{"id":305197,"date":"2023-04-05T09:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T08:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=305197"},"modified":"2023-05-03T09:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:02:49","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-5-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-5-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 5, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305199\" title=\"iranian resistance exhibition photos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-exhibition-photos.jpg\" alt=\"iranian resistance exhibition photos\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-exhibition-photos.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-exhibition-photos-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-exhibition-photos-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-exhibition-photos-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-exhibition-photos-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\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wednesday, April 5, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 202<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 4 &#8211; Rudsar, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters attacked a state bank with a hand-made grenade last night, according to locals.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBOGyy0BWr\">pic.twitter.com\/zBOGyy0BWr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643598108159541248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising marked its 201<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0day on Wednesday. With <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643659778479063040\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> continuing and needing to keep a lid on the threat of a new uprising, the mullahs\u2019 regime has ordered its operatives to launch more chemical gas attacks targeting all-girls schools in various cities across the country. The ruling dictatorship is playing with fire as such attacks against innocent schoolgirls bear the potential of sparking another round of nationwide protests that rocked the regime to its very core.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 5 &#8211; Piranshahr, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage of the all-girls &quot;Hazrat-e Mahdi Elementary School&quot; targeted in a chemical gas attack by regime operatives. Many students were rushed to a hospital to receive medical attention.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranChemicalAttacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranChemicalAttacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YmVJO3bF5a\">pic.twitter.com\/YmVJO3bF5a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643657247732699136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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\">MEK-affiliated Resistance Units and protesters in cities across Iran responded with a wave of new anti-regime measures to the mullahs\u2019 latest chemical gas attacks against all-girls schools, and misogynist rules and restrictions imposed on Iranian women regarding their attire and the hijab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2014MEK-affiliated Resistance Units torched images of regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini and current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Jondi Shapour, Sabzevar, and Ardastan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 5 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals in the Shahr-e-Ziba held a gathering and began chanting anti-regime slogans, including:<br \/>&quot;Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JnvqmQz1vG\">pic.twitter.com\/JnvqmQz1vG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643661023168311296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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\">\u2014Protesters attacked a seminary in Isfahan used by the mullahs\u2019 regime to spread their ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2014Protesters attacked IRGC paramilitary Basij bases in the cities of Karaj, Qom, Amol, Kuhdasht, Nowshahr, and Semnan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2014Protesters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/simayazaditv\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a> and Qom and the Northern city\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643598108159541248\" rel=\"noopener\">Rudsar<\/a> attacked various branches of banks associated with the mullahs\u2019 regime and the IRGC. These banks have been plundering people\u2019s savings to fund the regime\u2019s belligerence both inside the country and abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The all-girls \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643657247732699136\" rel=\"noopener\">Hazrat-e Mahdi Elementary School<\/a>\u201d in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643609433476399109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1643609433476399109%7Ctwgr%5E305aafce8bfb56319d07949f849e19ac37b97d2b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Firans-regime-launches-more-chemical-gas-attacks-in-the-face-of-protests%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Piranshahr<\/a> in northwest Iran has been the target of a chemical gas attack by regime operatives on Wednesday. Many students were rushed to a hospital to receive medical attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Further reports indicate another all-girls school in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643654731150290944?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>, the provincial capital of Kurdistan in western Iran, has also been targeted in a chemical gas attack by regime operatives. Several students were poisoned as a result.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 5 &#8211; Kuhanjan, Fars Province, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>The all-girls &quot;Esteghlal School&quot; was the target of a chemical gas attack by regime operatives. A number of students were rushed to a hospital to receive medical attention.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranChemicalAttacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranChemicalAttacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYcDA8wtsY\">pic.twitter.com\/rYcDA8wtsY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643655990011740161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643655990011740161\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuhanjan<\/a>, Fars Province, south-central Iran, the all-girls &#8220;Esteghlal School&#8221; was the target of a chemical gas attack by regime operatives. Several students were rushed to a hospital to receive medical attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643610691222519808\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahvaz<\/a>, southwest Iran, pensioners and retirees of the regime&#8217;s Social Security Organization protested high prices, poverty, corruption, inflation, poor living conditions, and officials&#8217; refusal to address their demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 5 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals in the Shahr-e-Ziba held a gathering and began chanting anti-regime slogans, emphasizing to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that popular anti-regime protests will not end.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90RDUhI4zE\">pic.twitter.com\/90RDUhI4zE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643659778479063040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1643654835105935360\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>, locals gathered in the capital\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643661023168311296\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahr-e-Ziba<\/a> district to mark the birthday of a protester killed by the regime during the recent Iran revolution protests. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643661023168311296\" rel=\"noopener\">crowd<\/a> began to grow inside and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1643659042714157064\" rel=\"noopener\">people<\/a> were seen chanting anti-regime slogans, including:<br \/>\n\u201cDown with the dictator!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom! Freedom! Freedom!\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 4:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Large Crowds Attend to Honor Young Man Killed by Security Forces<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Tuesday, April 4, despite official warnings and threats by security forces, a funeral was held in Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi province, where large crowds of people gathered to pay tribute to a young man who was killed by the regime on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to local sources, Ali Baghjari, a young man who was passing a checkpoint with his mother on April 2, got into a verbal dispute with security forces whereby he was consequently shot several times by the police and died in front of his mother.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0645 \u062e\u0627\u06a9\u0633\u067e\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0639\u0644\u06cc \u0628\u0627\u063a\u062c\u0631\u06cc 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\u0646\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0647\u0646\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0634\u062a.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The residents of Baghjari village have confirmed the incident and stated they will do everything to hold the perpetrators to account.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The United States Faces a Host of Threats From Our Adversaries, According to Intelligence Agencies<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228776 alignleft\" title=\"Fox-News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News.png\" alt=\"Fox-News\" width=\"151\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News.png 151w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The U.S. homeland is facing &#8220;complex&#8221; threats from America\u2019s adversaries,\u00a0warned the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment issued on March 8 by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dni-haines-deems-chinese-communist-party-leading-most-consequential-threat-us-national-security\" rel=\"noopener\">the Office of the Director of National Intelligence<\/a> (DNI). The report called out top U.S. opponents that threaten us and technologies they are developing that &#8220;disrupt&#8221; traditional business and society. In the weeks that followed, real-life examples brought home the DNI\u2019s warning that America is indeed under intensifying threats from multiple actors and directions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The DNI report correctly calls out Iran for\u00a0threatening U.S. citizens directly and via proxy attacks, highlighting Tehran\u2019s commitment to developing &#8220;surrogate networks inside the United States, an objective it has pursued for more than a decade.&#8221; This intelligence assessment is consistent with another recent report that warned about\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-mainland-under-threat-as-iran-pushes-assassinations-kidnappings-report\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s plans to attack<\/a> strategic security assets and institutions in the U.S. The report, titled &#8220;The Unseen Threat of the Mapping Project,&#8221; claims that Iranian elements have\u00a0identified 298 American strategic security assets and institutions as well as personnel for attacks, kidnappings, and assassinations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/under-dire-threat-these-five-dangers\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests Reported Across Iran as Regime Renews Chemical Gas Attacks<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-267473 size-medium\" title=\"iran-uprising-night-05122022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"iran-uprising-night-05122022\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 201<sup>st<\/sup> day on Tuesday with protesters in various cities voicing their anger, especially regarding the regime\u2019s destructive economic policies. In the midst of this unrest, the mullahs\u2019 regime has once again launched chemical gas attacks targeting all-girls schools in different cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\" rel=\"noopener\">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-iran-protests-regime-chemical-gas-attacks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Female Students Fall Victim to Poisoning Upon School Reopening in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305198 size-medium\" title=\"Female students min 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Female-students-min-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Female students min 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Female-students-min-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Female-students-min-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Female-students-min-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Female-students-min-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The head of the pre-hospital emergency in East Azerbaijan reported the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/poisoning-students-spreads-towns-villages-further-revelation-regime-agencies\/\" rel=\"noopener\">poisoning\u00a0<\/a>of 20 female students in a girls\u2019 school in the Baghmisheh district of Tabriz. These students experienced shortness of breath on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and were transferred to Sina Hospital. (The state-run ILNA news agency \u2013 April 4, 2023).\u00a0Similarly, eight female students at Sahar Girls\u2019 high school in Dolat Abad district, Isfahan, experienced poisoning symptoms and were transferred to Imam Reza Hospital for treatment. (The state-run ROKNA website, April 4, 2023)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In another incident on the first day of school reopening, five female students in Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan province, also fell victim to poisoning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/04\/04\/female-students-poisoned\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Malm\u00f6, Sweden\u2014April 1, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648: \u0622\u06a9\u0633\u06cc\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0648 \u0647\u0648\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0647\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0647\u0645\u0628\u0633\u062a\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0627 \u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ddmVQeGA_Ow\" 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%2FddmVQeGA_Ow%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddmVQeGA_Ow\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-03T15:24:32Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ddmVQeGA_Ow\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FddmVQeGA_Ow%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648: \u0622\u06a9\u0633\u06cc\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0648 \u0647\u0648\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0647\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0647\u0645\u0628\u0633\u062a\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0627 \u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/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\/ddmVQeGA_Ow\" 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%2FddmVQeGA_Ow%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648: \u0622\u06a9\u0633\u06cc\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0648 \u0647\u0648\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0647\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0647\u0645\u0628\u0633\u062a\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0627 \u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648: \u0622\u06a9\u0633\u06cc\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0648 \u0647\u0648\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0647\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0647\u0645\u0628\u0633\u062a\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0627 \u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Malm\u00f6, Sweden\u2014April 1, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians and MEK supporters held a demonstration in solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">nationwide Iran protests.<\/a> Iranians chanted other slogans, including: \u201cDeath to the oppressor, be it\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/who-is-reza-the-bully-and-why-does-reza-pahlavi-seeks-credit-from-him\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">the Shah<\/a>\u00a0or a supreme leader (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/19254\/\">Khamenei<\/a>)\u201d! \u201cNeither monarchy nor supreme leader (Khamenei), Democracy and equality\u201d!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/04\/malmo-sweden-april-1-2023-freedom-loving-iranians-rally-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/44247\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Oslo, Norway\u2014April 1, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Oslo, Norway&mdash;April 1, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_YD-VvwDspVg\" 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%2FYD-VvwDspVg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YD-VvwDspVg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT16M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-04T15:03:33Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_YD-VvwDspVg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYD-VvwDspVg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Oslo, Norway\u2014April 1, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support 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\/YD-VvwDspVg\" 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%2FYD-VvwDspVg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Oslo, Norway&mdash;April 1, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Oslo, Norway\u2014April 1, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution. Oslo, Norway\u2014April 1, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in front of the Norwegian Parliament and expressed solidarity with the nationwide Iran protests.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oslo, Norway\u2014April 1, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong>Freedom-loving Iranians and 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 a rally in front of the Norwegian Parliament and expressed solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">nationwide Iran protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/04\/oslo-norway-april-1-2023-mek-supporters-rally-to-support-the-iran-revolution\/44253\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Read 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-april-4-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 4,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran Wednesday, April [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":305199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-305197","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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