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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST
Skirmish in Aleshtar, Lorestan Province
On Thursday, villagers in Aleshtar, Lorestan province clashed with security forces. Conflicts erupted as locals were bloody cracked down when they were protesting the cutting down of their walnut trees by government forces as part of a plan to seize their lands. Lorestan’s attorney general admitted that several security forces have been wounded during the clashes, and added that a dozen people have been arrested.
Apr. 28 -Lorestan, W #Iran
More footage of locals fighting back in Sarab Kahman Village against riot police who wanted to cut down their walnut trees as a first step to taking their lands. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/fORU9Njn23— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 29, 2021
Apr. 28 – Lorestan, W #Iran
More footage of villagers in Sarab Kahman fighting back against security forces who are trying to seize their lands. #IranProtests https://t.co/A25X9hlDg7 pic.twitter.com/lh1jy9CH5b— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 29, 2021
Protests on Thursday
Defrauded stock and car owners in Isfahan gathered in front of the office of the Ministry of Industry, Mining, and Trade to protest against the ministry’s mishandling of fraud and corruption.
In Qom, central Iran, bakers rallied and protested the policies and punishments of the Ministry of Industry, Mining, and Trade.
Apr. 29 – Susangerd, SW #Iran
Employees of the Water and Sewer Org. marched on the streets today to demand their unpaid wages. Their placards show that they haven't received 10 months of their wages. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/wpFNpIIGtd— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 29, 2021
Apr. 29 – Babol, N #Iran
Nurses and healthcare workers at Rouhani Hospital in Babol gathered outside the hospital to demand their unpaid wages and the severe decrease of their merit pay.
Iran nurses are at the front of the fight against #COVID19 and many have yet to be vaccined. pic.twitter.com/Iwajs75kY4— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 29, 2021
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 541 Cities Exceeds 269,300
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 269,300 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 541 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/JLIq9YFgkI pic.twitter.com/rdycIPmv9c
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 28, 2021
Resistance Units Condemn Destruction of Graves of MEK Martyrs
The clerical regime’s preparation for the destruction of Tehran’s Khavaran Cemetery has caused public outrage in Iran. In recent days in various cities across Iran, slogans and posters were installed saying, “Khavaran is evidence of mullahs’ crime” and “The mullahs’ regime wants to destroy the evidence of the crime.”
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Lawmakers Call for Focus on Tehran’s Human Rights Violations and Terrorism
A resolution co-sponsored by 225 members of the U.S. House of Representatives calls on the Biden Administration to support the Iranian people in their struggle to achieve a free and democratic state that lives in peace with the rest of the world.
Iran State Media on Dire Conditions for Public
The Iranian state-run media acknowledged on Monday that Iranian workers are suffering from dire living conditions because of the regime’s policies, while also showing how scared the regime is (or at least should be) of people’s reactions. The Kar-o Kargar daily wrote: “Based on the statistical trends of declining incomes and the growth of poverty, some estimates suggest that more than one-third of the country’s population today is below the poverty line [and] almost the entire large population of workers lives below the absolute poverty line.”
Why Iran Nuclear Deal Needs To Be Tougher
The European signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal recently gave Iran a “roadmap” of the sanctions that the US will lift if the Iranian regime complies with the agreements they made under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). But why? Former vice-president of the European Parliament Alejo Vidal-Quadras noted in an op-ed on the subject that Iran’s recent decision to increase uranium enrichment to 60%, shortly after an explosion at the Natanz facility, indicates that Iran is committed to obtaining nuclear weapons because there is “no [other] practical reason for Iran to expend the money and effort”.
Who Is Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh?
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement earlier this month to announce the death of its Quds Force deputy head, Brigadier General Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi from “heart disease” but there has been speculation online, including from the son of another dead IRGC commander, that this is not accurate.
30 Women Wounded in the Crackdown on Sarab-E Kahman Village
The crackdown by the State Security Force on the people of Sarab-e Kahman village, in western Lorestan Province, left 30 women wounded. The SSF troops attempted to cut down the walnut trees in this village on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. But they met staunch resistance from the residents of the village because the trees are their source of income and they have spent years growing them.
Nine Baha’i Women Arrested During Violent Raids on Their Homes
The clerical regime’s security forces ransacked the residences of at least 19 families residing in Baharestan county in Isfahan, central Iran, on Sunday, April 25, and Tuesday, April 27, 2021. They arrested nine Baha’i women during violent raids on the Baha’i community in Baharestan which started at 6 a.m. and lasted until 1 p.m.
Iranian Christian Convert Sentenced to 10 Months of Prison in Karaj, Iran
An Iranian Christian convert was sentenced to 10 months of prison by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, near Tehran. According to the Mohabat News website, the Christian convert was identified as Hamed Ashouri. Hamed was previously detained and interrogated in Kara’s Ghezel Hesar prison in 2018. According to the report, while Hamed was in prison, his house was searched. He was temporarily released after 10 days.
Iran news in brief, April 29, 2021
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