{"id":307177,"date":"2023-05-10T06:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307177"},"modified":"2023-05-10T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:22:34","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 10, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran: UN Experts Condemn Recent Executions, Urge Moratorium on Death Penalty<\/h3>\n

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GENEVA (9 May 2023)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 UN experts* today strongly condemned several recent executions, including Mr. Habib Chaab, a Swedish-Iranian national from the Ahwazi Arab minority, Mr. Yousef Mehrdad and Mr. Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, and warned that executions following flawed trials were tantamount to arbitrary deprivation of life under international law.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrials of some of these persons were marred by violations of due process guarantees in proceedings that fell short of international fair trial standards,\u201d the experts said. \u201cAny death sentence undertaken in contravention of a government\u2019s international obligations is unlawful and tantamount to an arbitrary execution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Senators Demand Biden Allows DHS To Enforce Sanctions Against Iran<\/h3>\n

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A bipartisan group of a dozen senators is demanding the Biden administration to allow the Department of Homeland Security to enforce sanctions against Iran by seizing oil and gas shipments from the country as Tehran is ramping up seizures of foreign oil tankers. Iran uses money from oil sales to fund corrupt regimes and terrorist groups, according to U.S. officials, and the senators said in a recent\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to Biden: “Enforcement of sanctions against Iranian petrochemical and petroleum sales will defund terrorists\u2019 intent on harming the United States and our partners.”<\/p>\n

Iranian oil exports increased by 35% from 2021 to 2022, but for the past year Homeland Security Investigations, the main federal agency for oil sanctions, has been unable to seize Iranian oil shipments. due to “policy limitations” issued by the Treasury Department, the senators also said.<\/p>\n

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Vulnerable Papercut Servers Targeted by Iranian Hackers<\/h3>\n

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More attacks against vulnerable PaperCut MF\/NG print management servers<\/a> have been deployed by Iranian state-sponsored threat groups Mango Sandstorm, also known as MuddyWater and Mercury, and Mint Sandstorm, also known as Phosphorus and APT35, BleepingComputer<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

“The PaperCut exploitation activity by Mint Sandstorm appears opportunistic, affecting organizations across sectors and geographies. Observed CVE-2023-27350 exploitation activity by Mango Sandstorm remains low, with operators using tools from prior intrusions to connect to their C2 infrastructure,” said Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Team in a series of tweets. Such attacks come after the CVE-2023-27350 vulnerability was also exploited by the Lace Tempest hacking operation, which was noted to overlap with the TA505 and FIN11 cybercrime groups.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n

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  • Days<\/strong>: 237<\/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

    Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising witnessed its 237th day on Wednesday. This was following a busy day of protests by people from different walks of life in Iran, as reported by the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).<\/p>\n

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    May 10 – Isfahan, central #Iran<\/a>
    Brave youths attacked a site of the mullahs\u2019 so-called judiciary early Wednesday morning local time in response to the regime\u2019s new surge of executions.    #IranRevoIution<\/a> #StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ro8L3aeJYq<\/a><\/p>\n

    — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n