{"id":306989,"date":"2023-05-05T07:55:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T06:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=306989"},"modified":"2023-05-05T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:05:18","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-5-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-5-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 5, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-306990\" title=\"iran protests 04052023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-04052023.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests 04052023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-04052023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-04052023-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-04052023-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-04052023-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-04052023-696x409.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>UPDATE: 10:00 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;\">Friday, May 5, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 232<\/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;\">On Friday, May 5, Iran witnessed the 232<sup>nd<\/sup> day of its ongoing protests. As the strikes\u00a0in the oil, gas, petrochemical, steel, power plants, and copper mines sectors continued for the 15<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive day, there is no easing in sight, and the longer the state and local officials refuse to heed the workers\u2019 demands, the more will the regime\u2019s economy be jeopardized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 5 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals have taken to the streets in anti-regime demonstrations and are chanting slogans including:<br \/>&quot;Basij and IRGC members, you are our ISIS&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eAdd3NcreY\">pic.twitter.com\/eAdd3NcreY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654491135648346112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654491135648346112?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">people of Zahedan,<\/a> the provincial capital of Sistan &amp; Baluchestan, took to the streets today following their weekly Friday prayers. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654479810637484032?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Launching a<\/a> large demonstration in the city\u2019s streets, they chanted\u00a0anti-regime slogans, including:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will fight! We may die! But we won&#8217;t live in shame!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all willing to fight! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654438286834962432?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Let&#8217;s fight to the end!&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDown with Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDown with the republic of executions!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 5 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals have taken to the streets in anti-regime demonstrations and are chanting slogans including:<br \/>&quot;We swear on the blood of our compatriots that we stand to the end!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5DYSwLvCk\">pic.twitter.com\/o5DYSwLvCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654438286834962432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We swear on the blood of our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654438286834962432?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">compatriots that we stand to the end!&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654436474321006592?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cKhamenei is a murderer!<\/a> We have nothing to eat!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The monarchy and the Velayat-e Faghih (rule of the Supreme Leader) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654476035893923843?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8211; 100 years of injustice.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Khamenei, have some shame! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654477294168154112?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Let go of the country!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 5 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals took to the streets in anti-regime demonstrations and began chanting slogans including:<br \/>&quot;Khamenei, have some shame! Let go of the country!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hS7DKkoP5c\">pic.twitter.com\/hS7DKkoP5c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654477294168154112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasij and IRGC members, you are our ISIS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy martyred brother, I will <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654439545100959744?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">avenge your blood!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654439545134551040?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFreedom! Freedom! Freedom!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want a corrupt system! We don\u2019t want a murdering leader!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will kill those who killed my brother!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian opposition coalition\u00a0NCRI\u00a0President-elect\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1654503838177538054\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi praised<\/a> the courageous people of Zahedan and Iran\u2019s Baluchi community for continuing their anti-regime protests today despite the regime\u2019s recent wave of horrific executions parallel to numerous other crackdown measures aimed at silencing the Iranian people, especially the brave Baluchi community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I commend the arisen people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zahedan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zahedan<\/a> who demonstrated in their courageous uprising today that the criminal executions and blind arrests have not only failed to disrupt the determination of Baluch compatriots in their struggle against the mullahs&#39; regime but have made them more\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLRik1iqxD\">pic.twitter.com\/mLRik1iqxD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1654503838177538054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">Contract workers of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654522592433143813?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Arik Sanat Company<\/a> in\u00a0Isfahan went on strike and joined the ongoing nationwide labor campaign, protesting officials\u2019 refusal to increase their salaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Iranian youth continue to challenge the vast and suppressive security apparatus of the regime across the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>A brave young woman is seen writing in graffiti:<br \/>&quot;This regime is illegitimate. The police are murderers. We own the country. Get lost Seyed Ali (Khamenei).&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d2z8CTbCCk\">pic.twitter.com\/d2z8CTbCCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654482326964031488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">Footage posted on social media shows\u00a0a brave <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654482326964031488?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">young woman in Tabriz<\/a>, northwestern Iran, writing in graffiti on the wall. The message reads: &#8220;This regime is illegitimate. The police are murderers. We own the country. Get lost Seyed Ali (Khamenei).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654481069020942336?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">In Zahedan, southeast Iran<\/a>, a brave protester wrote in graffiti: &#8220;Down with Khamenei!&#8221; referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>A brave protester writes in graffiti:<br \/>&quot;Down with Khamenei!&quot; referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZQ8tgqyhU\">pic.twitter.com\/CZQ8tgqyhU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1654481069020942336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 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;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wilson Joins RSC Taskforce Members in Introducing Slate of Bills Combatting the Iranian Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-307002 alignleft\" title=\"rep joe wilson logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-joe-wilson-logo.jpg\" alt=\"rep joe wilson logo\" width=\"277\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-joe-wilson-logo.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-joe-wilson-logo-150x56.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>WASHINGTON, DC\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/b>Members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) introduced a slate of six bills targeting Iran and preventing the Biden administration from\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/04\/03\/iran-biden-proposal-freeze-nuclear-activity-deal\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-safelink=\"true\">reviving a nuclear deal<\/a> with Iran. The bills were rolled out Friday and through the course of this week and are led by: RSC National Security Task Force Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), Representatives Pat Fallon (R-TX), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Cory Mills (R-FL), and John James (R-MI).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RSC National Security Task Force Chairman\u00a0<b>Joe Wilson<\/b>\u00a0said,<\/i>\u00a0\u201cAs Chairman of the RSC National Security Task Force, I\u2019m grateful to lead this effort to push back on the Biden administration\u2019s failed policy<b>\u00a0<\/b>toward the Iranian regime which jeopardizes U.S. national security. The Iranian regime continues enriching uranium, oppressing the Iranian people, and exporting missiles and terrorism. Now that the Republicans are in the House majority, we will pass legislation to continue to pressure this brutal regime. The RSC will play a vital role in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/joewilson.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/wilson-joins-rsc-taskforce-members-in-introducing-slate-of-bills\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As Chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepublicanStudy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepublicanStudy<\/a>\u00a0National Security Taskforce I was grateful to be among several of my taskforce colleagues to introduce legislation further combatting the Iranian Regime. Biden must understand this regime cannot be trusted. Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Y9rJW1tWi\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Y9rJW1tWi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Wilson (@RepJoeWilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJoeWilson\/status\/1654278340784553985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">Drug Smuggling From Iran to Azerbaijan Was Prevented in the Caspian Sea<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306085 size-medium\" title=\"apa az logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/apa-az-logo-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"apa az logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/apa-az-logo-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/apa-az-logo-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/apa-az-logo.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Efforts are underway to ensure reliable protection of the maritime borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to strengthen the control of regimes in the Xerxes Sea, and to combat smuggling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 3, at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.az\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"hyperlink\"><\/a>12:50 p.m., the State Border Service&#8217;s Coast Guard technical observation station detected an unknown target heading north through the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Xerxes Sea, according to the EPA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result of the cooperation of the Coast Guard&#8217;s technical observation station and the border patrol vessel, drugs were prevented from smuggling from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the south of the Xerxes Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.az\/az\/hadise\/xezerde-irandan-azerbaycana-narkotik-kecirilmesinin-qarsisi-alinib-video-762936\" 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\u2019s Regime Continues Chemical Gas Attacks in the Face of New Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306991 size-medium\" title=\"Municipality service workers protesting Isfahan Iran May 3 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Municipality-service-workers-protesting-Isfahan-Iran-May-3-2023-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"Municipality service workers protesting Isfahan Iran May 3 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Municipality-service-workers-protesting-Isfahan-Iran-May-3-2023-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Municipality-service-workers-protesting-Isfahan-Iran-May-3-2023-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Municipality-service-workers-protesting-Isfahan-Iran-May-3-2023.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 231<sup>st<\/sup> day on Thursday as regime operatives have been continuing their deliberate and organized chemical gas attacks. These poisonings of mostly innocent schoolgirls are aimed at quelling Iran\u2019s restive society and installing fear to allow the regime\u2019s forces to overcome the country\u2019s relentless anti-regime protests by a nation that is seeking change through putting an end to the mullahs\u2019 regime in its entirety.\u00a0People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader\u00a0Ali Khamenei responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) 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\/live-report-iran-executions-hangings-chemical-gas-attacks-schoolgirls-poisoning-protestsprotests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime in Denial as Poisoning of School Girls Continues in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306995 size-medium\" title=\"Poisoning of school girls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Poisoning-of-school-girls-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Poisoning of school girls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Poisoning-of-school-girls-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Poisoning-of-school-girls-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Poisoning-of-school-girls-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Poisoning-of-school-girls.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The serial poisoning of school girls continues in Iran while the regime officials continue to deny that any\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/03\/14\/gas-poisoning-of-school-girls-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">poisoning<\/a> is taking place.\u00a0Wednesday, May 3, saw chemical attacks on Parvin Etesami girls\u2019 school in Hassanabad, Sanandaj. The day before, on Tuesday, May 2, the Ali Mohammadi all-girls school in Baneh, Elahieh all-girls school, Kimia Conservatory for girls, and another girls\u2019 school on Komeil St. in Kermanshah, and many other schools were targets of chemical attacks.\u00a0In the case of Elahieh School in Kermanshah, police forces went to the high school after the chemical attack and threatened the students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/05\/04\/poisoning-of-school-girls-continues\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Cost of Tehran\u2019s Support for the Assad Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306994 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Syria\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-Syria-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Syria\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-Syria-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-Syria-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-Syria-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-Syria-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Iran-Syria.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the leaders of Iran and Syria\u2019s regimes signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at long-term collaboration on Wednesday. These agreements and memorandums relate to several sectors, including oil, agriculture, railways, and free trade zones. The agreement came as regime president Ebrahim Raisi traveled to Syria, marking the first visit by an Iranian head of state to Syria since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011.\u00a0For quite some time, the Iran regime\u2019s state-owned railway company has expressed its interest in extending its network via neighboring Iraq and Syria to connect to the Mediterranean Sea port of Lattakia, aiming to bolster trade. This is another attempt by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/middle-east\/iranian-regimes-concerns-over-its-fragile-influence-in-iraq\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s regime<\/a>\u00a0to expand its political sway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/middle-east\/the-cost-of-tehrans-support-for-the-assad-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLooking Forward for a Democracy in 2023, Not a Monarchical or Religious Past\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306993 size-medium\" title=\"iran shah khamenei cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-shah-khamenei-cartoon-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"iran shah khamenei cartoon\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-shah-khamenei-cartoon-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-shah-khamenei-cartoon-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-shah-khamenei-cartoon-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-shah-khamenei-cartoon.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kurdish Institute of Washington has published an article titled \u201cFor the Next Steps in Iran, We Must Looking forward for a democracy, Not a Monarchical or Religious Past.\u201d In the article, they discuss the uprising of the Iranian people, which has resulted in the deaths and injuries of thousands, as well as the arrest, torture, and disappearance of many more under the rule of the Islamic Republic. The institute poses the question, \u201cIf protests could effectively challenge the power of the government and topple the Islamic Republic, what then?\u201d They conclude that \u201cWe must look to a democracy, not a return to the mythical \u2018peaceful\u2019 past under the Shah\u2019s regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/looking-forward-for-a-democracy-in-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raisi\u2019s Government Wants To Sell Islands To Pay the Retirees in 2023; A New Shameless Proposition by the Government?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-306992 size-medium\" title=\"iran kish photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-kish-photo-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"iran kish photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-kish-photo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-kish-photo-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-kish-photo-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-kish-photo.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sajjad Padam, Director General of Social Insurance of the Ministry of Labor of Raisi\u2019s government, recently announced that it is possible that \u201cwe may be forced to sell Khuzestan, Kish, and Qeshm for retirees\u2019 claims\u201d!\u00a0Tensions rose when Sajjad Padam, Director General of Social Insurance of the Ministry of Labor of Raisi\u2019s government, announced on May 2, that \u201cwe may, like Greece, which sold about 100 islands for retirees\u2019 claims, be forced to sell Khuzestan, Kish, and Qeshm\u201d! Padam added that even if the Islamic government sells 3 million barrels of oil, without sanctions, it still cannot solve the\u00a0retirement crisis!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/raisis-government-wants-to-sell-islands-in-2023\/\" 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-may-4-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 4,<\/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 Iran Uprising at a Glance Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran Friday, May [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":306990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-306989","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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