{"id":322597,"date":"2024-07-26T08:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=322597"},"modified":"2024-07-26T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T20:04:57","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-26-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-26-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 26, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-322598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024-759x420.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iran-protests-25072024-696x385.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/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: 10:00 PM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8217;s &#8216;Reformation&#8217; Is an Illusion<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257115 size-medium\" 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;\">The recent elevation of Masoud Pezeshkian to the presidency in Iran has sparked some misguided optimism among increasingly isolated quarters of the global community.\u00a0Branded as a &#8220;reformist&#8221; by Tehran\u2019s lobby and proponents of the long-discredited policy of appeasement, Pezeshkian is being hailed as a harbinger of change.\u00a0This narrative, however,\u00a0is not only misleading but dangerous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By disseminating this myth through its &#8220;political proxies,&#8221; the regime intends to buy time to pursue its malign policy in the region, and efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, while the world will turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/world\/globaltalk\/pezeshkian-proxies-rouhani\/2024\/07\/26\/id\/1174097\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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 CEST<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Message to US Senate Meeting- Bipartisan Resolution in Support of The Rights of The Residents of Ashraf 3<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-322600 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi-654x420.jpg 654w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi-696x447.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Message-to-US-Senate-Meeting-Maryam-Rajavi.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s speech: &#8220;Distinguished Senators, Honorable dignitaries, I send my greetings to you and your efforts against the religious fascism ruling Iran and supporting democracy in my country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Bipartisan Resolution 599 in support of the rights of the residents of Ashraf 3 in Albania is part of a correct policy regarding Iran. This is a crucial step at the right time.<br \/>\nI also extend my gratitude to Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Thom Tillis, senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other honorable members of the Senate who have joined this resolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Let me first pay tribute to the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/in-memory-of-joseph-lieberman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Senator Lieberman<\/strong><\/a> a great friend of the Iranian Resistance and late Senator John McCain, who played a key role in the security of the residents of Ashraf in Iraq and their safe transfer to Albania.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/message-to-usa-senate-the-iranian-regime-will-not-change-its-behavior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Doubles Down on Regional Warmongering in Response to Internal Crises<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-229970 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hezbollah-Libanon-19112020-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"Hezbollah stages military parade in Lebanon\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hezbollah-Libanon-19112020-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hezbollah-Libanon-19112020-696x386.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hezbollah-Libanon-19112020.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a July 21 meeting with members of the regime\u2019s Majlis (parliament), Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei described warmongering in the region as the regime\u2019s priority and \u201cstill the number one issue in the Islamic world\u201d and said: \u201cWhat I mentioned about foreign issues and the activities of the diplomatic field to the parliament, one of its examples is the issue of Gaza. Do not stay calm, do not remain silent, work is important. Now, although after months, that initial enthusiasm is not present in many people, the truth is that the same importance of the first days still exists today, if not more. The power of resistance is showing itself more day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-regime-doubles-down-on-regional-warmongering-in-response-to-internal-crises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Alarming Rise of Suicides Among Medical Residents in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-215234 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_-A-Hospital-2-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime\u00a0now claims to have released 100,000 prisoners\u00a0amid\u00a0the coronavirus pandemic. But nothing that the theocratic regime says about the current situation should be taken at face value.\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_-A-Hospital-2-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_-A-Hospital-2-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_-A-Hospital-2-696x370.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_-A-Hospital-2-791x420.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_-A-Hospital-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent days, Iran\u2019s state-run media reported the tragic suicide of Dr. Mehran Khosravanian, marking the tenth suicide among medical residents since the beginning of the year. This disturbing trend has raised significant concerns about the mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals in the country.\u00a0Before his death, Dr. Khosravanian shared the hardships he faced in an Instagram story. He recounted being forced to sell his car due to overwhelming debt and expressed his desire to buy a second-hand motorcycle, despite his family\u2019s objections. He hoped that this purchase would help him navigate the oppressive traffic and heat of his daily life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/the-alarming-rise-of-suicides-among-medical-residents-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Security Forces Open Fire on Woman for Violating Hijab Rules<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-310207 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran-morality-police-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"iran morality police\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran-morality-police-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran-morality-police-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran-morality-police.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports indicate that Iranian regime police officers in the city of Noor, Mazandaran province, shot a young woman named Arezou Badri, whose car was on a list for impoundment due to mandatory\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/general\/51054-iranian-womens-resistance-beyond-the-veil-of-hijab-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hijab regulations<\/a>. She is now in critical condition and in a coma.\u00a0Some reports on social media published this news on Wednesday, July 24.\u00a0An informed source at Khomeini Hospital in Noor City stated that this young woman, \u201cabout 30 years old,\u201d was brought to the hospital\u2019s \u201cemergency room on Monday, July 22, after being shot by the State Security Forces (SSF).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The car of this young woman was on the impound list for not adhering to hijab regulations. The officers ordered her to stop, but she did not stop out of fear. The regime\u2019s SSF first aimed at the car\u2019s tires, and their next shot hit Arezou.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/human-rights\/51656-iranian-security-forces-open-fire-on-woman-for-violating-hijab-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior US Senator Introduces Plan to Curb Purchase of Oil from Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-53169 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Attacks_on_Ships_in_Middle_East_Coordinated_by_Iran_Regime__US_Senator_Lindsey_Graham-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Attacks on Ships in Middle East Coordinated by Iran Regime \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Attacks_on_Ships_in_Middle_East_Coordinated_by_Iran_Regime__US_Senator_Lindsey_Graham-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Attacks_on_Ships_in_Middle_East_Coordinated_by_Iran_Regime__US_Senator_Lindsey_Graham-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Attacks_on_Ships_in_Middle_East_Coordinated_by_Iran_Regime__US_Senator_Lindsey_Graham-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Attacks_on_Ships_in_Middle_East_Coordinated_by_Iran_Regime__US_Senator_Lindsey_Graham.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham announced on Wednesday, July 24, a legislative proposal to impose tariffs on imports from countries that purchase petroleum products from Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The South Carolina senator also wrote that he presented this plan after extensive discussions with Donald Trump, former President of the United States and Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to media reports, Senator Graham had been discussing ways to strengthen the deprivation of the Iranian regime from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/economy\/51463-red-alert-for-oil-investments-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oil revenues<\/a>\u00a0with Trump for months before unveiling the Terrorism Tariff Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/general\/51662-senior-us-senator-introduces-plan-to-curb-purchase-of-oil-from-irans-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Death Sentence Issued for Kurdish Civil Activist Pakhshan Azizi<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-322471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pakhshan-Azizi-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pakhshan-Azizi-Iran.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pakhshan-Azizi-Iran-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports from Evin Prison in Iran indicate that women political prisoners in the women\u2019s ward have demanded the annulment of the death sentence of political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi. According to a report by political prisoner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/golrokhiraee\/status\/1816128161932820611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/golrokhiraee\/status\/1816128161932820611\">Golrokh Iraee<\/a>, women prisoners gathered in the prison yard and declared their demand for the cancellation of Azizi\u2019s death sentence.\u00a0This news outlet has called on all people of Iran to unite with political and ideological prisoners. The women prisoners announced that they would not return to their ward and would remain in the prison yard overnight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/death-sentence-issued-for-kurdish-civil-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Manchester\u2014July 24, 2024: Freedom-Loving Iranians Organize a Book Fair to Support the Iranian Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Manchester-July-24-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Manchester-July-24-2024.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Manchester-July-24-2024-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Manchester\u2014July 24, 2024<\/strong>: Freedom-loving Iranians and academics living in England, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), organized a book fair and petition collection to back the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">They urged the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">UK<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0government to designate Iran\u2019s regime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/04\/irans-regime-irgc-a-state-sponsored-terrorist-organization\/44858\/\" rel=\"\">IRGC<\/a>\u00a0as a terrorist organization.\u00a0<\/span>Showing solidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s cause for their rightful demands, as well as for regime change the attainment of freedom, and the establishment of democracy, citizens have come forward to sign the support petition. Their backing has emboldened the organizers to persist in this campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Exhibition also aimed to protest the escalating wave of executions in Iran, highlighting the oppressive rule of the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2024\/07\/manchester-july-24-2024-freedom-loving-iranians-organize-a-book-fair-to-support-the-iranian-revolution\/62747\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ghwdi-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ghwdi-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm md:pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-79\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"py-2 juice:py-[18px] px-3 text-base md:px-4 m-auto md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 gap-3 text-base juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-5 juice:lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"021343c5-849d-41db-b2d5-31bb8cd41642\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 25<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-4-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST Iran&rsquo;s &lsquo;Reformation&rsquo; Is an Illusion The recent elevation of Masoud Pezeshkian to the presidency in Iran has [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":322598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-322597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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