{"id":258030,"date":"2022-04-21T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T09:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=258030"},"modified":"2023-01-31T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T07:23:15","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-21-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-21-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 21, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Iranian Regime’s Crackdown Machine Has Now A Special Unit for Women<\/h3>\n

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According to the state-run Entekhab website<\/a>, Hassan Karami, chief of the police special units, announced: “A few years ago, the special female unit was created and the paperwork started. In March, the first women battalion of the special operations unit became operational. After acquiring equipment and clothes, they were dispatched to the scene and carried out missions, even in a few incidents and riots last year.”<\/p>\n

“Women of the special unit are taking part in the missions along with the men’s unit,” Karami added. “The main job and responsibility of this unit is identification, psychological warfare, and arresting.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

State-run Newspaper Asks Parliament Speaker to Resign<\/h3>\n

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Following the national outrage about Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf family’s lavish trip to Turkey to buy luxury baby stuff, the Iranian regime parliament’s speaker is facing serious backlash.<\/p>\n

“Mr. Qalibaf, under your management and other like-minded people, the living conditions of the Iranian people have reached the worst possible status, as if Iran was still in the Qajar dynasty era,” the state-run Jahane Sanat wrote<\/a> today. “Please have a look at the market prices, not the baby stuff prices and baby clothes. Look at the prices of bread, cheese, vegetables, tomatoes, eggplants, onions, and of course potatoes, meat, chicken, fish, and then you will learn how people are suffering. Concerning the actions of your family, doesn’t this increase the anger of the hungry, the poor, and the weak, and don’t you think it will awaken the destructive sense of discrimination in them?”<\/p>\n

Mocking the parliament’s speaker’s rhetoric, the newspaper added: “Mr. Qalibaf, as a defender of the economy and national production, remember that this action of your esteemed family is just the tip of the iceberg of discrimination and lucrative living of those four percent of society (you claimed to fight against). It’s certain that your other like-minded people are destroying the economy and domestic production. It’s certain that they are also engaged in other similar fiascos that are not covered by the media and public opinion is still unaware of them. Even resigning is still insufficient for you, let alone apologizing. Mr. Qalibaf, with you as the speaker of the parliament, the national production will not be back on track. There is no trust in you. Please resign!!”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conference in Collegno, Piedmont, Italy in Support of the Iranian Resistance and a Democratic and Free Iran<\/h3>\n
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Conference in Collegno, Piedmont, Italy in Support of the Iranian Resistance and a Free Iran<\/div><\/div>
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