{"id":304349,"date":"2023-03-24T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T07:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=304349"},"modified":"2023-05-03T02:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T01:54:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-24-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-24-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 24, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-304352\" title=\"iran protests teachers march 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo-2023-03-23-16-55-28.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests teachers march 2023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo-2023-03-23-16-55-28.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo-2023-03-23-16-55-28-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo-2023-03-23-16-55-28-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo-2023-03-23-16-55-28-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo-2023-03-23-16-55-28-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\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 190<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Friday, March 24, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 190<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 24 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>In their demonstration today protesters were carrying placards reading: &quot;No to monarchy! No to [mullahs&#39; regime]! Democracy and equality!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7s47RVCvP3\">pic.twitter.com\/7s47RVCvP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639259520189837314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Friday marked the 190<sup>th<\/sup> day of Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising, people in various cities across the country held rallies, gatherings, and demonstrations, and used other methods to voice their grievances. The people of Sistan and Baluchistan Province also launched new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639259520189837314\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 24 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are chanting:<br \/>&quot;This is the last message: the entire [regime] is our target!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fPKK8GloKk\">pic.twitter.com\/fPKK8GloKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639212966166908928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">People in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639217041730342917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1639217041730342917%7Ctwgr%5Eaa67cf799b230936b847d8a87932419b5b46d977%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-baluchis-zahedan-sistan-baluchestan-protests-revolution%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahedan<\/a>, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan Province were in the streets again this Friday launching their latest anti-regime protests following their Friday prayers. Reports indicated a large crowd of locals holding a major demonstration and chanting slogans against the mullahs\u2019 regime and their apparatus of oppressive forces. This was for the 25th consecutive Friday that these brave locals held <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639212966166908928\" rel=\"noopener\">protest rallies<\/a> and demonstrations against the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Their slogans included:<br \/>\n\u201cDown with Khamenei!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cKhamenei is a murderer! His rule is illegitimate!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMonarchy \u2013 [mullahs\u2019 regime]! 100 years of crimes!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDown with the oppressor! Be it the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639217041730342917\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah<\/a> or [Khamenei]!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMy martyred brother, I will avenge your blood!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to the IRGC!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to the Basij!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis is the last message: the entire [regime] is our target!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639217996521672711\" rel=\"noopener\">Mullahs<\/a> must get lost!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI will kill those who killed my brother!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe may die but we won\u2019t live in shame!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 24 &#8211; Kerman, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters torched a large billboard of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1WfUzQkLDx\">pic.twitter.com\/1WfUzQkLDx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639187412999090176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In their demonstration, today protesters were carrying placards reading: \u201cNo to monarchy! No to [mullahs\u2019 regime]! Yes to Democracy and equality!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Early Friday morning local time, protesters in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639187412999090176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1639187412999090176%7Ctwgr%5Eaa67cf799b230936b847d8a87932419b5b46d977%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-baluchis-zahedan-sistan-baluchestan-protests-revolution%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Kerman<\/a> in south-central Iran torched a large billboard of the eliminated IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani. This is yet another reminder that in stark contrast to the regime\u2019s claims and propaganda, the Iranian people utterly despise and loath Soleimani and the entirety of the IRGC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 24 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are in the streets chanting:<br \/>&quot;Mullahs must get lost!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EAf7qiUzyc\">pic.twitter.com\/EAf7qiUzyc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639217996521672711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Retirees and pensioners of the regime\u2019s Social Security Organization began protesting and voicing their economic woes during a visit to a local religious site by regime Vice President Mohammad Mokhber on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the country\u2019s capital, last night till the early hours of today locals of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1638978926319136768\" rel=\"noopener\">Narmak<\/a>\u00a0district were chanting anti-regime slogans. The slogans included:<br \/>\n\u201cDown with Khamenei!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDown with the dictator!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDown with the child-killing regime!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I salute the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zahedan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zahedan<\/a> who started the New Year with chants of \u201cDeath to Khamenei.\u201d<br \/>Thousands of our fellow Baluch compatriots took to the streets on the first Friday of the Persian New Year 1402, chanting, \u201cfreedom for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S2BcJewBsQ\">pic.twitter.com\/S2BcJewBsQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1639278520395350016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And finally today the Iranian opposition coalition\u00a0NCRI\u00a0President-elect\u00a0Maryam Rajavi\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1639278520395350016\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:\u00a0 I salute the people of Zahedan who started the New Year with chants of \u201cDeath to Khamenei.\u201d Thousands of our fellow Baluch compatriots took to the streets on the first Friday of the Persian New Year 1402, chanting, \u201cfreedom for Iran,\u201d and \u201cdeath to the oppressor, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1639260778938114051\" rel=\"noopener\">be it the shah<\/a> or the (mullahs\u2019 supreme) leader.\u201d They once again demonstrated their firm resolve to a free Iran.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Us Launches Airstrikes in Syria After Drone Kills US Worker<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-69 p Component-p-0-2-60\" style=\"text-align: justify\">BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard, the Pentagon said. Activists said the U.S. bombing killed at least four people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-69 p Component-p-0-2-60\" style=\"text-align: justify\">While it\u2019s not the first time the U.S. and Iran have traded strikes in Syria, the attack and the U.S. response threaten to upend recent efforts to deescalate tensions across the wider Middle East, whose rival powers have made steps toward d\u00e9tente in recent days after years of turmoil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-military-syria-iran-db9ac72843a0a71c995d6ea04392cdbf\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-weight: 700 !important\">UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">JCPOA Is Like an Empty Shell &#8211; IAEA Chief<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-251436 size-medium\" title=\"Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-696x350.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-1068x538.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rafael-Grossi-Director-General-of-the-International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a meeting at the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/event\/paul-c-warnke-lecture-international-security-rafael-mariano-grossi\" rel=\"noopener\"> Council on Foreign Relations<\/a> on March 22, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi discussed IAEA efforts to address the nuclear safety and security situation in Ukraine, as well as the main proliferation challenges worldwide, including concerns surrounding the Iranian regime&#8217;s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;When it comes to the Iran situation, it\u2019s something that we see as, like, a permanent feature in your international agenda catalog,&#8221; Mr. Grossi said. &#8220;If you have to look at one, anybody coming to power in Washington or whatever, whichever country, well, you have this in the\u2014in the top list of to-dos or problems that need to be solved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He added: &#8220;This Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action\u2014which was agreed whereby Iran would limit its nuclear activities in a quid pro quo that would suppose economic incentives, investments, and so on and so forth. This story, a relatively positive chapter, lasted for four years, more or less, until there was a withdrawal. The United States decided to withdraw and Iran started to\u2014in sort of a tit for tat, started to stop compliance. And today, this agreement is like an empty shell in reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s New Calendar Year Begins With Continued Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304351 size-medium\" title=\"iran protests March 23 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-protests-March-23-2023-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests March 23 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-protests-March-23-2023-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-protests-March-23-2023-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-protests-March-23-2023.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is witnessing 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\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-iran-nowruz-protests-revolution-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Social Catastrophe: Over 20,000 Girls Under 15 Married in Iran in Latest Data Release<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304350 size-medium\" title=\"Child marriage of girls under 15 2 min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Child-marriage-of-girls-under-15-2-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Child marriage of girls under 15 2 min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Child-marriage-of-girls-under-15-2-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Child-marriage-of-girls-under-15-2-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Child-marriage-of-girls-under-15-2-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Child-marriage-of-girls-under-15-2-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian National Statistics Center (NSC) announced that 20,648 girls under 15 years of age were married in Iran in the 9 months from Spring to Autumn 2022.\u00a0In the same period, 1,085 infants were born to under-15 mothers. The data presented by the Iranian government agencies are not transparent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The last time the NSC published figures on child marriages was in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/11\/22\/9000-girl-children-married-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">spring of 2021<\/a>, when it announced 9,753 girls under 15 had married in Spring 2021. But there are no statistics available for the entire year. And now, the statistics for 2022 are announced for 9 months together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/03\/23\/over-20000-girls-under-15-married\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran-linked Incidents Spurred Cyber Command To Send \u2018Hunt Forward\u2019 Team to Albania<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304354 alignleft\" title=\"the record website albanian logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-record-website-albanian-logo.jpg\" alt=\"the record website albanian logo\" width=\"206\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-record-website-albanian-logo.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-record-website-albanian-logo-150x48.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The U.S. military sent a team of cyber operators to Albania last year to help defend government networks there after a pair of digital attacks that were blamed on Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) deployed a team of two dozen personnel on a \u201chunt forward\u201d operation\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therecord.media\/albanian-pm-says-iranian-hackers-hit-country-with-another-cyberattack\" rel=\"noopener\">following the second hack<\/a>, which took place in September and returned before the end of 2022. A CNMF spokesperson declined to comment on the specific number, or kinds of networks, that were examined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therecord.media\/iran-albania-cyber-command-hunt-forward\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Risch, Colleagues Encourage EU to Designate IRGC as Terrorist Organization<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-257386 alignleft\" title=\"us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo.png\" alt=\"us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo\" width=\"310\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo.png 310w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently led Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Todd Young (R-Ind.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/03-22-23_eu_irgc_letter.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell encouraging the EU to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe write to express our disappointment in the European Union\u2019s (EU) hesitation to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as an addition to the EU Terror List,\u201d\u00a0<b>wrote the senators<\/b>. \u201cAmidst the IRGC\u2019s ongoing support of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, EU reluctance both weakens our collective resolve against Russia and ignores the Iranian government\u2019s goal of sowing terror in the West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/release\/risch-colleagues-encourage-eu-to-designate-irgc-as-terrorist-organization\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. designated the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> as a foreign terrorist org and has since been able to severely limit the group&#39;s access U.S. markets. I encourage our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> friends to do the same and cut off sources of IRGC income. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6SxPhrMF08\">https:\/\/t.co\/6SxPhrMF08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member (@SenateForeign) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateForeign\/status\/1638903015552811008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden Administration should encourage our friends in the U.K. to label Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps what it is\u2014a terrorist entity.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1638964727211491329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Pentagon Has \u2018Multiple Options\u2019 Ready if Iran Builds Nuclear Bomb, Top U.S. General Says<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-234571 size-medium\" title=\"Washington-times-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Washington-times-logo-300x54.jpg\" alt=\"Washington-times-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Washington-times-logo-300x54.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Washington-times-logo-150x27.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Washington-times-logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Pentagon has developed multiple military options ready for President Biden if, or when,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> begins to build nuclear weapons, America\u2019s top general told Congress Thursday.\u00a0The comments from Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscored the gravity of the situation with respect to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a>\u2018s nuclear program, which is racing forward after the Biden administration failed to revive the 2015 deal with\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>\u00a0designed to limit that program. Since the diplomatic push was largely abandoned last fall,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a> has made stunning strides with its nuclear efforts and analysts say the regime is now just months away from producing a bomb if it chooses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/mar\/23\/pentagon-has-multiple-options-ready-if-iran-builds\/?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Young, Colleagues Encourage EU To Designate IRGC as Terrorist Organization<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304353 size-medium\" title=\"todd young logo 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/todd-young-logo-1-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"todd young logo 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/todd-young-logo-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/todd-young-logo-1-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/todd-young-logo-1.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 U.S. Senators\u00a0Todd Young (R-Ind.),\u00a0Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.)\u00a0sent\u00a0a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/03-22-23_eu_irgc_letter.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to European Union\u00a0(EU)\u00a0High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell encouraging the EU to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe write to express our disappointment in the European Union\u2019s (EU) hesitation to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as an addition to the EU Terror List,\u201d\u00a0wrote the senators. \u201cAmidst the IRGC\u2019s ongoing support of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, EU reluctance both weakens our collective resolve against Russia and ignores the Iranian government\u2019s goal of sowing terror in the West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.young.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/young-colleagues-encourage-eu-to-designate-irgc-as-terrorist-organization\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateForeign?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenateForeign<\/a> on a letter to the European Union urging the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC is leading Iran&#39;s aggression in the Middle East and contributing to Putin&#39;s war in Ukraine. The EU cannot ignore these crimes.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TVRK4pD9Sc\">https:\/\/t.co\/TVRK4pD9Sc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Todd Young (@SenToddYoung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenToddYoung\/status\/1638983969541705745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s IRGC is the definition of a terrorist group. They are an immediate threat to our way of life and freedom around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Along with my Senate colleagues, I will continue to press our European partners to designate IRGC as the terror organization they are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tgmmWXk6Ws\">https:\/\/t.co\/tgmmWXk6Ws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Pete Ricketts (@SenatorRicketts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRicketts\/status\/1638970402822299648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Yellen: Iran\u2019s Actions Not Impacted by Sanctions to the Extent Us Would Like<\/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\">WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) &#8211; Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday the United States was looking at ways to strengthen its sanctions against Iran, but acknowledged the sanctions had not resulted in the behavioral or policy changes Washington desires from Tehran.<\/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\">&#8220;Our sanctions on Iran have created real economic crisis in the country, and Iran is greatly suffering economically because of the sanctions &#8230; Has that forced a change in behavior? The answer is much less than we would ideally like,&#8221; Yellen told lawmakers in a hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/yellen-irans-actions-not-impacted-by-sanctions-extent-us-would-like-2023-03-23\/\" 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-23-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 23,<\/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 190 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":304352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-304349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-iran-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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