{"id":261455,"date":"2022-07-20T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=261455"},"modified":"2023-02-05T23:01:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T22:01:02","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_260888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260888\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranians-brussels-deal-protest\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest.jpg\" alt=\"iranians-brussels-deal-protest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest-150x68.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest-696x314.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iranians-brussels-deal-protest-1068x481.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Iranians, supporters of the MEK rally in front of Belgian parliament<\/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>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tension Escalates Over the Shameful Iran-Belgium Prisoner Swap Deal<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-resistance-rally-brussels-belgium-July-19-2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261456 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iranian-resistance-rally-brussels-belgium-July-19-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-resistance-rally-brussels-belgium-July-19-2022\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iranian-resistance-rally-brussels-belgium-July-19-2022.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iranian-resistance-rally-brussels-belgium-July-19-2022-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">A<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">\u00a0bill proposed by the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">Belgian\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">government\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">for a prisoner exchange deal with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">Iran\u2019s regime and four other countries will be put up to vote on Wednesday, July 20, being the last day\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">prior to the MPs\u2019 summer vacation.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">\u00a0If a vote does not take place\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50486311 BCX9\">entire motion will be postponed to September and placed under further review.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW50486311 BCX9\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During the past few weeks, pro-appeasement circles in the West have sought to push through a secret deal between Belgium and the Iranian regime, the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, to see the release of Tehran\u2019s convicted diplomat-terrorist <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/resistance\/court-sentences-iranian-diplomat-accomplices-to-prison-terms-on-terrorism-charges\/\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>\u00a0and his three accomplices and have them sent back to Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/tension-escalates-over-the-shameful-iran-belgium-prisoner-swap-deal\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Albanian Authorities Arrest Dozens of Iranian Regime Agents Spying Against MEK<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ashraf-3-MEK-compound-in-Albania\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261458 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ashraf-3-MEK-compound-in-Albania.jpg\" alt=\"Ashraf-3-MEK-compound-in-Albania\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ashraf-3-MEK-compound-in-Albania.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ashraf-3-MEK-compound-in-Albania-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On July 12, 2022, Albanian media reported that dozens of Iranians have been arrested and are under investigation due to their alleged links with Iran\u2019s regime and its Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxnews.al\/english\/aktualitet\/dyshime-per-spiunazh-spak-kontrolle-ne-banesat-e-ish-anetareve-te-mek-i14299\">According to Voxnews<\/a>\u00a0in Albania, \u201cAt the request of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office, examinations are being carried out in their homes.\u00a0Most of them have been under investigation for three years!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/albanian-authorities-arrest-dozens-of-iranian-regime-agents-spying-against-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Leila Chegini on a Dry Hunger Strike for 6 Days in Nowshahr Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-261459 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Leila-Chegini-on-dry-hunger-strike.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An informed source reported that political prisoner Leila Chegini\u2019s health deteriorated six days after she started her dry hunger strike. Leila Chegini began her dry\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunger_strike\" rel=\"noopener\">hunger strike<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in protest of being detained without standing trial and investigating her case. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/06\/25\/victims-of-torture-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Detaining prisoners on remand<\/a> is a common practice in Iranian jails to torture prisoners. Since prisoners cannot access anyone during pre-trial detention, prison authorities and interrogators can do whatever they want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/07\/19\/leila-chegini-on-a-dry-hunger-strike\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Hamid Noury and the Untold Story of a Crime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hamid-Noury-court\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-261460 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hamid-Noury-court-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Hamid-Noury-court\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hamid-Noury-court-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hamid-Noury-court-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hamid-Noury-court-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hamid-Noury-court-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hamid-Noury-court.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After nine tense months, and plenty of ups and downs, 60-year-old Hamid Noury was finally convicted for deliberately participating in the murder and execution of many political prisoners in Iran during the massacre in the infamous bloody summer of 1988. Ninety-two hearings were held with 60 plaintiffs and witnesses, along with 12 experts in the field of international law, history, Islamic jurisprudence, and psychology, who all helped finalize this verdict.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/hamid-noury-and-the-untold-story-of-a-crime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Prisoner\u2019s Hand Infected Following Finger Amputation for Theft<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-hand-amputation\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-261273 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iran-hand-amputation-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-hand-amputation\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iran-hand-amputation-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iran-hand-amputation-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Iran-hand-amputation.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A prisoner\u2019s hand got infected after his fingers were amputated in Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison. Four fingers of Seyyed Barat Hosseini, an Iranian prisoner who was sentenced to amputation for robbery\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/06\/03\/iran-cuts-off-prisoners-fingers-for-theft\/\" rel=\"noopener\">were cut off<\/a>\u00a0in Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison on May 31.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the former political prisoner and civil rights activist, Arash Sadeghi, the man\u2019s fingers were amputated with a guillotine-like device that the prison had earlier acquired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/07\/19\/prisoners-hand-infected-following-finger-amputation-for-theft\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Homeless Families on the Rise in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Homeless-families\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-261461 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Homeless-families-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Homeless-families\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Homeless-families-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Homeless-families-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Homeless-families-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Homeless-families.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The multifold increase in prices, unemployment, and the exponential growth of rent, along with social problems such as addiction, has aggravated the risk of families becoming homeless.\u00a0Ali Heidari, the Director of Iran\u2019s Ending Homelessness Institute, warned that the phenomenon of homelessness has a direct relationship with the economic situation of families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe are moving from the phenomenon of homeless people to a more dangerous phenomenon called homeless families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/07\/19\/homeless-families-on-the-rise-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">British Committee for Iran Freedom: Swedish Court Ruling on the 1988 Massacre, a Positive Step to End Impunity in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-261462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury.jpg\" alt=\"BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury\" width=\"1000\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BCFIF-on-Conviction-Noury-696x376.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The British Committee for Iran Freedom welcomes the verdict of the Swedish District Court on 14 July, which led to the sentencing of a former official of the Iranian regime,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/hamid-noury-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-role-in-1988-massacre\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Hamid Noury<\/a>, to life imprisonment for involvement in the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/07\/british-committee-for-iran-freedom-swedish-court-ruling-on-the-1988-massacre-a-positive-step-to-end-impunity-in-iran\/35231\/\" 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-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-19-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 19,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST Tension Escalates Over the Shameful Iran-Belgium Prisoner Swap Deal A&nbsp;bill proposed by the&nbsp;Belgian&nbsp;government&nbsp;for a prisoner exchange deal 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