{"id":262663,"date":"2022-08-25T08:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T06:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262663"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:54:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:54:50","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-25-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 25, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-262666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fa7mljEVUAIl2_b-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/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 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Thursday Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, the people of Hamedan, northwest Iran, started the third day of demonstrations against water shortages in their city. For more than a week, these people have been witnessing their potable water being cut off between 12 to 24 hours a day. Many have to wait for hours in queue for water tankers. The condition of dam reserves is extremely critical and it is expected that the Ekbatan Dam, which is currently the main source of drinking water supply, will be dry and out of service by end of the first week of September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Rh_l7n171Yw\"><div id=\"lyte_Rh_l7n171Yw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FRh_l7n171Yw%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\/Rh_l7n171Yw\" 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%2FRh_l7n171Yw%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 25 &#8211; Hamedan, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals are in the streets for a third day of protests over severe water shortages that have continued for two weeks.<br \/>Authorities dispatched a large number of security forces to prevent anti-regime protests.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p0KCbbn2pc\">pic.twitter.com\/p0KCbbn2pc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1562854821165764608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 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 in Tehran, a group of members of the Tehran Construction Engineering Organization gathered to demand their rights from their employers. According to local sources, the board of directors of TCEO has illegally withheld 1800 billion tomans of the engineers&#8217; money since May 2013 and used it for other purposes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kazerun, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals of Banaf village protesting severe water shortages. These people haven&#39;t had running water for 15 days, according to sources.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O1T2IOrF8Q\">pic.twitter.com\/O1T2IOrF8Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1562696281268424705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 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: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Shaken by Multi-billion-Dollar Steel Plant Embezzlement Case<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"isfahan-mobarakeh-steel-embezzlement\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262664 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/isfahan-mobarakeh-steel-embezzlement.jpg\" alt=\"isfahan-mobarakeh-steel-embezzlement\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/isfahan-mobarakeh-steel-embezzlement.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/isfahan-mobarakeh-steel-embezzlement-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s latest embezzlement case of 920 trillion rials involving the state-run Isfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company has once again shocked the country\u2019s poverty-riddled population. This amounts to around $5.25 billion at the time of the reported embezzlement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has suspended the Mobarakeh Steel Company following a damning report released last Thursday, August 18, over the massive case of corruption. Having an estimated value of nearly 2,940 trillion rials (around $10 billion in the current exchange rate), Mobarakeh Steel is registered as the second largest company in TSE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-shaken-by-multi-billion-dollar-steel-plant-embezzlement-case\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Deplorable Condition in Evin\u2019s Women Ward After New-found Spread of the Coronavirus<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Evins-women-ward\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Evins-women-ward-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Evins-women-ward\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Evins-women-ward-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Evins-women-ward-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Evins-women-ward-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Evins-women-ward.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sixteen female political prisoners protested the spread of the Coronavirus and the lack of access to appropriate healthcare facilities. They write about the deplorable conditions in Evin Prison women&#8217;s ward in their letter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The political prisoners detained in Evin women&#8217;s ward mentioned the new Coronavirus outbreak and the increasing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/15\/deplorable-conditions-in-evin-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">number of infected prisoners<\/a>. They protested the sharp rise in the number of prisoners held in the ward and the lack of proper space to segregate and quarantine those who are ill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/24\/women-ward\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Sydney: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Demonstrated Against the Appeasement Policy Toward Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Sydney: MEK Supporters Demonstrated Against the Appeasement Policy Toward Iran&amp;#039;s Regime&mdash;August 21\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_O0hO10jZNjc\" 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%2FO0hO10jZNjc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0hO10jZNjc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT52S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-08-24T05:50:31Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_O0hO10jZNjc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FO0hO10jZNjc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Sydney: MEK Supporters Demonstrated Against the Appeasement Policy Toward Iran&#039;s Regime\u2014August 21<\/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\/O0hO10jZNjc\" 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%2FO0hO10jZNjc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney: MEK Supporters Demonstrated Against the Appeasement Policy Toward Iran&amp;#039;s Regime&mdash;August 21\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Sydney: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Demonstrated Against the Appeasement Policy Toward Iran&#039;s Regime\u2014August 21, 2022 Also, Iranian Resistance supporters in Sydney protested against the shameful deal between Iran\u2019s regime and the Belgium government to release the convicted diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Australia,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>August 21, 2022:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) demonstrated in Sydney against the mullahs\u2019 regime ruling Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/08\/sydney-freedom-loving-iranians-and-mek-supporters-demonstrated-against-the-appeasement-policy-toward-irans-regime\/36136\/\" 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\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-24-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 24,<\/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 Thursday Protests in Iran Today, the people of Hamedan, northwest Iran, started the third day of demonstrations [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":262666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-262663","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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