{"id":238180,"date":"2021-04-18T02:37:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T07:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238180"},"modified":"2023-05-01T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T17:32:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-18-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238187 size-full\" title=\"people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran.jpg\" alt=\"People walking on the streets of Tabriz, Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran-696x418.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<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another Sunday That Rattles the Ground Under the Regime&#8217;s Feet<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pensioners and teachers from Tehran, Ardabil, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Behshahr, Dezful, Shush, Ghazvin, Mashhad, Karaj, Kerman, Kermanshah, and various provinces and cities flooded the streets today to protest against the regime and its local associates and to demand their rights.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">April 18 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nPensioners rallied in several cities across Iran for the second time this week, demanding higher pensions and voicing their economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re seen chanting: &#8220;We will not back down until we get our rights!&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RzBXGQay75\">pic.twitter.com\/RzBXGQay75<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383720766861049857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">April 18 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nPensioners and retirees protesting and demanding higher pensions and voicing their economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re seen chanting: &#8220;We will only get our rights by taking to the streets!&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nVLbGqldXy\">pic.twitter.com\/nVLbGqldXy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383725882678800391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">April 18 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nPensioners and retirees protesting and demanding higher pensions and voicing their economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re seen chanting: &#8220;We will no longer vote because we&#8217;ve heard too many lies!&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZhSYwznOg\">pic.twitter.com\/DZhSYwznOg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383727504960102416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>\nTehran\u2014college-graduated teachers from various cities gathered in front of the Supreme Court protesting officials&#8217; failure to meet their demands.<br \/>\n&#8220;Raise your voice teachers to take your rights&#8221; and &#8220;We do not succumb to oppress, we obtain our rights&#8221;\u2014Protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QTLQZI9fA1\">pic.twitter.com\/QTLQZI9fA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1383679346003517442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">April 18 &#8211; Kerman, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nPensioners &amp; retirees protesting for higher pensions &amp; voicing their economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>Chants:<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;ve heard too many lies &amp; not seen any justice!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Our country sits on wealth but pensioners are suffering!&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgFWsYA38G\">pic.twitter.com\/VgFWsYA38G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383730858004082688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 18- Behshahr, N <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nPensioners chant, &#8220;We won&#8217;t back down until we get our rights!&#8221; and &#8220;Our dinner tables are empty!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WACha7fwbk\">pic.twitter.com\/WACha7fwbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383716250858102791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 18- Ahvaz, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nPensioners chant, &#8220;Yesterday&#8217;s soldiers are today&#8217;s hungry&#8221; meaning they were soldiers during the Iran-Iraq war but their current pensions are not even enough for food.<br \/>\nThey get around 3mln tomans. Iran&#8217;s poverty line is 10mln tomans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UIP2xRUyv1\">pic.twitter.com\/UIP2xRUyv1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1383714463635755011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>\nHormozgan\u2014retirees affiliated with the Social Security Organization rallied in front of the Org&#8217;s representation in Bandarabbas. They protested officials&#8217; failure to meet their demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z41l0ILbK7\">pic.twitter.com\/z41l0ILbK7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1383784192639606795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>\nKhuzestan\u2014retirees of the Social Security Organization rallied in Shush, chanting:<br \/>\n\u2013We haven&#8217;t seen justice, we no longer vote<br \/>\n\u2013Government betrays, parliament supports it<br \/>\n\u2013Promises are enough, our food baskets are empty<br \/>\n\u2013We can obtain our rights just on the tarmac <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mw5nHNVc6M\">pic.twitter.com\/Mw5nHNVc6M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1383781985575833601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>\nRazavi Khorasan\u2014retirees of the Social Security Organization rallied in front of the org&#8217;s representation in Mashhad, chanting, &#8220;[Org CEO Mostafa] Salari, resign&#8221; and &#8220;Our salaries are paid based on rial while we should spend based on dollar.&#8221;<br \/>\n&lt;246,500 rial=$1&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/os08mduaVJ\">pic.twitter.com\/os08mduaVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1383779493479796745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities In 539 Cities Surpass 255,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238177 size-full\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-255300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-255300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 255,300 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-255300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-255300-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-255300-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-255300-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-255300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/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 Saturday, April 17, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 539 cities across Iran had exceeded 255,300. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 58,371, Isfahan 16,675, Khorasan Razavi 16,335, Khuzestan 15,394, Mazandaran 10,810, Lorestan 10,773, East Azerbaijan 10,423, West Azerbaijan 9,608, Gilan 8,951, Qom 8,945, Fars 7,542, Golestan 6,550, Alborz 6,423, Kerman 5,719, Central Province 5,288, Kermanshah 5,104, Yazd 4,562, Kurdistan 4,432, North Khorasan 3,838, Ardabil 3,177, Khorasan South 2,501, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,080, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,994.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-539-cities-surpass-255300\/\" 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 255,300 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\/ml5pVqAg7n\">https:\/\/t.co\/ml5pVqAg7n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1bFTnLHxhu\">pic.twitter.com\/1bFTnLHxhu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1383531627142283271?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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">More Protests in Iran by People From All Walks Of Life<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238181\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-238181 size-full\" title=\"graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Graduate teachers protesting in Tehran, the capital of Iran \u2013 April 17, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/graduate-teachers-protesting-in-tehran-the-capital-of-iran-april-17-2021-696x396.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graduate teachers protesting in Tehran, the capital of Iran \u2013 April 17, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a trend continues across Iran more people from all walks of life are seen taking to the streets in various rallies and protests, demanding their rights from a regime that continues to push the nation into further poverty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-teachers-municipal-workers-tehran-20210417\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Hold 65 Protests in One Week To Express Economic Woes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238182 size-full\" title=\"Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protest-weekly-Apr17-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians held at least 65 protests across Iran in the past week to express their economic grievances. Pensioners held two organized protests in cities across Iran on April 11 and 14 while stock market investors took to the streets four days this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranians-hold-65-protests-in-one-week-to-express-economic-woes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">84 Suicide Attempts Recorded in One Day in Capital Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238183 size-full\" title=\"Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Suicide in Iran, woman jumping-bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Suicide-in-Iran-woman-jumping-bridge-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 84 people have attempted suicide in just one day in the Iranian capital, Tehran, according to the state-run Rokna news agency. From Thursday, April 15 to Friday, April 16, 84 suicide attempts have been registered in different parts of Tehran, of which 12 suicides resulted in death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/17\/84-suicide-attempts-recorded-in-one-day-in-capital-tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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-238184 size-full\" title=\"Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min.jpg\" alt=\"Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Monthly-March-2021_EN-first-page-min-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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Revealing the Real Face Of Iran\u2019s Fake Reformists Before the Election<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238185 size-full\" title=\"Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-protests-graffiti-on-wall-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the start of the presidential election in Iran approaches, some of the so-called reformists are acting mysteriously which of course is not an unexpected thing. These fake regime\u2019s reformists have forgotten that they themselves once said, \u201cReforms are dead, and just because of the coronavirus we did not arrange a burial ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sham-election\/revealing-the-real-face-of-irans-fake-reformists-before-the-election\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Iran\u2019s Khamenei is disappointed with the nuclear talks<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-236122 size-full\" title=\"Khamenei\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Khamenei.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Khamenei.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Khamenei-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Khamenei-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Khamenei-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Khamenei-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei is disappointed with the process of the new round of nuclear talks that started on April 6 in Vienna. While Khamenei announced to continue negotiations, he expressed his displeasure about the outcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-nuclear-talks-ali-khamenei-20210417\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sanctioning of Iran IRGC Leaders at the Time of JCPOA Negotiations<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237836\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-237836 size-full\" title=\"Iran-JCPOA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-JCPOA.jpg\" alt=\"US-Iran talks in Vienna, April 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-JCPOA.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-JCPOA-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-JCPOA-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-JCPOA-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-JCPOA-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US-Iran talks in Vienna, April 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian government has set all its power to have the upper hand in the negotiations around the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). What they are expecting despite their arrogant position is just the revival of the 2015 JCPOA and receiving all the scores provided by the worst appeasement policy in that time by the world powers, analysts believe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sanctions\/sanctioning-of-iran-irgc-leaders-at-the-time-of-jcpoa-negotiations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fuel carrier dies from exposure in SE Iran buffer zone<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238186 size-full\" title=\"Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fuel-carrier-Fazl-Sabzel-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fuel carrier who was caught in the buffer zone between the southeastern border of Iran\u2019s Sistan and Baluchestan and Pakistan died from lack of food and water yesterday. Hundreds of fuel carriers are currently held in the buffer zone, without proper access to food and water, as part of the IRGC implemented Razzagh Plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/fuel-carrier-dies-from-exposure-in-se-iran-buffer-zone\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-14-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><\/a><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-17-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 17, 2021<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS Another Sunday That Rattles the Ground Under the Regime&rsquo;s Feet Pensioners and teachers from Tehran, Ardabil, Isfahan, Ahvaz, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":238187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-238180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news-in-brief","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-iran-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - April 18, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS Another Sunday That Rattles the Ground Under the Regime&#039;s Feet Pensioners and teachers from\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-18-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran News in Brief - April 18, 2021 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS Another Sunday That Rattles the Ground Under the Regime&#039;s Feet Pensioners and teachers from\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-18-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-18T07:37:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-01T17:32:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/people-walking-on-the-street-tabriz-iran.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"481\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-18-2021\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-18-2021\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\"},\"headline\":\"Iran News in Brief &#8211; 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