{"id":262109,"date":"2022-08-07T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T06:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262109"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:12:20","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-7-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-7-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 7, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-262114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884.jpg\" alt=\"iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884\" width=\"1000\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884-696x409.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-tonekabon-street-e1659851958884-1068x627.jpg 1068w\" 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>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Seventh COVID Wave Could Triple the Death Toll<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-coronavirus-outbreak-august-6\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262110 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-august-6.jpg\" alt=\"iran-coronavirus-outbreak-august-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-august-6.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-august-6-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There is a possibility that the seventh\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/new-covid-wave-sweeps-across-iran\/\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0wave in this country can lead to a tripling of the daily death toll, says a leading expert in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe deaths can reach triple digits yet forecasting the exact timing is difficult. It is possible for the death to toll to triple, and we need to take into consideration the fact that currently, the number of deaths we are reporting are of those individuals who have been confirmed to have contracted Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/irans-seventh-covid-wave-could-triple-the-death-toll\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Two Leaders of the Baha\u2019i Community Re-arrested in Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262111 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/two-leaders-of-the-Bahai-community-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2016\/11\/12\/iran-bahaii-woman-writes-from-evin-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Fariba Kamalabadi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2017\/10\/12\/iran-baha-i-poet-named-pen-international-writer-of-courage\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahvash Sabet<\/a>, two leaders of the Baha\u2019i community in Iran, were arrested for the second time on July 31, 2022. Agents of security services went to their houses in Tehran and took them to an undisclosed location. Relatives of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/religious-prisoners-conscience\/released-rpocs\/fariba-kamalabadi-bahai-seven\" rel=\"noopener\">Fariba Kamalabadi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/religious-prisoners-conscience\/released-rpocs\/mahvash-sabet-bahai-seven\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahvash Sabet<\/a>\u00a0confirmed the news of their arrests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence attacked\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/04\/26\/six-bahai-women-sentenced-to-prison-for-their-beliefs-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Baha\u2019i<\/a>\u00a0homes in 9 cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Qazvin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/17\/a-shiraz-court-sentences-three-bahai-women-to-20-years-in-prison\/\">Shi<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/17\/a-shiraz-court-sentences-three-bahai-women-to-20-years-in-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">r<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/17\/a-shiraz-court-sentences-three-bahai-women-to-20-years-in-prison\/\">az<\/a>, Mashhad, Sari, Gonbad, and Gorgan. They arrested dozens of Baha\u2019i citizens, including women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/06\/leaders-of-the-bahai-community\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Failure of Khamenei\u2019s Political Dreams<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ebrahim-Raisi\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262112 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ebrahim-Raisi-300x188.webp\" alt=\"Ebrahim-Raisi\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ebrahim-Raisi-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ebrahim-Raisi-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ebrahim-Raisi-150x94.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ebrahim-Raisi-696x435.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ebrahim-Raisi.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Just one year after the formation of the Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s desired \u2018Young Hezbollahi\u2019 government and the \u2018Revolutionary Parliament\u2019, it seems that his government is already facing a humiliating defeat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Over the past year, Khamenei, and his handpicked prot\u00e9g\u00e9 President Ebrahim Raisi have been facing criticism from those who were supposed to support them and follow their policies, people who Khamenei proudly called the \u2018Revolutionaries\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/the-failure-of-khameneis-political-dreams\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi Contracts Coronavirus in Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262113 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-film-director-Jafar-Panahi.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been in prison since July 11, has contracted the coronavirus and transferred to quarantine at Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With severe fever and chills, Mr. Panahi requested the prison authorities to send him to a hospital outside the prison for treatment, but his request was rejected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jafar Panahi\u2019s wife, Tahereh Saeedi is currently trying to arrange for him to be transferred out of prison for treatment despite the official holiday in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/08\/06\/iranian-film-director-jafar-panahi-contracts-coronavirus-in-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Also, read<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 6,<\/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 Iran&rsquo;s Seventh COVID Wave Could Triple the Death Toll There is a possibility that the seventh&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;wave in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":262114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-262109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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