{"id":308155,"date":"2023-06-06T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=308155"},"modified":"2023-06-06T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:18:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-6-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-6-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 6, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-308157\" title=\"iran kurdistan funeral honoring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iran-kurdistan-funeral-honoring.jpg\" alt=\"iran kurdistan funeral honoring\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iran-kurdistan-funeral-honoring.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iran-kurdistan-funeral-honoring-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iran-kurdistan-funeral-honoring-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iran-kurdistan-funeral-honoring-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iran-kurdistan-funeral-honoring-696x391.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;\">Imposing Sanctions on Network Supporting Iran\u2019s Missile and Military Programs<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-303545 size-medium\" title=\"united states department of justice 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"united states department of justice 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/united-states-department-of-justice-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on a procurement network of seven individuals and six entities in Iran and the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) for supporting the activities of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Parchin Chemicals Industries, and P.B. Sadr, all of which are U.S.-designated entities as key actors in Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program.\u00a0Today\u2019s actions include the designation of Iran\u2019s Defense Attach\u00e9 in Beijing, Davoud Damghani, who has coordinated defense-related procurements from the PRC for Iranian end-users.\u00a0The United States remains firmly committed to using every tool at our disposal to disrupt Iran\u2019s procurement networks, and we will work with allies and partners to hold Iran accountable for its actions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/imposing-sanctions-on-network-supporting-irans-missile-and-military-programs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Protests 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;\">Tuesday, June 6, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Retirees and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666010972237201409?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">pensioners<\/a> from Iran&#8217;s telecom industry staged rallies on Tuesday, June 6, protesting against their meager pensions and challenging economic conditions. These demonstrations, following a recurring weekly pattern, were reported in various cities, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666019599391793152?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahvaz<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666108686086066179?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermanshah<\/a>, Zahedan, Shahrekord, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666110195951599621?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, Shiraz, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666048540173541376?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilam<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666018382523826184?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasht<\/a>. This ongoing trend builds upon previous gatherings held in recent weeks and months in Tehran and other locations nationwide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 6 &#8211; Ahvaz, southwest <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 Khuzestan Province are 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\/BhUm2xM9BX\">pic.twitter.com\/BhUm2xM9BX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666010972237201409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 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;\">Over the past few years, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666038474095329282?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">retired individuals<\/a> across Iran have been voicing their concerns about deteriorating living conditions. The state&#8217;s refusal to adjust pensions in line with inflation rates and fluctuations in the national currency, the rial, has been a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666012049531637760?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">major point of<\/a> contention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In separate reports from inside Iran, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666007018682073089?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">residents of Taft<\/a>, located in the central parts of Yazd Province, held a gathering outside the local governor&#8217;s office on Tuesday. They were protesting the severe shortage and, in some cases, the absence of drinking water in their town.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 6 &#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 the provinces of Kermanshah, Sistan &amp; Baluchestan, and Chaharmahal &amp; Bakhtiari are 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\/I8DenYbKyQ\">pic.twitter.com\/I8DenYbKyQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666012049531637760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 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;\">Meanwhile, workers on the morning shift at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666106421275156480?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Khorasan Steel Complex<\/a> in Firouzeh, situated in Razavi Khorasan Province in northeast Iran, went on strike on Tuesday. They were protesting against low wages and inadequate pension benefits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666107679566176256?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Abbas Abad<\/a>, a town in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, expressed their opposition to a verdict issued by a regime judge on Tuesday. The ruling authorized authorities to seize property belonging to locals. In the past two months, at least three young individuals were killed by regime security forces and operatives as they resisted authorities&#8217; attempts to confiscate their real estate and lands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 6 &#8211; Abbas Abad, Mazandaran Province, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>People are protesting a regime-judge&#39;s verdict issued today allowing authorities to confiscate locals&#39; property.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cM1kBZ5g4M\">pic.twitter.com\/cM1kBZ5g4M<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUL58qCK1v\">pic.twitter.com\/gUL58qCK1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1666107679566176256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 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 an act of defiance, courageous youths in Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh &amp; Boyer Ahmad Province in southwest Iran, launched attacks targeting two bases belonging to the IRGC paramilitary Basij units.\u00a0 These assaults were carried out in response to the recent increase in executions by the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, brave <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1665958449312825344?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\">youths in Bavi<\/a>, located in Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran, staged an attack on a local State Security Forces site. The incident took place early Sunday morning. The attack was a direct response to the regime&#8217;s recent wave of executions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 4 &#8211; Bavi, Khuzestan Province, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Brave youths launched an attack early Sunday morning targeting a local State Security Forces site. This led to multiple explosions at the site and was in response to the regime\u2019s recent wave of executions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4wBOf3GPID\">pic.twitter.com\/4wBOf3GPID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1665958449312825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 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: 6:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Treasury Imposes Sanctions on 10 Individuals and 7 Entities Tied to Iran&#8217;s Ballistic Missile Program<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-246660 size-medium\" title=\"US treasury department (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an announcement made on Tuesday, June 6, the US<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ofac.treasury.gov\/recent-actions\/20230606\" rel=\"noopener\"> Treasury Department expanded<\/a> its roster of sanctions pertaining to Iran&#8217;s ballistic missile program by incorporating 10 individuals and 7 entities. As per the official statement issued by the US Treasury Department, certain individuals and organizations subject to the sanctions are situated in Mexico and China.\u00a0This revision entails the addition of the following individuals to the Office of Foreign Assets Control&#8217;s (OFAC) index of designated nationals:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>DAMGHANI, Davoud<\/li>\n<li>GONG, Jiao<\/li>\n<li>GUERRERO COVARRUBIAS, Alonso<\/li>\n<li>GUERRERO COVARRUBIAS, Javier<\/li>\n<li>HAGHIGHAT, Ghasem<\/li>\n<li>LI, Zeming, Zhejiang<\/li>\n<li>QIN, Xutong, Ji Lin<\/li>\n<li>RODRIGUEZ AGUIRRE, Mary Cruz<\/li>\n<li>SHEN, Weisheng<\/li>\n<li>WEI, Zunyi<\/li>\n<li>BEIJING SHINY NIGHTS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD<\/li>\n<li>BLUE CALM MARINE SERVICES COMPANY<\/li>\n<li>HONG KONG KE.DO INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO., LIMITED<\/li>\n<li>LINGOE PROCESS ENGINEERING LIMITED<\/li>\n<li>NACER AGENCIA PANAMERICANA DE DIVISAS Y CENTRO CAMBIARIO<\/li>\n<li>QINGDAO ZHONGRONGTONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD<\/li>\n<li>ZHEJIANG QINGJI IND. CO., LTD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 12:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rep. Fallon Leads Introduction of Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act (SEFITA)<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-307063 size-medium\" title=\"rep pat fallon logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-pat-fallon-logo-300x101.jpg\" alt=\"rep pat fallon logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-pat-fallon-logo-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-pat-fallon-logo-150x50.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rep-pat-fallon-logo.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01)<\/strong>\u00a0are proud to introduce today the Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act, also known as &#8220;SEFITA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fallon.house.gov\/UploadedFiles\/FALLON_016_xml.pdf\">This bill<\/a>\u00a0seeks to prevent the Iranian regime from securing funding from international financial institutions, as well as ensure that sanctions are enforced.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/inside-the-house-gop-plan-to-stop-a-second-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" rel=\"noopener\">As previously reported<\/a>\u00a0by the Washington Free Beacon, this bill is part of a larger package from the Republican Study Committee aimed at preventing the Biden Administration from securing a second Iran Deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fallon.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=204\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Senator Katie Britt: China Must Stop Helping Iran Work Around American Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-308170 size-medium\" title=\"new SenKatieBrittLogo LightBG (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/new-SenKatieBrittLogo-LightBG-1-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"new SenKatieBrittLogo LightBG (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/new-SenKatieBrittLogo-LightBG-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/new-SenKatieBrittLogo-LightBG-1-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/new-SenKatieBrittLogo-LightBG-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>, June 5, 2023 \u2013 U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) during a recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs highlighted how current American sanctions against Iran have failed to stop its commerce with China, which continues to buy Iranian oil and aid the development of Iran\u2019s nuclear missile program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Questioning Biden Administration officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Senator Britt pointed to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/15\/iranian-oil-exports-end-2022-at-a-high-despite-no-nuclear-deal.html\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence<\/a>\u00a0that clearly shows that despite American sanctions, Iranian oil is being exported to China at record levels, Chinese firms are providing critical assistance in Iran\u2019s efforts to develop nuclear weapons, and Chinese companies are providing surveillance technology as Iran monitors and censors its own people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britt.senate.gov\/press-releases\/u-s-senator-katie-britt-china-must-stop-helping-iran-work-around-american-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Presence in Syria in May 2023<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-303654 size-full\" title=\"sohr logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sohr-logo.jpg\" alt=\"sohr logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sohr-logo.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sohr-logo-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran and its proxy militias have unprecedented influence in most areas under the \u201csymbolic\u201d regime control, as neither attacks by Israel and the International Coalition, nor the \u201ccold war\u201d with Russia could hinder the alarming entrenchment and expansion of these forces across Syria. Strengthening their presence and promoting their ideology, the Iranians are still carrying on with their systematic plan to change the demography of different areas throughout Syria\u2019s geography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 1, members of the Lebanese Hezbollah from Hatla, Al-Bokamal, and Al-Mayadin headed to a camp in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor City to undergo extensive military courses. According to reliable SOHR sources, the military course is led by \u201cAl-Haj Siraj\u201d and it lasts for 45 days, where it aims to teach combatants several weapons, engineering, and first aid. It is worth noting that the course was delayed a few days ago due to disputes between the militias over the right to lead the course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syriahr.com\/en\/300582\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine Parliament Proposes Designation of Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist Organization<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine &#8211; 05 June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Defence Intelligence&#39;s use of language: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBWyk4tK0H\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZBWyk4tK0H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E0RATcLPZ4\">pic.twitter.com\/E0RATcLPZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministry of Defence \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@DefenceHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1665595205309833219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 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 Ukrainian Parliament submitted a bill urging Kyiv to designate Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. Supported by numerous lawmakers, including Oleksandr Merezhko, head of the Verkhovna Rada&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Committee, the bill aligns with members of the US Congress and the European Parliament, who are urging their allies to classify the IRGC as terrorists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On March 16, 2023, the European Parliament approved a resolution condemning the poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls in Iran. The resolution called for the Council of Europe to proscribe the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization and to add Iranian regime Supreme Leader Khamenei, President Ebrahim Raisi, and Attorney General Mohammad Jaafar Montazeri to the EU sanctions list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In May, several members of the US Congress called on the UK, Australia, Canada, and India to join the US in labeling the entire IRGC. Sweden&#8217;s parliament also recently voted to designate the IRGC, coinciding with the execution of Swedish-Iranian Habib Chaab (Asyud).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 7:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anti-Regime Attacks Continue in Iran as International Support Grows<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-308158 size-medium\" title=\"Freedom loving Iranians and MEK supporters rallying Hamburg London Aarhus and Oslo in solidarity with the Iranian revolution\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freedom-loving-Iranians-and-MEK-supporters-rallying-Hamburg-London-Aarhus-and-Oslo-in-solidarity-with-the-Iranian-revolution-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Freedom loving Iranians and MEK supporters rallying Hamburg London Aarhus and Oslo in solidarity with the Iranian revolution\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freedom-loving-Iranians-and-MEK-supporters-rallying-Hamburg-London-Aarhus-and-Oslo-in-solidarity-with-the-Iranian-revolution-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freedom-loving-Iranians-and-MEK-supporters-rallying-Hamburg-London-Aarhus-and-Oslo-in-solidarity-with-the-Iranian-revolution-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freedom-loving-Iranians-and-MEK-supporters-rallying-Hamburg-London-Aarhus-and-Oslo-in-solidarity-with-the-Iranian-revolution.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brave youths in different cities across Iran have been involved in an expanding campaign of attacks against various regime sites. These attacks, targeting security bases and buildings of the regime\u2019s so-called judiciary, are being coordinated in response to the mullahs\u2019 crackdown on widespread protests and the horrific recent surge in executions. And across the globe, the Iranian Diaspora has been active in voicing their solidarity with their compatriots inside the country and redoubling their efforts in obtaining global political support for their compatriots\u2019 ongoing struggle against the mullahs\u2019 regime. People throughout Iran continue to precisely hold the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader Ali 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\/anti-regime-attacks-continue-in-iran-as-international-support-grows\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Increases Repression of Universities To Quell Future Uprisings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-308156 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Uni repression\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Iran-Uni-repression-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Uni repression\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Iran-Uni-repression-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Iran-Uni-repression-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Iran-Uni-repression-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Iran-Uni-repression-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Iran-Uni-repression.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Top security and intelligence officials of the Iranian regime have held secret meetings to devise new strategies to suppress universities and students, according to documents published by \u201cGhyamSarnegouni,\u201d a dissident group that recently infiltrated the servers of the Iranian regime\u2019s presidency.\u00a0The documents contain the transcript of confidential and highly classified meetings held by the committees of the Thar-Allah Headquarters and offer a rare glimpse into the decision-making processes within the regime\u2019s most important\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/the-endless-tragedy-of-executions-and-suppression-in-iran\/\">security and intelligence institutions<\/a>, highlighting the regime\u2019s deep-seated apprehension and fear of the student population.\u00a0One of the revealed meetings documented the decision to compile a list of prominent dissident students and determine appropriate measures to handle them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/irans-regime-increases-repression-of-universities-to-quell-future-uprisings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">IRGC Seeks to Evade Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268650 size-medium\" title=\"townhall logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/townhall-logo-300x146.png\" alt=\"townhall-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/>Courageous resistance operatives embedded within the Iranian regime\u2019s armed forces and other key state institutions have revealed an elaborate scheme by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) \u2013 the regime\u2019s Gestapo, to evade Western sanctions. Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) have risked their lives to uncover how an oil company that was set up in 2000 with the specific remit to defy sanctions, has sold vast quantities of oil and petrochemical products to Bashar al Assad in Syria and the Houthi rebels in Yemen. It has also sold Venezuelan oil and urea to the Houthis. Urea nitrate is a fertilizer-based high explosive that is used in improvised explosive devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/struanstevenson\/2023\/06\/06\/irgc-seeks-to-evade-sanctions-n2624104\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ottawa, Toronto, &amp; Vancouver\u2014June 3, 2023: MEK Supporters Held Rallies in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Ottawa, Toronto, &amp;amp; Vancouver&mdash;June 3, 2023:MEK Supporters Held Rallies in Support of Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_lbr9GTbqmn8\" 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%2Flbr9GTbqmn8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lbr9GTbqmn8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-04T20:21:01Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_lbr9GTbqmn8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Flbr9GTbqmn8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Ottawa, Toronto, &amp; Vancouver\u2014June 3, 2023:MEK Supporters Held Rallies in Support of 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\/lbr9GTbqmn8\" 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%2Flbr9GTbqmn8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa, Toronto, &amp;amp; Vancouver&mdash;June 3, 2023:MEK Supporters Held Rallies in Support of Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Canada (Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver)\u2014June 3, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Held Rallies in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ottawa, Toronto, &amp; Vancouver\u2014June 3, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong>Freedom-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 rallies and expressed their 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\/06\/ottawa-toronto-vancouver-june-3-2023-mek-supporters-held-rallies-in-support-of-iran-revolution\/46205\/\" 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-june-5-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 5,<\/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 Imposing Sanctions on Network Supporting Iran&rsquo;s Missile and Military Programs Today, the United States is imposing sanctions [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":308157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-308155","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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