{"id":263071,"date":"2022-08-31T09:46:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=263071"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:43:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-31-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-31-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 31, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_263081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263081\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Dry\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Dry\" width=\"1000\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-696x424.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The water crisis<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests in Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, August 31, merchants of the Omid Market in Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, protested against new restrictions and regulations concerning their workplace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2ukBU6ucFNk\"><div id=\"lyte_2ukBU6ucFNk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2ukBU6ucFNk%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\/2ukBU6ucFNk\" 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%2F2ukBU6ucFNk%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\">Also today, farmers in Behbahan, Khuzestan province, held a rally in front of the governorate to demand their payment for their previous sales and deliveries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Behbahan, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Farmers rallied to demand their remaining payments from local authorities.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qcB0CM7YR4\">pic.twitter.com\/qcB0CM7YR4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1565021600981737472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 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\">On August 31, workers of Exin Steel Pars Company continued their strike for the fourth consecutive day, protesting the authorities&#8217; refusal to pay their arrears of wages for several months. These workers have not been paid since May.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 31 &#8211; Rafsanjan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Employees of the Oxin steel company are on strike for the fourth day protesting their delayed paychecks.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDc8wyUaJx\">pic.twitter.com\/RDc8wyUaJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1564938553120931842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 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, workers of the Rudbar municipality, who are working under contract with the municipality complex, protested the employer&#8217;s refusal to pay their six-month salary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Karun, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of a local brick factory seen holding a gathering outside their city&#39;s governorate protesting plans to shut down their plant and leaving them unemployed.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AoqK8tRVM3\">pic.twitter.com\/AoqK8tRVM3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1564561064045322241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 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 owners of the Daneshvaran settlement in Tabriz held a rally today to demand their rights. For 25 years, these people have paid for their lands but the dealers who promised to hand over the property have sold it to multiple owners at the same time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Q_znryTKgQo\"><div id=\"lyte_Q_znryTKgQo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQ_znryTKgQo%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\/Q_znryTKgQo\" 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%2FQ_znryTKgQo%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\">Golestan, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>A group of landowners rallied outside the local municipality office demanding answers to their issues that have remained in limbo for 25 years.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELo2BkeXoD\">pic.twitter.com\/ELo2BkeXoD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1564553520912576513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 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\">Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Official employees of the East Azerbaijan Communications Company held a gathering protesting delays in their paychecks and pensions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrKkT7vJwA\">pic.twitter.com\/OrKkT7vJwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1564557288588750848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 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 30 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Tehran&#39;s Metro Line 3 workers went on strike and marched towards the company HQ demanding their unpaid wages and voicing their economic grievances.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZTGycGSoPB\">pic.twitter.com\/ZTGycGSoPB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1564549738585899008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 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\">On Tuesday, August 30, workers of Isalem municipality held a rally in front of the mayor&#8217;s office to protest the authorities&#8217; refusal to take care of their salaries and insurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"workers-of-Isalem-municipality\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/workers-of-Isalem-municipality.webp\" alt=\"workers-of-Isalem-municipality\" width=\"690\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/workers-of-Isalem-municipality.webp 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/workers-of-Isalem-municipality-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/workers-of-Isalem-municipality-150x112.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/workers-of-Isalem-municipality-265x198.webp 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Suicide Rates Soaring Among Youth in Kurdistan Province<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_247876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247876\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"dead_body\" class=\"wp-image-247876 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dead_body-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"dead_body, suicide\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to a local human rights organization, suicide cases among men, especially men under 18 years of age, have recently seen a significant increase in Kurdistan province. During the last eight months, an average of 5 cases of suicide among teenagers have been recorded in different cities of Kurdistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based on the statistics, since the beginning of 2022, at least 130 boys and men have decided to end their lives in different cities of Kurdistan, of which 31% (40 individuals) were teenagers and under 18 years young. Fifteen of them were under 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The majority of these people committed suicide over family disputes, poverty, livelihood problems, and social problems. Out of a total of forty teenagers who ended their lives, twenty-four committed suicide by hanging, eight by taking pills, 6 by using a gun, one by jumping from a building, and one by gas suffocation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Raisi\u2019s Preposterous Claims About Iran\u2019s Economy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-259335 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Irans-Chief-Justice-Ebrahim-Raisi.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A year after his appointment as regime president in Iran,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-of-judiciary\/\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0held a press conference on Monday, August 29, that was riddled with a series of lies and preposterous claims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime\u2019s skyrocketing budget deficit was estimated at three quadrillion rials when Raisi took office in August 2020. It has now more than doubled to seven quadrillion rials (around $23.6 billion according to today\u2019s exchange rate).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/raisis-preposterous-claims-about-irans-economy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Enforced Disappearance, the Worst Violation of Human Rights<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-263072 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enforced-disappearance-in-1988-in-Iran.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Enforced disappearance is among the worst violations of human rights. There is no crime crueler than the \u201cdisappearance\u201d of a human being. Enforced disappearances are a tool of terror with a devastating impact that strikes not just individuals and their families, but the entire society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yes, August 30 marked the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Amnesty International published a document in December 2018,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/campaigns\/2018\/10\/blood-soaked-secrets\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran: Blood-soaked secrets<\/a>, which shed light on the 1988 massacre in Iranian prisons and why they are considered ongoing crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/08\/30\/enforced-disappearance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Would Raisi Announce Acquiring Nuclear Weapons at UNGA77?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranmissiles\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-263073 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranmissiles-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"iranmissiles\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranmissiles-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranmissiles-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranmissiles-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranmissiles-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iranmissiles.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the past eleven months, world powers have done whatever it took to encourage Tehran to abide by the 2015 nuclear deal. Instead, the mullahs of the Iranian regime only played with words. In a statement on August 29, Ebrahim Raisi <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-iran-israel-united-nations-tehran-de86fea90fbf0075bdf64d25624343b4\">said\u00a0<\/a>that there was, \u201cNo way back to nuclear deal if the probe goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime has clearly announced that it is actively pursuing nuclear extortion and would never put its weaponry projects aside. The safeguard probes were the essential clause of any deal with the Iranian government, ensuring it would not intend to acquire nuclear weapons. The inquiries were also to extend the breakout time for the mullahs\u2019 bomb-making program at least.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/nuclear\/would-raisi-announce-acquiring-nuclear-weapons-at-unga77\/\" 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-30-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 30,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Protests in Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday Today, August 31, merchants of the Omid Market in Maku, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":263081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-263071","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 v27.4 - 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