{"id":314580,"date":"2023-12-26T08:52:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T07:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=314580"},"modified":"2023-12-26T20:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:42:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 26, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-314583\" title=\"iran protests 25122023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests 25122023\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-protests-25122023-1068x601.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;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 8:30 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tuesday Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ahvaz, Southwest Iran:<\/strong> Security forces have been deployed to quell a worker&#8217;s strike at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group in Ahvaz. The strike, now in its fourth day, was initiated after authorities barred 21 workers from entering the facility, ignoring the workers&#8217; demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More footage of the 4th day of protests and strikes by steel workers of INSIG in Ahvaz.<br \/>Protesters chant &quot;Workers will not live in disgrace!&quot; and &quot;Down with the tyrant, hail to the workers!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8RnTfYi78V\">pic.twitter.com\/8RnTfYi78V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1739615923013611706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/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;\"><strong>Tabriz, Northwest Iran:<\/strong> Workers at a car parts factory in Tabriz have initiated a strike, rallying against low wages and substandard working conditions. The protest highlights the widespread dissatisfaction among laborers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 26\u2014Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Workers at a car parts factory go on strike and rally in protest to low wages and poor working conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aCkfikl5Hi\">pic.twitter.com\/aCkfikl5Hi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1739614830800052510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/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;\"><strong>Ardakan, Central Iran:<\/strong> In Ardakan, locals have taken to the streets to protest against air pollution caused by industrial complexes. The demonstration reflects the community&#8217;s frustration with the adverse effects of the regime&#8217;s construction policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 26\u2014Ardakan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals protest air pollution caused by industrial complexes built based on the regime&#39;s bad construction policies.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4I82TxJ7J\">pic.twitter.com\/f4I82TxJ7J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1739592416326254765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/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;\"><strong>Tehran, Iran&#8217;s capital:<\/strong> Workers from Tehran municipality organized a protest rally in the capital, drawing attention to their concerns. The demonstration adds to the chorus of dissent echoing through various sectors in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tehran, Gold Bazaar:<\/strong> Merchants in the gold bazaar continued their strikes in Tehran and other cities, expressing their discontent with new taxation rules imposed by the regime. Notable bazaars, including Farvardin, Ordibehesht, Khordad, Hakim Hashemi, Makareh, and the Alley of Goldsmiths, remain closed in solidarity with the ongoing protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 26\u2014Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Merchants of the gold bazaar continue their strikes, protesting new rules by the regime that will raise taxes on  them.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TkEtqQRdSx\">pic.twitter.com\/TkEtqQRdSx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1739615454656672007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/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 multifaceted demonstrations across the country underscore a growing wave of discontentment with the regime&#8217;s policies, touching on labor rights, environmental concerns, and economic grievances. As these protests gain momentum, they highlight the diverse range of challenges faced by various segments of the Iranian population.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 5:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_3__1kDhc heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_3__3aL54\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"Heading\">Iran Undoes Slowdown in Enrichment of Uranium to Near Weapons-grade -IAEA<\/h3>\n<div class=\"info-content__info__2bKqs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"info-content__author-date__1Epi_\">\n<p>VIENNA, Dec 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Iran has reversed a months-long slowdown in the rate at which it is enriching uranium to up to 60% purity, close to weapons grade, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Many diplomats believed the slowdown, which had begun by June, was the result of secret talks between the United States and Iran that led to the release of U.S. citizens held in Iran earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Iran already has enough uranium enriched to up to 60%, if enriched further, to make three nuclear bombs, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency&#8217;s theoretical definition, and more at lower enrichment levels. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-undoes-slowdown-enrichment-uranium-near-weapons-grade-iaea-2023-12-26\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Security Concerns Surrounding Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s Travels Reveals Public Hatred Against Regime&#8217;s President<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314615 alignleft\" title=\"raisi trip parand (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/raisi-trip-parand-1.jpg\" alt=\"raisi trip parand (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/raisi-trip-parand-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/raisi-trip-parand-1-150x69.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exposure by a member of the regime&#8217;s parliament that a substantial security detail of several hundred personnel has been assigned to accompany the Iranian regime&#8217;s President Ebrahim Raisi during his official trip to Parand has caused some internal feud inside the clerical dictatorship.\u00a0On December 24, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/1852128\" rel=\"noopener\">MP Hassan Norouzi stated<\/a> that during Raisi&#8217;s visit to Parand, a town southwest of Tehran, between 400 to 500 security personnel were deployed, and the inauguration would be limited in scope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/694192\" rel=\"noopener\">initial <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/694192\" rel=\"noopener\">and outright\u00a0dismissal<\/a>,\u00a0the official government newspaper &#8220;Iran&#8221; addressed the criticism raised by Norouzi. Defending the tight security measures, the newspaper asserted that Norouzi&#8217;s comments were not far from reality. It emphasized that, during each trip or public appearance by Ebrahim Raisi in various regions, security personnel from different branches, including the Revolutionary Guard, law enforcement, emergency services, and Basij, are present to ensure the security of the events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The official government media&#8217;s recognition reveals a stark contrast to the regime&#8217;s assertions, indicating a notable degree of public hostility toward its representatives. This perspective views ordinary citizens as potential security threats.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joe Lieberman to Newsmax: US Must Hit Targets Inside Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257115 size-medium\" title=\"newsmax-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/newsmax-logo-300x93.png\" alt=\"newsmax-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Sen. Joe Lieberman told\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsmax<\/a>\u00a0on Monday that the U.S. should retaliate against Iran in Iran because the Islamic regime has targeted U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pentagon\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3596451\/deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-ms-sabrina-singh-holds-a-press-briefing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0Nov. 21 that U.S. forces have been attacked approximately 66 times since Oct. 17 by Iranian proxies in the Middle East, including 32 times in Iraq and 34 times in Syria. U.S. personnel have sustained approximately 62 injuries. Also, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have fired drones at missiles that U.S. ships in the Red Sea have intercepted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsmax-tv\/joe-liberman-us-milirary-iran\/2023\/12\/25\/id\/1147156\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 11:00 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden Orders Strike On Iranian-Aligned Group After 3 US Troops Injured in Drone Attack in Iraq<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Associated Press &#8211; <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">President Joe Biden<\/a><\/span>\u00a0ordered the U.S. military to carry out retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iraq-iran-us-gaza-israel-hamas-0b99659922bf1174f86e390808e5bfde\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">northern Iraq.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said one of the U.S. troops suffered critical injuries in the attack that occurred earlier Monday. The Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, under an umbrella of Iranian-backed militants, claimed credit for the attack that utilized a one-way attack drone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden, who is spending Christmas at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, was alerted about the attack by White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan shortly after it occurred on Monday and ordered the Pentagon and his top national security aides to prepare response options to the attack on an air base used by American troops in Erbil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/biden-orders-strike-on-iranian-aligned-group-after-3-us-troops-injured-in-drone-attack-in-iraq-0000018ca42cda5ba79ee5bc274e0000\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. CENTCOM conducts strikes against Kataib Hezbollah terrorist group targets in Iraq<\/p>\n<p>In response to multiple attacks against coalition forces in Iraq and Syria, U.S. military forces conducted airstrikes against multiple facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mmL4WqFXq9\">pic.twitter.com\/mmL4WqFXq9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1739470809155227809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"mar-article__headline mar-mb-0\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian War Crimes: the Leaders Must Answer for Their Crimes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-314602 size-medium\" title=\"the herald logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-herald-logo-e1703585613688-300x119.webp\" alt=\"the herald logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-herald-logo-e1703585613688-300x119.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-herald-logo-e1703585613688-768x305.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-herald-logo-e1703585613688-150x60.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-herald-logo-e1703585613688-696x276.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-herald-logo-e1703585613688.webp 866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the second time since he became president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi has been forced to cancel a visit to Europe due to widespread protests and a demand for his arrest under the law of universal jurisdiction. Dubbed \u2018The Butcher of Tehran\u2019 for his direct involvement in the execution of political prisoners in an infamous 1988 massacre, Raisi was forced to pull out of a planned visit to Geneva where he had hoped to address the UN Global Refugee Forum, which began on Dec. 13. Raisi was one of the members of a series of Death Committees, set up by the then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Under a fatwa issued by Khomeini, the death committees were ordered to execute more than 30,000 political prisoners in 1988, most of them members and supporters of the opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran\/Mojahedin-e Khalq (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/politics\/viewpoint\/24009097.iranian-war-crimes-leaders-must-answer-crimes\/?ref=twtrec\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 8:30 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Steelworkers in Ahvaz Continue Strikes, Retirees and Nurses Resume Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314584 alignleft\" title=\"ahvaz steel workers on strike\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ahvaz-steel-workers-on-strike.jpg\" alt=\"ahvaz steel workers on strike\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ahvaz-steel-workers-on-strike.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ahvaz-steel-workers-on-strike-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group went on strike for the third successive day on Monday after the company banned the entry of 21 workers to the company and refrained from implementing job classification rules. The workers took control of the factory\u2019s entrance as authorities refrained from responding to their demands. The workers are demanding company authorities to revoke the restrictions on entry to the suspended workers and the return to the work of former fired colleagues. The workers are also demanding the equalization of wages with those of neighboring steel companies, the complete and immediate implementation of the job classification laws, the removal of the corrupt CEO and the dispossession of the state-run Bank-e Melli (National Bank), and the participation of workers in corporate management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/steel-workers-in-ahvaz-continue-strikes-retirees-and-nurses-resume-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_52 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_14\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_52\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">How To Deal With the Iranian Regime\u2019s Threat to Global Peace and Security<\/h3>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307567 size-medium\" title=\"Iran khamenei irgc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-khamenei-irgc-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran khamenei irgc\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-khamenei-irgc-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-khamenei-irgc-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-khamenei-irgc-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-khamenei-irgc-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-khamenei-irgc.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_54 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_14 tdb-post-meta\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_54\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\">Global peace is alarmingly under threat. Some analysts warn that a prolonged war in Gaza could potentially lead to a regional or even global conflict. What\u2019s surprising is the fact that despite political leaders acknowledging the center of warmongering in the Middle East and the world as the religious fascism ruling Iran, they turn a blind eye and pretend not to see.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This \u201cturning a blind eye\u201d has grave consequences and implications. To the extent that the United States and Europe cover up the role of the warmongering godfather of fundamentalism and terrorism, they allow religious fascism to become more emboldened and increase its provocative actions. The most prominent example of this is the attacks on commercial and transit vessels in the Red Sea by proxy forces of this regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/how-to-deal-with-the-iranian-regimes-threat-to-global-peace-and-security\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Targets Defense Industry with New Malware<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-314585 size-medium\" title=\"cyber crime\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cyber-crime-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"cyber crime\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cyber-crime-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cyber-crime-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cyber-crime-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cyber-crime-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cyber-crime.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent announcement, Microsoft revealed that an Iranian cyber espionage group, identified as Peach Sandstorm (formerly Holmium, also known as APT33, Elfin, and Refined Kitten), is actively employing a newly developed malware named FalseFont backdoor to conduct intelligence-gathering operations on defense industry companies globally.\u00a0These attacks have focused on organizations within the US Defense Industrial Base (DIB), a sector encompassing numerous American and foreign entities and subcontractors engaged in work for the US Department of Defense (DOD) and other Federal departments and agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft\u2019s Threat Intelligence Unit, a global network of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/iran-regimes-cyber-offensive-a-tool-for-negotiation-in-nuclear-talks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">security experts<\/a>, has been closely monitoring the activities of Peach Sandstorm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/iranian-cyber-espionage-group-targets-defense-industry-with-new-malware\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahdiyeh Hospital Nurses Hold Protests Against Poor Wages<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314586 alignleft\" title=\"Nurses of Mahdiyeh Hospital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nurses-of-Mahdiyeh-Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Nurses of Mahdiyeh Hospital\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nurses-of-Mahdiyeh-Hospital.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nurses-of-Mahdiyeh-Hospital-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nurses working for Mahdiyeh Hospital at Tehran\u2019s Melli University held a protest in the premises of this hospital, on Monday, December 25, 2023, to protest poor wages, the lack of implementation of tariff laws, and forced overtime work with low fees.<br \/>\nOvertime work for nurses who work 12 to 16 hours a day is something like forced labor, they say. The protesting nurses at Mahdiyeh Hospital called for fair compensation and better working conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While there is a shortage of nurses in hospitals across the country, Mohammad Mirzabeigi, the head of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fa.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86\" rel=\"noopener\">Nurses Organization<\/a>\u00a0said some 10,000 of the country\u2019s best nurses had left and migrated to other countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/12\/25\/mahdiyeh-hospital-nurses\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: 150 Emergency Patients Escape Tabriz Hospital Monthly Due to Poverty<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-314587 size-medium\" title=\"iran hospital emerency\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-hospital-emerency-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"iran hospital emerency\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-hospital-emerency-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-hospital-emerency-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-hospital-emerency-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-hospital-emerency-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-hospital-emerency.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poverty in Iran is causing increasingly widespread repercussions. In the latest case, Sajjad Ahmadi, the Deputy of Development, Management, and Resources at the Imam Reza Educational and Medical Center in the city of Tabriz (northwest Iran), stated that an average of 150 cases of emergency escapes are registered and documented in this hospital on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Low-income individuals who seek medical care at the hospital flee because they are unable to afford the treatment costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a report by the regime\u2019s Statistical Center in October 2023 on the expenditure and income status of Iranian households, healthcare expenses accounted for approximately 9.1% of the urban household expenditure basket in the previous year, ranking third after housing and fuel, as well as food and tobacco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/general\/50419-iran-150-emergency-patients-escape-tabriz-hospital-monthly-due-to-poverty\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How Misery in Iran Has Changed in the Past Three Decades<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314588 alignleft\" title=\"iran unemployment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-unemployment.jpg\" alt=\"iran unemployment\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-unemployment.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iran-unemployment-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">International official statistics indicate that in 2022, Iran ranked as the eighth country in the world with the highest recorded misery index. In less than two decades, the misery index in the country has more than doubled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past calendar year, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/economy\/49817-irans-poverty-line-soars-sending-more-people-into-misery\/\" rel=\"noopener\">misery index<\/a>\u00a0for Iran reached 57, marking the highest level recorded in the country\u2019s three-decade history. This index is only surpassed by Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Lebanon, Sudan, Turkey, Argentina, and Suriname in 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, this is not the first time that Iran has ranked high on the misery index. Analysis of data from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank shows that over the past twenty years, Iran has ranked among the top 12 countries with the highest misery index for 14 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/economy\/50416-how-misery-in-iran-has-changed-in-the-past-three-decades\/\" 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-december-25-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 25,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM Tuesday Protests in Iran Ahvaz, Southwest Iran: Security forces have been deployed to quell a worker&rsquo;s strike at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":314583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-314580","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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