{"id":304912,"date":"2023-03-30T08:15:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=304912"},"modified":"2023-05-03T06:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T05:43:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 30, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_304914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304914\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304914\" title=\"iran kermanshah teachers protest 28032023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kermanshah-teachers-protest-28032023-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran kermanshah teachers protest 28032023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kermanshah-teachers-protest-28032023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kermanshah-teachers-protest-28032023-1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kermanshah-teachers-protest-28032023-1-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kermanshah-teachers-protest-28032023-1-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-kermanshah-teachers-protest-28032023-1-696x338.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers protested in Kermanshah, Western Iran- March 28, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 196<\/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 30, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 196<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detentions<\/strong>: 30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On this 196<sup>th<\/sup> day of Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising, more protests are spreading across Iran despite the regime\u2019s heavy crackdown measures and threats to impose massive financial fines on violators of strict dress code laws and other restrictions on the people\u2019s basic rights. Iran\u2019s economy is in deep waters, and more people are not only living from paycheck to paycheck but also finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet and put food on the table for their families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Defiant youth in Rasht, northern Iran, targeted the regime\u2019s municipality building located in the city\u2019s District 4 area on Wednesday night local time and set it on fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">MEK Resistance Units and defiant youth also undertook new activities against the regime\u2019s sites and interests in various cities across the country.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Defiant youth attacked a building in Mashhad used by the mullahs\u2019 regime to promote their ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism. The attack led to a fire at the site.<\/li>\n<li>Defiant youth targeted the regime\u2019s Foreign Ministry Representative Office in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. The attack led to a fire at the site. They also attacked the so-called \u201cKhomeini Relief Center\u201d in the city of Kish in southern Iran and set it on fire.<\/li>\n<li>Defiant youth threw Molotov cocktails at IRGC paramilitary Basij sites in the cities of Mashhad, Hamadan, Bushehr, and Mahabad, setting them on fire.<\/li>\n<li>MEK-affiliated Resistance Units torched large images of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the cities of Yazd, Babol, and Qeshm and a large image of the eliminated IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Tehran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2014MEK Resistance Units launched marches in recent days &amp; began chanting anti-regime slogans in Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz, Shahrekord &amp; Kashan. They\u2019re slogans included:<br \/>\u201cDown with Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!\u201d<br \/>\u201cDown with oppressors, be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l1naIxfznH\">pic.twitter.com\/l1naIxfznH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1641153250748682240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1641153250748682240\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK-affiliated<\/a> Resistance Units had staged marches in recent days, chanting anti-regime slogans in Tehran and other cities, including Mashhad, Shiraz, Shahrekord, and Kashan. Their slogans included:<br \/>\n\u201cDown with Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe world should know that Massoud (Rajavi) is our leader. The National Liberation Army of Iran is our final response.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDown with oppressors, be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom will be established with the motto of \u2018We can and we must\u2019!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDemocracy and equality with Maryam Rajavi!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNo to monarchy! No to [mullahs\u2019 regime]! Democracy and equality!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cPoverty-Corruption-High prices! We\u2019re going to overthrow the regime!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 4:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran&#8217;s Currency Continues to Dive<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-248844 size-medium\" title=\"iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min-696x423.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-bankrupt-dollar-toman-notes-min.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an upward trend since the beginning of the new year on the Persian calendar, once again, the dollar crossed the 53 thousand toman threshold. Consequently, inflation continues to rise in the basic goods market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to some economic experts, the reason for the renewed upsurge is actually a rebound from the shock that was initiated following the agreement between Tehran and Riadh. These sources say the shock in the foreign exchange market caused a slight drop in the price of the dollar in early March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The price of the US dollar versus the Iranian Rial experienced a record high of 60,000 tomans from 26,000 tomans in April 2022 and then went down for only two weeks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">US Should Target Iranian-backed Militias in Syria and Iraq &#8211; US General<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304959 size-medium\" title=\"mark milley 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"mark milley 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-1024x448.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-696x305.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-1392x609.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1-1068x467.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mark-milley-1.jpg 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, US General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US should target the Iranian regime&#8217;s Quds Force \u201charshly\u201d in order to deter future rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed militias on US troops in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe do know that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps], and specifically their Quds Force \u2014 which is a designated terrorist organization \u2014 that group there is what we need to be targeting, and targeting them very harshly over time, and that&#8217;s exactly what we plan on doing,\u201d Milley told US lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that Iran, China, and Russia are getting closer and this rapprochement will be &#8220;problematic&#8221; for the United States &#8220;for many years to come&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers Across Iran Launch Major Protests as Uprising Continues<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304913 alignleft\" title=\"Iran Protests March 29 2023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-29-2023-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests March 29 2023 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-29-2023-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-29-2023-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 195<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day on Wednesday following many rallies by teachers across the country on Tuesday. Many cities of Iran saw teachers gather outside their local Education Departments protesting poor economic conditions, low paychecks, and inadequate working conditions. The protesting teachers were demanding the release of their unjustly jailed colleagues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">People throughout the country are specifically holding the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\">IRGC<\/a>) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing the peaceful demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-teachers-educators-iran-protests-uprising-economy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Exposing Hidden Realities: How Media Censorship Helps Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-237091 size-medium\" title=\"social-media-apps-icons\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"social-media-apps-icons\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In recent years, Iran has experienced a series of nationwide protests that have shaken the foundations of the ruling regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While the protests have been sparked by various issues, including corruption, economic hardships, and the regime\u2019s draconian laws, they are backed by decades of outrage toward the regime\u2019s suppression of the most basic freedoms.\u00a0The protests have been met with a heavy-handed response from the regime, with thousands killed and thousands more arrested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/exposing-hidden-realities-how-media-censorship-helps-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Failure of Project \u201cRaisi\u201d; Whispers Transformed Into Shouts in 2022!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268320 size-medium\" title=\"ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022 (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022-1-e1672343263392-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022-1-e1672343263392\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022-1-e1672343263392-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022-1-e1672343263392-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022-1-e1672343263392-696x416.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-no-mercy-27122022-1-e1672343263392.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The governmental website Etemad Online (27, March 2023) in an article entitled \u201cRebellion of fundamentalists against Raisi\u201d quotes Montjabnia, a former member of the reactionary parliament, as saying: \u201cCurrently, all the groups present in the fundamentalist faction, which is represented by Raisi in the government, are not behind the government. Raisi could not create unity and consensus in the fundamentalist faction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As an example, Montjabnia adds: \u201cA person like Ahmad Tavakoli\u2026 wrote a very sharp and well-reasoned letter and strongly attacked and protested against the government. In many cases, Bahonar, Nategh Noori, and many famous personalities and unknown figures in the fundamentalist faction have opposed the government because they clearly see that many of the decisions that are made and the policies that are carried out are wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/failure-of-project-raisi-transformed-in-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Zurich, Switzerland\u2014March 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Zurich&mdash;March 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_1Z2gtXOftds\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1Z2gtXOftds%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Z2gtXOftds\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M56S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-29T08:31:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_1Z2gtXOftds\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1Z2gtXOftds%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Zurich\u2014March 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1Z2gtXOftds\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1Z2gtXOftds%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Zurich&mdash;March 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Zurich, Switzerland\u2014March 28, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Zurich, Switzerland\u2014March 28, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held an exhibition of the martyrs of the nationwide protests killed by the mullahs\u2019 regime in solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/03\/zurich-switzerland-march-28-2023-mek-supporters-held-an-exhibition-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/44165\/\" 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-29-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 29,<\/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 196 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":304914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-304912","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 v27.3 - 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