{"id":238621,"date":"2021-04-26T02:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T07:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238621"},"modified":"2023-03-04T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:19:10","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 26, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"tehran-economy-07\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg\" alt=\"tehran-economy-07\" width=\"800\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07-696x352.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: 7:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians rallied and protested on Monday<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday, several accounts of protests were reported from inside Iran. Nurses in Tehran, minibus drivers from Mahshahr in Khuzestan province, railroad workers in Mazandaran province, shopkeepers and swindled car vendees in Bushehr, as well as gold industry workers in Kerman gathered to protest against the corrupt establishment that keeps making life harder for the Iranian population.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>Tehran\u2014nurses rallied in front of the judiciary chief&#39;s bureau protesting officials\u2019 failure to fulfill the law of tariffs and register their careers as hard and harmful jobs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uoRelUwrv2\">pic.twitter.com\/uoRelUwrv2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1386592372713197574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 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 \/>Mazandaran\u2014railroad workers of the North Railroad Company continued their strike for the second day in a row protesting officials\u2019 failure to follow up workers\u2019 demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vCxtYTbwKA\">pic.twitter.com\/vCxtYTbwKA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1386593856192454657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/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><span style=\"color: #111111;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 27px\">Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll in 541 Cities Exceeds 265,200<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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<h3><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-265200-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-265200-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 265,200 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-265200-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-265200-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-265200-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-265200-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-265200-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_65 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\">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<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Sunday, April 25, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 541 cities had exceeded 265,200. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 60,701, Isfahan 17,310, Khorasan Razavi 16,745, Khuzestan 16,094, Mazandaran 11,155, Lorestan 11,118,East Azerbaijan 10,888, West Azerbaijan 9,958, Gilan 9,271, Fars 8,017, Alborz 6,828, Sistan and Baluchestan 6,031, Hamedan 5,978, Kerman 5,964, Central Province 5,538, Kermanshah 5,324, Yazd 4,667, Kurdistan 4,627, Ardabil 3,327, Qazvin 3,059, Bushehr 2,729, South Khorasan 2,586, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,165, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad 2,074.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-the-staggering-coronavirus-death-toll-in-541-cities-exceeds-265200\/\" 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 265,200 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 541 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\/WdB9y7NIRC\">https:\/\/t.co\/WdB9y7NIRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2GkI9VdLH5\">pic.twitter.com\/2GkI9VdLH5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1386422592370733059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 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: Calls for Elections Boycott Amidst Widespread Protests<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238622\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Protests in Iran - April 24-25, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/protests-in-iran-april-24-25-2021-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests in Iran &#8211; April 24-25, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Saturday and Sunday saw a large wave of protests by different segments of the Iranian society in many cities across the country. From small investors in the stock market to pensioners, nurses, and farmers, a large number of Iranian communities are dissatisfied with the current economic situation and their living conditions. And with the government doing nothing to address their grievances, the protesters are turning toward political demands and slogans, calling for a boycott of the Iranian regime\u2019s upcoming presidential elections, scheduled in June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-farmers-pensioners-creditors-20210425\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Defenseless Against the Coronavirus<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-21-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-21-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-21\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-21-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-21-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-21-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-21-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-21-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The coronavirus pandemic conditions in Iran are very worrying. This is not only the opinion of the experts outside Iran, but even now this is what the regime\u2019s officials are themselves warning about. According to Minoo Mohrez, there is no other place in Iran where someone is not hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/iran-defenseless-against-the-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Security Forces Raid Homes of 13 Baha&#8217;i Citizens, Arrest Eight in Central Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens.jpg\" alt=\"Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-Bahai-citizens-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The state security forces raided the homes of 13 Baha\u2019i citizens today in the Baharestan city in central Iran\u2019s Isfahan Province. Security forces arrested at least eight Baha\u2019i citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">They were identified as Sara Shakib, Firouzeh Rastinejad, Sanaz Rasteh, Azita Rezvani, Mojgan Pourshafi, Nasrin Khademi, Afshin Vajdani, and his wife Noushin Hemmat. They have been taken to an unknown location.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/25\/security-forces-raid-homes-of-13-bahai-citizens-arrest-eight-in-central-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">An Update on Conditions of Female Political Prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"female-political-prisoners-min\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/female-political-prisoners-min.jpg\" alt=\"female-political-prisoners-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/female-political-prisoners-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/female-political-prisoners-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/female-political-prisoners-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/female-political-prisoners-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following is an update on the conditions of female political prisoners, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Atena Daemi, and Somayyeh Kargar. Two months after the violent transfer of Maryam Akbari Monfared to the Prison of Semnan, she is still experiencing severe restrictions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/24\/an-update-on-conditions-of-female-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran news in brief, April 26, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 26, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_gzdvXLoAq6E\" 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%2FgzdvXLoAq6E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gzdvXLoAq6E\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-26T10:34:59Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_gzdvXLoAq6E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FgzdvXLoAq6E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 26, 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\/gzdvXLoAq6E\" 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%2FgzdvXLoAq6E%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 26, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 26, 2021 Iran: Retirees Continue Their Nationwide Protests On Sunday, April 25, 2021, deprived retirees, and pensioners staged a protest in Tehran and 13 other cities for the 14th week running in recent months, demanding their fundamental rights and protesting against their dire living conditions, high prices, and below-poverty line salaries. They also called for a boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential election. Stationing forces around the main offices of the Social Security Organization, the State Security Force prevented the retirees from staging their protest gatherings. In Tehran, protesters gathered in front of the nearby Bank Maskan. The SSF arrested several retirees in Tehran. Nevertheless, except for Tehran, the outraged retirees succeeded in holding their protest rallies in front of the main offices of the Social Security Organization in several other cities. Iran: COVID-19 Death Toll Exceeds 265,200 Over 265,200 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 541 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Sunday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 69,574, around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cWe are currently at the highest number of people hospitalized for coronavirus. We have yet to reach the death peak. After this we will remain in a daunting peak of three-digit death figures, and I hope we do not see four-digit daily death counts. We say this is a red zone, but the measures are like yellow zones. This leads to my colleagues collecting dead bodies,\u201d said Health Minister Saied Namaki on Sunday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/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 style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-size: 15px\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-25-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 25, 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\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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 UPDATE: 7:00 AM CEST Iranians rallied and protested on Monday On Monday, several accounts of protests were reported [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":238626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-238621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news-in-brief","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - April 26, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.\" \/>\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-26-2021\/\" \/>\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 26, 2021 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-26T07:42:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-04T14:19:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\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=\"4 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-26-2021\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\"},\"headline\":\"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 26, 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-26T07:42:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-04T14:19:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":493,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/tehran-economy-07.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News in Brief-Live Updates\",\"Iran News in Brief-Articles and Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran News in Brief - April 26, 2021 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/tehran-economy-07.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-26T07:42:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-04T14:19:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/tehran-economy-07.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/tehran-economy-07.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":405,\"caption\":\"tehran-economy-07\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 26, 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\",\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hamideh Taati\"},\"description\":\"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/hamideh-taati\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran News in Brief - April 26, 2021 - NCRI","description":"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran News in Brief - April 26, 2021 - NCRI","og_description":"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2021-04-26T07:42:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-04T14:19:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hamideh Taati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hamideh Taati","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@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-26-2021\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/"},"author":{"name":"Hamideh Taati","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8"},"headline":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 26, 2021","datePublished":"2021-04-26T07:42:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-04T14:19:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/"},"wordCount":493,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg","keywords":["Iran News"],"articleSection":["Latest News in Brief-Live Updates","Iran News in Brief-Articles and Videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/","name":"Iran News in Brief - April 26, 2021 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-26T07:42:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-04T14:19:10+00:00","description":"What is happening in Iran today. The latest Iran news, coronavirus outbreak, latest protests, economic and social problems, and more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tehran-economy-07.jpg","width":800,"height":405,"caption":"tehran-economy-07"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-26-2021\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 26, 2021"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8","name":"Hamideh Taati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hamideh Taati"},"description":"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/hamideh-taati\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}