{"id":262827,"date":"2022-08-28T09:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262827"},"modified":"2023-02-04T18:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T17:24:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-28-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-28-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 28, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranians-white-house-protest\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-262834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranians-white-house-protest.jpg\" alt=\"iranians-white-house-protest\" width=\"1000\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranians-white-house-protest.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranians-white-house-protest-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranians-white-house-protest-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranians-white-house-protest-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranians-white-house-protest-696x380.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests on Saturday and Sunday in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The unemployed youth of Omidiyeh county in Khuzestan province held a rally in front of the Omidiyeh governorate on Saturday, August 27, protesting the official&#8217;s neglect of employment in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A group of residents of Kohgiluyeh county held a rally in front of the governor&#8217;s office on Saturday, August 27, to claim their right to the water resources of the Maroun River.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Sunday, August 28, a group of East Alborz mine workers protested the prolongation of their retirement process. Despite suffering harsh working conditions for twenty-odd years and severe health conditions, they are still forced to work for very long hours in the mines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, August 28, a group of students in Tehran held a rally in Al-Rahman Mosque to protest the unfair conditions of the exams and that corruption in the regime&#8217;s educational system has led to the systemic acquisition of the exam questions.<\/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 \/>School staff members of Khuzestan and Kohgiluyeh &amp; Boyer Ahmad provinces protesting poor living conditions and seeking better paychecks.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nEpprrDboN\">pic.twitter.com\/nEpprrDboN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1563858938633879552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 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\">Near Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Villagers in this area sought to dig a well to provide for their water needs. State security forces intervened to stop them, reportedly leading to clashes.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QGc9b5cdH\">pic.twitter.com\/8QGc9b5cdH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1563881585778180096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 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\">Zanjan, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>People formed a human chain protesting the regime-linked steel industry&#39;s measures that threaten their local environment.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vpckauu5Kw\">pic.twitter.com\/Vpckauu5Kw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1563840062097444864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 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\">Urmia, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Contract drivers rallying outside the City Council and Municipality Office and protesting delays in their paychecks. They have not been paid for the past three months.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A1DXZZLQG4\">pic.twitter.com\/A1DXZZLQG4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1563798540454879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 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 28 &#8211; Kuhdasht, Lorestan province, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Municipality workers protesting the regime officials&#39; refusal to respond to their outstanding issues.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XoRkMGrK6m\">pic.twitter.com\/XoRkMGrK6m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1563794763660382210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 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 style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians Protest Across the Atlantic on Saturday<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Sweden organized a gathering in Gothenburg to demand international awareness about the Iranian regime&#8217;s atrocities and called on officials at the United Nations as well as the United States not to grant a visa for the regime&#8217;s president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NvMs_tm_oqM\"><div id=\"lyte_NvMs_tm_oqM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNvMs_tm_oqM%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\/NvMs_tm_oqM\" 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%2FNvMs_tm_oqM%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\">Iranians in Romania staged a street exhibition to demonstrate the Iranian regime president&#8217;s role in the mass executions of political prisoners in the summer of 1988.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_vsFAdgBCFtw\"><div id=\"lyte_vsFAdgBCFtw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FvsFAdgBCFtw%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\/vsFAdgBCFtw\" 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%2FvsFAdgBCFtw%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\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Washington DC held a rally in front of the White House to call on the US government for a firm policy vis-\u00e0-vis the clerical regime in Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_wH5mXywezLI\"><div id=\"lyte_wH5mXywezLI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwH5mXywezLI%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\/wH5mXywezLI\" 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%2FwH5mXywezLI%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\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, staged a demonstration to call on Washington to refrain from issuing a visa for Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian regime&#8217;s president who is widely accused of crimes against humanity and genocide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_YqhKR6QvmLU\"><div id=\"lyte_YqhKR6QvmLU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYqhKR6QvmLU%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\/YqhKR6QvmLU\" 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%2FYqhKR6QvmLU%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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">State-run Newspaper Trashes Raisi&#8217;s Fake Achievements<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ebrahim-raisi-black-robe\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257968 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ebrahim-raisi-black-robe-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ebrahim-raisi-black-robe\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ebrahim-raisi-black-robe-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ebrahim-raisi-black-robe-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ebrahim-raisi-black-robe-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ebrahim-raisi-black-robe-696x400.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ebrahim-raisi-black-robe.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The state-run newspaper Arman Melli wrote <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/amp\/news\/855403\" rel=\"noopener\">on August 28<\/a>: &#8220;It would do good to have a look at the government&#8217;s promises. They said that in one year, they will create one million jobs, build one million housing units, and the internet will be so cheap that it will be available to everyone. Now, did employment increase? The number of building permits issued by municipalities should have been 100,000 per year on average. But last year, it reached 10,000 and for the first six months of this year, it has decreased by 6.9%. Today&#8217;s internet is also in the weakest state possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;They have promised to curb inflation, which is now at its peak. The average inflation in Mir-Hossein Mousavi&#8217;s government was 23%, in Hashemi Rafsanjani&#8217;s administration it was 20% and it was 49% in one year, Khatami&#8217;s government saw 15%, while inflation during Ahmadinejad&#8217;s term was 37%, and during Rouhani&#8217;s it went over 40%. But the announced inflation under Raisi has been over 50%. Therefore, it seems that nothing special has happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Several Dozen Executed in One Month Alone, 28 in One Week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hangings-in-Iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262828 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hangings-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"hangings-in-Iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hangings-in-Iran.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hangings-in-Iran-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The mullahs\u2019 regime ruling Iran has been severely escalating the number of executions across the country as 71 were hanged through the course of one month and 28 in one week alone. The Secretariat of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-71-hanged-in-one-month-28-executions-in-the-third-week-of-august-alone\/\">statement<\/a>\u00a0on August 25 providing names, dates, and places of these recent executions throughout August. Back in March the mullahs\u2019 regime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-14-executions-in-several-cities-across-the-country\/\">executed<\/a>\u00a014 prisoners in several cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-several-dozen-executed-in-one-month-alone-28-in-one-week\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Thirsty Women for Water and Freedom Set Street Strike for 3 Days in Hamedan<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"water-protest-in-Hamedan\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-262829 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/water-protest-in-Hamedan-300x150.webp\" alt=\"water-protest-in-Hamedan\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/water-protest-in-Hamedan-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/water-protest-in-Hamedan-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/water-protest-in-Hamedan-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/water-protest-in-Hamedan.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests in Hamedan, west Iran, on August 25, 2022, reached the third night of consecutive strikes to demand running water. The ruling mullahs in Iran have denied Iranians the right to access water and freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thirsty women in Hamadan are the first victims of the recent water crisis. But\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/03\/01\/iranian-women-lead\/\" rel=\"noopener\">brave women<\/a>, like those in Hamadan, are at the forefront of protests in Shahr-e Kord SW Iran, and Isfahan. Thirsty women in Hamedan chanted slogans blaming the clerical regime for this situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/27\/thirsty-women\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tehran Continues Suppression Against Religious Minorities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Bahai\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262830 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Bahai.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Bahai\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Bahai.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Bahai-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an urgent call on August 23, Amnesty International\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/mde13\/5975\/2022\/en\/\">warned<\/a>\u00a0about an intensifying assault on the Baha\u2019i minority in Iran. According to the organization, prosecuted Baha\u2019i followers are \u201csuffering escalated attacks on their human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">They reported, \u201cSince 31 July 2022, the authorities have raided dozens of Baha\u2019i houses, detained at least 30 people, and subjected many more to interrogations, electronic ankle bracelets, and threats of imprisonment in relation to their Baha\u2019i faith. They have also ramped up confiscation and demolition of Baha\u2019i properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/tehran-continues-suppression-against-religious-minorities\/\" 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-26-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 27,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:30 PM CEST Protests on Saturday and Sunday in Iran The unemployed youth of Omidiyeh county in Khuzestan province held [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":262834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-262827","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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