{"id":262618,"date":"2022-08-24T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262618"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:36:06","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-24-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-24-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 24, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262624\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-hamedan-water-shortage\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-hamedan-water-shortage.jpg\" alt=\"iran-hamedan-water-shortage\" width=\"1000\" height=\"596\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water shortages in Iran have reached the Northwestern city of Hamedan<\/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 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Wednesday Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 24 &#8211; Hamedan, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>For a second consecutive night locals are protesting severe water shortages that have plagued their city for over a week now.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mullahs must get lost!&quot; they&#39;re chanting.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/huacS3lV8x\">pic.twitter.com\/huacS3lV8x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1562493388238180360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 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\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-shushtar-protest-24082022-e1661365208954\" class=\"wp-image-262655 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shushtar-protest-24082022-e1661365208954-300x219.webp\" alt=\"iran-shushtar-protest-24082022-e1661365208954\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shushtar-protest-24082022-e1661365208954-300x219.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shushtar-protest-24082022-e1661365208954-150x109.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-shushtar-protest-24082022-e1661365208954.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Wednesday morning, a number of workers of the Karun Agriculture and Industrial Complex in Shushtar, Khuzestan province, held a rally to protest and demand fair pay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the workers said: &#8220;Though the company is in dire financial conditions due to the increase in the price of sugar, however, there is no reason to refuse to pay the full amount to the workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 24 &#8211; Zanjan, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>60 former employees of the local vegetable oil company are protesting the company&#39;s recent decision to expel them from work.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/70UJRA874D\">pic.twitter.com\/70UJRA874D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1562394296103292930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 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\">Also on Wednesday, medical interns of the Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences held a rally, protesting the poor management of the university as well as the authorities&#8217; failure to address the students&#8217; problems.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"medical-interns-of-the-Ahvaz-University-of-Medical-Sciences-24082022\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-262656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/medical-interns-of-the-Ahvaz-University-of-Medical-Sciences-24082022.webp\" alt=\"medical-interns-of-the-Ahvaz-University-of-Medical-Sciences-24082022\" width=\"690\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/medical-interns-of-the-Ahvaz-University-of-Medical-Sciences-24082022.webp 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/medical-interns-of-the-Ahvaz-University-of-Medical-Sciences-24082022-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/medical-interns-of-the-Ahvaz-University-of-Medical-Sciences-24082022-150x87.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 24 &#8211; Karaj, west of Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Firefighters are rallying outside the local governor&#39;s office and protesting their extremely low paychecks.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YdN4HAHO6Q\">pic.twitter.com\/YdN4HAHO6Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1562348992255741952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 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\">The workers of a Bushehr Petrochemical Plant went on strike for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, August 23, protesting the officials&#8217; refusal to pay their salaries. The workers&#8217; salaries have not been paid for three months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_aoIs1cFwwFk\"><div id=\"lyte_aoIs1cFwwFk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FaoIs1cFwwFk%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\/aoIs1cFwwFk\" 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%2FaoIs1cFwwFk%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<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Wary of Protests, State Media and Officials Cover Up Crimes in MSC Embezzlement Case<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MP-Lotfollah-Siahkali-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262653 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MP-Lotfollah-Siahkali-1.jpg\" alt=\"MP-Lotfollah-Siahkali-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MP-Lotfollah-Siahkali-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MP-Lotfollah-Siahkali-1-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Amid intense socio-political reaction to the Mobarakeh Steel Company&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/billion-dollar-embezzlement-in-iran-shocks-a-restive-society\/\" rel=\"noopener\">embezzlement case<\/a> in society, some state officials and media are undermining the validity of the 300-page investigation report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lotfollah Siahkali, a member of the Parliament&#8217;s Industries and Mines Commission <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isna.ir\/news\/1401060100578\" rel=\"noopener\">said on August 23<\/a>: &#8220;The investigation report has nothing to do with the current administration or the new management of Mobarakeh Steel Company and it is merely related to the previous MSC board in the previous government. An investigation does not mean that any crime has been committed by anyone, rather it suggests that general matters have been investigated and it just shows the direction of effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an article questioning the validity of the figure of 92 trillion tomans of the MSC embezzlement case, the state-run <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isna.ir\/news\/1401060100687\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISNA news agency<\/a> wrote that the announcement of this figure was based on a &#8220;misunderstanding and the personal opinion of the inspectors, who intentionally or unintentionally have harmed people&#8217;s nerves with exaggerating the issue of corruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Local Merchants in Zahedan Clash with Security Forces<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Tuesday, August 23, clashes erupted when security forces in the Southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province tried to plunder street vendors in a city called Zahedan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to local sources, plainclothes officers showed up at the Rasouli intersection of the city in order to extort money from local Baluchi businessmen. Following the resistance of the locals and their refusal to pay off, the agents started to intimidate the people with air shots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PU3nTMOsVV0\"><div id=\"lyte_PU3nTMOsVV0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPU3nTMOsVV0%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\/PU3nTMOsVV0\" 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%2FPU3nTMOsVV0%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 style=\"text-align: justify\">The local merchants complained that the regime&#8217;s repressive forces wanted to blackmail and extort money under the pretext of confiscating smuggled goods and putting them in distress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_uj8sS4mKtMU\"><div id=\"lyte_uj8sS4mKtMU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fuj8sS4mKtMU%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\/uj8sS4mKtMU\" 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%2Fuj8sS4mKtMU%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 style=\"text-align: justify\">The practice has been a precedent for years.\u00a0On August 19, security forces in uniform attacked Zahedan&#8217;s Rasouli intersection but following the resistance of local merchants, they were forced to back down and leave the place.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Water Crisis Is Only Getting Worse<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-water-shortage\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-water-shortage-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-water-shortage\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-water-shortage-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-water-shortage-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-water-shortage.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a country with a vast amount of water sources, over 300 cities and thousands of villages across Iran are currently suffering from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/irans-water-shortage-crisis-reaching-dangerously-high-levels\/\">severe water shortages<\/a>. In some areas, people don\u2019t have any access to running water other than tankers that arrive periodically to provide the very minimum. The irony is that during the past few weeks, many cities, towns, and villages throughout Iran have also been hit by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/floods-ravage-27-provinces-across-iran-death-toll-estimated-to-be-at-least-100\/\">massive floods<\/a>. This further proves the unfortunate reality that the mullahs\u2019 regime and its destructive policies are at the roots of Iran\u2019s escalating water crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-water-crisis-is-only-getting-worse\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Unidentified Woman Executed in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"women-execution-in-Iran-141\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262620 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/women-execution-in-Iran-141-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"women-execution-in-Iran-141\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/women-execution-in-Iran-141-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/women-execution-in-Iran-141-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/women-execution-in-Iran-141-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/women-execution-in-Iran-141.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An unidentified woman was executed by hanging in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz on August 21, 2022. She and two men were executed at the same time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The woman had been charged with intentional homicide.\u00a0The news of the woman\u2019s execution in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz has not yet been announced by official government sources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/23\/execution-adel-abad-prison-in-shiraz\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Regime\u2019s Educational System; From Deprivation of Education To Fake Doctorate<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-education\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262621 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-education-300x188.webp\" alt=\"Iran-education\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-education-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-education-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-education-150x94.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-education-696x435.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-education.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To understand the root of educational injustice in Iran ruled by the Iranian regime, we should look back at the regime\u2019s educational policies following the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Shortly after the end of the war, as the regime faced a huge budget deficit, it decided to start up quasi-governmental, private, and non-profit schools to compensate for its budget deficit by looting the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By separating the educational institutes, the regime created gross\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/would-u-s-roll-out-red-carpet-for-mass-executioners\/\">discrimination<\/a>\u00a0between the rich, mostly children of regime officials, and those loyal to the regime, like the members of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Basij forces, and ordinary children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/iran-regimes-educational-system-from-deprivation-of-education-to-fake-doctorate\/\" 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-23-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 23,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST Wednesday Protests in Iran August 24 &ndash; Hamedan, western #Iran For a second consecutive night locals are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":262624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-262618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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