{"id":256366,"date":"2022-03-03T02:38:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=256366"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:26:50","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-3-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-3-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 3, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave.jpg\" alt=\"Iran bazaar full packed during Covid-19 fourth wave\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Nearing Nuclear Bomb Yardstick as Enriched Uranium Stock Grows<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Reuters-Logo-e1606758477848\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38854 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Reuters-Logo-e1606758477848-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"Reuters-Logo-e1606758477848\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Reuters-Logo-e1606758477848-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Reuters-Logo-e1606758477848.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">VIENNA, March 3 (Reuters) &#8211; The stock of enriched uranium amassed by Iran in breach of its 2015 nuclear deal is growing to the point that its most highly-enriched material is most of the way to a common bomb yardstick, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog showed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The amount in the quarterly International Atomic Energy Agency report to member states seen by Reuters comes as negotiators at talks on salvaging the 2015 deal say they are in the final stretch. Western powers have warned time is running out before Iran&#8217;s nuclear progress makes the talks pointless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/irans-stock-uranium-near-weapons-grade-doubles-33-kg-iaea-report-2022-03-03\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Saudi Arabia Says Cracking Down on Illegal Captagon Drug<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"FRANCE24-logo-30112020\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230393 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FRANCE24-logo-30112020-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"FRANCE24-logo-30112020\" width=\"210\" height=\"112\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"t-location\">Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) \u2013\u00a0<\/span>On a table covered in a green sheet, two Saudi officers pour out thousands of white amphetamine pills they have just seized from a neighborhood in the kingdom&#8217;s Red Sea city of Jeddah. An AFP crew accompanied the anti-narcotics agents on their raid Tuesday when police officers arrested three people carrying 28,000 Captagon tablets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-empty-p=\"false\">\n<p>The operation &#8212; during which AFP was requested to turn off its cameras for security reasons &#8212; as part of the country&#8217;s efforts to crack down on dealers and smugglers of the amphetamine-type stimulant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/2952886\/us-bahrain-defense-leaders-discuss-global-regional-concerns\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">U.S., Bahrain Defense Leaders Discuss Global, Regional Concerns<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"US-DOD-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256379 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-DOD-logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"US-DOD-logo\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-DOD-logo-300x299.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-DOD-logo-150x149.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-DOD-logo-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-DOD-logo.png 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">U.S. and Bahrain&#8217;s defense officials discussed a range of issues from global problems like Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, to regional problems in Iran during a meeting at the Pentagon today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa for these wide-ranging discussions. \u00a0Austin noted that the American-Bahraini relationship is longstanding and deep, and the United States appreciates and welcomes these contacts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/2952886\/us-bahrain-defense-leaders-discuss-global-regional-concerns\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Amid Nuclear Talks Deadlock, Regime-affiliated Expert Warns About Serious Consequences<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ali-bigdeli-political-expert\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256376 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"ali-bigdeli-political-expert\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-150x84.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-696x392.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ali-bigdeli-political-expert.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Warning about repercussions if the Iranian regime fails to cave in during the nuclear talks, Ali Bigdeli, a state-affiliated expert on nuclear issues, forecasts grim consequences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;If Mr. Grossi reports to the United Nations that the Islamic Republic has blocked the inspection of nuclear sites and Iran is condemned by the IAEA Board of Governors, he will send the report to the Security Council,&#8221; Bigdeli told the state-run website \u2018Dideban\u2019 on March 2. \u201cIn the Security Council, even if Russia and China stand behind Iran, more sanctions will be imposed. Under these circumstances, Iran will be put under the Chapter Seven of the UN Charter again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He added: &#8220;If the Vienna talks fail to bear fruit, the dollar will hit over 40,000 tomans in just a week\u2026 These conditions are very dangerous for the Islamic Republic and we will return to a much worse situation than in the years before 2015. We are more concerned about domestic unrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tehran\u2019s Support for the Invasion of Ukraine Backfires<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After days of Iranian regime officials openly supporting the Russian war of occupation against Ukraine, regime supreme leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0tried to soften his regime\u2019s position and justify his support for a war that has been condemned worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a speech, \u00a0on Tuesday, March 1, Khamenei said, \u201cI think that Ukraine is a victim of American policies. We are of course against the destruction of nations, the killing of people, and the destruction of the infrastructure of nations. We do not approve that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/tehrans-support-for-the-invasion-of-ukraine-backfires\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Outbreak of Crises and Conflicts Within Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The state of the Iranian regime is so precarious, that addressing any issue it faces quickly turns into open wrangling within the ranks of the ruling elite, who ironically belong to the supreme leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s principlist faction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By engaging in a major purge of the rival so-called moderate faction, Khamenei sought to consolidate his grip on power and enable the regime as a whole to deal with the brewing protests and uprisings by different sectors of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iran-khamenei-admits-his-regime-is-riddled-with-crises\/\">Iranian society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The infighting was evident when the parliament was deciding on the fate of the preferred currency exchange rate of 42,000 rials to a dollar. After initially approving it, the regime decided to put off implementing the measure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/outbreak-of-crises-and-conflicts-within-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Spies Face Jail Over Abduction Bid in Turkey\u2019s Van<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"daily-sabah-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256370 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/daily-sabah-logo-300x169.gif\" alt=\"daily-sabah-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/daily-sabah-logo-300x169.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/daily-sabah-logo-150x84.gif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Prosecutors are seeking prison terms of up to 30 years for 11 defendants, including Iranian spies, on charges of an attempt to abduct a defecting Iranian military commander in the eastern province of Van, which shares a border with Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">M.A., a pilot with the rank of major in the Iranian army, had filed a criminal complaint last year, claiming that unknown people had tried to abduct him. Eight people were arrested in September 2021 in connection with the incident in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/turkey\/investigations\/counterespionage-turkey-detains-iranian-spies-over-plot-to-kidnap-ex-soldier\">a joint operation<\/a>\u00a0by Turkey\u2019s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/turkey\/investigations\/iranian-spies-face-jail-over-abduction-bid-in-turkeys-van\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Un Nuclear Watchdog Will \u2018Never Abandon\u2019 Iran Probe<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255984 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018-300x76.jpg\" alt=\"Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">VIENNA: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that it would \u201cnever abandon\u201d its attempts to get Iran to clarify the previous presence of nuclear material at several undeclared sites there.<br \/>\nIran has said the closure of the probe is necessary in order to clinch a deal to revive the 2015 deal with world powers on its nuclear program. However, on Wednesday International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi insisted that it would \u201cnever abandon a process&#8230; because of a political reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2034851\/world\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Amnesty International: Tortured Kurdish Men at Risk of Execution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to Amnesty International, Anwar Khezri, Ayoub Karimi, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi, Ghassem Abesteh, Kamran Sheikheh, and Khosrow Basharat, all from Iran\u2019s Kurdish Sunni minority, are at risk of execution at Raha\u2019i Shahr prison, near Tehran. They were convicted of \u201ccorruption on earth\u201d (efsad-e fel-arz) and sentenced to death in grossly unfair<br \/>\ntrials marred by claims of torture to extract \u201cconfessions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MDE1352812022ENGLISH.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Brave and Resilient, Iranian Women Lead the Fight for Freedom and Equality<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256369 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Iranian-women-lead-the-fight-for-freedom-and-equality-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the eve of International Women\u2019s Day,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the NCRI Women\u2019s Committee<\/a> publishes its Annual Report 2022, reviewing the past year as Iranian women lead the fight for freedom and equality in Iran. The recent beheading of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/02\/07\/mona-heydari-victim-honor-killings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mona Heydari<\/a>, a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/01\/17\/172-marriages-of-young-girls\/\" rel=\"noopener\">child bride<\/a>, shocked the world. The heartless murder of this 17-year-old mother by her husband was the culmination of an incessant wave of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/11\/29\/a-catastrophic-rise-in-honor-killings-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">honor killings<\/a>\u00a0and femicides in Iran over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/03\/01\/iranian-women-lead\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-2-2022\/\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 2<\/strong><strong>, 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246866\" 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png 250w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1-150x50.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET Iran Nearing Nuclear Bomb Yardstick as Enriched Uranium Stock Grows VIENNA, March 3 (Reuters) &ndash; The stock [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":237826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-256366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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