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UPDATE: 10:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n In an article on Monday, the state-run Bahar News<\/a> acknowledged the medication shortage in Iran, which has turned into a new crisis.<\/p>\n “There is no end to the lack of medicine in Iran. Now, activists say that with this year\u2019s budget, the country will probably face a new wave of medicine shortages. The range of deficiencies is not limited to a few items and just one type of disease. Even the names of antibiotics and serum have been on this list for months,\u201d the paper writes.<\/p>\n On April 21, the state-run Tejarat News published<\/a> an interview with Ali Fatemi, the vice-chairman of the Pharmacists Association, during which he acknowledged that \u201cthe assessment of the Ministry of Health for the budget required by the Ministry of Health was 105 quadrillion rials. But in the end, only 69 quadrillion rials were approved.\u201d<\/p>\n The Nakhchivan Main Customs Department has prevented an attempt to smuggle a large batch of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan, Azernews reports citing the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee.\u00a0According to the source, a customs inspection of a cargo vehicle transiting through the territory of Azerbaijan from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Netherlands was carried out at the Julfa checkpoint. The department has implemented a thorough inspection of the vehicle, as a result, almost 500 kilos of heroin were found in the cargo compartment of the vehicle.\u00a0An investigation is underway.<\/p>\n Source<\/a><\/p>\n The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on eight additional\u00a0individuals and one entity<\/strong> responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.\u00a0The Council is sanctioning\u00a0Ariantel<\/strong>, an Iranian mobile service provider, which contributed to the telecommunications surveillance architecture mapped out by the Iranian government to quash dissent and critical voices in Iran.<\/p>\n New listings also include\u00a0lawmakers<\/strong>\u00a0in the Iranian Parliament, members of the\u00a0Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/strong> (IRGC), and the\u00a0IRCG Cooperative Foundation<\/strong>, which is the body responsible for managing the IRGC\u2019s investments and in that framework responsible for funneling money into the regime\u2019s brutal repression.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n Sunday, April 24, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising witnessed its 221st day on Monday as more workers of the country\u2019s sensitive industrial sites are joining an escalating campaign of strikes spreading throughout Iran.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n April 24 – Shadegan, southwest #Iran<\/a> — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nState Media Warn of Severe Shortage of Medicine<\/h3>\n
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\nAzerbaijan Prevents Smuggling of Large Batch of Heroin Coming From Iran<\/h3>\n
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\nIran: Council Sanctions Eight Additional Individuals and One Entity Over Human Rights Violations<\/h3>\n
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\nIran Uprising at a Glance<\/h3>\n
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More footage of contract workers at a steel plant on strike, protesting their officials' refusal to increase their salaries.#IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BXNFatFQ9u<\/a><\/p>\n