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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n BERLIN, Aug 9 (Reuters) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is extremely concerned that Iranian authorities have reportedly executed 29 people in the last two days, a spokesperson said on Friday.<\/p>\n “This represents an alarmingly high number of executions in such a short period of time,” UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell said.<\/p>\n Though the death toll could not be independently verified by the United Nations, she said the reported executions took the overall count to at least 345 this year, including 15 women.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: 12:30 PM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n In a stark warning, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is alerting all field offices that Iran or its proxies may try to transport \u201coperatives, money or materials\u201d across the southern or northern U.S. borders to conduct a terrorism attack against Americans, according to an agency memo obtained Wednesday by\u00a0Just the News<\/em>.<\/p>\n The memo from the CBP\u2019s Office of Field Operations urged agency personnel to take a \u201cheightened posture due to ongoing security threats\u201d and suggested that a recent, coordinated attack from Iran-backed Hezbollah on Israeli children playing in Golan Heights soccer fields raised the distinct threat of similar attacks against the West.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n “U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles and one Houthi ground control station in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” CENTCOM wrote on X.<\/p>\n “Additionally, USCENTCOM forces successfully destroyed one Houthi uncrewed surface vessel in the Red Sea,” it said.<\/p>\n The weapons presented a “clear and imminent threat” to US and coalition forces and merchant vessels in the region, CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n “This reckless and dangerous behavior by Iranian-backed Houthis continues to threaten regional stability and security,” it added.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Microsoft researchers said on Friday that Iran government-tied hackers tried breaking into the account of a “high-ranking official” on the U.S. presidential campaign in June, weeks after breaching the account of a county-level U.S. official.<\/p>\n The breaches were part of Iranian groups’ increasing attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election in November, the researchers said in a report that did not provide any further detail on the “official” in question.<\/p>\n The report follows\u00a0recent statements<\/a>\u00a0by senior U.S. Intelligence officials that they’d seen Iran ramp up use of clandestine social media accounts with the aim to use them to try to sow political discord in the United States.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n A superseding indictment was returned yesterday charging two Iranian citizens, brothers Shahab Mir\u2019kazei (Shahab) and Yunus Mir\u2019kazei (Yunis), and one Pakistani citizen, Muhammad Pahlawan, for conspiring to provide and providing material support to Iran\u2019s weapons of mass destruction program resulting in death and conspiring to commit violence against maritime navigation and maritime transport involving weapons of mass destruction resulting in death. Pahlawan is currently awaiting trial, while Shahab and Yunus remain at large.<\/p>\n According to the court documents, Shahab and Yunus work for Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Pahlawan, is a Pakistani citizen who allegedly worked for the Mir\u2019kazei brothers as the captain of a smuggling vessel known as a dhow, named the \u201cYunus,\u201d which is owned by Shahab.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: 7:00 AM CEST<\/span><\/p>\n On August 3, in an article titled \u201cAref\u2019s First Directive as First Vice President: Allocating Arbaeen Budget\u201d, Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the IRGC Quds Force, reported that: \u201cThe Vice President [Mohammad Reza Aref] has allocated 40 trillion rials to prevent unforeseen accidents, contagious diseases, and heatstroke among the Arbaeen (the 40th<\/sup>\u00a0day of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Mohammed) pilgrims.\u201d<\/p>\n With details of the so-called \u201cArbaeen Headquarters\u201d meeting, which is nothing more than the annual charade by the mullahs to show off their hollow power and distract minds from internal crises, Tasnim News Agency continued that regime president Massoud Pezeshkian himself \u201cgave strict orders that all relevant agencies must take the necessary actions\u201d for this task.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n In a significant development, the latest report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI<\/a>) to Congress on Iran\u2019s nuclear activities has omitted a key phrase that had been consistently included since 2019.<\/p>\n Previously, the reports stated that Iran was not engaged in the key nuclear weapons development activities necessary to produce a testable nuclear device. However, this phrase is absent in the 2024 report, raising questions about Iran\u2019s current nuclear intentions and capabilities.<\/p>\n The ODNI report provides a comprehensive examination of Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment program, its potential weaponization efforts, and delivery systems. It also evaluates Iran\u2019s support for regional and global terrorism.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n The US Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to\u00a0$10 million\u00a0for information leading to the identification or location of individuals engaged in malicious cyber activities against U.S. critical infrastructure. This initiative specifically targets those acting under the direction of foreign governments, in violation of the\u00a0Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.\u00a0The following Iranian security officials are linked to cyber operations conducted by the\u00a0Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC<\/a>):<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Two Iranian women, Maryam Mehrabi and Maryam Derisi, have been sentenced and taken to jail to serve their sentences.\u00a0Maryam Mehrabi Sentenced to Six Years in Prison and Additional Penalties\u00a0Maryam Mehrabi, a teacher from Isfahan, central Iran, has been sentenced to six years by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of\u00a0Isfahan<\/a>. The verdict includes:<\/p>\n Mehrabi has been denied access to legal representation. Another part of her case, concerning accusations of spreading falsehoods, is still under review in the Isfahan Criminal Court 2.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n A few days after a housing sector official reported a\u00a050% increase in rents<\/a>\u00a0in some areas of Tehran, the regime\u2019s ISNA news agency reported that \u201cfield studies in Tehran show that some landlords have increased rents by 50 to 70%.\u201d<\/p>\n ISNA wrote that \u201cgiven that the 25% cap on rent increases over the past three years has not been very successful, tenants do not have much hope for controlling rates this year either.\u201d<\/p>\n In June 2024, rent inflation in the capital was 43.2%, about twice the set cap, breaking the 12-year record for rent inflation in Tehran.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n According to media reports in Iran, bread prices are set to increase by up to 25% in more than 10 provinces.\u00a0Government subsidies to control bread prices are one of the measures the Iranian regime takes, but in recent years, financial shortages have led to an increase in bread prices.<\/p>\n According to the newspaper Etemad, in traditional bakeries, 80% of the final bread price is covered by government subsidies, and people pay 20% of the actual price. Thus, the real price of bread is 4 to 5 times the current price, and given the poverty line in Iran, a significant portion of the population below this line would face additional pressure if such subsidies were removed.\u00a0Bread is highly consumed in Iran<\/a>\u00a0and is one of the main food items.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 8<\/a><\/strong>, 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":" THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST UN’s Turk ‘Extremely Concerned’ After Spate Of Executions In Iran BERLIN, Aug 9 (Reuters) – UN High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":323092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-323090","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":"\nUN’s Turk ‘Extremely Concerned’ After Spate Of Executions In Iran<\/h3>\n
\nKey Homeland Agency Warns Agents That Iran, Proxies May Try To Cross Border To Attack United States<\/h3>\n
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\nUS Military Destroys Houthi Missiles, Uncrewed Surface Vessel<\/h3>\n
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\nMicrosoft Researchers Report Iran Hackers Targeting US Officials Before Election<\/h3>\n
\nTwo Iranian Nationals and One Pakistani National Indicted for Providing Material Support to Terrorists<\/h3>\n
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\nIran\u2019s Social Protests Gravitate Toward Political Demands<\/h3>\n
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\nChanges in the US Intelligence Report on Iran\u2019s Nuclear Activities<\/h3>\n
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\nIranian Regime\u2019s Cyber Threats: The Role of the IRGC in Malicious Activities Against U.S. Infrastructure<\/h3>\n
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\nSentencing and Imprisonment of Two Iranian Women: Maryam Mehrabi and Maryam Derisi<\/h3>\n
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\nHousing Prices Continue to Soar in Iran with A 70% Increase in Rent<\/h3>\n
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\n25% Increase in the Price of Bread in Iran as Government Faces Budget Deficit for Cash Subsidies<\/h3>\n
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