{"id":256913,"date":"2022-03-16T08:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=256913"},"modified":"2023-02-03T04:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:04:59","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 16, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 10:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian Regime Executed Eight People in Karaj, Isfahan, and Shiraz<\/h3>\n

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On Wednesday, March 16, the Iranian regime’s Judiciary executed three prisoners in Gohardasht, Karaj, identified as Gholam Ali Khavargir, Abbas Khavargir, and Mohsen Jandaghi. An Afghan citizen named Zubayd was also executed in Dastgerd prison in Isfahan on the same day.<\/p>\n

According to reports, on Sunday, March 13, four prisoners were hanged in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. Two prisoners executed were identified as Jamshid Fadaei and Hossein Mehrabani, 37.<\/p>\n

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Alleged Reformist Analyst Says Iran Has to Exploit The War in Ukraine<\/h3>\n

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In an interview with the state-run Sharq<\/a> newspaper, former presidential advisor Saeed Laylaz said: “I told Mr. Zarif that the world of politics is the world of power, not morality. The reason for the Ukraine crisis is that Russia has gained strength and the United States has weakened, and that is what we predicted and wrote that the United States is in decline.”<\/p>\n

Laylaz, who has been appreciated by particular western think tanks as a “moderate” or “reformist” analyst added: “Of course, I believe that Russia had no choice but to attack Ukraine… Any sane person who would be in Putin’s shoes would attack.”<\/p>\n

Explaining how Tehran should get the most out of the Ukraine crisis by selling more oil, Laylaz said: “I believe that Iran’s game in the Ukraine crisis has been very clever and precise, and now we are getting more than we ever wanted.”<\/p>\n

Stressing that Tehran should support Moscow, Laylaz also added: “We must pursue the right to uranium enrichment and we must not compromise on this. Now is the best time for us to use the Ukraine crisis and make $12 billion to $14 billion in revenue overnight, and thereby I’m not even talking about frozen assets. Our might lies in our missile power and enrichment, and if any politician wants to give in on these two cases, we will end up like Ukraine.”<\/p>\n

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Savagery Recorded in The City of Dezful, South Iran<\/h3>\n

Footage posted on Persian language social media shows an Iranian woman who was protesting against poverty while blaming the state, was brutally beaten by security forces.<\/p>\n

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