{"id":238321,"date":"2021-04-21T02:17:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238321"},"modified":"2023-03-04T15:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:22:43","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 21, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238332\" title=\"Iran-Coronavirus-April-21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Coronavirus, Iran news April 21\" width=\"801\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21-696x430.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Coronavirus-April-21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/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: 5:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iranians Continue to Protest on Wednesday<\/h2>\n<p>While the Iranian regime is struggling to keep its head above water on various fronts, a lesser internationally reported scene is the social unrest that erupts on a daily basis. Today, the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, and Bandar Khomeini are telling a story that is slowly but surely building up into an inevitable outcome.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 21 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals in the cities of Isfahan and Mashhad protest being deceived by regime officials into investing in the stock market only to see their life savings vanish.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mzcJvVzZv6\">pic.twitter.com\/mzcJvVzZv6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1384776909712625664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 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\">Apr. 21 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iran<\/a> <br \/>Large protest gathering outside the Aladdin Mall in Tehran by shop owners. <br \/>Reports indicate that security forces have shut down the mall\/Conditions are very volatile and the regime is implementing strict security measures.   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dQJhU2q00E\">pic.twitter.com\/dQJhU2q00E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1384875602231037953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 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\">Apr. 21 &#8211; Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Angry stock market investors who lost their savings in the stock market argue with the police outside the Stocks and Securities Org. <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCXoLToepj\">pic.twitter.com\/oCXoLToepj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1384785589791334400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 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-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apr. 21 &#8211; Mashhad, NE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;We have heard too manyh lies and will no longer vote!&#8221; they chant referring to the upcoming Jun. 18 presidential elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nsPxbDBHrS\">pic.twitter.com\/nsPxbDBHrS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1384785200857628677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apr. 21 &#8211; Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Stock market investors demand justice in Isfahan. They believe the regime misled them into investing in stocks only to manipulate the market. <br \/>&quot;Down with this deceitful government!&quot; they chant. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmvvNrfW73\">pic.twitter.com\/DmvvNrfW73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1384784466455973889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Watch the Leading Role of Iranian Women in Protests Across Iran<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238343\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238343\" title=\"Leading-role-of-Iranian-women-Karaj-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leading-role-of-Iranian-women-Karaj-3.jpg\" alt=\"A female teacher from Hashtgerd speaks to the large gathering of teachers in Karaj\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leading-role-of-Iranian-women-Karaj-3.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leading-role-of-Iranian-women-Karaj-3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leading-role-of-Iranian-women-Karaj-3-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leading-role-of-Iranian-women-Karaj-3-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A female teacher from Hashtgerd speaks to the large gathering of teachers in Karaj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once again, the leading role of women came to light during the protests on Monday, April 19, 2021, in various parts of Iran. Teachers, farmers, and defrauded investors held protests in Tehran, Isfahan, Karaj, Mashhad, and Ardabil, among others. Again, Iranian women played their leading role in these protests.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/20\/role-of-iranian-women\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iranian Official Admits Government Manipulated Stock Market<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238344\" title=\"Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran-Stock-Exchange\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Stock-Exchange-1-1-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Ali Dehghan Dehnavi, president of the Securities and Exchange Organization, recently admitted that the regime has supplied a large part of its budget deficit from profits made through the manipulation of the stock market. On April 16, Dehnavi said on the Clubhouse social media network, \u201cThe stock market has provided 6.8 trillion rials (approx. $28 billion) for the economy; the stock market has been the government\u2019s source of income last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-stock-market-mohammad-ali-dehnavi-\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Fatalities in 539 Cities Exceed 258,900<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238315\" title=\"infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 Tuesday, April 20, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 539 cities across Iran has exceeded 258,900. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 59,201, Isfahan 16,905, Khorasan Razavi 16,490, Khuzestan 15,634, Mazandaran 10,935, Lorestan 10,908, East Azerbaijan 10,618, West Azerbaijan 9,733, Gilan 9,066, Fars 7,707, Golestan 6,615, Alborz 6,563, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,886, Kerman 5,824, Hamedan 5,813, Central Province 5,368, Kermanshah 5,189, Semnan 4,570, Kurdistan 4,517, Hormozgan 2,970, Qazvin 2,969, Zanjan 2,840, Ilam 2,671, and Bushehr 2,649.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-the-staggering-coronavirus-fatalities-in-539-cities-exceed-258900\/\" 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 258,900 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\/o22UNTFxwM\">https:\/\/t.co\/o22UNTFxwM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bBDB49Kj1N\">pic.twitter.com\/bBDB49Kj1N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1384613892429516805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 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;\">Mek Resistance Units: \u201cNo to the Sham Elections in Iran\u201d \u201cMy Vote Is Regime Change\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238322\" title=\"activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1.jpg\" alt=\"Activities of the MEK\u2019s network inside Iran against mullahs\u2019 sham presidential elections in June 2021 \u2013 April 16 to April 19.\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activities-of-the-meks-network-inside-iran-against-mullahs-sham-presidential-elections-in-june-2021-april-16-to-april-19-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Opposition network inside Iran continued its vast campaign calling for the boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections of June 2021. In various cities, walls were marked with writings rejecting the elections. \u201cNo to the sham elections,\u201d \u201cMy vote is for regime change,\u201d and \u201cDown with [regime supreme leader Ali] Khamenei,\u201d were some of the slogans the Resistance Units graffitied on the walls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-iran-elections-20210420\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy Vote Is For Regime Change In Iran\u201d: Iranians Chant Against Regime&#8217;s Sham June 2021 Election<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian opposition network inside Iran continued its vast campaign calling for a boycott of the regime\u2019s sham elections. The Resistance Units, the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), organized these anti-regime activities in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Varamin, Nishabur, Gachsaran, Kerman, Kashan, Sabzevar, and Kermanshah.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&ldquo;My vote is for regime change in Iran&rdquo;: Iranians chant against regime&amp;#039;s sham June 2021 election\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_y3ZjWPvMtuE\" 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%2Fy3ZjWPvMtuE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3ZjWPvMtuE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-20T12:13:45Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_y3ZjWPvMtuE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fy3ZjWPvMtuE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">\u201cMy vote is for regime change in Iran\u201d: Iranians chant against regime&#039;s sham June 2021 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\/y3ZjWPvMtuE\" 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%2Fy3ZjWPvMtuE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&ldquo;My vote is for regime change in Iran&rdquo;: Iranians chant against regime&amp;#039;s sham June 2021 election\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"April 19, 2021\u2014The Iranian opposition network inside Iran continued its vast campaign calling for a boycott of the regime\u2019s sham elections. The Resistance Units, the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), organized these anti regime activities in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Varamin, Nishabur, Gachsaran, Kerman, Kashan, Sabzevar, and Kermanshah.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Government Fears the \u2018No\u2019 of the People<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238323\" title=\"Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-no-to-fake-elections\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-no-to-fake-elections-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran will soon hold its presidential election, and beforehand, government officials and state media are speaking about the people\u2019s big \u2018NO\u2019 to this election and are expressing their fears. But the situation this time is even worse than in the previous elections. This time the government is forced to convince its forces to support and be present in the scene of this election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sham-election\/irans-government-fears-the-no-of-the-people\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Farmers in Isfahan, Others Hold Protest Rallies Across the Country<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238324\" title=\"protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protesting farmers in Isfahan province, central Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protesting-farmers-in-isfahan-province-central-iran-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poor living conditions and skyrocketing prices are leading to more people holding protest rallies in cities and towns across Iran. Faka Agro-Livestock Company in the Baharestan region, Isfahan province, central Iran pumps the sewage water of this region to the company&#8217;s location for agricultural purposes and fertilizer production. Since the villagers themselves use the sewage water for agriculture, they protested the company\u2019s measures by cutting the pipes on Monday, April 19, preventing the transfer of sewage water to the company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-strikes-farmers-isfahan-teachers-karaj-economy-20210420\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: 14,000 Garbage Collectors in Tehran Alone<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238325\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238325\" title=\"more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1.jpg\" alt=\"More than 4,000 garbage collecting children in Iran\u2019s capital\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/more-than-4000-garbage-collecting-children-in-irans-capital-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 4,000 garbage collecting children in Iran\u2019s capital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, a member of Tehran\u2019s city council announced on Tuesday, April 13, that the \u201cMafia of Garbage\u201d exploits 14,000 homeless people in Tehran, including small children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-garbage-collectors-child-labor-20210420\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Regime Manipulated Stock Market To Pay For Budget Deficit<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238326\" title=\"Iran-Stock-Market-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Stock-Market-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Stock-Market \" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president of Iran\u2019s Securities and Exchange Organization, Mohammad Ali Dehghan Dehnavi, admitted that the regime has manipulated the stock market in order to pay for much of the 2021-22 budget deficit. Dehnavi said on April 16: \u201cThe stock market has provided 6.8 trillion rials (approx. $28 billion) for the economy; the stock market has been the government\u2019s source of income last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/iran-regime-manipulated-stock-market-to-pay-for-budget-deficit\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Bahai Woman Detained and Interrogated in Northern City<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238328\" title=\"photo-Manijeh-Azimian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/photo-Manijeh-Azimian.jpg\" alt=\"Manijeh Azimian\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/photo-Manijeh-Azimian.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/photo-Manijeh-Azimian-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/photo-Manijeh-Azimian-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/photo-Manijeh-Azimian-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/photo-Manijeh-Azimian-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Bahai woman was detained by intelligence agents on April 19 in Babol northern Iran. According to the Human Rights News Agency, she was identified as 52-year-old Manijeh Azimian. Manijeh was released on bail the next day. Her home was raided and some of her personal belongings, including her mobile phone, hard disk, flash disks, and holy books were confiscated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranian-bahai-woman-detained-and-interrogated-in-northern-city\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Nuclear Weapons Smokescreen<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238329\" title=\"Iran-nuclear-weapon-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-nuclear-weapon-1.jpg\" alt=\"A rocket on an Iranian flag \" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-nuclear-weapon-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-nuclear-weapon-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-nuclear-weapon-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-nuclear-weapon-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-nuclear-weapon-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime announced that it will start work on enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity, which is further proof that the regime is continuing (and probably speeding up) its violations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), even as Europe is doing all it can it re-establish the deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/nuclear\/iran-nuclear-weapons-smokescreen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, April 21, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 21, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_V00Rc-fOG_0\" 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%2FV00Rc-fOG_0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V00Rc-fOG_0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-21T06:54:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_V00Rc-fOG_0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FV00Rc-fOG_0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 21, 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\/V00Rc-fOG_0\" 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%2FV00Rc-fOG_0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 21, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 21, 2021 IRGC Lays Siege on Baluchi Fuel Porters, One Starves to Death On Friday, April 17, Fazl Sabzel, a Baluchi fuel porter surrounded by the Revolutionary Guards along the Iran-Pakistan border, died of hunger and thirst. Hundreds of Baluchi fuel porters have long been under siege in the scorching heat, with no water or food and no shelter in that region since a week ago. The IRGC has blocked the highway to prevent transporting fuel in the border area. Last February, the IRGC tried to block the transfer of fuel by Baluchi fuel porters by erecting barriers and digging large holes on the highway, which were met with widespread protests. The IRGC opened fire on the fuel porters and the people who came to their aid, killing dozens of protesters and injuring scores more. Dozens of fuel trucks were also set on fire by the Guards. Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 258,900 Over 258,900 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 539 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 Tuesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 67,525, around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cOn April 15 we had 14,800 people seek medical care for Covid-19 symptoms while the highest such figure in previous periods was registered at a maximum of 12,000. Today in Tehran province alone we hospitalized 1775 new coronavirus patients. This is a large number which included more than 250 placed in ICUs,\u201d said Alireza Zali, head of the Tehran Covid-19 Task Force said on Tuesday. \u201cIn Tehran we had a new record of having a total of 7400 coronavirus patients hospitalized. During the worst days of November 2020, we never reached the 7000 mark,\u201d he added, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. 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