{"id":238123,"date":"2021-04-17T01:28:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238123"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T13:45:20","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238139\" title=\"Iran-covid-19-tehran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran-Bazar-covid 19\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-covid-19-tehran.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/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: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The Iranian Society Continues To Suffer but Does Not Give In<\/h2>\n<p>Iranians from Tehran to South West of the country rallied and protested on Saturday against the state policies that have caused nothing but misery and hardship for their families.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 17 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nTeachers from all over Iran gathered today outside the Court of Administrative Justice to protest a court decision that invalidates their years of service. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W2KhTizj5T\">pic.twitter.com\/W2KhTizj5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383337837605515264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 17 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nTeachers gathered outside the Court of Administrative Justice chant &#8220;We will not accept injustice and will get our rights!&#8221; and &#8220;Teachers cry out for your rights!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ub8JcvHi16\">pic.twitter.com\/Ub8JcvHi16<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383339301912469506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 17 &#8211; Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nFarmers marched on the streets today to protest the theft of their water. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8kaZmakNE9\">pic.twitter.com\/8kaZmakNE9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383338641670361089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 17 &#8211; Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nFarmers marched on the streets today to protest the diversion of their water resources by the government. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4WmnRqbfk\">pic.twitter.com\/f4WmnRqbfk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383339691596865536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 17- Khorramshahr, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nMunicipal workers gathered today to demand their unpaid wages and benefits. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/COIwGulwws\">pic.twitter.com\/COIwGulwws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383341511639633928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\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\u2014IKCO shareholders, who face an 80% disadvantage, rallied protesting employers&#39; fraud.<br \/>&quot;Parliament, government, competition assembly, and industry ministry, stop hostage-taking the automating and auto parts industries. Don&#39;t fill fixers&#39; pocket anymore&quot;\u2014Banner <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U8iydMovgs\">pic.twitter.com\/U8iydMovgs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1383390409024409603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 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 \/>Bushehr\u2014forcing officials to increase their salaries, workers of Liduma company, the Phase 13 of South Pars Project in Bandar-e Kangan, launched a strike.<br \/>Despite the increasing inflation rate and backbreaking prices, employers refrain from raising workers&#39; wages. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AUM2d8Kq2w\">pic.twitter.com\/AUM2d8Kq2w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1383385249871138818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 539 Cities Exceeds 254,300<\/h3>\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 Friday, April 16, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 539 cities had surpassed 254,300. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 58,141, Isfahan 16,615, Khorasan Razavi 16,290, Khuzestan 15,314, Mazandaran 10,775, Lorestan 10,728, East Azerbaijan 10,383, West Azerbaijan 9,563, Qom 8,915, Gilan 8,906, Fars 7,502, Golestan 6,525, Alborz 6,393, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,781, Hamedan 5,733, Kerman 5,689, Central Province 5,263, Yazd 4,542, Semnan 4,500, Kurdistan 4,402, Qazvin 2,909, Hormozgan 2,895, Zanjan 2,780, Ilam 2,626, and Bushehr 2,594.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-539-cities-exceeds-254300\/\" 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 254,200 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\/NCWbEW00km\">https:\/\/t.co\/NCWbEW00km<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hEo9CL6KTA\">pic.twitter.com\/hEo9CL6KTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383167565447450628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 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;\">Continued protests have pushed Iran\u2019s regime into a deadlock<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238124\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-238124 size-full\" title=\"high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cHigh prices and inflation have ruined people\u2019s lives\u201d - Protest of retirees in more than 23 cities \u2013 April 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/high-prices-and-inflation-have-ruined-peoples-lives-protest-of-retirees-in-more-than-23-cities-april-2021-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHigh prices and inflation have ruined people\u2019s lives\u201d &#8211; Protest of retirees in more than 23 cities \u2013 April 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recent days have seen recurring social protests across Iran. On Wednesday, retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization in Iran took to the street for the eleventh series of organized protests in 23 cities in the last three months. They chanted \u201cWe will only restore our rights by coming to the streets,\u201d \u201cInjustice is enough, our food table is empty,\u201d \u201cWe will not vote anymore. We\u2019ve heard too many lies,\u201d and \u201cDown with (Hassan) Rouhani.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-regime-deadlock-20210416\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Natanz explosion weakens Khamenei\u2019s stance in talks<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238136 size-full\" title=\"Natanz-explosion-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Natanz-explosion-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Natanz-explosion-photo\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Natanz-explosion-photo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Natanz-explosion-photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Natanz-explosion-photo-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Natanz-explosion-photo-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Natanz-explosion-photo-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime has designated April 10 as Iran\u2019s National Day of Nuclear Technology. Every year on such a day, the regime flaunts its nuclear might. However, this year, one day after Iran\u2019s National Day of Nuclear Technology, an explosion \u2014 apparently caused by an Israeli attack \u2014 damaged Iran\u2019s main nuclear enrichment site, in the city center city of Natanz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/natanz-explosion-weakens-khameneis-stance-in-talks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Eleven Executions in Six Days<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46374\" title=\"executionpmoi400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/executionpmoi400.jpg\" alt=\"executionpmoi400\" width=\"719\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/executionpmoi400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/executionpmoi400-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past six days, authorities in Iran hanged at least 11 inmates in six different prisons. At dawn on Monday, April 12, the government hanged Arsalan Zare at Adilabad Prison in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province. He was a farmer and had been kept behind bars for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-eleven-executions-in-six-days\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Government\u2019s Delay In Public Vaccination Tantamount to a Crime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238128 size-full\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-officials-inaction-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and its president Hassan Rouhani are watching the people\u2019s death by the coronavirus. The situation is so severe that even now some of the officials in the country are protesting and warning the regime over its ignorance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/iran-governments-delay-in-public-vaccination-tantamount-to-a-crime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, April 17, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 17, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_XDTefPbevS0\" 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%2FXDTefPbevS0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XDTefPbevS0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-17T08:30:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XDTefPbevS0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXDTefPbevS0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 17, 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\/XDTefPbevS0\" 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%2FXDTefPbevS0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 17, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 17, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 254,300 Over 254,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 539 cities across Iran, 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 66,008 around a fourth of the actual figure. At a time when many parts of Iran are registered as black zones of Covid-19, there is still no significant progress in procuring the vaccine or general vaccination. Based on the stats announced by the regime\u2019s Health Minister Saied Namaki, less than one percent of the Iranian population have received only one dose of the vaccine. \u201cTo this day around 400,000 people have been vaccinated,\u201d he said on Friday, pledging the vaccination of \u201c1.3 million members of the country\u2019s health apparatus and special patients prior to the end of next week,\u201d he added, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. MEK Resistance Units&#039; Activities Continue Across Iran For more than two-and-half years, non-stop and daily anti-regime activities continue across Iran. Banners, posters, and images with slogans targeting the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei are installed in various cities that demand \u201cregime change,\u201d and call for the boycott of the mullahs\u2019 upcoming sham presidential elections in June. In recent days, the Resistance Units have been installing banners and posters of Iranian Resistance leaders in many cities and have taken to graffiti with anti-regime slogans that call for regime change and the boycott of the upcoming elections. 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