{"id":258382,"date":"2022-04-30T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T08:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=258382"},"modified":"2023-02-03T04:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:25:59","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-302022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-302022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 30, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Systemic dumping in the woods of Saravan, Gilan Province, Northern Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five Deprived Freight-carriers Wounded and One Killed in Western Iran<\/h3>\n

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Today, five ‘kulbars’ (poor locals who carry heavy loads over the border to feed their families) were wounded and one lost his life as a result of direct fire by the Iranian regime’s Border Regiment forces in the border areas of Noswud, Kermanshah Province.<\/p>\n

According to a local source, the young ‘kulbar’ who lost his life was identified as Safar Sobhani, the son of Haidar from Dorisan village and one of the injured ‘kulbars’ is Mobin Hamedi from Dasheh village.<\/div>\n

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Following Nationwide Outrage Against Systemic Hypocripsy, Regime’s Parliament Calls for Shutting Down Criticism<\/h3>\n
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Majlis, the parliament of the Iranian regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following a lavish trip by the Iranian regime parliament speaker’s family to Turkey that unleashed a nationwide stir and highlighted the huge class gap in Iran, the regime’s parliament decided to take action and shut down any criticism against itself and its speaker.<\/p>\n

Today, after a meeting behind closed doors, 233 members of the regime’s parliament issued a supportive statement on behalf of their speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, calling on the Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Intelligence Unit to “take action by identifying anyone and any attempt that aims to criticize the parliament.<\/p>\n

“We, the members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, while thanking all those involved in maintaining national security, request the Minister of Intelligence and the head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization to identify the designers and executors of these demolition projects and undertake the necessary measures,” the official news agency IRNA<\/a> reported on the parliamentary statement.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 12:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

BVI Premier Andrew Fahie \u2018Caught in Hezbollah-linked Drugs Sting\u2019<\/h3>\n

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The leader of the British Virgin Islands has been arrested in an undercover sting operation after accepting cash to help a major drugs shipment organised with the aid of a group from Hezbollah, according to US court documents.<\/p>\n

Premier Andrew Fahie, 51, and his chief port official were arrested in Miami for allegedly accepting $700,000 from an informant posing as a member of Mexico\u2019s Sinaloa drug cartel.<\/p>\n

The informant had asked for help from a group of \u201cself-proclaimed Lebanese Hezbollah operatives\u201d with a safe berth in the BVI for a cocaine\u00a0shipment<\/a>\u00a0from Colombia to the United States, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

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State Police Lies About Crackdown in Saravan, Gilan Province<\/h3>\n

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While images of the crackdown on protesters in Saravan in Gilan province went viral, the police announced that the 22 people who have been arrested at the protest were “opportunists”.<\/p>\n

According to the state-run Fars News Agency, an official at the Gilan police department claimed the detained protestors were seeking to “disrupt security” and “making use of the rightful demands of the people of Saravan.”<\/p>\n

For days, the residents of Saravan were peacefully protesting against systemic dumping in their neighborhood that had created a large waste landfill and is destroying the environment. Following the dispatch of security forces, the protest turned violent on Thursday, April 28, when the state used tear gas and pellet guns to disperse the crowd.<\/div>\n
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April 28 – Near Rasht, northern #Iran<\/a>
Images of locals injured by the regime's state security forces attacking those protesting the transfer of garbage to their town in Saravan.#IranProtests<\/a>#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KMDaA7hSXJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n