{"id":305219,"date":"2023-04-06T10:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=305219"},"modified":"2023-05-02T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T19:56:59","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-6-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-6-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 6, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305229\" title=\"iran protests 04042023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-04042023-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests 04042023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-04042023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-04042023-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-04042023-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-04042023-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-04042023-1-696x391.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: 8:00 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\">Thursday, April 6, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 203<\/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 6 &#8211; Karaj, west of Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Teachers are gathering outside the local Education Dept. to protest their poor economic situation and low paychecks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQ8w78qPYD\">pic.twitter.com\/MQ8w78qPYD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643893807291805696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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 203<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0day on Thursday following a busy night of intense anti-regime protests and rallies in the capital Tehran. The Iranian people are sending a message to the mullahs\u2019 regime and the world that they are determined to overthrow the ruling dictatorship and will refuse to back down from taking to the streets for further protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 6 &#8211; Kermanshah, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>More footage of teachers outside the local Education Department protesting their poor economic situation and low paychecks.<br \/>They&#39;re also demanding the release of their unjustly apprehended colleagues.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/st6aXcPkha\">pic.twitter.com\/st6aXcPkha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643945646741946368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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\">Teachers gathered outside the local Education Departments in the cities of<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643893807291805696\" rel=\"noopener\"> Karaj<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643945646741946368\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermanshah<\/a>, Hamedan, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643920249648193536\" rel=\"noopener\">Malayer<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643968255474962435\" rel=\"noopener\">Robat Karim<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643931568828739584\" rel=\"noopener\">Neyshabur<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643980628612792320\" rel=\"noopener\">Urmia<\/a> on Thursday to protest their poor economic situation and low paychecks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 6 &#8211; Urmia, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Teachers are protesting their poor economic conditions and trampling of their rights to any and all freedoms.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QEf3v6AYdV\">pic.twitter.com\/QEf3v6AYdV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643980628612792320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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\">Reports indicate regime agents in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643984405524799488\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran and Alborz provinces<\/a>, among others, attempted to prevent teachers from holding their gatherings in their respective areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers in many cities of Iran have been holding various rallies and protesting over their hardships due to the regime\u2019s destructive economic policies. The protesting teachers have also been demanding the release of their unjustly jailed colleagues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Reports indicate regime agents in Tehran and Alborz provinces, among others, have been preventing teachers from holding their gatherings aimed at protesting poor economic conditions and the trampling of their rights.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Aal6TCzqlE\">pic.twitter.com\/Aal6TCzqlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643984405524799488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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\">Employees of the governor\u2019s office in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643932814067519489\" rel=\"noopener\">Savojoblagh<\/a> in Alborz Province, located west of Tehran, held a gathering on Thursday to protest their poor living conditions because of the regime\u2019s disastrous economic policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Teachers in the cities of Hamadan and Malayer are gathering outside their respective Education Departments to protest their poor economic situation and low paychecks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BlQTrwEdm\">pic.twitter.com\/8BlQTrwEdm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643920249648193536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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\">Further reports shed light on the much larger-than-previously reported protests Wednesday evening in the capital\u2019s Shahr-e-Ziba district to mark the birthday of a protester killed by the regime during the recent protests. The crowd chanted anti-regime slogans, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDown with Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDown with the dictator!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643661023168311296\">Freedom! Freedom! Freedom<\/a>!\u201d<\/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\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643678639102337047\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojtaba, you will die but never become the [supreme] leader<\/a>!\u201d referring to Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643679897141878806\" rel=\"noopener\">Khamenei, you murderer! We will bury you<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe swear on the blood of our compatriots that we stand to the end!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643685358541103111\" rel=\"noopener\">This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) will be overthrown<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643682415410548736\" rel=\"noopener\">Down with the child-killing regime<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643676122419441665\" rel=\"noopener\">This is the last message: the entire regime is our target<\/a>!\u201d<\/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;Mojtaba [Khamenei], you will die but never become the [supreme] leader!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BILeQmp7xz\">pic.twitter.com\/BILeQmp7xz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643678639102337047?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\">NCRI President-elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1643917219741433857\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> lauded the brave people of Tehran for taking to the streets despite the mullahs\u2019 oppression and continuing the Iranian people\u2019s anti-regime protests with a recommenced pledge to overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime. \u201cI salute the courageous young people of Tehran\u2019s Shahr-e Ziba district, who shattered the darkness of repression by chanting \u2018Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!\u2019 In commemoration of Hamidreza Rouhi, the slain protester of the 2022-2023 Iran uprising, they renewed their vow with all the martyrs that they will stand till the end. Khamenei and his regime have no escape from the inevitable overthrow by Iran\u2019s rebellious women and youth,\u201d the NCRI President-elect emphasized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I salute the courageous young people of Tehran&#39;s Shahr-e Ziba district, who shattered the darkness of repression by chanting &#39;freedom, freedom, freedom&#39;. In commemoration of Hamidreza Rouhi, the slain protester of the 2022-2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> uprising, they renewed their vow with all the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UtmNtBKxKX\">pic.twitter.com\/UtmNtBKxKX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1643917219741433857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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\">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;This is the last message: the entire regime is our target!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ppriuavNIG\">pic.twitter.com\/ppriuavNIG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643676122419441665?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<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Three More Executions Reported in Central Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to local human rights organizations, the Iranian regime&#8217;s Judiciary executed three prisoners in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz on April 5. The prisoners were identified as Yusef Jume Hosseini, an Afghanistan citizen, Kazem Rasouli, and Ali Hossein Sadeghzadeh, a father of two.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Azerbaijan Expels Four Iranian Embassy Staff<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Azerbaijan&#8217;s foreign ministry on Thursday announced the expulsion of four employees of Iran&#8217;s embassy amid growing tensions between Tehran and Baku.\u00a0Relations between the countries sharing a border near the Caspian Sea have long been strained, with Azerbaijan being a close ally of Iran&#8217;s historic rival Turkey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>The ministry said it &#8220;summoned&#8221; Iran&#8217;s ambassador and declared that &#8220;four employees of the Iranian embassy were declared persona non grata&#8221; by Azerbaijan with 48 hours to leave the country. &#8220;During the meeting, strong dissatisfaction was expressed to the Iranian Ambassador due to the recent provocative actions demonstrated by his country,&#8221; Azerbaijan&#8217;s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/azerbaijan-expels-four-iranian-embassy-staff-foreign-ministry-89cf9a35\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Azerbaijan Arrests Six Over \u2018Coup Plot\u2019 Blamed on Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">AFP- Azerbaijan on Thursday arrested six men it said were linked to Iranian secret services and were plotting a coup in the Caspian nation, in the latest tensions between Baku and Tehran.\u00a0Relations between the neighbours have long been strained, with Azerbaijan being a close ally of Iran&#8217;s historical rival Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The arrests came after months of diplomatic tensions. Baku said the six Azerbaijani nationals were &#8220;recruited by Iranian secret services to destabilise the situation in the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/azerbaijan-arrests-six-over-coup-plot-blamed-on-iran-ffaf80be?refsec=topics_afp-news\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Presence in Syria in March 2023<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-303654 alignleft\" 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\">Iran and its proxy militias have unprecedented influence in most areas under the \u201csymbolic\u201d regime control, as neither attacks by Israel and the International Coalition, nor the \u201ccold war\u201d with Russia could hinder the alarming entrenchment and expansion of these forces across Syria. Strengthening their presence and promoting their ideology, the Iranians are still carrying on with their systematic plan to change the demography of different areas throughout Syria\u2019s geography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the following report, SOHR highlights the key developments in areas dominated by the Iranians in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syriahr.com\/en\/294832\/\" 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\">Condolences on the Passing of a Great Man, Fran\u00e7ois Colcombet<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305225 size-medium\" title=\"Monsieur Francois Colcombet 1024x683 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monsieur-Francois-Colcombet-1024x683-1-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"Monsieur Francois Colcombet 1024x683 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monsieur-Francois-Colcombet-1024x683-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monsieur-Francois-Colcombet-1024x683-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monsieur-Francois-Colcombet-1024x683-1-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monsieur-Francois-Colcombet-1024x683-1-696x416.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monsieur-Francois-Colcombet-1024x683-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I salute Fran\u00e7ois Colcombet who was the vigilant eye and the outspoken tongue of the French conscience versus those who sacrifice<strong>\u00a0freedom<\/strong>, resistance, and human rights for petty interests.<br \/>\nOn June 17, 2003, when the French security and police forces stormed the headquarters of the National Council of Resistance, at the behest of the clerical regime and based on a shameful deal, the prominent lawyer and co-founder of the French Judges\u2019 Syndicate, Fran\u00e7ois Colcombet stood by renowned figures of the French anti-fascist Resistance of France, like including Daniel Mitterrand, Abe Pierre, and Lucie Aubrac, and many other\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/human-rights-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>human rights<\/strong><\/a> defenders. Together, they defended the Iranian people\u2019s just resistance to targeting in treacherous cases and grave injustices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/condolences-passing-great-man-francois-colcombet\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Regime Launches More Chemical Gas Attacks in the Face of Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305223 size-medium\" title=\"Babol Nurses\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Babol-Nurses-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Babol Nurses\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Babol-Nurses-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Babol-Nurses-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Babol-Nurses.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With more protests continuing and in need to keep a lid on the threat of a new uprising, the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran has ordered its operatives to launch more chemical gas attacks targeting all-girls schools in various cities across the country. As the country marks its 202<sup>nd<\/sup> day of the uprising on Wednesday, 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<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> responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive 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\/irans-regime-launches-more-chemical-gas-attacks-in-the-face-of-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">March 2023 Report: Clampdown on Opponents of the Mandatory Hijab<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305224 size-medium\" title=\"Monthly March first page 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monthly-March-first-page-2023-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Monthly March first page 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monthly-March-first-page-2023-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monthly-March-first-page-2023-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monthly-March-first-page-2023-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Monthly-March-first-page-2023.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In March, the mullahs\u2019 regime escalated its measures to address opponents of the mandatory hijab, a campaign that began in December. Provincial officials and mullahs insulted opponents of the mandatory hijab from official platforms and urged congregants in the Friday prayers to chant \u201cDeath to the hijab-less!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During the Nowruz holidays, businesses that served opponents of the mandatory hijab were shut down, and security personnel prevented access to airports and historical sites.\u00a0By the end of March, the mullahs\u2019 parliament had finalized its plan to address opponents of the mandatory hijab, and the Ministry of Interior issued an instruction requiring all women to observe the mandatory hijab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/04\/05\/opponents-of-the-mandatory-hijab\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian MPs Reveal Grim Outlook on Regime\u2019s Challenges<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305227 size-medium\" title=\"Iran regime parliament 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iran-regime-parliament-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran regime parliament 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iran-regime-parliament-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iran-regime-parliament-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iran-regime-parliament-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iran-regime-parliament-1-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iran-regime-parliament-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jamaran, the state-run news agency of the Iranian regime, recently published an article highlighting the regime\u2019s unparalleled growth challenges. The article features the opinions of several regime MPs who share their thoughts on the future of the country, revealing a grim and ominous outlook. According to Mojtaba Yousefi, \u201cForeign policy has a significant impact on currency prices, leaving us isolated like a remote island when sanctions persist and there is no new news about JCPOA and FATF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2022 was a year fraught with difficulties for the regime. It faced the most challenging protests in its 43-year reign, an economic crisis, and the fear of being\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/exposing-hidden-realities-how-media-censorship-helps-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">overthrown<\/a>. The new year brings with it the same crisis and no apparent solution for the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iranian-mps-reveal-grim-outlook-on-regimes-challenges\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Bloody Hands of the Revolutionary Guards in the Massacre of the Iranian People on the Roads<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305222 size-medium\" title=\"iran road accidents\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-road-accidents-300x150.webp\" alt=\"iran road accidents\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-road-accidents-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-road-accidents-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-road-accidents-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-road-accidents.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Mullahs\u2019 regime and the revolutionary guards have embezzled national wealth for the past 44 years and have taken no steps toward economic, production, and social welfare development for the people, leading to human casualties, oppression, and systematic slaughter. For years, the country has been experiencing unnatural incidents, such as work accidents, deadly road accidents, fires, gas leaks, falling from scaffolding, and rail or air traffic accidents, all of which are accompanied by a disastrous economic situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/the-bloody-hands-of-the-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" 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-april-5-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 5,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran Thursday, April [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":305229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-305219","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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