{"id":307210,"date":"2023-05-11T07:14:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T06:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307210"},"modified":"2023-05-11T21:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:01:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-11-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-11-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 11, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-307212\" title=\"iran pensioners 10052023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-pensioners-10052023.jpg\" alt=\"iran pensioners 10052023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-pensioners-10052023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-pensioners-10052023-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-pensioners-10052023-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-pensioners-10052023-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-pensioners-10052023-696x400.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><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Seizes 13 Web Domains Used by Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah and Associates<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">May 11 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States on Thursday seized 13 web domains used by Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah and its associates, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">According to court records, the United States obtained authorisation to seize domains including manartv.net, manarnews.net, and naimkassem.net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Al Manar TV is a Lebanese television channel affiliated with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-seizes-13-web-domains-used-by-lebanons-hezbollah-associates-2023-05-11\/#:~:text=May%2011%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20The,net%2C%20and%20naimkassem.net.\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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;\">Thursday, May 11, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 238<\/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 marked its 238th day on Thursday. According to reports by the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), people from various walks of life are protesting in Iran, gathering to voice their economic woes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MEK Resistance Units portrayed large images of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi in the cities of Mashhad and Dezful on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK Resistance Units<\/a> torched large images of Khamenei, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, and former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Mashhad, Shiraz, Arak, and Sangar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brave youths checkered in different cities and towns across Iran launched a new campaign of anti-regime measures in response to the regime\u2019s recent surge in horrific executions. These measures include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Explosions at the office of a senior regime official in Qazvin.<\/li>\n<li>Attack with Molotov cocktails at a building associated with the mullahs\u2019 regime in Tehran<\/li>\n<li>Torching a so-called seminary in Tehran used by the regime to promote the mullahs\u2019 policies of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism<\/li>\n<li>Torching IRGC paramilitary Basij bases in Tehran, Isfahan, Manujan, and Kerman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 10 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Brave youth and threw Molotov cocktails at a building associated to the regime in response to the mullahs&#39; recent surge in horrific executions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G1b4x26i2h\">pic.twitter.com\/G1b4x26i2h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1656696972173279232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 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;\">These brave acts are taking place while the regime has ratcheted up executions to suppress the protests and intimidate the public. On May 10, the Iranian regime hanged four prisoners in Gohardasht prison and three prisoners in Qezelhessar prison, two of whom had been imprisoned for nine years. In addition, another prisoner was hanged in Kermanshah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locals near the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1656675756922253314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1656675756922253314%7Ctwgr%5E6c8345f80c52f3e386c716e39a9fcedfb80b0b58%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-iran-executions-protests-mek-resistance-units%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Marand in northwest Iran<\/a> were holding a gathering on Thursday morning to protest the regime authorities\u2019 confiscation of their lands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 11 &#8211; Town near Marand, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals were holding a gathering protesting the regime authorities&#39; confiscation of their lands. Regime security forces attacked their ranks.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NpyVNLiizL\">pic.twitter.com\/NpyVNLiizL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1656675756922253314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 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;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 7, the governor and 22 mayors of Italy\u2019s Piedmont region gathered in the city of Cuneo, supporting the Iranian people\u2019s uprising and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). They declared their full support of the NCRI\u2019s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and her ten-point plan for the future of Iran.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On May 7, the governor and 22 mayors of Italy\u2019s Piedmont region gathered in the city of Cuneo, supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a>. They declared their utter support of  Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> and her ten-point plan for the future of Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wQI6bHHNE2\">pic.twitter.com\/wQI6bHHNE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1656746261561634817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 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=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Plans To Give Power, Profits To Terrorism-Linked Group, Documents Reveal<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228776 alignleft\" title=\"Fox-News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News.png\" alt=\"Fox-News\" width=\"151\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News.png 151w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/reading-desperation-tehran-gold-the-revolutionary-guards-best-friend\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a>\u00a0of Iran (IRGC) stands to take control of Iran\u2019s economy by gaining full power over the &#8220;economic arteries&#8221; of the country, according to an anti-regime group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The documents unveiled by the MEK unequivocally demonstrate that regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has granted the IRGC complete authority over Iran&#8217;s economy,&#8221; Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the Washington office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This unprecedented move enables the IRGC to not only bypass international sanctions but also amass the requisite resources to carry out domestic oppression, destabilize the region, perpetrate acts of terrorism, cyber warfare, and expedite the advancement of its missile, drone, and nuclear weapons programs,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/irans-regime-plans-give-power-profits-terrorism-linked-group-documents-reveal\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten Poor Fuel Porters in Southeast Iran Killed in 72 Hours<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-248148 size-medium\" title=\"iran-sistan-baluchistan-fuel-porter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-sistan-baluchistan-fuel-porter-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"iran-sistan-baluchistan-fuel-porter\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to local sources, during the past 72 hours, from May 7 to May 10, at least ten Baluchi fuel porters have lost their lives as they have been chased, shot at, or fallen victim to accidents while they were hunted by the regime&#8217;s security forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The names of the deceased are as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Youssef Rigi (Keshani), 17 years old, a child of a fuel porter<br \/>\n&#8211; Mohammad Rigi (Keshani)<br \/>\n&#8211; Mohammad Kermani (Jamalzai)<br \/>\n&#8211; Ebrahim Brahui<br \/>\n&#8211; Yasin Naroi<br \/>\n&#8211; Fayez Mohammad Tazilgrikan<br \/>\n-Yar Mohammad Askani<br \/>\n&#8211; Aminullah Gergij<br \/>\n&#8211; Zabihullah Gargij<br \/>\n-Nasir Dinarzahi<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Armed Clash in South Iran Left Security Forces Killed and Injured<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farsnews.ir\/hormozgan\/news\/14020221000087\" rel=\"noopener\">state-run Fars News Agency<\/a>, the Iranian regime&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards Corps announced on May 11, that the head of the Bandar Charak police station was killed in Hormozgan province. According to the source, during an armed clash today, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammadreza Asadollahi, the commander of Bandar Charak police station in Bandar Lange Sahargah city was killed while another security agent was injured.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Opposition Comes With New Leaked Documents: \u2018No Hope for Djalali, but for Vandecasteele&#8217;<\/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 class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"3ab2-7e5c-2e4c-2aef-71d1-6c29-1a16-37ec\">The Iranian hacker group Ghyamsarnegouni (Revolt) managed to shut down the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran on Sunday. It replaced the photo of President Ebrahim Raisi on the homepage with that of Maryam Rajavi of Iran&#8217;s People&#8217;s Mujaheddin (MEK).<\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\">The hackers claim that they gained access to confidential reports of recent conversations between Raisi and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld). They were about exchanging Iranian diplomat-terrorist Assadolah Assadi (51) with Belgian NGO employee Olivier Vandecasteele (42).\u00a0Assadi was arrested in July 2018 as the main perpetrator in a failed bomb attack on a mass rally of the MEK in Villepinte, near Paris.\u00a0He was sentenced to twenty years in prison in Antwerp at the end of 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.demorgen.be\/nieuws\/iraanse-oppositie-komt-met-nieuwe-gelekte-documenten-geen-hoop-voor-djalali-wel-voor-vandecasteele~b62ba3a4\/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\">Trustees Removed From \u2018Iran-Run\u2019 Islamic Centre of England<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255317 alignleft\" title=\"national-news-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-news-logo.jpg\" alt=\"national-news-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-news-logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-news-logo-150x49.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/tags\/charity-commission\" rel=\"noopener\">The Charity Commission<\/a>\u00a0announced on Wednesday it had removed the trustees from the board of the Islamic Centre of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/tags\/england\" rel=\"noopener\">England<\/a>\u00a0amid reports the organisation is linked to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/tags\/iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a>. An interim manager was appointed last week after the charity became the subject of a statutory inquiry by the regulator in November 2022.\u00a0The inquiry was opened due to serious concerns over the charity&#8217;s governance, with the organisation previously issued with an official warning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Charity Commission said the trustees had failed to comply with their legal duties and responsibilities, while neglecting to protect the charity\u2019s assets.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/uk-news\/2022\/07\/11\/who-is-tom-tugendhat-arabic-speaking-army-veteran-who-served-in-iraq-and-afghanistan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Security Minister Tom Tugendhat<\/a>\u00a0welcomed the decision on Wednesday, saying: \u201cIn recent months, I&#8217;ve warned often about the threat that Iran poses to us here in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/uk-news\/2023\/05\/10\/trustees-removed-from-iran-run-islamic-centre-of-england\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChtyCommission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChtyCommission<\/a> removed the trustees from the Islamic Centre of England. <br \/>Please read the decision below.<\/p>\n<p>I have warned about Iranian interference in the UK and welcome the decision. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OPd1wkR4wo\">https:\/\/t.co\/OPd1wkR4wo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pC55PRw76e\">pic.twitter.com\/pC55PRw76e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Tugendhat (@TomTugendhat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomTugendhat\/status\/1656325428993310720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 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;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\">US Military Seizes $80 Mln Heroin Shipment From Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-254719 size-medium\" title=\"alarabiya-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/alarabiya-logo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"alarabiya-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">The US military said Wednesday that it had seized\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2023\/05\/06\/US-planning-more-robots-at-sea-in-Middle-East-to-combat-Iran\" rel=\"noopener\">$80 million worth of heroin<\/a> on a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that had departed from Iran.\u00a0This comes just two days after the seizure of $30 million worth of methamphetamine and heroin in international waters, which had departed from the same Iranian port. According to a statement from the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), a US Coast Guard fast response cutter made the interception Wednesday.\u00a0The American ship was part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, which is one of four task forces that form the world\u2019s largest multinational naval partnership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-element-id=\"6899-cfd5-5bf1-dd26-cd3d-18d2-9cb5-ede9\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2023\/05\/11\/US-military-seizes-80-mln-heroin-shipment-from-Iran\" 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 Teachers Join Escalating Wave of Nationwide Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307216 size-medium\" title=\"Shahr Bank employees protesting Tehran Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shahr-Bank-employees-protesting-Tehran-Iran-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Shahr Bank employees protesting Tehran Iran\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shahr-Bank-employees-protesting-Tehran-Iran-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shahr-Bank-employees-protesting-Tehran-Iran-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shahr-Bank-employees-protesting-Tehran-Iran.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 237<sup>th<\/sup> day on Wednesday following a busy day of protests by people from different of life in Iran, especially teachers in more than ten cities where they held large gatherings for their rights. Iran\u2019s teachers are joining an escalating wave of nationwide rallies, seen also on Tuesday by retirees of the country\u2019s telecom industry. These protests, gatherings, rallies, marches, and demonstrations are expanding despite the regime\u2019s recent surge in executions, sending at least 67 to the gallows in less than ten days.\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-teachers-protests-labor-strikes-executions-hangings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Fatemeh Tadrisi and Atekeh Rajabi Among Arrested Teachers<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307215 size-medium\" title=\"Atekeh Rajabi Fatemeh Tadrisi Kowkab Badaghi min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Atekeh-Rajabi-Fatemeh-Tadrisi-Kowkab-Badaghi-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Atekeh Rajabi Fatemeh Tadrisi Kowkab Badaghi min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Atekeh-Rajabi-Fatemeh-Tadrisi-Kowkab-Badaghi-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Atekeh-Rajabi-Fatemeh-Tadrisi-Kowkab-Badaghi-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Atekeh-Rajabi-Fatemeh-Tadrisi-Kowkab-Badaghi-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Atekeh-Rajabi-Fatemeh-Tadrisi-Kowkab-Badaghi-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/05\/09\/teachers-protest-in-14-provinces\/\" rel=\"noopener\">yesterday\u2019s protests by teachers<\/a>\u00a0in 22 cities across 14 provinces in Iran, a number of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/tag\/iran-teachers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">protesting teachers<\/a> were arrested. Among those detained were Fatemeh Tadrisi in Tehran, Atakeh Rajabi in Mashhad, and Fateh Osmani and Farzad Safikhani in Sanandaj.\u00a0Fatemeh Tadrisi (Mojgan), a teacher living in Tehran, went to Baharestan Square (in front of the parliament) on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, to participate in a gathering of educators. Security forces apprehended her, and later she announced her transfer to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/abysmal-conditions-of-inmates-in-qarchak-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Qarchak prison<\/a>\u00a0in a phone call. At the time of writing this report, no information regarding the charges against Fatemeh Tadrisi has been made available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/05\/10\/iran-fatemeh-tadrisi-atekeh-rajabi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Factional Infighting Escalates as Iran\u2019s Regime Grows Weaker<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307214 size-medium\" title=\"fighting majlis iran parliament\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fighting-majlis-iran-parliament-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"fighting majlis iran parliament\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fighting-majlis-iran-parliament-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fighting-majlis-iran-parliament-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fighting-majlis-iran-parliament.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent days, following a warning from the European Troika, United Kingdom, France, and Germany, to the Iranian regime that the E3 is willing and prepared to use the snapback mechanism under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, former president Hassan Rouhani seized the moment to settle matters with the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and president Ebrahim Raisi over the regime\u2019s nuclear program.\u00a0On April 29, international news agencies including Reuters reported that the E3 have told Tehran that UN sanctions against the Iranian regime might resume and threatened with the activation of the snapback mechanism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/factional-infighting-escalates-as-irans-regime-grows-weaker\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is Social Security Organization To Blamed in 2023 or the Raisi Government?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307213 size-medium\" title=\"iran ebrahim raisi administration\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-administration-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"iran ebrahim raisi administration\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-administration-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-administration-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-administration-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-administration.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government media Ettelaat has taken the initiative to publish an article titled \u201cSocial Security Wants a Skilled Helper, Not a Heavy Burden.\u201d Ettelaat media pays for the incompetence and inefficiency of the government from the pockets of the people and writes: \u201cA fundamental problem we Iranians have is that we do not seek to solve problems and ward off crises at the right time.\u201d Now the question is whether the crises that the Khamenei government is facing are due to the faults of Iranians or to a bunch of illiterates, opportunists, and incompetents who have taken control of the government and seized all national assets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/is-social-security-organization-to-blamed-in-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stuttgart, Germany\u2014May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Stuttgart, Germany&mdash;May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ftUkjoPcN_I\" 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%2FftUkjoPcN_I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftUkjoPcN_I\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M59S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-10T08:35:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ftUkjoPcN_I\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FftUkjoPcN_I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stuttgart, Germany\u2014May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support 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\/ftUkjoPcN_I\" 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%2FftUkjoPcN_I%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stuttgart, Germany&mdash;May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stuttgart, Germany\u2014May 6, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Stuttgart, Germany\u2014May 6, 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>) held a rally in solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.\u00a0Supporters of the Iranian resistance strongly condemned the recent executions by the religious dictatorship regime of the mullahs in Iran, especially the execution of Baloch compatriots. They called for urgent action by the international community to stop the executions in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/05\/stuttgart-germany-may-6-2023-mek-supporters-rally-to-support-the-iran-revolution\/45252\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cologne, Germany\u2014May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Cologne, Germany&mdash;May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NhKXMWY4qek\" 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%2FNhKXMWY4qek%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NhKXMWY4qek\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-10T05:53:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NhKXMWY4qek\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNhKXMWY4qek%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Cologne, Germany\u2014May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support 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\/NhKXMWY4qek\" 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%2FNhKXMWY4qek%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Cologne, Germany&mdash;May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Cologne, Germany\u2014May 6, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cologne, Germany\u2014May 6, 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>) held a rally in solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/05\/cologne-germany-may-6-2023-mek-supporters-rally-to-support-the-iran-revolution\/45236\/\" 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-10-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 10,<\/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 U.S. Seizes 13 Web Domains Used by Lebanon&rsquo;s Hezbollah and Associates May 11 (Reuters) &ndash; The United [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":307212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-307210","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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