{"id":307104,"date":"2023-05-08T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T05:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307104"},"modified":"2023-05-08T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T19:02:09","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 8, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-307107 size-full\" title=\"iran protests 07052023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-07052023-e1683523618761.jpg\" alt=\"iran protests 07052023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-07052023-e1683523618761.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-07052023-e1683523618761-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-07052023-e1683523618761-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-07052023-e1683523618761-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-protests-07052023-e1683523618761-696x395.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: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/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;\">Monday, May 8, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 235<\/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 235th day on Monday. According to reports by the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), protests by people from different walks of life spread across Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 8 &#8211; Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s telecom industry from across West Azerbaijan Province were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dmd4Ee1QTY\">pic.twitter.com\/Dmd4Ee1QTY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655566974313955328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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 Resistance Units inside Iran portrayed large images of Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition NCRI, in Tehran and Behbahan on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Tehran, a large image of Maryam Rajavi was projected on the capital\u2019s Resalat Expressway at 10:45 pm local time, along with the slogan: \u201cWe can liberate our occupied country!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 8 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s telecom industry from across Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EoVnKQhZZs\">pic.twitter.com\/EoVnKQhZZs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655569490627768324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">In Behbahan, a large image of Maryam Rajavi was displayed near the city\u2019s Arjan Square at 9:30 pm local time, along with the slogan: \u201cWe can and must liberate Iran!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 8 &#8211; Bandar Abbas, southern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s telecom industry from across Hormozgan Province were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VM1ybwQFOU\">pic.twitter.com\/VM1ybwQFOU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655566198069932033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">Retirees and pensioners of the regime\u2019s telecom industry in the provincial capitals of Khuzestan,\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655551874668589058\" rel=\"noopener\">Isfahan<\/a>,\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655566974313955328\" rel=\"noopener\">West Azerbaijan<\/a>,\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655569490627768324\" rel=\"noopener\">Sistan &amp; Baluchestan<\/a>,\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655566198069932033\" rel=\"noopener\">Hormozgan<\/a>,\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655549357985497095?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermanshah, Lorestan, Kurdistan, Chaharmahal &amp; Bakhtiari,<\/a>\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655550618327556100\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilan, Markazi (Central), Ardabil, and Ilam<\/a>\u202frallied on Monday to protest their low pensions and poor economic conditions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s telecom industry from across the provinces of Kermanshah, Lorestan, Kurdistan, and Chaharmahal &amp; Bakhtiari were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSb1fI5KUz\">pic.twitter.com\/RSb1fI5KUz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655549357985497095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">The mullahs\u2019 dictatorship ruling Iran, with deep concerns about a new wave of protests and nationwide uprisings, has been engaged in a new wave of mass executions during the past week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s telecom industry from across the provinces of Gilan, Markazi (Central), Ardabil, and Ilam were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rC0sJRhdZg\">pic.twitter.com\/rC0sJRhdZg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1655550618327556100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 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;\">At least 44 inmates, including 23 members of Iran\u2019s Baluchi community, were hanged from April 29 to May 5. Sixteen of these executions were carried out on May 4 alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The international community needs to take urgent action against the mullahs\u2019 regime for their four decades of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Prisoner Exchange Deal First, Then Arrest Vandecasteele\u2019: Iranian Opposition Leaks Secret Documents<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307123 size-medium\" title=\"DeMorgenLogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo-300x55.png\" alt=\"DeMorgenLogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo-1024x188.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo-768x141.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo-150x28.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo-696x128.png 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DeMorgenLogo.png 1044w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Belgium and Iran first reached an agreement on a prisoner exchange, and it was only months later that Olivier Vandecasteele was arrested in Tehran as a bargaining chip.&#8217;\u00a0That is what the Iranian opposition says after the hacking of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday morning, a spokesman for the Iranian resistance group NCRI announced that the hacker collective Ghiamtasarnegouni had succeeded in taking down the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u00a0Shortly afterward, the NCRI posted secret documents from the same ministry online regarding the Iranian-Belgian prisoner exchange. Just before the summer recess, the federal parliament approved the legal framework for this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.demorgen.be\/nieuws\/eerst-deal-gevangenenruil-daarna-pas-arrestatie-vandecasteele-iraanse-oppositie-lekt-geheime-documenten~bb9b09a6\/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOlivier Vandecasteele Is a Victim of Prisoner Exchange Deal\u201d: Iranian Opposition Leaks Secret Documents About Agreement With Belgium<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307121 size-medium\" title=\"het laatste niews logo (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/het-laatste-niews-logo-1-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"het laatste niews logo (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/het-laatste-niews-logo-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/het-laatste-niews-logo-1-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/het-laatste-niews-logo-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBelgium and Iran first reached an agreement on a prisoner exchange, and only months later Olivier Vandecasteele was arrested as a bargaining chip.\u201d\u00a0This is reported by the newspaper De Morgen on the basis of secret documents that were hacked by the Iranian opposition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian resistance group NCRI announced on Sunday that the hacker collective Ghiamtasarnegouni had succeeded in shutting down the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u00a0Shortly afterward, the group posted secret documents online regarding the Iranian-Belgian prisoner exchange. The documents now show that the very first draft of the Iran-Belgian agreement was written in Tehran on April 26, 2021.\u00a0A first signature by representatives of both ministries would have followed on May 31, 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hln.be\/buitenland\/olivier-vandecasteele-is-slachtoffer-van-deal-gevangenenruil-iraanse-oppositie-lekt-geheime-documenten-over-akkoord-met-belgie~aa467ca1\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran Stock Exchange Might Face Closure as Total Index Drops 122,000 Units in Two Hours<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-238326 size-medium\" title=\"Iran-Stock-Market (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-Stock-Market-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Stock-Market\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State media reported an unprecedented free fall of Tehran&#8217;s Stock Exchange today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According <a href=\"https:\/\/ecoiran.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3-157\/34879-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86\">to EcoIran<\/a>, in the first two hours of trading today, May 8, the total index dropped by 122,000 units to 2,317,000 experiencing the biggest drop in the history of the Tehran Stock Exchange in the entire 56-year period of activity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today&#8217;s stock market followed a different trend from the previous days and surprised the traders with the drop of 95 thousand units of the total stock index, the retreat of 30 thousand units of the equal weight index, and the withdrawal of more than four thousand billion tomans of real money. Now traders are looking for an answer to the reason for today&#8217;s fall in the stock market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arshehonline.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-121\/86071-%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3-%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF\">Arshe Online reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eghtesadnews.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-67\/572315-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF\">The state-run Eghtesad News<\/a> reported: \u201cThe total index fell by 5%. According to the law, the market must be closed, and a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Stock Exchange must be held. It should be observed if the law is followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 10:30 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donating Cars in Regime&#8217;s Institutions is Common Practice, Parliament Speaker Says<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-219965 size-medium\" title=\"Qalibaf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Struan Stevenson - Iran's new parliament speaker built career on suppression\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-696x403.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-725x420.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While admitting receipt of SUVs by the members of the regime&#8217;s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the parliament speaker, claimed this would be a normal procedure in the Iranian regime&#8217;s institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 7, during his remarks in a parliamentary public session, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/725213\" rel=\"noopener\">Qalibaf said:<\/a> &#8220;Unfortunately, these days, a new round of attacks has started against the parliament and the government, claiming that the former Minister Industries, Mining, and Trade has handed over some cars to the MPs in order to obstruct the impeachment. Therefore, a new issue has occupied people&#8217;s minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Donating cars illegally to organizations and institutions became a new issue in public opinion, and although the facilitation of handing over cars is a normal practice in many institutions, no such gift was allowed through the structure of the parliament,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Hid Weapons Among Earthquake Aid to Target U.S. Troops, Leak Says<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257641 \" title=\"washington post logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/washington-post-logo-300x231.webp\" alt=\"washington-post-logo\" width=\"212\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran and its proxies are enabling attacks on U.S. troops in Syria through clandestine weapons shipments hidden within humanitarian aid that has flowed into the region after a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/03\/08\/turkey-syria-moment-of-earthquake\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic earthquake<\/a>\u00a0killed tens of thousands earlier this year, according to classified U.S. intelligence and an Israeli military official familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The findings, outlined in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/discord-leaks\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4\" rel=\"noopener\">a leak of U.S. secrets<\/a>\u00a0circulated on the Discord messaging platform and obtained by The Washington Post, raise dire questions about the ability of the United States and its allies to intercept Iranian-sourced arms used routinely to target American personnel, partner forces and civilians in the Middle East. The top-secret document, which has not been previously disclosed, amplifies earlier reports of Iran\u2019s alleged efforts to conceal defensive military equipment within aid deliveries to Syria after the February disaster devastated that country and neighboring Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/05\/07\/iran-syria-weapons-leaked-documents\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 7:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">People Across Iran Continue Protests Despite New Wave of Executions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307108 size-medium\" title=\"Khomeyn central Iran May 6 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khomeyn-central-Iran-May-6-2023-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Khomeyn central Iran May 6 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khomeyn-central-Iran-May-6-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khomeyn-central-Iran-May-6-2023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khomeyn-central-Iran-May-6-2023.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People from all walks of life in different cities across Iran held protest rallies on Saturday, standing their ground firmly in the face of a new wave of executions. This included protests and rallies by farmers in Iran\u2019s Markazi (Central) Province, students in Tehran\u2019s Khajeh Nasir Toosi University, and workers at a natural gas site in Isfahan Province, among others.\u00a0As Sunday marks the 234<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day of Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising, people 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-protests-executions-baluchis-schoolgirls-poisoning-chemical-gas-attacks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wave of Chemical Attacks: Intelligence Ministry Report Denies Poisoning of Schoolgirls<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307105 size-medium\" title=\"Wave of Chemical Attacks 750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wave-of-Chemical-Attacks-750-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Wave of Chemical Attacks 750\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wave-of-Chemical-Attacks-750-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wave-of-Chemical-Attacks-750-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wave-of-Chemical-Attacks-750-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wave-of-Chemical-Attacks-750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian schoolgirls have been experiencing a wave of chemical attacks for over five months now, and the regime has done little to address the issue. In\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1908986\/episodes\/12801557\" rel=\"noopener\">this episode<\/a> of the NCRI Women\u2019s Committee podcast, the topic of discussion was the wave of chemical attacks on Iranian schoolgirls and the lack of action from the authorities.\u00a0The attacks began after the Nowruz holidays, despite warnings from the supreme leader Ali Khamenei to arrest and punish the perpetrators of such crimes. The attacks have occurred in over 700 schools in some 160 cities across the country, and the latest figures suggest that between 5,000 to 13,000 students have been affected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/05\/07\/wave-of-chemical-attacks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Vahidian, Journalist, Condemned to 4 Years in Jail<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307106 size-medium\" title=\"Maryam Vahidian journalist min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maryam-Vahidian-journalist-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Vahidian journalist min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maryam-Vahidian-journalist-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maryam-Vahidian-journalist-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maryam-Vahidian-journalist-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maryam-Vahidian-journalist-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Maryam Vahidian, a journalist, to four years in prison.\u00a0Maryam Vahidian had been previously pursued and imprisoned for \u201cassembly and collusion with intent to disrupt national security.\u201d The verdict has been suspended for five years. The trial for these charges was held on April 18, 2023, at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court.\u00a0Maryam Vahidian, a journalist reporting on workers\u2019 issues for the ILNA news agency, was\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/02\/female-journalists-detained-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested in Tehran<\/a>\u00a0on November 27 and released from Evin prison on December 28, 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/05\/07\/maryam-vahidian-journalist-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can the Clerical Government of Iran Collapse in 2023?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-304369 size-medium\" title=\"Khamenei\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Khamenei-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Khamenei-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Khamenei-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Khamenei-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Khamenei-696x503.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Khamenei.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The collapse of a government refers to the inability, breakdown, or cessation of the executive structures and institutions of a ruling system in a country. In such circumstances, the government is unable to manage and control the country\u2019s political and social system. In other words, in such situations, the government loses its ability to govern and is changed due to an internal or external factor. An example of such a collapse is the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, which is the most classical example of the collapse of a government.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li>The term \u201ccollapse\u201d is constantly used by monarchists and royalists as their policy and strategy for the transition of power.<\/li>\n<li>Their understanding of the collapse of the system is that the system deteriorates due to internal crises and ultimately collapses due to an internal factor ( the Revolutionary Guards) or an external factor (foreign powers).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/can-the-clerical-government-collapse-in-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/05\/brussels-may-4-2023-mek-supporters-rallied-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution-and-called-for-blacklisting-the-irgc\/45104\/\">Brussels\u2014May 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution and Called for Blacklisting the IRGC<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Brussels&mdash;May 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DRhgJrKBTrc\" 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%2FDRhgJrKBTrc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DRhgJrKBTrc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-07T08:56:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DRhgJrKBTrc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDRhgJrKBTrc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Brussels\u2014May 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the 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\/DRhgJrKBTrc\" 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%2FDRhgJrKBTrc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Brussels&mdash;May 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Brussels, Belgium\u2014May 4, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), rallied in support of the nationwide Iran protests. They also called to the EU to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Furthermore, Iranian Resistance supporters in Brussels expressed their solidarity with the Iranian workers&#039; strike across the country.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Brussels, Belgium\u2014May 4, 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>), rallied in support of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/category\/news\/insider\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">nationwide Iran protests<\/a>. They also called on the EU to designate the <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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/05\/brussels-may-4-2023-mek-supporters-rallied-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution-and-called-for-blacklisting-the-irgc\/45104\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also, read<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 7,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran Monday, May [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":307107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-307104","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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