{"id":316799,"date":"2024-02-26T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T06:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=316799"},"modified":"2024-02-26T21:21:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:21:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 26, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-316803\" title=\"iran ahvaz oil workers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-ahvaz-oil-workers.jpg\" alt=\"iran ahvaz oil workers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-ahvaz-oil-workers.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-ahvaz-oil-workers-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-ahvaz-oil-workers-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-ahvaz-oil-workers-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-ahvaz-oil-workers-696x394.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;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">0 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty Kurdish Freight Carriers Injured in Border Shooting Incident<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258019 size-medium\" title=\"iranian-tired-kulbar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-300x170.webp\" alt=\"iranian-tired-kulbar\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday evening, February 24, at least 20 Kurdish kulbars [poor people who carry heavy loads for a living] were wounded due to gunfire by border guards along the border strip of Nowsud in Kermanshah province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local human rights organizations reported that these kulbars sustained injuries to their abdomen, back, head, arms, and legs, and were transferred to medical centers in the city of Paveh for treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to reports, the belongings of these victims, who hail from cities including Dalahoo, Sarvabad, Marivan, Paveh, Javanrood, and Salas-e Babajani, were confiscated by agents of the clerical regime&#8217;s security forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the wounded are identified individuals including Mohammad Moradi, Behnam Keshvari, Hossein Bahrami, Ahsan Hosseini, and Tofiq Bahrami from Javanrood, Mobin Karami, Milad Rostaei, Farzad Rostami, and Amir Rahmani from Dalahoo, Arman Rahmani, Mahmoud Karami, and Meysam Amini from Salas-e Babajani, Kaveh (family name undisclosed) and Mehdi (family name undisclosed) from Marivan, Foad Faizi from Sanandaj, Yahiya Nouri from Sarvabad, and Meysam Rostami from Paveh, totaling 17 injured kulbars whose identities have been verified so far.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, protests over economic grievances persisted in various cities across Iran. Retirees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) gathered in Urmia, northwest Iran, demanding increased pensions and improved living conditions. This marked the fifty-third gathering of TCI retirees in the current year, as reported by state media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The retirees&#8217; protests have been ongoing since the beginning of the year, spanning different cities and occurring on various days of the week. In Tehran, retirees from the TCI rallied against mismanagement and the influence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over the company, chanting slogans condemning the appointment of military personnel in civilian positions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 26\u2014Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran resume their weekly protests to reiterate their demands for higher pensions and other basic needs.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fUPXKCDgmB\">pic.twitter.com\/fUPXKCDgmB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1762092838211191262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/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 in Tehran, families of patients suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) staged a protest in front of the health ministry, highlighting the shortage of essential medication necessary for their treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simultaneously, nurses in Shiraz voiced their discontent over low wages, non-implementation of tariff laws, excessive workloads, and unfulfilled promises by authorities. They demanded better working conditions and fair compensation for their services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, workers of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) continued their strikes for the seventh consecutive day. They protested against the dismissal of their colleagues and the authorities&#8217; neglect of their demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 26\u2014Urmia, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) resume protest rallies, demanding higher pensions and other basic needs.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EvtWfAiY22\">pic.twitter.com\/EvtWfAiY22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1762097333452313026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/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 retirees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran also resumed their weekly protests in Tehran, emphasizing their calls for higher pensions and improved living standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protests underscore the widespread discontent among various segments of Iranian society regarding economic hardships, lack of resources, and dissatisfaction with government policies. The demonstrations reflect the ongoing challenges facing the Iranian population amid economic pressures and social unrest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 7:3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">0 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">PMOI Resistance Units: It\u2019s Time For A Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316801 alignleft\" title=\"PMOI resistance units elections\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PMOI-resistance-units-elections.jpg\" alt=\"PMOI resistance units elections\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PMOI-resistance-units-elections.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PMOI-resistance-units-elections-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of the Iranian regime\u2019s sham parliamentary elections, scheduled for next week, regime authorities are going to great lengths to plead with the people to vote and offer the regime a fa\u00e7ade of legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the Resistance Units, the PMOI\u2019s network of activists inside Iran, are reflecting the true voice of the Iranian people with their activities across the country. Their message: It isn\u2019t time for elections, it is time for a revolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Tehran, the Resistance Units hung a placard with the image of resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the message: \u201cThe time for elections in this regime is over. It\u2019s time for uprisings and revolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/pmoi-resistance-units-its-time-for-a-revolution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Northern Forests Continue to Diminish Due to Government Mismanagement<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316800 alignleft\" title=\"iran forest woods garbage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-forest-woods-garbage.jpg\" alt=\"iran forest woods garbage\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-forest-woods-garbage.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iran-forest-woods-garbage-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials from Iran\u2019s Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, in an interview with the ILNA news agency on February 15, underscored that unless government financial support for the protection projects of the Hyrcanian forests in the north of the country increases by more than threefold from its current level, the area of these crucial forests is projected to diminish by about half within the next 50 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concurrently, regime statistics from last summer also revealed that since 1979, 50% of the Hyrcanian forests have been decimated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to environmental experts, the neglect of environmental initiatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/why-deforestation-in-northern-iran-is-happening-at-an-accelerating-pace\/\">deforestation<\/a>\u00a0for urban development, wildfires, the destruction of forest lands by government officials or farmers, villa construction, lack of regulation in natural recreation areas, population growth, escalation of wood smuggling due to poverty, as well as the establishment of oil and petrochemical industries, are among the foremost factors contributing to the degradation of the Hyrcanian forests over the past four decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/irans-northern-forests-continue-to-diminish-due-to-government-mismanagement\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">IRGC\u2019s Financial Gamesmanship: The Toll on Iran\u2019s People Amidst FATF Blacklisting<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-52948 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Regime Fighting Over FATF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Iran_Regime_Fighting_Over_FATF-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Regime Fighting Over FATF\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The member countries comprising the special financial action group have rebuffed the Iranian regime\u2019s assertion of undertaking effective measures to exit the FATF blacklist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the latest FATF member nations\u2019 gathering, it was declared that Iran\u2019s regime fails to meet the conditions for delisting from the organization\u2019s blacklist, primarily due to its failure to ratify the Palermo and CFT conventions alongside unresolved crucial matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The acknowledgment of the lack of substantial progress in implementing the action plan by the regime constitutes a dismissal of claims by the central bank and economic authorities regarding FATF\u2019s requested resolutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/news-digest\/irgcs-financial-gamesmanship-the-toll-on-irans-people-amidst-fatf-blacklisting\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Manipulates Statistics to Suppress Dissent and Stifle Criticism<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-314748 size-medium\" title=\"iran contradicting statistics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iran-contradicting-statistics-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"iran contradicting statistics\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iran-contradicting-statistics-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iran-contradicting-statistics-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iran-contradicting-statistics-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iran-contradicting-statistics-696x390.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iran-contradicting-statistics.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Deputy Minister of Labor of the Iranian regime has highlighted significant statistical limitations concerning social harms, particularly within the workers\u2019 sector.\u00a0Mohammad Chakoshian, speaking to the regime\u2019s ILNA news agency, acknowledged the Ministry\u2019s data on social harms as \u201cinaccurate.\u201d He noted, \u201cOur statistical surveys within the labor community are typically outdated, with limited new research in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over recent decades, regime institutions have consistently obscured or classified key statistics relevant to evaluating political, economic, and social conditions, hindering access, especially for researchers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On February 19, Vahid Shariat, head of the Scientific Association of Psychiatrists of Iran, expressed concern to the state news agency \u2018IRNA\u2019 about \u201chigh suicide statistics\u201d among residents and medical professionals, urging the Ministry of Health to disclose accurate figures and criticizing their confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/news-digest\/irans-regime-manipulates-statistics-to-suppress-dissent-and-stifle-criticism\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Rising Misery Index: A Look at Economic Hardship Across Provinces<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-254962 size-medium\" title=\"iran-poverty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-poverty-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iran-poverty\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-poverty-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-poverty-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-poverty-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-poverty-696x393.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-poverty.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State-controlled Iranian state media have reported a surge in the misery index across 25 provinces of Iran over the past year.\u00a0The economic website \u2018Eco Iran\u2019 released a report indicating that by the fall of 2023, the country\u2019s misery index had reached 52 units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the \u2018Eco Iran\u2019 report, urban areas experienced a misery level of 3.52 units, while rural areas registered 51.7 units, reflecting a 0.6 unit higher misery level in cities compared to villages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report highlights Lorestan province\u2019s cities as having the highest misery rate at 2.64 units, with Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Yazd, and Sistan and Baluchistan provinces also facing elevated levels of misery.\u00a0Conversely, Tehran province\u2019s cities exhibited the lowest misery level at 44.5 units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/news-digest\/irans-rising-misery-index-a-look-at-economic-hardship-across-provinces\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Winter of Higher Education in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316238 alignleft\" title=\"Western universities collaborated with Sharif University (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Western-universities-collaborated-with-Sharif-University-1.jpg\" alt=\"Western universities collaborated with Sharif University (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Western-universities-collaborated-with-Sharif-University-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Western-universities-collaborated-with-Sharif-University-1-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mehdi Soleimanieh, a sociologist, believes that after the first Cultural Revolution in Iran, it gained more intensity during the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad era (the former regime\u2019s president from 2005 to 2013), moving towards the \u201cpurification\u201d of universities, and we have entered the \u201cuniversity winter.\u201d (The Cultural Revolution in Iran refers to a series of events related to the culture of Iran, higher\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/life-in-iran\/50128-iran-multi-pronged-education-crisis-and-its-destructive-effects\/\" rel=\"noopener\">education<\/a>\u00a0in Iran, and education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially during the years 1980 to 1983. It is said to have taken place with the aim of purging professors and students who were considered by the Iranian regime to be influenced by the West during the specified years.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the regime\u2019s Khabar Online news website, Soleimanieh, speaking at the National Conference on Social and Cultural Research in Iranian Society, stated, \u201cThose currently active within the university and those who have been expelled and are outside are not against each other but are both against the expelling institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/general\/50801-the-winter-of-higher-education-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Nurses Quitting Due to Job Difficulty and Low Wages<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-312604 size-medium\" title=\"iran nurses victory sign\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"iran nurses victory sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign-696x400.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign-730x420.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran-nurses-victory-sign.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Taghi Jahanpour, the head of the Iranian Nursing Organization, stated that from March 21 to December 21, 2023, 216 nurses resigned due to the difficulty of the job and low wages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hussein Qana\u2019ati, the president of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, also mentioned that neighboring Gulf and European countries are recruiting Iranian nurses, describing it as being as common as \u201cdrinking a glass of water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jahanpour, on February 24, informed the state-run Mehr news agency that the majority of nurse resignations in the past nine months were concentrated in Tehran, where the highest number of the country\u2019s hospitals is located.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/economy\/50799-iranian-nurses-quitting-due-to-job-difficulty-and-low-wages\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Berkeley, California\u2014February 23, 2024: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iranian Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316802 alignleft\" title=\"Berkeley Feb 23 2024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Berkeley-Feb-23-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley Feb 23 2024\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Berkeley-Feb-23-2024.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Berkeley-Feb-23-2024-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Berkeley, California\u2014February 23, 2024:<\/strong>\u00a0Members of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IACNorCal\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian-American Community<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iacnorcal.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern California<\/a>\u00a0organized an exhibition and info desk at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to support the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freedom-loving Iranians in north California said: \u201c<em>Our dedicated volunteers are once again mobilizing at @UCBerkeley, passionately garnering support for the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2024?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"noopener\">#FreeIran2024<\/a>.\u00a0cause. We strongly advocate for the inherent right of the #Iran\u2019ian people to confront the ruling dictatorship and its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/04\/irans-regime-irgc-a-state-sponsored-terrorist-organization\/44858\/\">IRGC<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) in Berkeley demanded the trial of the mullahs\u2019 regime leaders, especially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/19254\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0(Supreme leader of the mullahs\u2019 regime) and the mass murderer\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-a-mass-murderer-for-president\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0for crimes against humanity, in an international court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2024\/02\/berkeley-california-february-23-2024-mek-supporters-held-an-exhibition-in-support-of-the-iranian-revolution\/56329\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-25-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 25, 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM Twenty Kurdish Freight Carriers Injured in Border Shooting Incident On Saturday evening, February 24, at least 20 Kurdish [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":316803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-316799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news-in-brief","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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