{"id":239666,"date":"2021-05-15T01:25:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T06:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239666"},"modified":"2023-02-14T23:51:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T22:51:01","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; May 15, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-239698 size-full\" title=\"Maryam-Rajavi-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Maryam-Rajavi-1-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Nationwide Rallies and Protests on Saturday<\/h3>\n<p>On the last day of registration for presidential hopefuls at the Ministry of Interior in Tehran and while the Iranian regime officials were fighting among themselves to secure more attention and power in the upcoming sham elections, ordinary Iranians were shouting and crying in protest against the injustice and intolerable living conditions in numerous cities and provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers and workers of the Oil Ministry in Tehran, farmers and educational staff in Isfahan, locals and animal rights activists of Tabriz, municipal workers in Abadan and Khorramshahr, cement factory workers in Sabzevar, municipal workers in Saravan, farmers in Hamedan, and hospital staff of Karaj were among the rising communities that were reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 14 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Contract workers of the Ministry of Oil gathered today outside the Parliament to demand official employment. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tvgCLE1we7\">pic.twitter.com\/tvgCLE1we7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1393556028248182789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 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\">May 15 &#8211; Tabriz, NW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nAnimal rights activists and locals gathered today to protest the brutal suffocation and killing of dogs by the Municipality. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/03EBMVoZqn\">pic.twitter.com\/03EBMVoZqn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1393555352684318720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">May 15 &#8211; Sabzevar, NE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\n5th day of strike action by Jovein Cement factory workers to demand their unpaid wages\/higher wages\/ and protest their poor working conditions. They have been threatened by factory managers and the police. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3D1d3bfxIH\">pic.twitter.com\/3D1d3bfxIH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1393557557319540738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi: The Mojahedin\u2019s Great Commitment Is To Liberate The People Of Iran From The Yoke Of The Mullahs\u2019 Dictatorship<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Speech on Eid-al Fitr \u2013 Ashraf3<\/strong><br \/>\nToday, the clerical regime is caught up in a deadly strait that has been unprecedented in its history:<br \/>\nThe upcoming presidential election charade next month has placed the regime in quite a perilous condition despite its theatrical nature. Even if Khamenei manages to bring out his desirable candidate from the ballot box, this will render the regime more vulnerable in the face of widespread protests, further pushing it to the verge of overthrow.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/eid-al-fitr-ashraf3\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the clerical regime is caught up in a deadly strait that has been unprecedented in its history <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HszLbxPHUK\">pic.twitter.com\/HszLbxPHUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1393254166865272838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 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 \u2013 Coronavirus Death Toll in 541 Cities Surpasses 288,200<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239655\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-288200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><br \/>\nThe <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 Friday, May 14, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 541 cities is more than 288,200. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 66,981, Isfahan 19,050, Khuzestan 17,799, Khorasan Razavi 17,690, East Azerbaijan 11,773, Mazandaran 11,765, Lorestan 11,735, West Azerbaijan 10,728, Gilan 9,851, Qom 9,460, Fars 9,307, Alborz 7,848, Kermanshah 5,724, Hormozgan 3,365, and Zanjan 3,170.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-541-cities-exceed-287300\/\" 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 288,200 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\/Uo0WGiAmhA\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uo0WGiAmhA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VUQDZo1oDv\">pic.twitter.com\/VUQDZo1oDv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1393294293045977088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 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\u2019s People Not Impressed by Fake Politicians Running for Elections<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239670\" title=\"iranians-protest-regime-change2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iranians-protest-regime-change2.jpg\" alt=\"iranians-protest-regime-change\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iranians-protest-regime-change2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iranians-protest-regime-change2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iranians-protest-regime-change2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iranians-protest-regime-change2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iranians-protest-regime-change2-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime\u2019s upcoming elections masquerade, scheduled for June, is of important sensitivity, and regime officials and media are already warning about its potential outcome with descriptions such as &#8220;cold and silent atmosphere of the election,&#8221; &#8220;people\u2019s discouragement, especially the youth, from politics,&#8221; &#8220;people do not welcome parties,&#8221; &#8221; ignoring the ballot boxes,&#8221; and &#8220;repetitive and tested faces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, one newspaper used terms such as &#8220;structural inefficiency&#8221; and &#8220;fake politicians on both sides, reformist and hardliners&#8221; to describe the election circus and its participants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-elections-fake-politicians-20210514\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Invests in Lebanese Banking Sector, Files Revealed<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239668\" title=\"al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association.jpg\" alt=\"al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/al-Qard-al-Hasan-Association-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information leaked by an anonymous hacking group revealed that Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader and state institutions under his command have heavily invested in the financial arm of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. A recent report published by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) revealed detailed information on the hacked accounts in the al-Qard al-Hasan Association (AQAH) for nearly 400,000 individuals and entities, including those in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/irans-supreme-leader-invests-in-lebanese-banking-sector-files-revealed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Five Deaths and Injuries by Security Forces in 48 Hours<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239672\" title=\"Iran-baluch-child-killed-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-baluch-child-killed-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-baluch-child-killed (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-baluch-child-killed-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-baluch-child-killed-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-baluch-child-killed-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-baluch-child-killed-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-baluch-child-killed-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to reports tallied by human rights defenders, Iranian authorities killed and injured at least five citizens, including a five-year-old boy, within 48 hours. Meanwhile, the ayatollahs have intensified oppressive measures in the weeks leading up to the Presidential election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-five-deaths-and-injuries-by-security-forces-in-48-hours\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran News in Brief, May 15, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_xk_rj13ZJnE\" 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%2Fxk_rj13ZJnE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xk_rj13ZJnE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-15T09:24:08Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xk_rj13ZJnE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fxk_rj13ZJnE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 15, 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\/xk_rj13ZJnE\" 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%2Fxk_rj13ZJnE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 288,200 Over 288,200 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday . The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 76,433, around a fourth of the actual figure. Head of the regime\u2019s Majlis Health Committee emphasized on Friday the possible threat of the African and Indian variants spreading across Iran. \u201cWhile strict restrictions were to be imposed on foreign commuting, including air travel, ground trips and maritime passages, we are still witnessing large trucks in our border provinces transferring goods into the country. Unfortunately, right now in Sistan &amp; Baluchistan province we are heading towards another epidemic and experience shows this is a new wave of coronavirus,\u201d this official added, according to the state-run Tehran News outlet. Iran: MEK Resistance Units&#039; Activities Continue In recent days, the network of the Iranian Opposition inside Iran organized a vast campaign calling for the boycott of the clerical regime\u2019s sham presidential elections. Between Monday and Thursday, the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran known as the Resistance Units, held anti-regime campaigns in more than 20 cities checkered across the country. The Resistance Units spread anti-regime slogans such as \u201cOur vote is regime change, yes to a democratic republic\u201d and installed posters of the Iranian Opposition leader Maryam Rajavi in Tehran and other cities across Iran. These activities are taking place against a heavy atmosphere of repression in which the regime punishes any support for the MEK with heavy sentences. 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