{"id":305372,"date":"2023-04-08T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T08:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=305372"},"modified":"2023-05-02T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:42:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 8, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-303016\" title=\"iran zahedan uprising 03032023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-zahedan-uprising-03032023-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran zahedan uprising 03032023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-zahedan-uprising-03032023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-zahedan-uprising-03032023-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-zahedan-uprising-03032023-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-zahedan-uprising-03032023-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-zahedan-uprising-03032023-1-696x391.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;\">Saturday, April 8, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 205<\/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;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 205<sup>th<\/sup> day on Saturday as the mullahs\u2019 regime escalates its measures to both crackdown on dissent across the country and install rifts among various sectors of the society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MEK-affiliated Resistance Units portrayed a large image of Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644582091890515970\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> in the city of Dehdasht, Kohgiluyeh, and Boyer Ahmad Province, in southwest Iran at 9:15 pm on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 8 &#8211; Divandarreh, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Footage from the city&#39;s Khomeini Hospital following two chemical gas attacks launched by regime operatives targeting schools.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranChemicalAttacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranChemicalAttacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W0k7if2jwd\">pic.twitter.com\/W0k7if2jwd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644671433417666560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 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;\">They carried out a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=KDUUwUQvxCE&amp;embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2F&amp;feature=emb_logo\" rel=\"noopener\">series of activities<\/a> in memory of 36 MEK members killed by the Iranian regime\u2019s proxies in Iraq on April 8, 2011, in Camp Ashraf of Iraq. MEK Resistance Units members in Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan, Karaj, Rasht, Turkaman Sahra, Semnan, Lahijan, Gorgan, Shahroud, Kazerun, Bandar Abbas, Ardabil, Ilam, Astara, Zahedan, and Sabzevar gathered to commemorate the MEK martyrs and pledge to continue their struggle to establish a free and democratic Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, MEK-affiliated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> and defiant youths across Iran launched a series of measures against the mullahs\u2019 regime in recent days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defiant youth targeted sites associated with the mullahs\u2019 regime, the IRGC, and Basij paramilitary units.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 8 &#8211; Pardis, Tehran Province, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>More footage of the aftermath regime operatives launching a chemical gas attack targeting the all-girls Khayam School.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranChemicalAttacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranChemicalAttacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tXu1fPTf54\">pic.twitter.com\/tXu1fPTf54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644670172341452800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 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;\">Defiant youth targeted a so-called \u201cKhomeini Relief Committee\u201d site in Hamadan, western Iran. These committees associated either with the mullahs or the IRGC, plunder and steal people\u2019s money and resources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defiant youth also torched IRGC paramilitary Basij bases in the cities of Arak and Amol, central and northern Iran, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They set fire to the office of Khamenei\u2019s representative in the city of Kuhdasht, western Iran, and torched the office of the IRGC paramilitary Basij \u2013 Student Branch in Amol, northern Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 8 &#8211; Ardabil, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Regime operatives launched a chemical gas attack targeting the all-girls Me&#39;raj School.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranChemicalAttacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranChemicalAttacks<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lAKXZ2CAGr\">pic.twitter.com\/lAKXZ2CAGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644673947311435776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 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 torched large posters of Khamenei, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, and the eliminated IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in the cities of Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tonekabon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also torched large banners associated with the regime\u2019s Intelligence Ministry in the city of Salmanshahr in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, and a pro-regime propaganda billboard of the mullahs\u2019 mandatory hijab rules in Amol, northern Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another development, several schools in different cities were targeted in a new string of chemical gas attacks by regime operatives. The list includes the all-girls Khayam School in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644670172341452800\" rel=\"noopener\">Pardis<\/a> of Tehran Province; two different attacks in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644671433417666560\" rel=\"noopener\">Divandarreh<\/a> in western Iran; the Khalaban Zaker School and all-girls Me\u2019raj School in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644673947311435776\" rel=\"noopener\">Ardabil<\/a> in northwest Iran; and the all-girls Sa\u2019adi School in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644672689519628288\">Urmia<\/a> in northwest Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to reports by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the all-girls Shahed and Fadak schools in the city of Naqadeh in northwest Iran have also been targeted in chemical gas attacks by operatives of the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nurses in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1644670172341452800\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, northeast Iran, held a gathering on Saturday morning protesting the regime\u2019s unjust policies that are delaying and decreasing their paychecks and pensions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8217;s Ayatollah Khamenei Signals Regime Split<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268650 size-medium\" title=\"townhall logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/townhall-logo-300x146.png\" alt=\"townhall-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/>Has the ongoing insurrection in Iran, now into its seventh month, exposed glaring splits in the theocratic regime? In his Nowruz (Persian New Year) address to the nation, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the elderly and increasingly delusional Supreme Leader, insisted that the main priority of the theocratic regime was to fight inflation. Unveiling his concept of \u2018The Year of Curbing Inflation,\u2019 he indirectly acknowledged that his country is bankrupt, but failed to offer any way of resolving the perilous state of the Iranian economy. His mumbled remarks may have disappointed his hard-line followers, who prefer to hear pledges to \u201cwipe Israel off the map\u201d or cries of \u201cdeath to America,\u201d and have little appetite for economic reforms. But splits and divisions amongst the mullahs are now the trademarks of this failing fascist regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/struanstevenson\/2023\/04\/08\/irans-ayatollah-khamenei-signals-regime-split-n2621689\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Intentional and Criminal Poisoning of Female Students Resumes After Nowruz Holidays<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305376 size-medium\" title=\"POISONING OF STUDENTS 2023 en\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POISONING-OF-STUDENTS-2023-en-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"POISONING OF STUDENTS 2023 en\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POISONING-OF-STUDENTS-2023-en-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POISONING-OF-STUDENTS-2023-en-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POISONING-OF-STUDENTS-2023-en-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POISONING-OF-STUDENTS-2023-en-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POISONING-OF-STUDENTS-2023-en.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the Nowruz holiday ended on April 3, the poisoning of students, especially girls, resumed. According to the State-run Rukna website, on April 4, 78 students were poisoned. \u201cIn one of Naqdeh schools, about 50 students suffered poisoning symptoms and were taken to the hospital and hospitalized,\u201d said the general director of the regime\u2019s education in West Azarbaijan, IRNA news agency reported on April 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 4, the IRNA news agency quoted the head of the emergency department in Tabriz as saying that \u201c20 girls\u2019 school students in Baghmisheh town of Tabriz were taken to the hospital due to poisoning.\u201d On the same day, the Rukna website reported, \u201cOn April 4, Isfahan Medical Sciences reported that the number of poisoned students in the Daulatabad area of Isfahan is still unknown. The sick students have been taken to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/poisoning-of-students-nowruz-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime\u2019s Disastrous Economic Policies Lead to New Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305261 size-medium\" title=\"iran protests 6042023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-6042023-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests 6042023\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-6042023-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-6042023-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-6042023-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-6042023-696x441.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-6042023.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Different cities across Iran witnessed teachers taking to the streets yet again to protest their poor living conditions as a result of the regime\u2019s destructive economic policies or lack thereof. More people from various sectors of Iran\u2019s society are once again voicing their anger over high inflation, skyrocketing prices of basic goods and services, unemployment, corruption, and the regime\u2019s unjust policies.\u00a0People 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\/regimes-disastrous-economic-policies-leads-to-new-protests-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fariba Zandekarimi, a Freedom-loving Teacher, Is Arrested<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305375 size-medium\" title=\"Freedom loving teacher Fariba Zandekarimi min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Freedom-loving-teacher-Fariba-Zandekarimi-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Freedom loving teacher Fariba Zandekarimi min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Freedom-loving-teacher-Fariba-Zandekarimi-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Freedom-loving-teacher-Fariba-Zandekarimi-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Freedom-loving-teacher-Fariba-Zandekarimi-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Freedom-loving-teacher-Fariba-Zandekarimi-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fariba Zandekarimi, a freedom-loving teacher, was arrested by the intelligence department of Sanandaj after being summoned for questioning. The arrest occurred on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, and was followed by a raid on her home, although the exact reasons for her detention remain unclear.\u00a0Despite efforts by her family to gain information on her whereabouts, no further details have emerged.\u00a0Fariba Zandekarimi, 35, is a contract teacher employed by the Education Department of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanandaj\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>\u00a0and known for her activism in support of freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/04\/07\/freedom-loving-teacher\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Yogurt Buckets to Flogging: Iran Mullahs\u2019 Coordinated Efforts To Enforce the Hijab<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305374 size-medium\" title=\"Coordinated efforts to enforce the Hijab in Iran 750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Coordinated-efforts-to-enforce-the-Hijab-in-Iran-750-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Coordinated efforts to enforce the Hijab in Iran 750\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Coordinated-efforts-to-enforce-the-Hijab-in-Iran-750-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Coordinated-efforts-to-enforce-the-Hijab-in-Iran-750-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Coordinated-efforts-to-enforce-the-Hijab-in-Iran-750-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Coordinated-efforts-to-enforce-the-Hijab-in-Iran-750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent months, the Iranian regime has intensified its campaign to impose the compulsory veil on women. \u00a0There\u2019s been a coordinated effort by various government officials and agencies to promote the hijab as a legal requirement and label its removal as a threat to national security.\u00a0The mullahs\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/04\/05\/opponents-of-the-mandatory-hijab\/\" rel=\"noopener\">intensified their measures<\/a> against opponents of the mandatory hijab in March. Businesses that served opponents of the hijab were shut down during the Nowruz holidays, and security personnel prevented access to airports and historical sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/04\/07\/the-hijab\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unveiling Genuine Alternatives to the Mullahs\u2019 Regime\u201d in 2023<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305373 size-medium\" title=\"Alternative symbol road boards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alternative-symbol-road-boards-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Alternative symbol road boards\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alternative-symbol-road-boards-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alternative-symbol-road-boards-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alternative-symbol-road-boards-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alternative-symbol-road-boards.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the midst of the nationwide uprising with the sudden growth of opportunism, we were faced with some exported celebrity figures who presented themselves as alternative, reformist, revolutionary, dissident, and oppositional to the Mullahs\u2019 regime. These were individuals who not only had no activities in the past but also supported and sympathized with the ruling regime. By gathering under the banner of monarchy and supporting some colonialist groups, this group demonstrated their true colors by opposing the genuine democratic alternative and the authentic opposition to religious fascism National Council of Resistance (NCRI). Their activities and physical presence were mainly outside Iran and in cyberspace. These suddenly greened algae on the margin of security, with the help of robots and trolls, were going viral in cyberspace. In this path, well-known and affiliated media also helped them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/unveiling-alternatives-to-mullahs-regime-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hamburg, Germany\u2014April 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Hamburg&mdash;April 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally and Photo Exhibition to Support Iran Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_8EfmReEgb3Q\" 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%2F8EfmReEgb3Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8EfmReEgb3Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M15S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-07T09:08:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_8EfmReEgb3Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8EfmReEgb3Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Hamburg\u2014April 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally and Photo Exhibition to Support 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\/8EfmReEgb3Q\" 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%2F8EfmReEgb3Q%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Hamburg&mdash;April 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally and Photo Exhibition to Support Iran Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Hamburg, Germany\u2014April 6, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Held a Rally and Photo Exhibition to Support 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>Hamburg, Germany\u2014April 6, 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 a rally and photo 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\/04\/hamburg-germany-april-6-2023-mek-supporters-rally-to-support-iran-revolution\/44323\/\" 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-7-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 7,<\/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 Saturday, April [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":303016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-305372","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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