{"id":262246,"date":"2022-08-12T08:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262246"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:49:56","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262255\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1.jpg\" alt=\"Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retirees and Pensioners in several Iranian cities resumed their rallies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>August 11 &#8211; Tehran, Iran<\/h3>\n<p>8:40 pm local time Anti-regime slogans aired in public: &#8220;Damn Khamenei &amp; Raisi!&#8221; &#8220;Down with the mullahs&#8217; regime!&#8221; &#8220;Neither the Shah, nor the mullahs! Damned be both!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 11 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>8:40 pm local time<br \/>Anti-regime slogans aired in public:<br \/>&quot;Damn Khamenei &amp; Raisi!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Down with the mullahs&#39; regime!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Neither the Shah, nor the mullahs! Damned be both!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0qPfvfTBOd\">pic.twitter.com\/0qPfvfTBOd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1558075839211720704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran Protests<\/h3>\n<p>August 11 -Official employees of the regime&#8217;s Oil Ministry held gatherings in over 30 sites across various cities demanding their rights. Regime officials are extremely concerned of possible strikes in this vital industry in the near future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Official employees of the regime&#39;s Oil Ministry held gatherings in over 30 sites across various cities demanding their rights.<br \/>Regime officials are extremely concerned of possible strikes in this vital industry in the near future.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m9Bmu7LIoP\">pic.twitter.com\/m9Bmu7LIoP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1558079605117898754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official employees of the regime&#8217;s Oil Ministry held gatherings in various cities demanding their rights. Regime officials are extremely concerned of possible strikes in this vital industry in the near future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Official employees of the regime&#39;s Oil Ministry held gatherings in various cities demanding their rights.<br \/>Regime officials are extremely concerned of possible strikes in this vital industry in the near future.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BztmV1wBlz\">pic.twitter.com\/BztmV1wBlz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1557736093293985792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>August 11 &#8211; Rome Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iran opposition PMOI\/MEK protested the mullahs&#8217; rule in Iran and called for the prosecution of regime leaders for their role in the summer 1988 Massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 11 &#8211; Rome<br \/>Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> opposition PMOI\/MEK protested the mullahs&#39; rule in Iran and called for the prosecution of regime leaders for their role in the summer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> of over 30,000 political prisoners.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AXAaXXbKPs\">pic.twitter.com\/AXAaXXbKPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1557781392246730752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Rajavi: The Only Right and Effective Response To Religious Fascism Is Firmness Not Caving In<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262248 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international-10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am truly delighted to see you again. Over the past two years, we were unfortunately deprived of getting together. Ashraf residents are thrilled to see you here in\u00a0<strong>Ashraf-3<\/strong>\u00a0because they can see their friends on difficult days. Those were challenging days, but we overcame all the obstacles with your help and support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Indeed, you have visited the Iranian Resistance\u2019s museum, which offers only a glimpse of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/iran-democratic\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iranian people\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0pain and suffering and the Mojahedin\u2019s glorious resistance against the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/effective-response-religious-fascism-firmness-caving-political-international\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">A Mother and Daughter Were Tied to the Bed for 24 Hours in Vakilabad Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-232523 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021-696x409.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-Mashhad-Vakilabad-prison-02012021.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A prisoner named Sahar F. was tied to the bed in the dispensary of Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad for 24 hours, along with her 12-year-old daughter, Tina Gh. Their hands and feet were cuffed to the bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kurdistanhumanrights.org\/fa\/?p=18724\" rel=\"noopener\">Human rights networks<\/a>\u00a0say Sahar and Tina were tied to the bed for arguing with agents of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/12\/09\/the-conditions-of-women-iran-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s ward<\/a>\u00a0of Vakilabad Prison (the Central Prison of Mashhad) on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. On the order of prison authorities, they were tied to the bed for 24 hours as punishment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/11\/vakilabad-prison-tied-to-bed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Dying Lake Urmia: One of Many Clerics Created Environmental Disaster<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Urmia-lake\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262249 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Urmia-lake.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Urmia-lake\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Urmia-lake.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Urmia-lake-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lake Urmia, in the mountains of northwest Iran, began\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/water\">shrinking<\/a>\u00a0in 1995 due to a combination of prolonged drought, and the extraction of water for farming and dams, according to the UN Environment Program.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2022WR032030?af=R\">Lake Urmia<\/a>\u00a0is an important ecosystem, a key stopping point for migratory birds, and home to an endemic shrimp as well as other underwater species.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Urmia Lake Basin is a generally mountainous territory containing two of the famous Iranian volcanic peaks (Sahand, 3707 meters, and Sabalan, 4810 meters), and with several vast productive plains in the valleys and around the Lake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/general-2\/dying-lake-urmia-one-of-many-clerics-created-environmental-disaster\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Security Forces Indiscriminately Shoot, Kill Children in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262250 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-Iran.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In all the years of its rule, the Iranian regime has been violating the rights of citizens with cruel and oppressive methods. Children have always been victims of systematic violations of human rights in Iran. Under the clerical regime in Iran, children\u2019s rights are violated through executions, child labor, deprivation of education, and child marriage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime routinely reduces the budget for educational centers or support centers for children and teenagers every year and instead increases the budgets of repressive forces and state propaganda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/08\/11\/security-forces-indiscriminately-shoot-kill-children-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-protests\/2022\/08\/retirees-in-iran-hold-ninth-day-of-protest-rallies-august-10-2022\/35837\/\">Retirees in Iran Hold Ninth Day of Protest Rallies\u2014August 10, 2022<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"entry-meta\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Retirees-and-pensioners-protests\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262251 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests.jpg\" alt=\"Retirees-and-pensioners-protests\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Retirees-and-pensioners-protests-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>August 10, 2022:<\/strong>\u00a0Retirees and Pensioners in several Iranian cities resumed their rallies on Wednesday, August 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests were reported in Tehran, Ahvaz, Babol, Arak, Khorramabad, Kerman, Rasht, Kermanshah, Shush, and other cities. Protesters criticize the regime\u2019s destructive policies and accuse officials of stealing their money.\u00a0Pensioners and retirees are among the worst-hit segments as Iran\u2019s economy continues to nosedive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-protests\/2022\/08\/retirees-in-iran-hold-ninth-day-of-protest-rallies-august-10-2022\/35837\/\" 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-11-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 11,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST August 11 &ndash; Tehran, Iran 8:40 pm local time Anti-regime slogans aired in public: &ldquo;Damn Khamenei &amp; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":262255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-262246","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 v27.3 - 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