{"id":258003,"date":"2022-04-20T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T09:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=258003"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T11:31:25","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-258004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822.jpg\" alt=\"iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822\" width=\"1200\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822-696x358.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-street-e1650433411822-1068x550.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Calls for Justice in Iran Continue to Echo in Stockholm<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__JqeJ6YZ5pc\"><div id=\"lyte__JqeJ6YZ5pc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_JqeJ6YZ5pc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/_JqeJ6YZ5pc\" 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%2F_JqeJ6YZ5pc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, while Hamid Noury, a former prison guard stood trial before the Swedish Justice system, Iranians and relatives of the massacred political prisoners in 1988 in Iran, held a demonstration in Stockholm and called for the trial of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Khamenei, president Ebrahim Raisi and Chief Justice Mohseni Ejei for committing genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">State Official\u2019s Hypocrisy Fires Back Severely<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-qalibaf-family-fiasco\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258024 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-qalibaf-family-fiasco-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"iran-qalibaf-family-fiasco\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-qalibaf-family-fiasco-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-qalibaf-family-fiasco-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-qalibaf-family-fiasco.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While some deprived Iranians are forced to sell their newborns, a lavish trip to Turkey to buy aristocratic baby stuff by relatives of the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament speaker has caused a new fiasco and unleashed a new wave of criticism in the crisis-torn Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the daughter, son-in-law, and wife of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf were coming back from Turkey, the sheer size and volume of their baggage caused trouble for the airliner at the Istanbul International Airport. As their images went viral online, a wave of hatred and outrage erupted on social media and consequently some state-run publications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians on social media called out the state officials\u2019 hypocrisy who keep promoting domestic products while condemning foreign ones. They widely used hashtags like \u201cbaby stuff-gate\u201d or \u201cknowledge-based Turkey\u201d, mocking the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader\u2019s slogan of the year \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/the-fallacy-of-khameneis-promise-of-knowledge-based-growth\/\" rel=\"noopener\">knowledge-based growth<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some state media affiliated with the rival faction of the current ruling elite, have been criticizing the speaker and some insiders have called for his resignation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Internet in Iran is Getting Slower and More Expensive<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-internet-ban\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-247015 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iran-internet-ban-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-internet-ban\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the state-run<a href=\"https:\/\/aftabnews.ir\/fa\/news\/766205\"> Aftab news website<\/a>, as the bandwidth of the Internet has been dropping in the last few months, the Ministry of Communications has now legalized the increase in tariffs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Aftab News wrote today: &#8220;Some people who agree with the price increase of the Internet, tend to compare our price with other countries, which indeed shows that the price of our Internet is cheaper than that of 78 other countries. But you have to calculate its share from the people&#8217;s income. The Donyaye Eghtesad newspaper has made this comparison and concluded that the cost of our Internet takes an average of 8.3% of each family&#8217;s monthly income. While in a country like the UAE with the most expensive tariff compared to 106 other countries, the cost of the Internet is only 2.9% of a household&#8217;s income. Interestingly, in countries such as Germany, Denmark, France, South Korea, Romania, and Russia, this is even below one percent of their revenues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In recent weeks, state media and social media users in Iran openly suspect that the Iranian regime is deliberately and gradually enforcing an agenda to restrict and cut off the people&#8217;s access to the world wide web.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Poor Freight Carrier Dies in Hospital<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranian-tired-kulbar\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-258019 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-300x170.webp\" alt=\"iranian-tired-kulbar\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iranian-tired-kulbar.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A &#8216;kulbar&#8217;, who was wounded by direct fire from the Iranian regime&#8217;s Border Regiment in the border areas of Nowsud, died on Tuesday morning, April 19 in Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah, due to the severity of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The &#8216;kulbar&#8217; has been identified as Arash Nouri, son of Bahram from Kalash Nahin village, near the city of Javanrud, Kermanshah Province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to local accounts, throughout April, 18 &#8216;kulbars&#8217; were injured by security forces and at least one has been reported as killed. Victims of the Iranian regime&#8217;s corrupt economy and unemployment, kulbars are poor people who carry heavy loads over the border to be able to feed their families.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Large Crowds Gather in Kermanshah to Bury The Latest Victim of the Suppressive Killing Machine in Tehran<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kw0w7VVxr-U\"><div id=\"lyte_kw0w7VVxr-U\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fkw0w7VVxr-U%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/kw0w7VVxr-U\" 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%2Fkw0w7VVxr-U%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Milad Jafari, 25 of age, from the Sarfiroozabad district of Kermanshah, Western Iran, who was killed last week under torture by interrogators at the Shapur Intelligence Police in Tehran, was buried in his native village.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Milad Jafari, the father of a 2-year-old child, was arrested 10 days ago for no reason. After a few days, his family was called to go to the morgue and pick up their son&#8217;s body. According to relatives, the effects of torture were clearly visible on Milad&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Dem Sen. Manchin Voices Concerns About New Iran Deal<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"newsmax-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257115 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/newsmax-logo-300x93.png\" alt=\"newsmax-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., expressed concerns about the Iran nuclear deal in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/04-19-2022\/manchins-iran-warning\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Manchin, who was one of only four in his party to oppose the Obama-era Iran deal in 2015, said he would &#8220;do everything in my power to ensure we do not repeat the mistakes of the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The senator joined a growing list of Democrats who have stated they are against removing Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the foreign terrorism list after reports have indicated the U.S. is willing to lift some sanctions in return for commitments from Tehran on its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/us\/joe-manchin-iran-nuclear-deal-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps\/2022\/04\/19\/id\/1066359\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Greece Impounds Russian Tanker as Part of EU Sanctions Against Russia<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Reuters-Logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38853 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Reuters-Logo-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"Reuters-Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" \/><\/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\">ATHENS, April 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Greece has impounded a Russian oil tanker off the island of Evia, the Greek coastguard said on Tuesday, as part of European Union sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.<\/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\">Earlier this month, the EU banned Russian-flagged vessels from the 27-nation bloc&#8217;s ports, with some exemptions, as it adopted new sweeping sanctions against Russia for what the Kremlin describes as a &#8220;special military operation&#8221;.<\/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-5\">A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the United States welcomed Greece\u2019s efforts to implement the sanctions &#8220;initiated in response to Russia\u2019s brutal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.&#8221;<\/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-6\">&#8220;We are aware of reports that the tanker is loaded with <strong>Iranian crude oil<\/strong>,&#8221; the spokesperson added, taking no position on the veracity of such reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/greece-seizes-russian-tanker-part-eu-sanctions-2022-04-19\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 12:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Why Iran\u2019s Regime Fears the Internet<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Internet-censorship-in-Iran\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-244366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Internet-censorship-in-Iran-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Internet censorship in Iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Internet-censorship-in-Iran-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Internet-censorship-in-Iran-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Internet-censorship-in-Iran-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Internet-censorship-in-Iran-696x393.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Internet-censorship-in-Iran.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As regime officials in Iran continue to weigh what to do with their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-internet-censorship-bill-hits-another-roadblock\/\">Internet Protection (read censorship) Bill<\/a>,\u201d there are more voices from inside the mullahs\u2019 ruling apparatus sounding alarm bells about the \u201cenemy\u2019s destructive online presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Experts linked to the regime\u2019s various institutions are interviewed on state TV networks. \u201cThe internet is devouring us,\u201d one particular expert said on Monday, April 18, indicating the regime losing control of the anti-regime content available online for the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/why-irans-regime-fears-the-internet\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Khadijeh Mehdipour Denied Medical Care in Ilam Prison, NW Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255653 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Khadijeh Mehdipour, a female political prisoner in Ilam Prison, has been denied proper medical care despite showing symptoms of severe digestive problems. Khadijeh suffers from severe nausea when eating food and even drinking water. She has also lost 8 Kg of weight in just the last two months. However, her prosecutor forbids her transfer to Tehran to treat her digestive disease and the black spot in her eye that appeared in prison.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jnews_inline_related_post_wrapper right half\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"jnews_inline_related_post\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_28 jeg_postblock jeg_module_hook jeg_pagination_disable jeg_col_1o3 jnews_module_34801_0_625f87f13a261 \" data-unique=\"jnews_module_34801_0_625f87f13a261\">\n<div class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_9 jeg_subcat_right\">\n<p>After a long delay before being visited for her eye, she was sent to a civic hospital. She received a pair of glasses and an eye drop on January 5, 2022, and returned to prison afterward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/04\/19\/khadijeh-mehdipour-medical-care\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Biden Reluctant To Remove Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards From Terror List<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"FRANCE24-logo-30112020\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230393 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FRANCE24-logo-30112020-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"FRANCE24-logo-30112020\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"t-location\">Washington (AFP) \u2013\u00a0<\/span>US President Joe Biden seems increasingly determined to keep the &#8220;terrorist&#8221; designation on Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards, which Tehran is demanding be removed before it returns to a deal on curbing its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;If Iran wants sanctions lifting that goes beyond the JCPOA, they&#8217;ll need to address concerns of ours that go beyond the JCPOA,&#8221; State Department spokesman Ned Price said this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He added that Iran should negotiate in &#8220;good faith&#8221; and reciprocity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The United States has said it does not negotiate in public and had avoided making any clear statement on the fate of the Revolutionary Guards&#8217; status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220420-biden-reluctant-to-remove-iran-s-revolutionary-guards-from-terror-list\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\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-april-19-2022\/\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 19,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST Calls for Justice in Iran Continue to Echo in Stockholm Watch this video on YouTube Today, while [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":258004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[129,277],"class_list":{"0":"post-258003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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