{"id":317575,"date":"2024-03-20T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=317575"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T11:02:01","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-20-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-20-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 20, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE: 7:0<\/span>0 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

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Treasury Targets Multiple Procurement Networks Supporting Iran\u2019s Proliferation-Sensitive Programs<\/span><\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted three procurement networks \u2013\u2013 based in Iran, T\u00fcrkiye, Oman, and Germany \u2013\u2013 that have supported Iran\u2019s ballistic missile, nuclear, and defense programs. These networks have procured carbon fiber, epoxy resins, and other missile-applicable goods for Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC\u00a0ASF SSJO), Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), other U.S.-designated entities in Iran\u2019s defense industrial base, and Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), which is linked to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).<\/p>\n

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Devastating Floods Strike Multiple Iranian Provinces<\/h3>\n

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Severe flooding and landslides have hit several provinces in Iran, causing widespread chaos. In Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, over 30 villages are cut off due to heavy rainfall and landslides. Lorestan province also faces challenges, with five villages isolated and their water supply disrupted. Tragically, the flooding claimed a life in Kermanshah province, while an 8-year-old child drowned in Khuzestan. Communication to 15 villages in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province is also severed.<\/p>\n

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Iran May Attack US Water Supplies, Warns Biden Administration<\/h3>\n

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Iran<\/a>\u00a0is poised to attack US drinking water supplies, the\u00a0Biden administration<\/a>\u00a0has warned, amid rising\u00a0tensions in the Middle East<\/a>.\u00a0Jake Sullivan<\/a>, Joe Biden\u2019s national security adviser, sent a warning to state governors asking them to be on guard for potential cyber-attacks on their critical infrastructure systems.<\/p>\n

The warning letter was co-authored by Michael Regan, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and made public on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In it, they cited ongoing threats from hackers linked to the governments of Iran and China and warned\u00a0hackers<\/a>\u00a0associated with both states have previously attacked water systems.<\/p>\n

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Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Message for Nowruz, The Iranian New Year 1403<\/h3>\n

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Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s message: “Fellow compatriots, dear sisters and brothers, beloved daughters and sons of our entire nation, courageous members of the Resistance Units, and all those dedicated to advancing Iran\u2019s democratic revolution!<\/p>\n

“Happy Nowruz and Happy New Year to you all. In this Nowruz, we witness the triumphant fortune of the Iranian people<\/a>. Just as surely as nature\u2019s spring prevails over winter, Iran\u2019s political and social Nowruz will dispel the winter of religious despotism.<\/p>\n

“From this 45-year ordeal, and through all the blood that was shed in your uprisings and resistance, the great spring will undoubtedly arrive, thanks to your power to herald spring. Come, come, let us leave behind this shadowed realm. Brighter than the dawn, together we shall forge a different world. With heads held high, let us navigate the corridors of time.”<\/p>\n

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PMOI Resistance Units Mark Nowruz with Anti-Regime Activities Across Iran<\/h3>\n
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