{"id":306572,"date":"2023-04-27T08:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T07:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=306572"},"modified":"2023-05-02T19:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:46:06","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 27, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-306574\" title=\"iranian resistance activism 26042023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-activism-26042023.jpg\" alt=\"iranian resistance activism 26042023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-activism-26042023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-activism-26042023-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-activism-26042023-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-activism-26042023-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iranian-resistance-activism-26042023-696x434.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;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sanctioning Russian Federation and Iranian State Actors Responsible for the Wrongful Detention of U.S. Nationals<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-303545 size-medium\" title=\"united states department of justice 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"united states department of justice 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The United States has no higher commitment than bringing home wrongfully detained Americans. Today, we are promoting accountability\u00a0for those responsible for wrongfully detaining U.S. nationals abroad.\u00a0 Our actions are a clear and direct warning to those around the world who wrongfully detain U.S. nationals of the potential consequences of their actions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department is also designating Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO) for its involvement in the wrongful detention of at least one U.S. national abroad.\u00a0\u00a0Concurrently, the Department of the Treasury is designating four senior officials in the IRGC-IO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/sanctioning-russian-federation-and-iranian-state-actors-responsible-for-the-wrongful-detention-of-u-s-nationals\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Treasury Sanctions Officials of Iranian Intelligence Agency Responsible for Detention of U.S. Nationals in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-246660 size-medium\" title=\"US treasury department (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four senior officials of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO), an entity that is being concurrently designated by the State Department for its role in the hostage-taking or wrongful detention of U.S. nationals in Iran. The IRGC-IO frequently holds and interrogates detainees in the notorious Evin Prison, in addition to the IRGC-IO\u2019s direct role in the repression of protests and arrest of dissidents, including dual nationals. Today\u2019s action is the first under Executive Order (E.O.) 14078, \u201cBolstering Efforts to Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained U.S. Nationals Home,\u201d which reaffirms the fundamental commitment of the U.S. government to bring home those U.S. nationals held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1444\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'segoe ui', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/h3>\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 27, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 224<\/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 witnessed its 224<sup>th<\/sup> day on Thursday. According to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Iran\u2019s industrial workers continued their nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651595929055793152\" rel=\"noopener\">strike in over<\/a> 100 sites across the country\u2019s oil, gas, petrochemical, steel, copper, and other plants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 27 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Administrative employees of an industrial site focused on steel production joined the nationwide strike launched by other industrial workers across the country.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W0Yrs6hlEu\">pic.twitter.com\/W0Yrs6hlEu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651595929055793152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 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 Resistance Units and brave youths in different cities of Iran are also increasing their anti-regime measures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MEK Resistance Units portrayed a large image of Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition NCRI, on Kalantari Expressway Boulevard in the city of Mashhad, northeast Iran, on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651619011183153157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651619011183153157%7Ctwgr%5E4d376593b2b0deb04cd400272a46bbc03ec3fdfb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-regime-nationwide-strike-protests-schoolgirls-poisoning%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Brave youths and protesters<\/a> in Urmia of northwest Iran attacked the local office branch of the regime\u2019s Guardian Council in West Azerbaijan Province in response to the regime\u2019s forces running over four Baluchi youths in the city of Fanuj, southeast Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 26 &#8211; Urmia, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Brave youths attacked the local branch office of the regime&#39;s Guardian Council in West Azerbaijan Province in response to the regime&#39;s forces running over four Baluchi youths in the city of Fanuj, southeast Iran.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6dHNPsbtlN\">pic.twitter.com\/6dHNPsbtlN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651619011183153157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 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;\">Nurses in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651622271277236226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651622271277236226%7Ctwgr%5E4d376593b2b0deb04cd400272a46bbc03ec3fdfb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-regime-nationwide-strike-protests-schoolgirls-poisoning%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahvaz, southeast Iran<\/a>, held a gathering on Thursday, protesting the regime\u2019s unjust policies that are delaying and decreasing their paychecks and pensions. A similar gathering was held by the medical staff of\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643530402999730176?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad\u2019s Qaem Hospital<\/a>\u202fon April 5th and\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1648954653835657216\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajaie Hospital of Qazvin<\/a>\u202fin northwest Iran on April 20.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 5 &#8211; Mashhad, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Medical staff of the city&#39;s Qaem Hospital held a gathering protesting the regime&#39;s unjust policies that are delaying and decreasing their paychecks and pensions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCoSD7vRG6\">pic.twitter.com\/nCoSD7vRG6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1643530402999730176?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;\">Locals in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651311433165189124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651311433165189124%7Ctwgr%5E4d376593b2b0deb04cd400272a46bbc03ec3fdfb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-regime-nationwide-strike-protests-schoolgirls-poisoning%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahrak-e Bagheri<\/a> district of Tehran were chanting anti-regime slogans on Wednesday night, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDown with Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651620973232418818?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Fanuj, southeast Iran, local storeowners<\/a> and merchants went on strike, protesting the regime&#8217;s security forces running over several people, leaving many killed and injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fanuj, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Local storeowners and merchants are on strike, protesting the regime&#39;s security forces running over several people, leaving many killed and injured.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranNationwideStrikes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranNationwideStrikes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6pDjCEkn41\">pic.twitter.com\/6pDjCEkn41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1651620973232418818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">When It Comes to Iran, the U.S. Should Look to the Future, Not the Past<\/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\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the situation in Iran continues to be in a state of flux, the international community must carefully consider its approach to the country&#8217;s political future. For decades, Western governments have based their policies toward Iran on the assumption that the existing theocratic dictatorship holds an unbreakable grip on power. However, the nationwide uprising that began in September has challenged this narrative and has presented an opportunity for policymakers and analysts to re-evaluate their understanding of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0As someone who has been passionate about human rights throughout my career, I have taken an interest in the anti-regime activists in Iran and have listened to their voices. I understand the scope and focus of popular dissent and have realized the major shortcoming of the current narrative. It almost entirely excludes the Iranian people from discussions about the correct policies for dealing with the regime. This flaw has resulted in deeply flawed Western foreign policies in this area for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/brucemccolm\/2023\/04\/27\/when-it-comes-to-iran-the-us-should-look-to-the-future-not-the-past-n2622465\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Sees More Workers Join Nationwide Strike, Major Unrest in Baluchistan<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306432 size-medium\" title=\"iran protests 25042023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-25042023-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests 25042023\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-25042023-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-25042023-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-25042023-150x68.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-25042023-696x313.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iran-protests-25042023.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 223<sup>rd<\/sup> day on Wednesday as a vast strike of the country\u2019s industrial workers continues on its sixth day, expanding to at least 104 sites in 37 cities across 13 provinces. Workers in the oil, gas, petrochemical, steel, copper, and other industrial sites are walking off and refusing to show up for work until they receive higher salaries, and their rights are acknowledged. On Tuesday night the regime\u2019s oppressive security forces in the city of Fanuj in Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Province of southeast Iran ran over two motorcycles with their vehicle, leaving four locals injured. People in this city began to gather at the site and authorities focused on preventing anti-regime protests, began to open fire on the crowd, leaving even more people injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-sees-more-workers-join-nationwide-strike-major-unrest-in-baluchestan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organized Chemical Attacks on Students in Iran Escalating<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306575 size-medium\" title=\"Organized chemical attacks on girls in Iran min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Organized-chemical-attacks-on-girls-in-Iran-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Organized chemical attacks on girls in Iran min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Organized-chemical-attacks-on-girls-in-Iran-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Organized-chemical-attacks-on-girls-in-Iran-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Organized-chemical-attacks-on-girls-in-Iran-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Organized-chemical-attacks-on-girls-in-Iran-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 24 and 25, several schools in Tehran and other cities witnessed the poisoning of more school girls. These organized chemical attacks are an attempt by the regime, Khamenei, and the IRGC, to counter the uprising and take revenge on girls and women who were at the forefront of the protests in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 25, students in several girls\u2019 schools, including\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1650782950827651074\" rel=\"noopener\">Avini Girls\u2019 High School<\/a>\u00a0in Tehran,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1650957815182159872\" rel=\"noopener\">Niayesh Girls\u2019 School in Sanandaj<\/a>, and Qudousi Girls\u2019 School and boys\u2019\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1650823216582086657\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammadian School<\/a>\u00a0in Kermanshah, were poisoned due to chemical attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/04\/26\/organized-chemical-attacks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Banks; The Government\u2019s Piggy Bank, the Mullahs\u2019 Lever<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306573 size-medium\" title=\"banks iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/banks-iran-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"banks iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/banks-iran-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/banks-iran-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/banks-iran-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/banks-iran.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the time when the agents of the Mullahs entered the country\u2019s banking and finance system until today, the disastrous failure of this entry and intervention is a lesson and a dark record for evaluating religious fascism, which is presented to the oppressed people and even the history of banking worldwide. Banking in the Mullahs\u2019 regime has only had one real function, and that is to plunder the people\u2019s financial resources, loot national assets, and compensate for the deficits of governments to run the country.\u00a0A few examples of this disaster illustrate that the usury of Rapacious Mullahs and their corrupt associates is just a small corner of the incredible volume of corruption and decay in the country\u2019s banks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/banks-the-mullahs-piggy-bank-in-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alleged Hezbollah Financier Extradited to U.S. on Sanctions Evasion Charges<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256191 size-medium\" title=\"usnewsworldreport-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/usnewsworldreport-logo-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"usnewsworldreport-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/usnewsworldreport-logo-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/usnewsworldreport-logo-150x45.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/usnewsworldreport-logo.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NEW YORK (Reuters) -A dual Lebanese-Belgian citizen accused by the United States of financing Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah has been extradited from Romania and faced sanctions evasion and money laundering charges on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, prosecutors said. Mohammad Bazzi, who Washington says has provided millions of dollars to Hezbollah, was arrested in February on charges of covertly selling real estate he owned in Michigan and transferring the funds abroad, violating U.S. sanctions laws.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Bazzi was extradited on Tuesday, and pleaded not guilty in a Wednesday court hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office in Brooklyn. He was ordered detained pending trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2023-04-26\/alleged-hezbollah-financier-extradited-to-u-s-on-sanctions-evasion-charges\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brussels\u2014April 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution and Demanded to Designate the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"MEK Supporters, in Brussels, Demanded for Designation of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Fp8tgeMcflU\" 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%2FFp8tgeMcflU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fp8tgeMcflU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT9M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-26T06:48:02Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Fp8tgeMcflU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFp8tgeMcflU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">MEK Supporters, in Brussels, Demanded for Designation of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization.<\/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\/Fp8tgeMcflU\" 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%2FFp8tgeMcflU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"MEK Supporters, in Brussels, Demanded for Designation of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"MEK Supporters, in Brussels, Demanded for Designation of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization\u2014April 24, 2023 Brussels, Belgium\u2014April 24, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), demonstrated in front of the EU Council of Ministers at the Same Time as the EU Foreign Ministers&#039; Meeting. Iranian Resistance supporters demanded to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization. They also 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>Brussels, Belgium\u2014April 24, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-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>), demonstrated in front of the EU Council of Ministers at the same time as the EU Foreign Ministers\u2019 Meeting.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Resistance<\/a>\u00a0supporters demanded to designate the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">IRGC\u00a0<\/a>as a terrorist organization. They also expressed solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/category\/news\/insider\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">nationwide Iran protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/04\/brussels-april-24-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution-and-demanded-to-designate-the-irgc-as-a-terrorist-organization\/44801\/\" 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-26-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 26,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET Sanctioning Russian Federation and Iranian State Actors Responsible for the Wrongful Detention of U.S. Nationals The United [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":306574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-306572","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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