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UPDATE: 9:30 PM CEST
More Reports of Protests inside Iran
August 23 – Hamedan, western #Iran
"Death to incompetent officials!" angry locals are chanting as protests over severe water shortages begin to take shape.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/5nLtgF9Cxh— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 23, 2022
UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST
Tehran’s Nuclear Chief Reiterates Regime’s Grievances about NCRI’s Nuclear Revelations
Mohammad Eslami, the head of the regime’s Atomic Energy Organization, responded to statements of the IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi while showing frustration about NCRI’s nuclear revelations in the last two decades.
Eslami said: “We do not expect from the Director General of the Agency to follow the uproar created by counter-revolutionary groups against Iran’s nuclear program. These people have been fueling this (crisis) for more than 20 years. It is certain that if the JCPOA has one objective, it is to pass and lay to rest those accusations that have been raised against the country for 20 years, and this is nothing new.”
Eslami emphasized: “The alleged cases, alleged locations, and alleged documents are fabricated and paid for to be used against the revolution and they have been answered many times. If this is to be used as political leverage, it will not go anywhere. In fact, they did agree on the JCPOA and then abandoned it.”
On August 22, in an interview with CNN, Raphael Grossi once again stressed that the IAEA will “in no way” back down from its demand that the Iranian regime shall provide answers regarding the origin of many undeclared uranium traces in several sites and that it shall provide access to requested locations and personnel.
"Dropping probes is not something the IAEA does or will ever do without a proper process. The key to this lies on a very simple thing. Will Iran cooperate with us?" @IAEAorg DG @rafaelmgrossi tells me after Russia's lead negotiator said the issue "seems to be settled." pic.twitter.com/ySrRL38q69
— Becky Anderson (@BeckyCNN) August 22, 2022
UPDATE: 12:30 PM CEST
Tuesday Protests in Iran
August 23 – Zanjan, northwest #Iran
Employees of the local vegetable oil company are protesting as officials prevented 60 of the company's 85 employees from entering the site due to financial dilemmas.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/N2VenG3JDG— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 23, 2022
Ardabil, northwest #Iran
People are desperate and waiting in lines for flour as shortage escalates.#43YearsOfMisery pic.twitter.com/X59ik5aNrr— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 23, 2022
Ahvaz, southwest #Iran
Medical interns of the Ahvaz Medical Sciences University rallied to protest lack of management on campus and officials' refusal to address their lingering dilemmas.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/L6RlnzreDE— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 23, 2022
August 23 – Bushehr, southern #Iran
Voice says this is the second day of strike a action by workers of the Bushehr Petrochemical Co—Site 1.
They haven't received at least two months of their wages & been told they won't get paid until the JCPOA is signed.pic.twitter.com/ZtzlchqXKc— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 23, 2022
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
Former Political Prisoner Leila Hosseinzadeh Beaten and Detained for the Third Time
Former political prisoner Leila Hosseinzadeh was detained by security forces in Tehran on Saturday, August 20, 2022.
The former political prisoner Leila Hosseinzadeh was beaten by security forces in the street outside her house and arrested. The security forces took her to an unknown location.
Thus far, the reason for her arrest and her whereabouts are unknown.
Iranian Women and Girls Victim of Brutal Honor Killings
Reports about violence against women especially “honor killings” are commonplace in Iran.
On September 4, 2021, the Chief of Police in Rumeshkan, Lorestan province, said the body of a 16-year-old girl was found in the western city. And now, 11 months after the gruesome murder of Mobina Souri by her cleric husband, he has been freed to roam the streets. However, the local journalist who published the news of the tragedy was sentenced to prison.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – August 22, 2022
