{"id":306748,"date":"2023-05-02T08:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=306748"},"modified":"2023-05-03T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T12:09:08","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-2-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-2-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regime Insider Warns Senior Leaders of Increasing Social Rage Against the Regime<\/h3>\n

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Following an increasing trend of violence against state officials and security forces, some of the regime’s insiders are sounding the alarm and warning the highest ranks of the regime against a radical storm on the horizon.<\/p>\n

On May 2, in an interview with the state-run Dideban website<\/a>, Ahmed Bokharaee, a state-affiliated sociologist, explained the social hatred against the ruling clerics and said: “At the head of the country, there is the Velayat al-Faqih, who is a spiritual person. At all powerful institutions and organizations, including the Assembly of Experts, the Constitutional Monitoring Council, and in all key positions, clerics have been appointed by the leadership.”<\/p>\n

Describing the officials’ refusal to heed the people, he added: “Due to these reasons, the other option that remains for certain groups of people is unfortunately violent behavior and language. Now this violence sometimes manifests itself in the form of throwing turbans, sometimes it comes in the form of verbal insults, and at other times in the form of physical elimination.”<\/p>\n

“This process was predictable and many times, sociologists warned that this kind of confrontation between a part of the political system and a part of the people will not end well,” Bokharaee alerted. “Now, one person prefers to escape and leaves the country, one person tries to terminate himself physically and commits suicide, another person may go into isolation and goes on drugs, and another person may start rioting and violence.”<\/p>\n

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Azerbaijan Deals Blow To Iranian Agents<\/h3>\n

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Iran’s intelligence attempts against Azerbaijan were once again dealt a major blow. In the special operation organized by the police, many people who were spying on behalf of Iran were arrested. A lot of evidence was seized about the connections of members of the decrypted Iranian spy network and their illegal activities on their social network accounts. Azerbaijani security forces carried out an operation against people who promote radicalism and other illegal activities with the money obtained from the sale of drugs.<\/p>\n

As part of the operation, it was announced that 16 people who were determined to be spying on behalf of Iran were arrested.\u00a0In the statement made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, it was stated that “the arrested persons are mainly controlled from Iran and they are using drug addicts for their dirty purposes”.<\/p>\n

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Azerbaijan Detains Two Citizens Bringing 112 KG of Narcotics From Iran<\/h3>\n

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan (MIA) once again resolutely prevented the illegal circulation of large quantities of narcotics sent directly from the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of destroying the national gene pool of Azerbaijan, the MIA told APA<\/a>.\u00a0Rovshan Zamanov and Royal Baloglanov were detained as a result of the action taken by the employees of the Main Drug Enforcement Department of MIA.<\/p>\n

During the inspection of their car and the houses where they lived, 112 kilograms belonging to both persons, including 30 kilograms of heroin, 52 kilograms of dried marijuana enriched with psychotropic substances and highly effective properties, 30 kilograms of methamphetamine, and 2 electronic scales used in the sale of drugs were discovered and seized. Rovshan Zamanov and Royal Baloglanov stated that they delivered the drugs to various addresses in Baku through the Iranian citizen “Hadi” from a hidden place in the territory of Imishli district located in the border region and obtained them in order to earn money.<\/p>\n

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Iran Uprising at a Glance<\/h3>\n

Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n

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  • Days<\/strong>: 229<\/li>\n
  • Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n
  • Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK<\/li>\n
  • Detentions<\/strong>: 30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    May 1 – Tehran, #Iran<\/a>
    People were protesting in the streets of the capital's Sadeghiyeh district.    #IranRevolution<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/R8WzIeCvbI<\/a><\/p>\n

    — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n