{"id":238778,"date":"2021-04-29T02:14:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T07:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238778"},"modified":"2023-02-15T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:16:34","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 29, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235843\" title=\"iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2.jpg\" alt=\"iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-04032021-2-696x454.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><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Skirmish in Aleshtar, Lorestan Province<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, villagers in Aleshtar, Lorestan province clashed with security forces. Conflicts erupted as locals were bloody cracked down when they were protesting the cutting down of their walnut trees by government forces as part of a plan to seize their lands. Lorestan&#8217;s attorney general admitted that several security forces have been wounded during the clashes, and added that a dozen people have been arrested.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apr. 28 -Lorestan, W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage of locals fighting back in Sarab Kahman Village against riot police who wanted to cut down their walnut trees as a first step to taking their lands. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fORU9Njn23\">pic.twitter.com\/fORU9Njn23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1387687642221973505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 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. 28 &#8211; Lorestan, W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nMore footage of villagers in Sarab Kahman fighting back against security forces who are trying to seize their lands. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A25X9hlDg7\">https:\/\/t.co\/A25X9hlDg7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lh1jy9CH5b\">pic.twitter.com\/lh1jy9CH5b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1387726116358602758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Protests on Thursday<\/h3>\n<p>Defrauded stock and car owners in Isfahan gathered in front of the office of the Ministry of Industry, Mining, and Trade to protest against the ministry&#8217;s mishandling of fraud and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>In Qom, central Iran, bakers rallied and protested the policies and punishments of the Ministry of Industry, Mining, and Trade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apr. 29 &#8211; Susangerd, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Employees of the Water and Sewer Org. marched on the streets today to demand their unpaid wages. Their placards show that they haven&#39;t received 10 months of their wages. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wpFNpIIGtd\">pic.twitter.com\/wpFNpIIGtd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1387693494513410050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 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. 29 &#8211; Babol, N <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Nurses and healthcare workers at Rouhani Hospital in Babol gathered outside the hospital to demand their unpaid wages and the severe decrease of their merit pay.<br \/>Iran nurses are at the front of the fight against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> and many have yet to be vaccined. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iwajs75kY4\">pic.twitter.com\/Iwajs75kY4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1387766424228220928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 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: 9:30 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<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 541 Cities Exceeds 269,300<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238773\" title=\"infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-269300-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-269300-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-269300-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-269300-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-269300-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-269300-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-269300-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-269300-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><\/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 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>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> announced on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 541 cities had exceeded 269,300. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 61,721, Isfahan 17,610, Razavi Khorasan 16,905, Khuzestan 16,394, Mazandaran 11,270, Lorestan 11,253, East Azerbaijan 11,038, West Azerbaijan 10,088, Gilan 9,401, Qom 9,185, Fars 8,222, Alborz 6,993, Golestan 6,795, Sistan and Baluchestan 6,141, Hamedan 6,083, Kerman 6,059, Central Province 5,628, Semnan 4,755, North Khorasan 4,003, Ardabil 3,402, Hormozgan 3,115, Zanjan 2,965, Bushehr 2,794, and Ilam 2,771.<\/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\/news\/human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-541-cities-exceeds-269300\/\" 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 269,300 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\/JLIq9YFgkI\">https:\/\/t.co\/JLIq9YFgkI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdycIPmv9c\">pic.twitter.com\/rdycIPmv9c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1387483442724564994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 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;\">Resistance Units Condemn Destruction of Graves of MEK Martyrs<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238779\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238779\" title=\"mek-supporters-campaign-28042021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mek-supporters-campaign-28042021.jpg\" alt=\"Activities of the MEK\u2019s network inside of Iran against regime\u2019s preparation for destroying Tehran\u2019s Khavaran Cemetery, the burial place of thousands of executed political prisoners in 1988.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mek-supporters-campaign-28042021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mek-supporters-campaign-28042021-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mek-supporters-campaign-28042021-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mek-supporters-campaign-28042021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mek-supporters-campaign-28042021-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Activities of the MEK\u2019s network inside of Iran against regime\u2019s preparation for destroying Tehran\u2019s Khavaran Cemetery, the burial place of thousands of executed political prisoners in 1988.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clerical regime\u2019s preparation for the destruction of Tehran\u2019s Khavaran Cemetery has caused public outrage in Iran. In recent days in various cities across Iran, slogans and posters were installed saying, \u201cKhavaran is evidence of mullahs\u2019 crime\u201d and \u201cThe mullahs\u2019 regime wants to destroy the evidence of the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/resistance-units-khavaran-cemetery-20210428\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bipartisan Group of U.S. Lawmakers Call for Focus on Tehran\u2019s Human Rights Violations and Terrorism<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238780\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238780\" title=\"bipartisan-support-congress-h118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bipartisan-support-congress-h118.jpg\" alt=\"A bipartisan group of members of the U.S. Congress co-sponsored a resolution calling for a firm policy toward the Iranian regime\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bipartisan-support-congress-h118.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bipartisan-support-congress-h118-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bipartisan-support-congress-h118-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bipartisan-support-congress-h118-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bipartisan-support-congress-h118-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bipartisan group of members of the U.S. Congress co-sponsored a resolution calling for a firm policy toward the Iranian regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A resolution co-sponsored by 225 members of the U.S. House of Representatives calls on the Biden Administration to support the Iranian people in their struggle to achieve a free and democratic state that lives in peace with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/us-congress-letter-iran-conference-20210428\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran State Media on Dire Conditions for Public<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238781\" title=\"Iran-workers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-workers.jpg\" alt=\"iran-railroad-workers\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-workers.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-workers-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-workers-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-workers-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-workers-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian state-run media acknowledged on Monday that Iranian workers are suffering from dire living conditions because of the regime\u2019s policies, while also showing how scared the regime is (or at least should be) of people\u2019s reactions. The Kar-o Kargar daily wrote: \u201cBased on the statistical trends of declining incomes and the growth of poverty, some estimates suggest that more than one-third of the country\u2019s population today is below the poverty line [and] almost the entire large population of workers lives below the absolute poverty line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/iran-state-media-on-dire-conditions-for-public\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Iran Nuclear Deal Needs To Be Tougher<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237836\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237836\" 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 European signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal recently gave Iran a \u201croadmap\u201d of the sanctions that the US will lift if the Iranian regime complies with the agreements they made under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). But why? Former vice-president of the European Parliament Alejo Vidal-Quadras noted in an op-ed on the subject that Iran\u2019s recent decision to increase uranium enrichment to 60%, shortly after an explosion at the Natanz facility, indicates that Iran is committed to obtaining nuclear weapons because there is \u201cno [other] practical reason for Iran to expend the money and effort\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/nuclear\/why-iran-nuclear-deal-needs-to-be-tougher\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Who Is Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238782\" title=\"Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Reza-Fallahzadeh-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement earlier this month to announce the death of its Quds Force deputy head, Brigadier General Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi from \u201cheart disease\u201d but there has been speculation online, including from the son of another dead IRGC commander, that this is not accurate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/who-is-mohammad-reza-fallahzadeh\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">30 Women Wounded in the Crackdown on Sarab-E Kahman Village<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238784\" title=\"thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village.jpg\" alt=\"thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thirty-women-wounded-in-Sarab-e-Kahman-village-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crackdown by the State Security Force on the people of Sarab-e Kahman village, in western Lorestan Province, left 30 women wounded. The SSF troops attempted to cut down the walnut trees in this village on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. \u200cBut they met staunch resistance from the residents of the village because the trees are their source of income and they have spent years growing them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/29\/30-women-wounded-in-the-crackdown-on-sarab-e-kahman-village\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nine Baha&#8217;i Women Arrested During Violent Raids on Their Homes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238785\" title=\"nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min.jpg\" alt=\"nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nine-Bahai-women-arrested-in-Isfahan-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clerical regime\u2019s security forces ransacked the residences of at least 19 families residing in Baharestan county in Isfahan, central Iran, on Sunday, April 25, and Tuesday, April 27, 2021. They arrested nine Baha\u2019i women during violent raids on the Baha\u2019i community in Baharestan which started at 6 a.m. and lasted until 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/04\/28\/nine-bahai-women-arrested-during-violent-raids-on-their-homes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Christian Convert Sentenced to 10 Months of Prison in Karaj, Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238786\" title=\"Hamed-Ashouri\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hamed-Ashouri.jpg\" alt=\"Hamed-Ashouri\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hamed-Ashouri.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hamed-Ashouri-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hamed-Ashouri-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hamed-Ashouri-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hamed-Ashouri-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Iranian Christian convert was sentenced to 10 months of prison by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, near Tehran. According to the Mohabat News website, the Christian convert was identified as Hamed Ashouri. Hamed was previously detained and interrogated in Kara\u2019s Ghezel Hesar prison in 2018. According to the report, while Hamed was in prison, his house was searched. He was temporarily released after 10 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranian-christian-convert-sentenced-to-10-months-of-prison-in-karaj-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, April 29, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 29, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_TLfcWJ0YWA8\" 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%2FTLfcWJ0YWA8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TLfcWJ0YWA8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-29T09:33:21Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_TLfcWJ0YWA8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTLfcWJ0YWA8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 29, 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\/TLfcWJ0YWA8\" 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%2FTLfcWJ0YWA8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 29, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 29, 2021 Iran: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 269,300 Over 269,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus across Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Wednesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 70,966, around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cCurrently we have 2275 coronavirus patients hospitalized in Isfahan province, of which 389 are in ICUs. During the past 24 hours 39 coronavirus patients have lost their lives,\u201d said the spokesperson for the Isfahan Medical Sciences University on Wednesday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime&#039;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Resistance Units Condemn Destruction of Graves of MEK Martyrs The clerical regime\u2019s preparation for the destruction of Tehran\u2019s Khavaran Cemetery has caused public outrage in Iran. In recent days in various cities across Iran, slogans and posters were installed saying, \u201cKhavaran is evidence of mullahs\u2019 crime\u201d and \u201cThe mullahs\u2019 regime wants to destroy the evidence of the crime.\u201d Tehran\u2019s Khavaran burial site is the most prominent evidence of the 1988 massacre, in which 30,000 political prisoners were executed in matters of weeks. The vast majority of the victims were members and sympathizers of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. 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