{"id":261118,"date":"2022-07-12T08:31:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T06:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=261118"},"modified":"2023-02-04T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T15:28:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Belgian Parliament Has an Important Decision To Make on Thursday<\/h3>\n

\"iranian-communities-protests-belgium-iran-deal-assadollah-assadi-2\"As the Belgian parliament prepares to vote on a bill that will legalize prisoner swaps with the Iranian regime, Europe\u2019s security and the security of thousands of Iranian dissidents hang in the balance. Should the bill be ratified,\u00a0Assadollah Assadi<\/a>, a convicted diplomat terrorist who was caught red-handed as he tried to bomb a large rally of the Iranian Resistance in Paris in 2018, will be returned to Iran in exchange for a Belgian national who has been held hostage by Tehran.<\/p>\n

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New COVID Wave Sweeps Across Iran<\/h3>\n

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The destructive policies of the mullahs\u2019 regime ruling Iran, refusing to provide reliable vaccines, and the lack of necessary equipment and necessities to provide urgently needed medical care have once again left the Iranian people defenseless and vulnerable in the face of a new <\/span>coronavirus<\/span><\/a>\u00a0wave spreading across the country at an alarming rate.<\/span> \u201cThe daily death toll due to Covid-19 has reached double figures. In the past 24 hours, we have identified 2<\/span>,<\/span>375 new cases. Four cities are registered as red zones, 14 are orange, and 142 are yellow,\u201d according to a statement released on Sunday, July 11, by the regime\u2019s Health Ministry.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Medicine Crisis<\/h3>\n

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The pharmaceutical industry in Iran is undergoing an unprecedented crisis. The industry is on the verge of bankruptcy and for some time now, even state media has been warning about the dire situation of production and smuggling in the import and export of medicine. These details debunk the talking points parroted by the Iranian regime\u2019s network of apologists and lobbyists in the West, and place the blames for Iran\u2019s medicine crisis on the regime and the regime alone.<\/p>\n

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Inmates Deliberately Starved in the Central Prison of Urmia<\/h3>\n

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The ration for food and bread for female prisoners in the\u00a0Central Prison of Urmia<\/a>\u00a0has been cut down. More than 40 prisoners do not receive meals every day.<\/p>\n

An informed source in the women\u2019s ward of the Central Prison of\u00a0Urmia<\/a>\u00a0said, \u201cOver the past few days, the ration of dry bread has been reduced to one piece per day. In addition, because of shortage of food, every day, more than 40 inmates do receive their meals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Why Tehran Resorts to \u2018Bad-Hijab\u2019 Offenses?<\/h3>\n

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On July 5, the Iranian regime\u2019s state media reported that the deputy attorney-general in Mashhad, the capital of the northeastern Iranian province Razavi Khorasan, had ordered governmental offices to not provide services to \u201cbad-hijab\u201d [improperly-veiled] women. The ruling mullahs in Iran regularly use \u2018bad hijab\u2019<\/em>\u00a0in reference to women who defy their restrictive misogynistic measures. The \u2018Islamic Republic\u2019 constitution forces women and girls older than nine to cover their hair entirely when in public.<\/p>\n

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Stockholm: Gathering of Freedom-Loving Iranians, MEK Supporters to Protest the Ridiculous Circus of the Regime\u2019s Mercenaries\u2014July 11, 2022<\/h3>\n
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Stockholm: MEK supporters protest against ridiculous show of the mullahs' mercenaries-July 11, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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