{"id":238059,"date":"2021-04-16T01:17:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T06:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238059"},"modified":"2023-04-26T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:30:59","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 16, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238061\" title=\"Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo-Tehran-bazaar (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Photo-Tehran-bazaar-1-696x425.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>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Nation Hit Hard by the Pandemic and Dictatorship<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because of the Iranian regime&#8217;s mishandling of the pandemic and the lack of termination to vaccinate the population, the Covid-19 virus is increasingly taking its toll throughout Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shiraz, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nA local reports hospitals are packed with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> patients due to the rising number of new cases. Despite claims made by the Health Minister, the situation is very critical &amp; more people are losing their lives with each passing day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dJf9is3RpX\">pic.twitter.com\/dJf9is3RpX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383013070667010050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> at a glance:<br \/>\nAn elderly poverty-stricken man has fallen asleep under a charity box, from which he will never get charity.<\/p>\n<p>60% of Iranians live in poverty while the regime uses Iran&#8217;s wealth to fund its terrorist groups and nuclear weapon program. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0iEvRMiKt0\">pic.twitter.com\/0iEvRMiKt0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383039260194922496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twelve Women Detained on Death Row in the Central Prison of Urmia<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238070\" title=\"entrance-of-the-central-prison-of-urmia-inset-mohabat-mahmoudi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/entrance-of-the-central-prison-of-urmia-inset-mohabat-mahmoudi.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance of the Central Prison of Urmia- inset: Mohabat Mahmoudi\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/entrance-of-the-central-prison-of-urmia-inset-mohabat-mahmoudi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/entrance-of-the-central-prison-of-urmia-inset-mohabat-mahmoudi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/entrance-of-the-central-prison-of-urmia-inset-mohabat-mahmoudi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/entrance-of-the-central-prison-of-urmia-inset-mohabat-mahmoudi-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Kurdish human rights organization has reported the names of twelve women detained on death row in the women\u2019s ward of the Central Prison of Urmia. All 12 women are convicted of deliberate murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/15\/twelve-women-detained-on-death-row-in-the-central-prison-of-urmia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">COVID-19 Takes the Lives of 253,100 in 539 Cities in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238052\" title=\"iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2\" width=\"802\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2-696x425.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-coronavirus-update-15042021-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <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 Thursday, April 15, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 539 cities had exceeded 253,100. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 57,891, Isfahan 16,555, Khorasan Razavi 16,240, Khuzestan 15,239, Lorestan 10,688, East Azerbaijan 10,333, West Azerbaijan 9,518, Gilan 8,866, Fars 7,462, Golestan 6,500, Alborz 6,353, Kerman 5,659, Kermanshah 5,059, Kurdistan 4,367, North Khorasan 3,813, Ardabil 3,152, South Khorasan 2,481, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,060, and Kohgiluyeh And Boyer-Ahmad 1,974. Mazandaran 10,735.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/covid-19-takes-the-lives-of-253100-in-539-cities-in-iran\/\" 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 253,100 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 539 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\/DqqhswPeDn\">https:\/\/t.co\/DqqhswPeDn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4twfkB5z1y\">pic.twitter.com\/4twfkB5z1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1382791336303157253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAn Uprising Awaits the Mullahs in Iran\u201d\u2014Mek Network Before Regime&#8217;s June 2021 Presidential Election<\/h3>\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 for the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 regime, yes to a democratic republic.\u201d<br \/>\nThese activities were organized by the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) inside Iran, the Resistance Units.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&ldquo;An uprising awaits the mullahs in Iran&rdquo;&mdash;MEK network before regime&amp;#039;s June 2021 presidential election\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DudgWpQZb-g\" 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%2FDudgWpQZb-g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DudgWpQZb-g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M58S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-15T16:10:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DudgWpQZb-g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDudgWpQZb-g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">\u201cAn uprising awaits the mullahs in Iran\u201d\u2014MEK network before regime&#039;s June 2021 presidential election<\/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\/DudgWpQZb-g\" 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%2FDudgWpQZb-g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&ldquo;An uprising awaits the mullahs in Iran&rdquo;&mdash;MEK network before regime&amp;#039;s June 2021 presidential election\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"April 13, 2021\u2014The campaign against the mullahs\u2019 regime&#039;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 for the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 regime, yes to a democratic republic.\u201d These activities were organized by the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) inside Iran, the Resistance Units.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Garbage Mafia and 14,000 Garbage Collectors in Tehran Alone<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238060\" title=\"Iran-garbage-children-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-garbage-children-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-garbage-children (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-garbage-children-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-garbage-children-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-garbage-children-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-garbage-children-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-garbage-children-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of Tehran\u2019s city council in a shocking report on April 13, 2021, reported a strange phenomenon called the garbage mafia, in which more than 14,000 homeless people, immigrants, and street children are busy in the Iranian capital alone. Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani referred to the problem of waste in Iran as a gordian knot or a growing pest, which in other countries is the source of income and energy for decades in their developed cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/garbage-mafia-and-14000-garbage-collectors-in-tehran-alone\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their Sons and Daughters Killed by the Regime, Mothers Make Their Voices Heard<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost 17 months after the uprising that followed by the deadliest crackdown by security forces in Iran, families of some slain protesters are calling for true justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The mother of slain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> protester Mehrdad Rezaie, killed during Nov. 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> says she will never forgive the regime for killing her son. She says she raised Mehrdad on her own and that he had suffered from cancer for four years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PekO205HWq\">pic.twitter.com\/PekO205HWq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1382714312603676678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 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 news in brief, April 16, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 16, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_EAO07EiTy4k\" 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%2FEAO07EiTy4k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAO07EiTy4k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-16T12:42:45Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_EAO07EiTy4k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FEAO07EiTy4k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 16, 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\/EAO07EiTy4k\" 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%2FEAO07EiTy4k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 16, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 16, 2021 Iran: Further Protests Reported In Numerous Cities On Wednesday, retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization in Iran took to the streets again and held protest rallies across Iran. 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. Contract workers of the transportation unit in the South Zagros Oil and Gas Exploitation Company located in the Parsian Aghar and Dalan operational areas held a rally on Monday. A group of merchants in the city of Borujerd, western Iran held a gathering protesting a city council decision and the announcement of a municipality measure that will be against their interests. Young teachers gathered in front of the Majlis on Monday, April 12, protesting their low monthly salary of 30 million rials (about &#36;120) and the lack of a teacher ranking law that would allow them to earn more benefits. COVID-19 Takes the Lives of 253,100 in Iran Over 253,100 people have died of the novel coronavirus across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Thursday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 65,680 around a fourth of the actual figure. While the Covid-19 crisis in Iran gains momentum each day in the shadow of the regime\u2019s criminal and plundering policies, regime President Hassan Rouhani expressed his disappointment over a disingenuous vaccine. \u201cThe Iranian vaccine will most likely not be available prior to the summer season. Therefore, procuring the vaccine with the help of the private sector has been in the government\u2019s agenda and of the utmost priority,\u201d he said on Thursday. \u201cCrisis management must be carried out while maintaining calm. We shouldn\u2019t create a sense of mayhem with wrong opinions, unbased reports and strongly worded remarks,\u201d Rouhani added. 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