{"id":239807,"date":"2021-05-17T01:53:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T06:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239807"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:55:32","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; May 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tehran-Bazar-2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Bazar-2.jpg\" alt=\"pmoi-mek-reports-over-258900-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-in-iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Bazar-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Bazar-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Bazar-2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Bazar-2-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tehran-Bazar-2-696x418.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h2>\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: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests and Rallies Throughout Iran on Monday<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians in different cities and from various backgrounds took to the streets on Monday to make their voices heard. Reports show that Telecom workers in Urmiah, Tabriz, and Semnan, copper mine workers in Anjerd, workers of the Saipa factory, teachers in Tehran, defrauded bank account holders in Damavand, citizens of Saravan, engineers, and contractors in Shiraz, as well as municipal workers in Kermanshah were among the protesting groups.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 17 <br \/>Workers of Shaskam Telecom gathered today in Gilan and Semnan in N <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, and Urmia and Tabriz in NW Iran to demand their unpaid wages. <br \/>&quot;We have job security!&quot; one of their signs says. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/10eGQcJdvU\">pic.twitter.com\/10eGQcJdvU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1394271486484099072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 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\u2014for the second consecutive day, teachers of the Literacy Movement rallied in front of the Education Ministry demanding officials remove all kinds of discrimination against their recruitment conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pzaDWiuXmR\">pic.twitter.com\/pzaDWiuXmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1394300835400671236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 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 \/>Fars\u2014engineers in Shiraz rallied in front of the Supreme Court&#39;s representation protesting officials&#39; failure to remove brokers. They highlighted the destructive role of brokers calling on the court to follow its own directives. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsQynEMbtc\">pic.twitter.com\/dsQynEMbtc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1394304449259216901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 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: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: COVID-19 Death Toll in 541 Cities Exceeds 290,100<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 289,200 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-289200-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><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 Sunday, May 16, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 541 cities had exceeded 290,100. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 67,471, Isfahan 19,200, Khuzestan 17,949, Khorasan Razavi 17,770, East Azerbaijan 11,858, Lorestan 11,785, West Azerbaijan 10,823, Gilan 9,881, Qom 9,485, Fars 9,422, Alborz 7,958, Kerman 6,508, Kermanshah 5,744, Semnan 5,045, Yazd 4,952, Hormozgan 3,400, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,380.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-covid-19-death-toll-in-541-cities-exceeds-290100\/\" 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 290,100 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\/M5w2S4FdrX\">https:\/\/t.co\/M5w2S4FdrX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBJ1Ltf4F2\">pic.twitter.com\/zBJ1Ltf4F2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1394027722007990273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Khamenei Seeks Continued Crimes, Bombings, and Rocket Attacks in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021.jpg\" alt=\"gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-strip-rubble-may-2021-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations Security Council and the international community for immediate action to stop the killing and hurting of innocent people. the warmongering regime of mullahs, the enemy of Fatah, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and the Palestinian people, is the only party that will benefit from the killing of innocents and rocket strikes and bombings against the people of Gaza and the escalating war that started in the final days of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. The regime will use this conflict to conceal its own crises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/gaza-attacks-20210516\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Pensioners, Retirees Hold Weekly Protest Rally in Several Cities<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranian-pensioners-retirees-hold-protest-rally-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sunday marked another round of protests by retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization, who took to the streets and held protest rallies in spite of a growing wave of repressive measures by the Iranian regime. The protest rallies, which are the latest in a series of events coordinated and organized on social media, took place in front of the offices of the Social Security Organizations in several cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Kermanshah, Khorram Abad, and Mashhad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-pensioners-retirees-20210516\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Is a Murderer Becoming Iran\u2019s President?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ebrahim_Raisi_Should_Face_Justice_for_Role_in_1988_Massacre_-_Expresscouk\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ebrahim_Raisi_Should_Face_Justice_for_Role_in_1988_Massacre_-_Expresscouk.jpg\" alt=\"Ebrahim Raisi Should Face Justice for Role in 1988 Massacre - Express.co.uk\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In every election, one of the most discussed subjects is the candidates and their plans for the future of the country. In Iran, it seems to be the same when we read and search through the many state-run media reports. But the reality is something else when we look at the 40-year history of this regime, it becomes clear that there was not a free election at all, and all the candidates are first chosen and filtered by the regime\u2019s Guardian Council, then the Supreme Leader\u2019s desired person will be elected in a fraudulent and sham election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sham-election\/is-a-murderer-becoming-irans-president\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"block-ibtimes-header-node-headline\" class=\"block block-ibtimes-header\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<h2>How Iran Regime&#8217;s Terrorism Overshadows Its Other Policies<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"page-content col-md-8\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system\" data-gtm-action=\"Main_Page\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<article id=\"node-3198316\" class=\"node-article node node-article KonaBody node-sidebar flc\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"reuters-iranian-regime-flag\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/reuters-iranian-regime-flag.jpg\" alt=\"reuters-iranian-regime-flag\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/reuters-iranian-regime-flag.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/reuters-iranian-regime-flag-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/reuters-iranian-regime-flag-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/reuters-iranian-regime-flag-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/reuters-iranian-regime-flag-696x493.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"byline-social flex-xs flex-wrap jc-sb ai-c\">European and American diplomats are convening with Iranian diplomats in Vienna to hammer out a nuclear deal. However, the center of gravity for decision-making is not in Vienna; it is in Tehran. And understanding Tehran&#8217;s policy-making process proves that elusive &#8220;moderates&#8221; are small pawns serving at the command of a dictatorship in deep trouble.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/how-iran-regimes-terrorism-overshadows-its-other-policies-3198316\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran News in Brief, May 17, 2021<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 17, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_KoM5qh422L0\" 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%2FKoM5qh422L0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KoM5qh422L0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-17T10:49:45Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_KoM5qh422L0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FKoM5qh422L0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 17, 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\/KoM5qh422L0\" 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%2FKoM5qh422L0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 17, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 17, 2021 Iran: Retirees and Teachers Protests In 15 Cities On Sunday morning, May 16, 2021, retirees and pensioners, as well as the teachers of the \u201cliteracy movement,\u201d staged a protest in Tehran and 14 other cities against the dire economic situation, below-poverty-line salaries, and the regime\u2019s failure to meet their minimum demands. The State Security Force and Plainclothes agents attempted to prevent these gatherings outside the social security agency branches. Still, in addition to Tehran, the protest gatherings were held in 14 other cities. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran saluted the protesting teachers and retirees who chanted, \u201cWe will no longer vote, we have heard too many lies,\u201d \u201cWe will not rest until we get our rights.\u201d Iran: COVID-19 Death Toll Exceeds 290,100 Over 290,100 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 76,936, around a fourth of the actual figure. Alireza Raisi, spokesperson of the National Covid-19 Task Force in Iran, reported 60 cases of the Indian and African variants have been identified across the country, adding the provinces of Sistan &amp; Baluchistan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Bushehr, Khuzestan and even South Khorasan need to take more precautions, according to a Sunday report published by the state-run Hamshahri daily. 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