{"id":235549,"date":"2021-02-27T03:11:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T08:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=235549"},"modified":"2023-04-19T22:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T21:47:55","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 27, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235553\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235553\" title=\"baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252.jpg\" alt=\"Baluch protesters outside the Saravan Governor's Office\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-696x536.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baluch protesters outside the Saravan Governor&#8217;s Office. Local sources said that the injured Baluch protesters were violently dragged out of a hospital in southeastern Iran last night by security forces. Locals have been protesting for six days since the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) opened fire on Baluch fuel carriers on February 22 in Saravan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Charlie Weimers MEP:<\/h2>\n<h3>I Strongly call for cancellation of Europe-Iran Business Forum next week<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strongly call for cancellation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EUIranBizForum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EUIranBizForum<\/a> next week. Now is not the time! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> continues to oppress &amp; execute its own citizens and sponsor terrorism in Mid East &amp; Europe. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosepBorrellF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JosepBorrellF<\/a> will you engage or stand up for human rights &amp; Europe\u2019s security? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottMullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottMullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HjwCFgeyWs\">pic.twitter.com\/HjwCFgeyWs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Weimers MEP \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea (@weimers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weimers\/status\/1365303695332769797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>MEK, the Main Concern of Iran\u2019s Government \u2013 Why?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-229080\" title=\"Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Iran_Protests_Uprising_04112020-696x425.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the escalation of a crisis at the head of Iran\u2019s government and biting economic sanctions, state media and government officials are increasingly paying attention to the People Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). It is as if each time they look up, they see their longtime opposition in every domestic and international challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run daily Mostaghel: \u201cElections that now have a lot of evokes. Of course, not only of the type of healthy and inclusive advertising, but in many cases of destruction, or maybe saying that, it is like digging your own grave in the subject of the election. As if they do not see that the enemy in the most subtle form is designing many kinds of conspiracies against the system in this gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/iranian-opposition\/mek-the-main-concern-of-irans-government-why\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>RSF &#8211; Iran: The regime has totally cut off the internet for 2 days<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: The regime has totally cut off the internet for 2 days <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InternetShutdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#InternetShutdown<\/a> to deprive the population of independent information on the uprising that took place after several civilians were killed by the border police of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baluchistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baluchistan<\/a> and to better repress without witnesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NCYAp001na\">pic.twitter.com\/NCYAp001na<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RSF (@RSF_inter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSF_inter\/status\/1365330223491911683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Grafitti on the wall of a police station says: &#8220;Down with Khamenei&#8221;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Early Feb. 27 &#8211; Kerman, SE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Grafitti on the wall of a police station says: &quot;Down with Khamenei&quot;.<br \/>Voice says: &quot;Down with Khamenei, long live Baluchis. Baluchis are not alone. Long live political prisoners &amp; those who have fallen for freedom&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0648\u0627\u0646_\u062a\u0646\u0647\u0627_\u0646\u06cc\u0633\u062a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8IwRUUDPoJ\">pic.twitter.com\/8IwRUUDPoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1365580398999306241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 497 Cities Exceed 222,000<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235537\" title=\"Iran-Corona-63\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Corona-63\" width=\"1099\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63.jpg 1099w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63-696x400.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-Corona-63-1068x613.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1099px) 100vw, 1099px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Friday, February 26, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 497 cities had exceeded 222,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 52,726, Isfahan 14,305, Khuzestan 11,520, Mazandaran 9,392, Lorestan 9,193, East Azerbaijan 8,373, West Azerbaijan 8,293, Gilan 7,946, Fars 6,637, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,266, Kerman 4,919, Central Province 4,473, Yazd 4,077, North Khorasan 3,408, Zanjan 2,420, Hormozgan 2,410, and Bushehr 2,244.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-497-cities-exceed-222000\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 222,000 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 486 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0VkjFwoP3p\">https:\/\/t.co\/0VkjFwoP3p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b1O6nsWQ5b\">pic.twitter.com\/b1O6nsWQ5b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1365407037102772228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Internet shut down in southeast Iran amid protests over killing of Baluch fuel traders<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_235552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235552\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-235552\" title=\"Iran-protests-over-killing-of-Baluch-fuel-traders\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-protests-over-killing-of-Baluch-fuel-traders.jpg\" alt=\"16-year-old protester Hassan Mohammad Zehi (right) before being shot and killed by IRGC forces during the protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-protests-over-killing-of-Baluch-fuel-traders.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-protests-over-killing-of-Baluch-fuel-traders-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-protests-over-killing-of-Baluch-fuel-traders-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-protests-over-killing-of-Baluch-fuel-traders-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">16-year-old protester Hassan Mohammad Zehi (right) before being shot and killed by IRGC forces during the protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports say that the internet has been disrupted in various cities in Sistan and Baluchestan Province following days of protests across the province over the killing of Baluch fuel traders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The internet was disrupted or completely shutdown since Wednesday afternoon in the cities of Chabahar, Iranshahr, Saravan, Zahedan and Zabol. Protests erupted on February 22, in Iran\u2019s southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan Province, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) opened fire on cross border fuel traders, killing and wounding dozens of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/internet-shut-down-in-iran-amid-protests-over-killing-of-baluch-fuel-traders\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Security forces violently drag injured Baluch protesters from hospital in volatile SE province<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_235553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235553\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235553\" title=\"baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252.jpg\" alt=\"Baluch protesters outside the Saravan Governor's Office\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baluch-protesters-outside-the-saravan-governors-office-e1614410388252-696x536.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baluch protesters outside the Saravan Governor&#8217;s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Injured Baluch protesters were violently dragged out of a hospital in southeastern Iran last night by security forces. Locals have been protesting for five days since the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) opened fire on Baluch fuel carriers on February 22 in Saravan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Baluch Activists Campaign said the injured Baluch protesters were dragged out from a hospital in Shuru near Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/security-forces-violently-drag-injured-baluch-protesters-from-hospital-in-volatile-se-province\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Townhall: Terrorism Ruling Presents Opportunity to Hold Tehran Accountable<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235555\" title=\"townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable.jpg\" alt=\"townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable\" width=\"804\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/townhall-terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable-696x466.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Ted Poe &#8211; While working on terrorism-related issues during my congressional career, I soon understood not only that Iran had earned its reputation as the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, but also that the country\u2019s leadership considered terrorism a viable replacement for standard political and diplomatic statecraft. A recent criminal court ruling in Belgium reinforces this fact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/tedpoe\/2021\/02\/27\/terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable-n2585262\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Corruption at the Central Bank of Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235554\" title=\"Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Corruption-at-the-Central-Bank-of-Iran-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian state-run news agencies affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have announced the existence of massive corruption in the distribution of $35 billion in interventional currency at the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). What are the range of this corruption and its effects?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On February 21, IRGC-linked news agencies, including Tasnim and Mehr, announced the existence of widespread corruption in the distribution of $35 billion interventional currency in the CBI and the arrest of some senior executives of the government\u2019s banking system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/corruption-at-the-central-bank-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, February 27, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_u29HoXnr5X8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fu29HoXnr5X8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u29HoXnr5X8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M3S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-02-27T12:37:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_u29HoXnr5X8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fu29HoXnr5X8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 27, 2021<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u29HoXnr5X8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fu29HoXnr5X8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2021 Iran: Protests Continue in Sistan and Baluchistan Protests that began over the killing of fuel porters in Sistan and Baluchestan province continued on Thursday and Friday. Early Friday morning, the outraged people of Suran town set a kiosk of security forces ablaze in protest to the killing of protesters and fuel porters. The regime has increased its security presence in the city and has been suppressing demonstrations. On Thursday, security forces had closed down an elementary school and turned it into a military base in Suran. In the Dashtyari county, the people blocked transit roads to prevent the commute of repressive security forces. In Zahedan city, the people also blocked several roads used by security forces to send backups to crack down on protesters. Despite the martial law and the heavy presence of security forces, the people of this city continued their protests and blocked one of the entrances to the city. On Thursday, there were demonstrations in several parts of the city. U.S. Lawmakers Call for a Firm Iran Policy Rep. Mike Gallagher and Senator Tom Cotton on Friday led 42 members of Congress in introducing a resolution opposing efforts to lift sanctions on Iran. \u201cUntil the Iranian regime has put an end to its nuclear-weapon program and no longer sponsors terrorists, the U.S. must maintain sanctions. Iran took advantage of weak policies during the Obama Administration, and President Biden must not repeat those same mistakes\u201d read the representatives&#039; statement. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 222,000 Over 221,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 486 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 59,869 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe constant mutation of this virus has made efforts to control and treat this illness quite difficult. The UK strain is spreading in various provinces. Any delay and reservations in procuring and distributing the vaccine will have irreparable consequences,\u201d said the head of the regime\u2019s Medical Apparatus Organization on Friday, according to the state-controlled IMNA news agency. 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