axis in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, officers opened fire on the vehicle without warning and shot the young driver dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite police claiming that drugs were embedded in the vehicle, there were no illegal items found upon investigation. Following this crime, angry youths in the area clashed with police officers. The police fled the scene and one of their vehicles was set on fire by the youths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-ewZOUTHoyM\"><div id=\"lyte_-ewZOUTHoyM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-ewZOUTHoyM%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\/-ewZOUTHoyM\" 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%2F-ewZOUTHoyM%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\">Voice says the police officers are fleeing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tGSXNoWAqXc\"><div id=\"lyte_tGSXNoWAqXc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtGSXNoWAqXc%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\/tGSXNoWAqXc\" 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%2FtGSXNoWAqXc%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<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">How Iran\u2019s Nation Is Uniting Against the Mullahs as Their Main Enemy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-retirees-protests\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260318 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-retirees-protests.jpg\" alt=\"iran-retirees-protests\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-retirees-protests.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iran-retirees-protests-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On June 18, the anniversary of the sham presidential elections of 2021, regime president Ebrahim Raisi, who spoke to a group of regime loyalists in Varamin, said, \u201cThe people wanted us to fight poverty, corruption, and discrimination,\u201d and in the same speech, he claimed, \u201cWe remain loyal to our commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ironically, while Raisi was marking the first year of his presidency, protesters in many cities were chanting, \u201cRaisi you liar! What happened to your promises?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/how-irans-nation-is-uniting-against-the-mullahs-as-their-main-enemy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Municipal Agents Raze Down the Shelter of a Female Teacher<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260319 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Demolishing-a-teachers-home-in-Rafsanjan.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Municipal agents demolished the humble shelter of a female teacher in Rafsanjan, in southern Kerman Province.\u00a0She was taking care of her ailing mother at the time of the attack by municipal agents who arrested her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the reports published on social media on June 17, the shelter of a female teacher with 30 years of experience and a master\u2019s degree was destroyed by Rafsanjan\u2019s municipal agents. All her furniture and home appliances were buried under the rubbles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/06\/19\/shelter-of-a-female-teacher\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">4 Decades of Resistance for Freedom by Generation Equality in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Resistance-for-freedom\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-260320 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Resistance-for-freedom-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Resistance-for-freedom\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Resistance-for-freedom-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Resistance-for-freedom-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Resistance-for-freedom-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Resistance-for-freedom.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">June 20 marks the beginning of the Iranian people\u2019s resistance for freedom and democracy in 1981.\u00a0 Iran\u2019s women pioneer their people\u2019s movement against the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Generation Equality has been playing a significant role in the Iranian people\u2019s resistance for freedom from the Shah\u2019s time until today. Women who sacrificed their lives for freedom in the 1970s opened the way for women\u2019s largescale participation in the movement. Then came\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2017\/08\/04\/met-appointment-freedom\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"women.ncr-iran.org-another generation of women in the 1980s\">another generation of women in the 1980s<\/a>\u00a0whose sacrifices and unsubmissive struggle shook the foundations of the mullahs\u2019 misogynous regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/06\/19\/4-decades-of-resistance-for-freedom-by-generation-equality-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Elderly Political Prisoner Deprived of Medical Care in NE Iran Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hashem-Khastar\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-259150 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hashem-Khastar-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Hashem-Khastar\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hashem-Khastar-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hashem-Khastar-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hashem-Khastar.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A political activist who is serving his prison sentence in Mashhad\u2019s Vakil Abad Prison in northeastern Iran has been deprived of medical care. Prison officials have banned Hashem Khastar, who is also a teacher from receiving medical care outside of prison because he refuses to be transferred to the hospital with shackles on his hand and feet.\u00a0According to a source close to Hashem Khastar\u2019s family, he is suffering from digestive problems and high blood pressure. He is kept in a cell with two other political prisoners, Kamal Jafari Yazdi and Mohammad Hossein Sepehri and they have been deprived of communicating with other prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/06\/19\/elderly-political-prisoner-deprived-of-medical-care-in-ne-iran-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Stockholm, June 18, 2022: MEK Supporters Commemorated the Anniversary of the Beginning of the Resistance Against the Mullahs\u2019 Regime<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Stockholm, June 18, 2022: MEK supporters commemorated the historical day &ldquo;30 Khordad&rdquo;(June 20, 1981)\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_f46vBgD9vX0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Ff46vBgD9vX0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f46vBgD9vX0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-06-19T15:55:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_f46vBgD9vX0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Ff46vBgD9vX0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stockholm, June 18, 2022: MEK supporters commemorated the historical day \u201c30 Khordad\u201d(June 20, 1981)<\/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\/f46vBgD9vX0\" 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%2Ff46vBgD9vX0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm, June 18, 2022: MEK supporters commemorated the historical day &ldquo;30 Khordad&rdquo;(June 20, 1981)\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stockholm, June 18, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians, MEK supporters commemorated the historical day \u201c30 Khordad\u201d (June 20, 1981)the beginning of the people&#039;s resistance against the mullahs&#039; regime and the day of martyrs and political prisoners in Iran.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Stockholm, Sweden, June 18, 2022:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), commemorated the historical day \u201c30 Khordad\u201d (June 20, 1981), the beginning of the Iranian people\u2019s resistance against the mullahs\u2019 regime and the day of martyrs and political prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/06\/stockholm-june-18-2022-mek-supporters-commemorated-the-anniversary-of-the-beginning-of-the-resistance-against-the-mullahs-regime\/34265\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Amsterdam, June 18, 2022: Iranian Resistance Supporters Commemorated the 41ST Anniversary of the Beginning of the Resistance Against the Mullahs\u2019 Regime<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"June 18, 2022-Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A photo exhibition of the mullahs&amp;#039; crimes in Iran.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Yizh8kJTYMI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYizh8kJTYMI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yizh8kJTYMI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-06-19T15:09:29Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Yizh8kJTYMI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYizh8kJTYMI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">June 18, 2022-Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A photo exhibition of the mullahs&#039; crimes in Iran.<\/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\/Yizh8kJTYMI\" 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%2FYizh8kJTYMI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"June 18, 2022-Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A photo exhibition of the mullahs&amp;#039; crimes in Iran.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"June 18, 2022-Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A photo exhibition of the mullahs&#039; crimes in Iran over the past four decades, and a rally on the occasion of \u201c30 Khordad\u201d (the day of martyrs &amp; political prisoners), held by the MEK supporters in Dam Square.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Amsterdam, The Netherlands,\u00a0June 18, 2022:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), held a rally and a photo exhibition of the crimes of the mullahs in Iran during the last four decades in Dam square.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/06\/amsterdam-june-18-2022-iranian-resistance-supporters-commemorated-the-41st-anniversary-of-the-beginning-of-the-resistance-against-the-mullahs-regime\/34240\/\" 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-19-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 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