{"id":238849,"date":"2021-04-30T01:26:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T06:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238849"},"modified":"2023-03-04T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:41:03","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-30-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-30-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; April 30, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021.jpg\" alt=\"coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-24-2021-696x425.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: 7:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Long Lines, Protests, and Rallies on Friday<\/h2>\n<p>Based on reports from inside Iran, there have been several accounts of protests in Tehran, Isfahan, Brujerd, Meshkin Shar, Shahrekord, Yasuj, and Izeh County where people were crying for the most basic demands for their work and livelihoods.<\/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\u2014temporary-contract workers rallied in front of the Ministry of Labor protesting officials for paving the legal path for employers to make temporary contracts in ongoing careers.<br \/>&quot;We reject making temporary deals in permanent careers,&quot; they said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QSLdTOKdYT\">pic.twitter.com\/QSLdTOKdYT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1388031956923858945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 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 \/>Tehran\u2014contract teachers rallied in front of the Parliament demanding officials recruit them formally.<br \/>In past months, contract teachers, members of the literacy movement, and preschool educators frequently protested demanding recruitment but officials did nothing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CErMEdes3H\">pic.twitter.com\/CErMEdes3H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1388029456615358465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 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. 30 &#8211; Meshgin Shahr, NW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Women from Naghdi Village blocked the road to protest the village&#39;s lack of drinking water. They only have 30 minutes of water a day if at all and are forced to get water from adjacent villages or use unsanitary water. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W690r5fxdf\">pic.twitter.com\/W690r5fxdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1388038454458691586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: COVID-19 Fatalities in 541 Cities Exceed 270,700<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-270700-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/infographic-pmoi-mek-reports-over-270700-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 270,700 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-270700-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-270700-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-270700-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-270700-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-270700-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 Thursday, April 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 541 cities had exceeded 270,700. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 62,071, Isfahan 17,710, Khorasan Razavi 16,965, Khuzestan 16,484, Mazandaran 11,310, Lorestan 11,298, East Azerbaijan 11,088, West Azerbaijan 10,138, Gilan 9,444, Fars 8,302, Alborz 7,053, Sistan and Baluchestan 6,176, Hamedan 6,113 Kerman 6,089, Central Province 5,658, Kermanshah 5,424, Semnan 4,780, Yazd 4,732, Kurdistan 4,697, North Khorasan 4,028, Ardabil 3,422, Qazvin 3,129, Bushehr 2,814, South Khorasan 2,641, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,210, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,114.<\/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\/statement-human-rights\/iran-covid-19-fatalities-in-541-cities-exceed-270700\/\" 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 270,700 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\/U5BnOpOcVu\">https:\/\/t.co\/U5BnOpOcVu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFjz4WOmGY\">pic.twitter.com\/VFjz4WOmGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1387843352591093761?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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Security Forces Open Fire on Locals Protesting Government Land Grabs in Western Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting.jpg\" alt=\"Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lorestan-Alesthar-shooting-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Riot police in Sarab Kahman village, western Iran opened fire yesterday on locals, who were protesting the cutting down of their walnut trees by government agents as the second stage of a plan to seize their lands. Special Forces attacked the homes and gardens of the villagers in the Kahman and Dar Tang-e Olya in Aleshtar and were met with protests by villagers. The Special Forces opened fire on villagers with live bullets and pellet guns, injuring and wounding many of the locals including women. The number of injured locals is still unknown but one social media report said as many as 120 villagers were injured. Iran News Wire cannot independently confirm this report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/security-forces-open-fire-on-locals-protesting-government-land-grabs-in-western-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Regime Has Abandoned the People Amid the Spread of Mutated COVID<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"new-mass-graves-iran\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-mass-graves-iran.jpg\" alt=\"new-mass-graves-iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-mass-graves-iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-mass-graves-iran-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-mass-graves-iran-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-mass-graves-iran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-mass-graves-iran-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The mutated strain of the novel coronavirus has swept across Iran. And now, there is talk of the Indian mutated coronavirus, which is far more dangerous than previous types, having entered the country. Covid-19 is so widespread that the country&#8217;s hospitals and doctors warn that the situation is very dangerous and that the country&#8217;s health system and hospitals do not have the capacity to receive more patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-mutated-covid-19-strain-20210429\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Another Blow to Tehran\u2019s Moderation Facade<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio.jpg\" alt=\"iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-audio-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Earlier this week, a \u201cleaked\u201d audio recording of Iranian regime Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif increased the struggle for power between regime different factions. Zarif acknowledged that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) dominates the regime\u2019s policies, especially the foreign strategies that have resulted in various terrorist crimes in the region and across the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/javad-zarif-remarks-irgc-foreign-policy-20210429\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What Else Should Iran Do To Be Called a Menace?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Irans-proxy-forces\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-proxy-forces.jpg\" alt=\"Irans-proxy-forces\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-proxy-forces.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-proxy-forces-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-proxy-forces-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-proxy-forces-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Irans-proxy-forces-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s destructive actions in the Middle East are a major concern for the countries in that region and for the rest of the international community. Since the start of the mullahs\u2019 rule in 1979, one of the regime\u2019s main destructive activities has been its meddling in the Middle East. Terror acts, kidnapping, the foundation of extreme proxy groups and their support, misusing Islam in the favor of its satanic ideology, suicide attacks and many other acts are only in the favor of the long-term dream of this regime to establish a so-called Shia crescent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/middle-east\/what-else-should-iran-do-to-be-called-a-menace\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Four People Sentenced to Lashes in NW Iran in 15th Flogging Case in April<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-public-flogging\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging.jpg\" alt=\"A man receives slashes in the public\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-public-flogging-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Head of the Judiciary in a northwestern province said four people in the Ardabil Bus Organization were sentenced to lashes for economic crimes, in addition to other punishments.\u00a0According to Tasnim state-run website, affiliated with Iran\u2019s Judiciary, the Ardabil Chief Justice, Naser Atbati said the case was backed by the judiciary and the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/four-people-sentenced-to-lashes-in-nw-iran-in-15th-flogging-case-in-april\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, April 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/aPmAHA4h3to<\/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-29-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 29, 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: 7:30 PM CEST Long Lines, Protests, and Rallies on Friday Based on reports from inside Iran, there [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":235454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-238849","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 v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief - April 30, 2021 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is happening in Iran today. 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