{"id":237756,"date":"2021-04-12T01:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T06:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=237756"},"modified":"2023-02-20T21:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T20:52:03","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 12, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237768\" title=\"Tehran-Metro-01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Metro-01.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran Metro\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Metro-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Metro-01-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Metro-01-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Metro-01-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Metro-01-696x422.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Missile Cities at the Cost of Iran People\u2019s Starvation<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237799 size-full\" title=\"Iran-missile-cities-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-missile-cities-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-missile-cities \" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-missile-cities-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-missile-cities-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-missile-cities-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-missile-cities-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-missile-cities-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Occasionally Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards broadcast the news about one of its new so-called \u2018missile cities,\u2019 which mostly are based in underground facilities. The latest presentation of one such missile city was the presenting of a \u201cmissile equipment\u201d silo by the IRGC\u2019s marine forces with the presence of the Hossein Salami, the IRGC head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/missile-cities-at-the-cost-of-iran-peoples-starvation\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Khamenei is afraid of US talks<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237788 size-full\" title=\"Joe-Biden-and-Ali-Khamenei-split-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-and-Ali-Khamenei-split-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden and Ali Khamenei split photo\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-and-Ali-Khamenei-split-photo.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-and-Ali-Khamenei-split-photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-and-Ali-Khamenei-split-photo-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-and-Ali-Khamenei-split-photo-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring nuclear weapons, US President Biden has started negotiations with the regime\u2019s representatives in Vienna. The meeting earned a backlash from the regime\u2019s hardline faction including Ibrahim Raisi, Iran\u2019s Chief Justice, who questioned the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the talks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/why-iran-is-afraid-of-us-talks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rallies and protests in Tehran and Khuzestan<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran\u2014workers of the Pars Metal company rallied in front of the company at the Tehran-Karaj road. They protested employers&#8217; failure to meet their demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Tehran\u2014workers of the Pars Metal company rallied in front of the company at the Tehran-Karaj road. They protested employers&#39; failure to meet their demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PHCrQUdOLq\">pic.twitter.com\/PHCrQUdOLq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1381486094240387073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Tehran\u2014shareholders of the Tehran Stock Market rallied in front of the Bourse Organization, chanting against the government&#39;s failure and mismanagement.<br \/>Protesters pulled down the Bourse&#39;s flag as a sign of their fury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hky3UnElbd\">pic.twitter.com\/Hky3UnElbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1381482671323369476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Khuzestan\u2014contract workers affiliated with the Agriculture Organization in Ahvaz staged a gathering in front of the Provincial Governorate protesting officials\u2019 failure to allocate an adequate budget to the organization. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pqtRu5Oc14\">pic.twitter.com\/pqtRu5Oc14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1381484066638336012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 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;\">Iran\u2019s 11th Majlis Pushes for Marginalization of Women Through its Population Growth Plan<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237772\" title=\"Iranian-Majlis-women-counting-their-votes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Majlis-women-counting-their-votes.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian Majlis- women counting their votes\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Majlis-women-counting-their-votes.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Majlis-women-counting-their-votes-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Majlis-women-counting-their-votes-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iranian-Majlis-women-counting-their-votes-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 9 months have elapsed since the 11th Majlis began its term on May 27, 2020, in what is a male-majority parliament, with only 5.7 percent women\u2019s participation. The few women who joined Parliament are mainly representatives from the fundamentalist faction \u2013 which is controlled by Khamenei and which represents the most reactionary and misogynistic attitudes and the cruelest policies. Thus, this parliamentary minority of women adopted the Population Growth and Family Support Plan \u2013 in reality, a euphemism for marginalizing women by having them stay at home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/10\/population-growth\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: The Staggering Number of COVID-19 Death Toll in 535 Cities Exceeds 249,000<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237750\" title=\"Irancovid191142021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irancovid191142021.jpg\" alt=\"Irancovid191142021\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irancovid191142021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irancovid191142021-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irancovid191142021-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irancovid191142021-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irancovid191142021-696x422.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Sunday, April 11, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 535 cities had surpassed 249,000. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 57,021, Isfahan 16,265, Khorasan Razavi 16,040, Khuzestan 14,929, Mazandaran 10,610, Lorestan 10,503, East Azerbaijan 10,103, West Azerbaijan 9,338, Gilan 8,711, Fars 7,332, Golestan 6,400, Alborz 6,213, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,696, Kerman 5,529, Central Province 5,173, Yazd 4,472, Kurdistan 4,302, North Khorasan 3,753, Ardabil 3,097, Zanjan 2,710, Ilam 2,551, South Khorasan 2,431, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,015, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,934.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-the-staggering-number-of-covid-19-death-toll-in-535-cities-exceeds-249000\/\" 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 249,000 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 535 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\/Dj4ahJITJq\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dj4ahJITJq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxP1n3EaaN\">pic.twitter.com\/vxP1n3EaaN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1381347376737120256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 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;\">Iran: Retirees Protest for the Third Time in the Persian New Year in 27 Cities (20 Provinces)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237757 size-full\" title=\"Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en-\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en-.jpg\" alt=\"Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en-\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en--300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en--768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en--150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran-en--696x418.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, April 11, 2021, in the third nationwide protest rally in the Persian new year (March 20, 2021) retirees and pensioners protested against the clerical regime\u2019s oppression, the dire living conditions, low salaries and devastating high prices that have made it impossible for them and their families to survive in Tehran and 26 other cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/pensioners-uprising-27-cities-election-boycott-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interim Session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237723 size-full\" title=\"Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2.jpg\" alt=\"Interim Session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maryam-Rajavi-NCRI-meeting-2-696x459.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the National Council of Resistance of Iran held its interim session in Paris with the NCRI\u2019s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. The session was held with virtual participation of members of NCRI and observers in 12 countries, including Germany, the U.S., Austria, the U.K., Italy, Belgium, France, Sweden, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ashraf-3 in Albania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/interim-session-of-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran-3\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opposition Supporters Call For Election Boycott Inside Iran<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237760\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237760\" title=\"MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"MEK supporters activities in Iran-April 10, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MEK-supporters-activities-in-Iran-April-10-2021-1-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEK supporters activities in Iran-April 10, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The campaign against the mullahs\u2019 regime&#8217;s sham presidential elections is spreading throughout Iran. In various cities across the country, people spread slogans such as \u201cBoycotting the election sham is a patriotic duty,\u201d \u201cNo to the sham elections,\u201d and \u201cOur vote is the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 regime, yes to a democratic republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-elections-boycott-20210411\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Government\u2019s Behavior: Ask Me No Questions, and I\u2019ll Tell You No Fibs<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237761 size-full\" title=\"Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani.jpg\" alt=\"Iran's-president-Hassan-Rouhani\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-president-Hassan-Rouhani-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani came once again to the stage. And this time with a strange plan which he called \u201cNational Plans of Knowledge-based and Technical\u201d in his pocket. In what observers say is yet another lie, Rouhani said about these projects:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThese plans making us needless from the imports of many products. In the vaccine section, there is a major evolution in the country. In particular, we are among the firsts in some areas in West Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/general-2\/iran-governments-behavior-ask-me-no-questions-and-ill-tell-you-no-fibs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian People Plan To Boycott The Regime&#8217;s Sham Presidential Election<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The network of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) inside the country, known as the Resistance Units, organized a vast campaign calling for the boycott of the upcoming sham elections. In various cities, huge handwritten posters were installed with the slogan, \u201cNo to the election of the mullahs, no to mullahs\u2019 rule, yes to a democratic republic,\u201d \u201cBoycotting the election sham is a patriotic duty,\u201d \u201cMy vote is regime change,\u201d and \u201cDemocracy and freedom with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.\u201d The Resistance Units took to graffiti spreading anti-regime slogans that targeted the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei. \u201cOur vote is to overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime,\u201d their posters read in part.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_VWcR54WknWE\" 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%2FVWcR54WknWE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWcR54WknWE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M15S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-12T10:27:55Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_VWcR54WknWE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FVWcR54WknWE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 12, 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\/VWcR54WknWE\" 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%2FVWcR54WknWE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2021 Iran: COVID-19 Death Toll Exceeds 249,000 Over 249,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 535 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 Sunday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 64,490 around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cThe president\u2019s report card in the National Covid-19 Task Force has created many problems\u2026 in the National Covid-19 Task Force there is a certain control over the votes and experts\u2019 opinions are not taken into consideration in the decision-making process. The National Covid-19 Task Force\u2019s structure needs to change,\u201d said a member of the regime\u2019s Majlis Budget Committee on Sunday. Pensioners Hold Weekly Rally, Call For Election Boycott On Sunday, retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization in Iran took to the streets again and held protest rallies across Iran. Protests took place in more than a dozen cities. In Tehran, the demonstrations took place in front of the headquarters of the Social Security Organization. In other cities, the protesters gathered in front of the local offices of the Social Security Organization. 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