{"id":237288,"date":"2021-04-05T02:29:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T07:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=237288"},"modified":"2023-03-04T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:24:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-5-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-5-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 5, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7.jpg\" alt=\"iran-protest-retirees-04042021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-7-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;color: #222222;font-size: 15px\">UPDATE: 09:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">March Iran Protests Report: 193 protests in 70 cities<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237320\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-march-protests\" class=\"wp-image-237320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-march-protests.jpg\" alt=\" iran-march-protests\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-march-protests.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-march-protests-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-march-protests-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-march-protests-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to collected reports by sources affiliated with the Iranian Resistance in March, there were at least 193 recorded protests in 70 cities. Protests were held despite the spread of COVID-19, the regime\u2019s brutal crackdown, and the Nowruz holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/march-iran-protests-report-193-protests-in-70-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Five city council members sentenced to lashes in Tehran for \u201ceconomic crimes\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-public-flogging\" class=\"wp-image-237321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging.jpg\" alt=\"iran-public-flogging\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Five members of the Islamic Council in Tehran\u2019s Parand city were sentenced to lashes by the Public and Revolutionary Court of Robat Karim County. They were charged with economic crimes and transferred to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary, according to the state-run Rokna News Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/five-city-council-members-sentenced-to-lashes-in-tehran-for-economic-crimes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian officials are divided about the disastrous economic agreement with China<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-parliament-ghalibaf\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf.jpg\" alt=\"iran-parliament-ghalibaf\" width=\"690\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-parliament-ghalibaf-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the first session of the Majlis (parliament) in the new Persian calendar year, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Majlis, praised the disgraceful economic deal between the Iranian regime and China and claimed that the regime is undermining the United States by entering this agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-china-agreement-majlis-20210405\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;color: #222222;font-size: 15px\">UPDATE: 01:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian stockholders who lost huge fortunes due to systemic market manipulation gathered in front of the Parliament today<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apr. 5 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Iranians who lost their savings in the stock market gathered today outside the Parliament to demand their money. They believe officials manipulated the market. <br \/>&quot;I won&#39;t vote anymore because of all the lies I&#39;ve heard,&quot; they chant. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S8InGqYD4s\">pic.twitter.com\/S8InGqYD4s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1378997378749976577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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\">Farmers in Isfahan (central Iran) deprived of water and sewage have taken to the streets today<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apr. 5 &#8211; Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>East Isfahan farmers gathered outside the Isfahan Power Plant to protest the plant&#39;s use of sewer water. They say the government has denied them water for their crops and has now even taken away sewer water. <br \/>&quot;Why is the government so unjust?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWaQuJzeDz\">pic.twitter.com\/bWaQuJzeDz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1378999839300653060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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\">Women take an active part in nationwide protests by retirees, pensioners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"nationwide-protests-women-1-min\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nationwide-protests-women-1-min.jpg\" alt=\"nationwide-protests-women-1-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nationwide-protests-women-1-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nationwide-protests-women-1-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nationwide-protests-women-1-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nationwide-protests-women-1-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s retirees and Social Security pensioners held nationwide protests on Sunday, April 4, 2021 in 23 Iranian cities. This was their first nationwide protest since the beginning of the Persian New Year, and women actively took part in them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/04\/women-take-active-part-in-nationwide-protests-by-retirees-pensioners\/\" 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\">Iran \u2013 Enraged Retirees Hold Protest in 23 Cities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5.jpg\" alt=\"iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-protest-retirees-04042021-5-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Sunday, April 4, 2021, in their first nationwide protest gathering in the new Iranian year, enraged retirees and pensioners staged gatherings in Tehran and 22 other cities in protest against their dire living conditions, low salaries, and mindboggling prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">They were chanting, \u201cWe have heard too many lies, we will no longer vote,\u201d \u201cThreats and crackdown are no longer effective,\u201d \u201cWe have not seen any justice, we will no longer vote,\u201d \u201cParliament, Government, stop deceiving the people,\u201d \u201cTo overcome empty plates, we must take to the streets,\u201d and \u201cUntil we obtain our rights, we will be here every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-enraged-retirees-in-23-cities-19-provinces\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Electoral Boycott Ramps Up Again<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237247\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"My-vote-is-regime-change\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/My-vote-is-regime-change.jpg\" alt=\"My vote is regime change, reads the banner\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/My-vote-is-regime-change.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/My-vote-is-regime-change-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/My-vote-is-regime-change-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/My-vote-is-regime-change-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/My-vote-is-regime-change-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEK resistance units inside Iran: My vote is regime change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When the Iranian regime held its latest\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/irans-parliamentary-elections-read-selections\/\" rel=\"noopener\">parliamentary elections<\/a>\u00a0in February 2020, polling places saw their lowest levels of turnout in the 40-year history of the Iranian regime. This fact was acknowledged even by official government sources, which have a long track record of exaggerating voter participation in order to give the impression that there is widespread popular recognition of the ruling system\u2019s legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iranian-electoral-boycott-ramps-up-again\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 533 Cities Exceeds 243,300<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237282\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-243300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-243300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"An infographic demonstrating the death toll of Covid-19 in Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-243300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-243300-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-243300-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-243300-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-243300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran-NCRI-COVID-19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-4-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brie<\/strong><strong>f \u2013 April 4,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02021\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 09:30 PM CEST March Iran Protests Report: 193 protests in 70 cities According to collected reports by [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":237255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[129,130,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-237288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-iran-protests","12":"tag-mek-iran","13":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - April 5, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. 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