{"id":258531,"date":"2022-05-04T10:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=258531"},"modified":"2023-02-04T23:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T22:00:03","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-4-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-4-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 4, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran To Execute Swedish-Iranian on Spying Charges by May 21 – ISNA<\/h3>\n

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DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) – A Swedish-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israel is to be executed this month, Iran’s ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, as the trial of a former Iranian official suspected of war crimes ended in Sweden.<\/p>\n

Ahmadreza Djalali, a disaster medicine doctor and researcher, was arrested in 2016 on an academic visit to Iran and is to be executed by May 21, the semi-official ISNA said, citing sources.<\/p>\n

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Executions up 25-Percent Under Raisi Rule<\/h3>\n

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Iran (MNN) \u2014 Executions are up 25-percent in Iran,\u00a0according to a new report<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from human rights groups in Europe. \u201cThe correlation between Raisi\u2019s election and the increase of executions is to be noted,\u201d Edwin Keshish-Abnous of\u00a0Heart4Iran<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0says.<\/p>\n

Iranians chose the hardline Islamic cleric Ibrahim Raisi for president\u00a0in June<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0last year. More than 50 executions took place in July, the report reveals, and numbers surged again in September and December. At least 333 people were put to death in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201c[People in Iran] can be executed for crimes that are not really considered among the most serious under international law, such as drug trafficking,\u201d Keshish-Abnous says.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Rulers Demanding Too Much Even for Biden<\/h3>\n

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For months, the smart money has been betting that a nuclear deal between President\u00a0Biden<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u2019s rulers was a sure thing.\u00a0Mr.\u00a0Biden<\/a>\u00a0had promised that any new agreement that would be \u201clonger and stronger\u201d than the deal President Obama concluded in 2015 and from which President\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0withdrew in 2018. But\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u2019s rulers refused to go along.<\/p>\n

They demanded concession after concession, knowing that Mr.\u00a0Biden<\/a>\u2019s envoys would claim they\u2019d prevented the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability \u2014 even if that claim was in stark contrast with reality.<\/p>\n

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Calls for Regime Change in Isfahan, Central Iran<\/h3>\n

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On Tuesday, May 3, at 3:45 PM local time, people who were visiting the Aftab Shore Park came to hear slogans against the Iranian regime and in support of the organized resistance. Some slogans were as follows:<\/div>\n
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\u201cDown with Khamenei, Viva Rajavi\u201d,<\/p>\n

\u201cRaisi, you are the butcher of 1988\u201d,<\/p>\n

\u201cDown with the mullahs’ rule\u201d!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MEK Lawyer\u2019s Closing Arguments in Trial of Iran Operative Hamid Noury<\/h3>\n

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On Monday, May 2, Kenneth Lewis, the lawyer of plaintiffs from the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) in the\u00a0Hamid Noury<\/a>\u00a0case, presented his closing arguments in a Stockholm, Sweden, court where Noury, one of the perpetrators of the\u00a01988 massacre<\/a>\u00a0of Iranian political prisoners, is being tried for crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

In the court session, Lewis confirmed the arguments made by the prosecutors and other attorneys of the plaintiffs pertaining to Noury being guilty of crimes in 1988. He also presented new aspects of the case to the court. He first gave a brief history of the PMOI\/MEK and its struggle against the Shah dictatorship and in defense of freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n

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Political Prisoner Leila Chegini Starts a Hunger Strike<\/h3>\n

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Political prisoner Leila Chegini began a hunger strike in Nowshahr prison on April 27, 2022. She is protesting her lengthy uncertain status and the inhumane pressures and restrictions imposed on her by going on a hunger strike. One of the reasons political prisoner Leila Chegini started a hunger strike is that the prison authorities do not give her the medications vital to her treatment. She is also deprived of phone calls and family visits.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Nationwide Protests on International Workers\u2019 Day<\/h3>\n

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On Sunday, May 1, 2022, thousands of teachers took to the streets in at least 55 cities in 21 provinces across Iran. Teachers and pensioners rallied outside local education departments despite severe repressive and security measures based on prior notice.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, security forces had stormed activists\u2019 homes in several cities, including Tehran, Saqqez, Ahvaz, etc., detained them, and seized their belongings such as laptops, cellphones, and electronic items. However, teachers did not succumb to intimidation and held\u00a0protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pregnant Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike to Protest Uncertain Status<\/h3>\n

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Political prisoner Saada Khedirzadeh has been on a hunger strike since April 26, to protest seven months of temporary detention under uncertain status in the Central Prison of Urmia.\u00a0In an audio file, she said she had been threatened and forced to make confessions.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The 32-year-old said she had been \u201cheld hostage\u201d on trumped-up charges and that security agents had made \u201cunethical proposals\u201d to her during the first days of interrogation at the intelligence detention center.<\/p>\n

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Demonstrations by Freedom-loving Iranians, MEK Supporters on the International Workers\u2019 Day in the World\u2019s Different Countries<\/a><\/h3>\n
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