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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET
U.S. Seizes 13 Web Domains Used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Associates
May 11 (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday seized 13 web domains used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and its associates, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
According to court records, the United States obtained authorisation to seize domains including manartv.net, manarnews.net, and naimkassem.net.
Al Manar TV is a Lebanese television channel affiliated with Hezbollah.
UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET
Iran Uprising at a Glance
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Thursday, May 11, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 238
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s 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.
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.
MEK Resistance Units torched large images of Khamenei, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, and former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Mashhad, Shiraz, Arak, and Sangar.
Brave youths checkered in different cities and towns across Iran launched a new campaign of anti-regime measures in response to the regime’s recent surge in horrific executions. These measures include:
- Explosions at the office of a senior regime official in Qazvin.
- Attack with Molotov cocktails at a building associated with the mullahs’ regime in Tehran
- Torching a so-called seminary in Tehran used by the regime to promote the mullahs’ policies of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism
- Torching IRGC paramilitary Basij bases in Tehran, Isfahan, Manujan, and Kerman
May 10 – Tehran, #Iran
Brave youth and threw Molotov cocktails at a building associated to the regime in response to the mullahs' recent surge in horrific executions.#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/G1b4x26i2h— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 11, 2023
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.
Locals near the city of Marand in northwest Iran were holding a gathering on Thursday morning to protest the regime authorities’ confiscation of their lands.
May 11 – Town near Marand, northwest #Iran
Locals were holding a gathering protesting the regime authorities' confiscation of their lands. Regime security forces attacked their ranks.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/NpyVNLiizL— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 11, 2023
On May 7, the governor and 22 mayors of Italy’s Piedmont region gathered in the city of Cuneo, supporting the Iranian people’s uprising and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). They declared their full support of the NCRI’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and her ten-point plan for the future of Iran.
On May 7, the governor and 22 mayors of Italy’s Piedmont region gathered in the city of Cuneo, supporting the #IranRevolution and @iran_policy. They declared their utter support of Mrs. @Maryam_Rajavi and her ten-point plan for the future of Iran. pic.twitter.com/wQI6bHHNE2
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 11, 2023
UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET
Iran’s Regime Plans To Give Power, Profits To Terrorism-Linked Group, Documents Reveal
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) stands to take control of Iran’s economy by gaining full power over the “economic arteries” of the country, according to an anti-regime group.
“The documents unveiled by the MEK unequivocally demonstrate that regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has granted the IRGC complete authority over Iran’s economy,” Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the Washington office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News Digital.
“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,” he added.
Ten Poor Fuel Porters in Southeast Iran Killed in 72 Hours
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’s security forces.
The names of the deceased are as follows:
– Youssef Rigi (Keshani), 17 years old, a child of a fuel porter
– Mohammad Rigi (Keshani)
– Mohammad Kermani (Jamalzai)
– Ebrahim Brahui
– Yasin Naroi
– Fayez Mohammad Tazilgrikan
-Yar Mohammad Askani
– Aminullah Gergij
– Zabihullah Gargij
-Nasir Dinarzahi
Armed Clash in South Iran Left Security Forces Killed and Injured
According to the state-run Fars News Agency, the Iranian regime’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.
UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET
Iranian Opposition Comes With New Leaked Documents: ‘No Hope for Djalali, but for Vandecasteele’
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’s People’s Mujaheddin (MEK).
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). Assadi 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. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison in Antwerp at the end of 2020.
Trustees Removed From ‘Iran-Run’ Islamic Centre of England
The Charity Commission announced on Wednesday it had removed the trustees from the board of the Islamic Centre of England amid reports the organisation is linked to Iran. An interim manager was appointed last week after the charity became the subject of a statutory inquiry by the regulator in November 2022. The inquiry was opened due to serious concerns over the charity’s governance, with the organisation previously issued with an official warning.
The Charity Commission said the trustees had failed to comply with their legal duties and responsibilities, while neglecting to protect the charity’s assets. Security Minister Tom Tugendhat welcomed the decision on Wednesday, saying: “In recent months, I’ve warned often about the threat that Iran poses to us here in the United Kingdom.
Today @ChtyCommission removed the trustees from the Islamic Centre of England.
Please read the decision below.I have warned about Iranian interference in the UK and welcome the decision. https://t.co/OPd1wkR4wo pic.twitter.com/pC55PRw76e
— Tom Tugendhat (@TomTugendhat) May 10, 2023
US Military Seizes $80 Mln Heroin Shipment From Iran
The US military said Wednesday that it had seized $80 million worth of heroin on a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that had departed from Iran. This 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. The American ship was part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, which is one of four task forces that form the world’s largest multinational naval partnership.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Iran’s Teachers Join Escalating Wave of Nationwide Protests
Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 237th 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’s teachers are joining an escalating wave of nationwide rallies, seen also on Tuesday by retirees of the country’s telecom industry. These protests, gatherings, rallies, marches, and demonstrations are expanding despite the regime’s recent surge in executions, sending at least 67 to the gallows in less than ten days. People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold the mullahs’ 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.
Iran: Fatemeh Tadrisi and Atekeh Rajabi Among Arrested Teachers
During yesterday’s protests by teachers in 22 cities across 14 provinces in Iran, a number of protesting teachers were arrested. Among those detained were Fatemeh Tadrisi in Tehran, Atakeh Rajabi in Mashhad, and Fateh Osmani and Farzad Safikhani in Sanandaj. Fatemeh 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 Qarchak prison in a phone call. At the time of writing this report, no information regarding the charges against Fatemeh Tadrisi has been made available.
Factional Infighting Escalates as Iran’s Regime Grows Weaker
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’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and president Ebrahim Raisi over the regime’s nuclear program. On 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.
Is Social Security Organization To Blamed in 2023 or the Raisi Government?
The government media Ettelaat has taken the initiative to publish an article titled “Social Security Wants a Skilled Helper, Not a Heavy Burden.” Ettelaat media pays for the incompetence and inefficiency of the government from the pockets of the people and writes: “A fundamental problem we Iranians have is that we do not seek to solve problems and ward off crises at the right time.” 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.
Stuttgart, Germany—May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
Stuttgart, Germany—May 6, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution. Supporters 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.
Cologne, Germany—May 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
Cologne, Germany—May 6, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – May 10, 2023