{"id":237221,"date":"2021-04-04T03:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=237221"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:55:38","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237226\" title=\"iran-elections-boycott-e1617522026335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-elections-boycott-e1617522026335.jpg\" alt=\"iran-elections-boycott-e1617522026335\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;\">UPDATE: 05:00 PM CEST<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protest rallies of retired Iranians stripped of their pension in Tabriz, Mashhad, Neyshabur and Sari today<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees and pensioners gathered outside the local Social Security Organization branch seeking answers to their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Placards read:<br \/>&quot;SSO retirees have dropped from poverty line to death line&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgmxiB5B2U\">pic.twitter.com\/DgmxiB5B2U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378706922841329664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Neyshabur, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees and pensioners gathered outside the local Social Security Org. branch seeking answers to their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Placards read:<br \/>&quot;We won&#39;t rest until our demands are met!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Incompetent officials, resign, resign!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lN98pNG7OF\">pic.twitter.com\/lN98pNG7OF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378699121809256450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Sari, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees and pensioners gathered outside the local Social Security Org. branch seeking answers to their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Placards read:<br \/>&quot;Screaming out against all this injustice!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Inflation and high prices are the answers to our kindness!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y0UA18SqIp\">pic.twitter.com\/Y0UA18SqIp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378694396745371651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 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;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;\">UPDATE: 02:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protest rallies of retired Iranians stripped of their pension in Tehran, Arak, and Karaj today<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees and Social Security pensioners are seen chanting, &quot;We&#39;ve heard too many lies and won&#39;t vote!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Iranians across the country are vowing to boycott the regime&#39;s so-called presidential elections on June 18.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wCzbXzosDF\">pic.twitter.com\/wCzbXzosDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378636614524567554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Arak, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees and Social Security pensioners held a protest gathering outside the local Social Security Organization branch today seeking answers to their demands.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;These protests will continue everyday until we get our demands!&quot; they chanted.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hQDx3PQiUl\">pic.twitter.com\/hQDx3PQiUl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378682765722279946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 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;\">Monthly Report March 2021 \u2013 exile of women political prisoners, executions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237250\" title=\"ncri-women-march-report-04042021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ncri-women-march-report-04042021.jpg\" alt=\"ncri-women-march-report-04042021\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ncri-women-march-report-04042021.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ncri-women-march-report-04042021-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ncri-women-march-report-04042021-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ncri-women-march-report-04042021-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Persian New Year, Nowruz, started on March 20, 2021. Nevertheless, on the eve of the New Year and in months when all Iranians were preparing to celebrate Nowruz, the clerical regime in Iran stepped up the execution of women and exile of women political prisoners. This inhuman measure in violation of the prisoners\u2019 rights ruined the New Year celebrations for their families, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/04\/exile-of-women-political-prisoners\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;\">UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coronavirus Disaster in 533 Cities in Iran Takes the Lives of 242,700 People<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237219\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-242700-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, April 3, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 533 cities across Iran had exceeded 242,700. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 55,976, Isfahan 15,805, Khorasan Razavi 15,665, Khuzestan 14,324, Mazandaran 10,350, Lorestan 10,248, East Azerbaijan 9,683, West Azerbaijan 9,103, Qom 8,725, Gilan 8,511, Fars 7,117, Golestan 6,260, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,611, Kerman 5,364, Central Province 5,038, Semnan 4,230, Qazvin 2,754, and Ilam 2,481.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/coronavirus-disaster-in-533-cities-in-iran-takes-the-lives-of-242700-people\/\" 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 242,700 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 533 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\/JhgTDF8qiB\">https:\/\/t.co\/JhgTDF8qiB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Ct6u8y7t6\">pic.twitter.com\/1Ct6u8y7t6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378438876872634368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 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;\">Maryam Rajavi calls for a nationwide boycott of the mullahs\u2019 presidential sham election<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian people\u2019s nationwide boycott of the mullahs\u2019 presidential election sham is the flip side of popular uprisings, and yet another response to the murderers of 1500 blood-drenched martyrs of November 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0622\u0631\u06cc_\u0628\u0647_\u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631\u06cc_\u062f\u0645\u06a9\u0631\u0627\u062a\u06cc\u06a9<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/98mjM2nUqN\">pic.twitter.com\/98mjM2nUqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1378346800550178816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 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;\">Thousands of Iranians deprived of pension took to the streets on Sunday<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Cities across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Retirees and pensioners are holding protests across the country demanding their delayed pensions and seeking wage increases according to rising inflation.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will no longer vote as we&#39;ve seen no justice,&quot; they say.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vd5jl3v8Iv\">pic.twitter.com\/vd5jl3v8Iv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1378599420497829888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 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;\">Social anger piles in Kazerun as the authorities fail to live up to their most basic duties<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kazerun, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>These villagers are waiting in line to buy drinking water. <\/p>\n<p>While the regime funds its proxies in the region to carry out acts of terrorism and aggression, Iranians don&#39;t even have sanitary water. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tsZLM4MLK4\">pic.twitter.com\/tsZLM4MLK4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1378392308387831816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Baha\u2019i women jailed and five more summoned to serve their sentences<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237224\" title=\"Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Bahai-women-in-prison-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Baha\u2019i women were transferred to the Prison of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, April 3, 2021, to serve their sentences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Revolutionary Court of Bandar Abbas sentenced Maral Rasti and Mahnaz Jan-Nesar to 2 years in prison, each, on the charge of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two Baha\u2019i women had been initially arrested in spring 2017 along with six other Baha\u2019i citizens but were later released temporarily on bail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/03\/two-bahai-women-jailed-and-five-more-summoned-to-serve-their-sentences\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Honeytrap for Ali Javanmardi in Iraq<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237222\" title=\"Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq.jpg\" alt=\"Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-Honeytrap-for-Ali-Javanmardi-in-Iraq-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA court in the Iraqi Kurdish-state of Erbil sentenced Samira Morad-Pour, a female terrorist of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), to five years in prison for attempting to assassinate Ali Javanmardi, Iranian journalist with the U.S. citizenship on Tuesday, March 30,\u201d wrote Avatoday.net directed by Javanmardi on the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/irans-honeytrap-for-ali-javanmardi-in-iraq\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><strong>Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" 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