{"id":304317,"date":"2023-03-23T08:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=304317"},"modified":"2023-05-02T19:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:46:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-23-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_304320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304320\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304320 size-full\" title=\"iran kian pirfalak students\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kian-pirfalak-students.jpg\" alt=\"iran kian pirfalak students\" width=\"1000\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kian-pirfalak-students.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kian-pirfalak-students-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kian-pirfalak-students-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kian-pirfalak-students-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kian-pirfalak-students-696x313.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new generation of Iranians is mourning their friends and parents while being inspired for change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 189<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thursday, March 23, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 189<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 672 identified by MEK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detentions<\/strong>: 30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising marked its 189<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day of anti-regime protests by people from all walks of life, including even retirees and pensioners who seek to make ends meet and the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship is depriving them of their basic necessities. Iran\u2019s economy is in ruins as the national currency has nosedived due to the regime\u2019s destructive and corrupt economic policies. An increasing number of regime officials are voicing concerns about these economic woes erupting into more protests and a new surge in the country\u2019s uprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locals in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1638629542096154627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1638629542096154627%7Ctwgr%5E55f9c992e32d45b2b204c006ee01271728ca554a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-nowruz-protests-revolution-2%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahrak-e Bagheri<\/a> district of Tehran began chanting anti-regime slogans last night till early hours of today , including:<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports also indicate that IRGC units in the city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1638824829091708929?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Baneh<\/a>, western Iran, shot and killed a 19-year-old local. People from different parts of this city began protesting and reportedly attacked at least three security checkpoints in response. Footage of the young man killed was being circulated on social media and tension is escalating in Baneh, according to local activists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1638907855523958785\" rel=\"noopener\">Naqadeh<\/a>, northwest Iran, fearing the explosive social discontent, regime authorities in a desperate move deployed a large number of security units to this city, including special anti-riot forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1638836425935450112\" rel=\"noopener\">Ardabil<\/a>, northwest Iran, defiant youth attacked a building of the regime\u2019s so-called \u201cFoundation of Martyrs\u201d for taking advantage of and harassing the families of victims and those left disabled from the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1500tasvir\/status\/1638829093842976769\" rel=\"noopener\">Yazdanshahr<\/a> located in Kerman province south-central Iran, courageous youth targeted the signage of a square named after the criminal commander of the terrorist Quds force, Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Growing Danger of the Iranian Cyber Threat<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304337 size-medium\" title=\"The Dispatch logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Dispatch-logo-300x61.jpeg\" alt=\"The Dispatch logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Dispatch-logo-300x61.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Dispatch-logo-150x30.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Dispatch-logo-485x101.jpeg 485w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Dispatch-logo.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">America\u2019s slow retreat from the Middle East has created an\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/middle-east\/2022-04-19\/middle-east-abhors-vacuum\" rel=\"noopener\">unstable geopolitical vacuum<\/a>\u00a0met by increasingly dangerous Iranian cyber capabilities. While Israel and several Arab nations are\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/31\/abraham-accords-expand-with-cybersecurity-collaboration\/\" rel=\"noopener\">banding together<\/a>\u00a0against this digital onslaught, the Biden administration\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/cybersecurity\/3572976-why-isnt-the-biden-administration-trying-to-combat-spyware-abuse\/\" rel=\"noopener\">appears<\/a>\u00a0unwilling to take up the mantle of cyber leadership. Its reluctance to act is a missed opportunity on multiple fronts: The U.S. can also better protect its own networks with intelligence gained from partners on the front lines, and American strategic orchestration begets a more coherent and effective multilateral response to Tehran. Meanwhile, the administration is quickly\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-brokered-deal-between-iran-saudi-arabia-marks-a-new-middle-east-d1eaf94e\" rel=\"noopener\">losing its ability<\/a>\u00a0to maintain friendly oil markets and contain Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/the-growing-danger-of-the-iranian-cyber-threat\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"mb-3 text-gray font-sanserif text-4xl\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congress Presses Europe To Designate Iran&#8217;s Military as a Terror Group<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257222 size-medium\" title=\"washington-freebeacon-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-300x116.png\" alt=\"washington-freebeacon-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo.png 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong>A coalition of Republican senators is pressuring the European Union to designate Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, warning that Tehran\u2019s paramilitary fighting force is &#8220;sowing terror in the West.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The IRGC clearly presents a threat to the EU and our collective security,&#8221; 12 Republican senators led by Sen. James Risch (R., Idaho), ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/230322-TO-Josep-Borrell-Fontelles-European-Union-Foreign-Affairs-IRGC-Terror-List-Designation.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday to Josep Borrell, the EU\u2019s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. &#8220;It is long past time to cut off its resources before the next tragedy strikes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU has stalled for months on a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/1\/21\/iran-condemns-eus-consideration-of-terror-designation-for-irg\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendation<\/a>\u00a0by the European Parliament that it designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization and put in place a strict sanctions regime. European countries have been hesitant to move forward with such a designation due to trade relations, but pressure has mounted in the months since Iran began supplying lethal drone technology to Russia for its war in Ukraine. Iran has\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/481291\/Iran-response-prompted-EU-to-retreat-on-IRGC-designation-MP\" rel=\"noopener\">issued<\/a>\u00a0threats of &#8220;unwanted legal and political consequences&#8221; for Europe if it designates the IRGC as a terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/congress-presses-europe-to-designate-irans-military-as-a-terror-group\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outrage Over Killing of 19 Years Young Man in Kurdistan Province<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304334 size-medium\" title=\"Behzad Azizi a 19 year old\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Behzad-Azizi-a-19-year-old-300x168.webp\" alt=\"Behzad Azizi a 19 year old\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Behzad-Azizi-a-19-year-old-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Behzad-Azizi-a-19-year-old-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Behzad-Azizi-a-19-year-old.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to local sources, Behzad Azizi, a 19-year-old young man was killed by security forces at the &#8220;Karim Abad&#8221; checkpoint, located three kilometers from the city of Baneh, Kurdistan province on Wednesday, March 22.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the source, several bullets were fired by IRGC guards at the head and body of this young man, without prior warning. The body of Behzad Azizi was transferred to Salahuddin Ayubi Baneh Hospital and has not been handed over to his family yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When news broke out, locals attacked the Karim Abad police station and set it on fire. Terrified of the public outrage, IRGC personnel reportedly fled and abandoned the station. Furious locals and family members also held a protest rally in front of the hospital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_3__1kDhc heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_3__3aL54 article-header__title__3Y2hh\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"Heading\">U.S. Judge Orders $1.68 Bln Payout to Families Over 1983 Beirut Bombing<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">March 22 (Reuters) &#8211; A federal judge in New York ordered Iran&#8217;s central bank and a European intermediary on Wednesday to pay out $1.68 billion to family members of troops killed in the 1983 car bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska said a 2019 federal law stripped Bank Markazi, the Iran central bank, of sovereign immunity from the lawsuit, which sought to enforce a judgment against Iran for providing material support to the attackers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-judge-orders-168-bln-payout-families-over-1983-beirut-bombing-2023-03-22\/#:~:text=U.S.%20judge%20orders%20%241.68%20bln%20payout%20to%20families%20over%201983%20Beirut%20bombing,-Reuters&amp;text=March%2022%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20A,Marine%20Corps%20barracks%20in%20Lebanon.\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Department Announces Charges and Sentence in Connection with Iranian Procurement Network\u2019s Attempts to Acquire Sophisticated Military Technology<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-303545 size-medium\" title=\"united states department of justice 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"united states department of justice 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A federal court in the District of Columbia unsealed two indictments yesterday charging multiple defendants with violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for their roles in separate schemes to procure and export U.S. technology to Iran between 2005 and 2013. In connection with this announcement, the Department of Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1355\">designated three of the defendants and four entities for their involvement<\/a>\u00a0in the procurement of equipment that supports Iran\u2019s ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and weapons programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-charges-and-sentence-connection-iranian-procurement-network-s\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Future, Democracy, and Representative Government<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268650 size-medium\" title=\"townhall logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/townhall-logo-300x146.png\" alt=\"townhall-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">To\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/ronald_reagan_109937\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/ronald_reagan_109937&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679596119459000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0qOrZTsz3MonS-Dl2VzHPh\">borrow\u00a0<\/a>from President Ronald Reagan, Reza Pahlavi&#8217;s monarchist voyage has been &#8220;like a baby&#8217;s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.&#8221; Everywhere he goes, the son of a hated former\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2022\/11\/15\/beautiful-butchers-the-shah-serves-up-caviar-and-torture\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2022\/11\/15\/beautiful-butchers-the-shah-serves-up-caviar-and-torture\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679596119459000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ohibmtqth5DjOArIJ6fhf\">monarch\u00a0<\/a>of Iran seems to gargle\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/isjs-statement-on-reza-pahlavis-failed-visit-to-european-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/isjs-statement-on-reza-pahlavis-failed-visit-to-european-parliament\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679596119459000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RTzY4R5h-Ejv7sW_vksig\">political\u00a0<\/a>moonshine and then curtsies away. And, he has never\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1988-10-03-vw-2556-story.htmlhttps:\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1988-10-03-vw-2556-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1988-10-03-vw-2556-story.htmlhttps:\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1988-10-03-vw-2556-story.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679596119459000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LLn2paEQkuQeEirrUsDfj\">shed\u00a0<\/a>the title of &#8220;royal highness&#8221; or &#8220;heir to the throne.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His so-called &#8220;European tour,&#8221; proved to be a complete fiasco in France and the UK as many members of parliament\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/isjs-statement-on-reza-pahlavis-failed-visit-to-european-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/isjs-statement-on-reza-pahlavis-failed-visit-to-european-parliament\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679596119459000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RTzY4R5h-Ejv7sW_vksig\">declined\u00a0<\/a>to meet with him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/majidrafizadeh\/2023\/03\/23\/irans-future-democracy-and-representative-government-n2621007\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nowruz Celebration in Ashraf 3, Albania<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304318 size-medium\" title=\"ashraf 3 albania nowruz celebration\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ashraf-3-albania-nowruz-celebration-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"ashraf 3 albania nowruz celebration\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ashraf-3-albania-nowruz-celebration-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ashraf-3-albania-nowruz-celebration-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ashraf-3-albania-nowruz-celebration.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) celebrated Nowruz in Ashraf 3, Albania, in the presence of Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). In this ceremony, the MEK members paid homage to the martyrs of Iran\u2019s nationwide protests as well as the tens of thousands who have laid down their lives in four decades of resistance against the tyranny of the mullahs\u2019 regime ruling Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/welcoming-nowruz-as-uprising-and-revolution-persist\/\">speech<\/a>\u00a0at the ceremony, Mrs. Rajavi said, \u201cAlthough our cities, from Zahedan and Kurdish cities to Tehran, are drenched with the blood of 750 Iranian young men and women, like all the festivities our Resistance celebrates, we are determined to celebrate it with a bleeding heart and a smiling face. These flames ignited by the crimson blood in the night of the homeland are the spring of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/nowruz-celebration-in-ashraf-3-albania\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Pay Respect to Fallen Heroes, Vow More Anti-regime Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304319 size-medium\" title=\"funeral honoring March 22 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/funeral-honoring-March-22-2023-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"funeral honoring March 22 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/funeral-honoring-March-22-2023-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/funeral-honoring-March-22-2023-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/funeral-honoring-March-22-2023.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People in cities checkered across Iran are welcoming Nowruz and paying their respects to the country\u2019s heroes and heroines, especially those who were killed by the mullahs\u2019 regime in the protests of the ongoing Iranian revolution that began in September 2022. As part of their tradition, the Iranian people visit the resting places of their loved ones as the new year begins, and this year it has become a strong method of voicing their hatred of the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship and pledging to continue the revolution to establish about freedom and democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-iran-nowruz-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Workers Struggle With Basic Needs As Dispute Over Minimum Wage Continues<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304321 size-medium\" title=\"Iran workers poverty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-workers-poverty-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran workers poverty\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-workers-poverty-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-workers-poverty-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-workers-poverty-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-workers-poverty-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-workers-poverty.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the founding of the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran and its interference in the internal affairs of neighboring countries, particularly in Muslim nations, the Iranian Resistance chose to reveal these malicious intentions despite facing various forms of slander.\u00a0Since then, the regime\u2019s media has been forced to acknowledge that their promotion of global terrorism and the so-called \u201cexport of revolution\u201d has placed a significant economic burden on the people, particularly during popular uprisings.\u00a0On January 19, the Kayhan daily, which serves as the mouthpiece of regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei, sought to justify the regime\u2019s actions in the Middle East while downplaying the adverse\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/birth-certificates-a-tool-to-suppress-irans-minorities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">economic<\/a>\u00a0effects of this strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/iranian-workers-struggle-with-basic-needs-as-dispute-over-minimum-wage-continues\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Unhappy New Year<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268650 size-medium\" title=\"townhall logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/townhall-logo-300x146.png\" alt=\"townhall-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nowruz, the Persian New Year, literally means &#8220;New Day&#8221;. The arrival of spring and the reawakening of nature is a time of inspiration for all Iranians. Sadly, for 85 million Iranians, such a society does not exist. The mullahs\u2019\u00a0theocratic-fascist regime offers only repression, cruelty, injustice, torture, corruption, and the export of terror. That they do so in the name of Islam is an outrage and disgrace. This year Iranians will be praying that Nowruz will bring the blossoming of a new and better future for Iran and an end to decades of suffering under the tyrannical dictatorship of the mullahs and before that, the savage despotism of the Shah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/struanstevenson\/2023\/03\/21\/an-unhappy-new-year-n2620955\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">US State Department 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-221063 size-medium\" title=\"US Department of State\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Vital Role of Iranian Resistance, and MEK in Revealing Regime\u2019s Nuclear Ambitions\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran experienced widespread unrest during the year. Multiple nationwide protests began after the September 16 death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in the custody of morality police after she allegedly violated mandatory veiling laws, and security forces used lethal force against protesters. Women and youth led the protests, chanting \u201cWomen, Life, Freedom\u201d and \u201cDeath to the Dictator.\u201d By the end of the year, security forces killed more than 500 persons, including at least 69 children, and arrested more than 19,000 protesters, including children, according to the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Activists News Agency. Some of those arrested faced the death penalty, including children. The government also routinely disrupted access to the internet and communications applications to prevent the free flow of information and to attempt to interrupt or diminish participation in protests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unidentified Drone | Explosions Heard in Iranian Militias in Al-bo Kamal Desert<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-303654 size-full\" title=\"sohr logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sohr-logo.jpg\" alt=\"sohr logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sohr-logo.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sohr-logo-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deir Ezzor province: Explosions were heard in Al-Bo Kamal desert in Deir Ezzor countryside near the borders with Iraq, originating from \u201cAl-Imam Ali\u201d base that is used by Iranian militias as their position, coinciding with the flight of an unidentified drone over the region. However, no casualties have been reported yet.\u00a0It is worth noting that the Iranian militias conducted military exercises this morning in the targeted position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syriahr.com\/en\/292877\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also, read<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-22-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 22,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 189 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":304320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-304317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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