{"id":262552,"date":"2022-08-22T07:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T05:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262552"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:10:08","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-22-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-22-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 22, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262556\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022\" class=\"wp-image-262556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022.jpg\" alt=\"iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shahrekord-protests-21082022-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests over water shortages in Shahrekord, Charmahal and Bakhtiari province, Southwest Iran<\/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: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests in Iran on Monday<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday, August 22, farmers in the west of Isfahan staged a rally in front of the regional water department to call on the authorities to respond to why the farmers have been deprived of their rights to water resources.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4yLgi8tr_TY\"><div id=\"lyte_4yLgi8tr_TY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4yLgi8tr_TY%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\/4yLgi8tr_TY\" 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%2F4yLgi8tr_TY%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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 22 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Tejarat (Trade) Bank retirees protesting for answers to their long-raised demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wXaqsH8WeI\">pic.twitter.com\/wXaqsH8WeI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1561699713077878785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 22 &#8211; Qazvin, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of Tolypers, a chemical &amp; consumer goods company, are demanding answers about their employment status &amp; the factory&#39;s future. They have not received their paychecks or insurance pensions for three or four months.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gIRIkZhnk\">pic.twitter.com\/2gIRIkZhnk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1561692160050704386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, scammed clients of the Taj Khodro Caspian held a rally in front of the Qazvin Governorate to assert their rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The retired personnel of the Tejarat Bank in Tehran started a rally inside the central building of the bank. The protesters were chanting: &#8220;Death to the lier&#8221;, and &#8220;We will not back down until we get our rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jVtFfiyjYyk\"><div id=\"lyte_jVtFfiyjYyk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FjVtFfiyjYyk%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\/jVtFfiyjYyk\" 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%2FjVtFfiyjYyk%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><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bolbanabad-region-in-Kurdistan\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262578 alignleft\" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bolbanabad-region-in-Kurdistan.jpg\" alt=\"Bolbanabad-region-in-Kurdistan\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bolbanabad-region-in-Kurdistan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bolbanabad-region-in-Kurdistan-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday, August 22, a number of residents of the Bolbanabad region in Kurdistan province protested against the mining activities of the government-affiliated companies in this region. Holding placards and banners, the protesters condemned the recent actions and called out the officials for destroying the natural habitat of the region. According to the residents, this place is close to the settlements of the villagers, and the mining will lead to the destruction of agricultural lands, pastures, and water sources as well as cause environmental problems.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians Across Europe Demand No Visa for Raisi, Voice Support for Resistance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-gothenburg-sweden-august-2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262553 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-gothenburg-sweden-august-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-gothenburg-sweden-august-2022\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-gothenburg-sweden-august-2022.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-gothenburg-sweden-august-2022-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held rallies in six different European countries<span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW238190156 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238190156 BCX9\">, along with Ottawa and Toronto in Canada,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0condemning the mullahs\u2019 regime ruling Iran, calling on the U.S. administration to deny a visa for Iranian regime President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-of-judiciary\/\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0for next month\u2019s annual United Nations General Assembly, and voiced support for the Iranian Resistance. These rallies were held on Saturday, August 20, in Oslo of Norway, Aarhus of Denmark, Geneva of Switzerland, Gothenburg of Sweden, Hamburg of Germany, and the Hague.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iranians-across-europe-demand-no-visa-for-raisi-voice-support-for-resistance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Four Members of the Voice of Iranian Women Association Sent to Evin Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-Women-Association\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262554 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-Women-Association-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Iranian-Women-Association\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-Women-Association-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-Women-Association-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-Women-Association-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iranian-Women-Association.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a>Four members of the\u00a0<\/a><a>Voice of Iranian Women Association\u00a0<\/a>(Neda-ye Zanan-e Iran) were summoned to the\u00a0<a>Prosecutor\u2019s Office\u00a0<\/a>of Evin Prison on August 18, 2022, to begin serving their prison sentences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Each of the four members of the Voice of Iranian Women Association was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months\u2019 imprisonment by the\u00a0<a>Revolutionary Court of Tehran<\/a>. Their sentence was eventually reduced to 2 years and 3 months\u2019 imprisonment on appeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/21\/four-members-of-the-voice-of-iranian-women-association-sent-to-evin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Would U.S. Roll Out Red Carpet for Mass Executioners?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-1988-Massacre\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262555 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-1988-Massacre.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1988-Massacre\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-1988-Massacre.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-1988-Massacre-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On August 2, Tehran declared that President Ebrahim Raisi would attend the UN General Assembly session in September. \u201cThe preliminary planning has been carried out for the President\u2019s attendance at the UN General Assembly session,\u201d said Ali Bahadori Jahromi in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following the announcement, Iranians launched the \u201cNo Visa for Raisi,\u201d a campaign calling on the U.S. to deny granting a visa to Raisi. They reckoned that Raisi was one of the foremost perpetrators of mass executions of political prisoners in 1988. At the time, \u201cDeath Commissions\u201d was formed to implement the execution of 30,000 political prisoners, mostly affiliated with the Iranian opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), based on a fatwa issued by the regime\u2019s founder Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/would-u-s-roll-out-red-carpet-for-mass-executioners\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Canada, August 20, 2022: MEK Supporters in Ottawa and Toronto, Demonstrated in Support of a Free Iran, Calling for an End to Appeasement Policy<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Canada, August 20, 2022: MEK Supporters in Ottawa &amp;amp; Toronto, Demonstrated in Support of a Free Iran\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tBo4Z-yMS_8\" 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%2FtBo4Z-yMS_8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tBo4Z-yMS_8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-08-21T15:11:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tBo4Z-yMS_8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtBo4Z-yMS_8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Canada, August 20, 2022: MEK Supporters in Ottawa &amp; Toronto, Demonstrated in Support of a Free 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\/tBo4Z-yMS_8\" 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%2FtBo4Z-yMS_8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Canada, August 20, 2022: MEK Supporters in Ottawa &amp;amp; Toronto, Demonstrated in Support of a Free Iran\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Canada, August 20, 2022: MEK Supporters in Ottawa and Toronto, Demonstrated in Support of a Free Iran, Calling for an End to Appeasement Policy. Canada, August 20, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People&#039;s Mojaheding Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) in Ottawa and Toronto, demonstrated in support of a Free Iran, calling for an end to appeasement policy toward the mullahs&#039; regime. Iranian Resistance supporters, also demanded to joining a worldwide call urging the US Government to deny a visa for Ebrahim Raisi because of his role in crimes against humanity, especially in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. In Toronto, Mr. Moslem Eskandar Filabi, a veteran Iranian wrestling champion and Chair of the Sports Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), participated in the gathering of supporters of the Iranian resistance and delivered a speech to them.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Canada, August 20, 2022:\u00a0<\/strong>Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojaheding Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) in Ottawa and Toronto, demonstrated in support of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">a Free Iran<\/a>, calling for an end to appeasement policy toward the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/08\/canada-august-20-2022-mek-supporters-in-ottawa-and-toronto-demonstrated-in-support-of-a-free-iran-calling-for-an-end-to-appeasement-policy\/36060\/\" 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-21-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 21,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST Protests in Iran on Monday On Monday, August 22, farmers in the west of Isfahan staged a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":262556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-262552","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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