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UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET

In an article entitled The Qalibaf-elimination Project Kickstarted, the state-run Eqtesad News wrote today: The horns of infighting among the principalists are blowing. Every time there is a parliamentary election, a presidential election, or even an election on deciding about the parliaments leadership, the war rises from the bottom of the endless ocean of differences and appears at the surface. This time, the reason for their differences, which is more evident than in the past, is the two upcoming elections, including the election of the Speaker of the Majlis on May 2 and the election of the 12th parliament, which is scheduled to be held on March 1, 2024.

In the meantime, it seems that in both their short-term and long-term goals, the Paydari bloc [the faction close to former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] is pursuing to remove Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf from politics and power. So far, their great rivals among the principalists, such as Nateq Nouri, and Ali Larijani, have been eliminated with different tactics and excuses, the source added.

UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET

Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele was arrested on February 24, 2022, in Iran. But was Vandecasteele taken hostage as a token of the implementation of an agreement that Tehran and Brussels had been negotiating for months? In January 2023, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison, a $1 million fine (910,000) and 74 lashes for espionage.

The hacking of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs computer system on Sunday, May 7, by a group of hackers called Ghyam Sarnegouni (From Uprising to Overthrow), close to the Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (an exiled movement thats banned in Iran), is of great interest to Vandecasteeles family.

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET

The brave people of Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan & Baluchestan in southeast Iran, took to the streets on Friday to remind the mullahs regime of the Iranian peoples utter hatred of their dictatorship. They chanted slogans against the regime in its entirety and voiced their wishes to live in a democracy while rejecting any and all forms of dictatorships, be it the already eliminated monarchy and the current theocratic despotism. People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold the mullahs Supreme LeaderAli 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.

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While Olivier Vandecasteele is still detained in Iran, new information about the case has leaked, wrote the BelgianDH newspaper on May 8, referring to a Belgian aid worker held hostage by Irans regime since 2022.Theobtained documents reveal the backdrop of the Assadi affair; Olivier Vandcastel has been used as a bargaining chip. The documents confirm the role played by the Iranian regimes Ministry of Intelligence and describe how Brussels and Tehran negotiated their prisoner swap treaty before Olivier Vandesteel was taken hostage in Iran.The career diplomatAsadollah Asadi, the third-highest-ranking official at the regimes embassy in Vienna, was convicted of a state terrorist act as he tried to bomb a gathering of the Iranian Resistance in France in 2018.

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The appointment of Ali Bahreini, Irans ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, as the president of the Social Council of the Human Rights, is a blatant mockery of humanity. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, Ali Bahreini, Irans ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, was appointed as the president of the Social Council of the Human Rights of this organization. The publication of this news has sparked widespread negative reactions both in the international community and among Iranian citizens. While the Iranian government is considered one of the major violators of human rights in the world and has the highest number of resolutions against violations of the people in the Third Committee and the General Assembly of the United Nations, this appointment is seen as a mockery of modern human values.

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The clerical regime puts more pressure on teachers through arrests, summonses, and expulsions. The Security Department and the Administrative Violations Board of the Ministry of Education have practically turned into the arms of security forces over the past year. They have concentrated all their efforts on baseless file-making for activist teachers to suppress their protests.The Coordinating Council of Teachers Associations announced that the Violations Board of the Department of Education of Gilan Province had expelled Ms.Fariba Anami, a brave and well-respected teacher in Anzali, upon an unjust and oppressive order.Fariba Anami has been teaching in high schools in Gilan and Anzali for over 25 years. She is one of the hundreds of activist teachers who have solely pursued the realization of their professional rights.

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In an interview with Elaheh Azimfar, the representative of the Iranian Resistance in international organizations,Grand-Lebanonexamined the ongoing popular uprising in Iran sparked by the brutal killing ofMahsa Amini.The interview highlights the uprisings underlying causes, extending beyond the mandatory hijab, and emphasizes the Iranian peoples discontent with the religious dictatorship ruling Iran.Azimfar advocates for womens freedom to choose their attire, arguing against the mandatory hijab, and discusses the broader aspirations of the revolution, including womens equality, freedom of speech, and the establishment of a democratic republic.

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Aarhus, DenmarkMay 11, 2023:Supporters of the Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and freedom-loving Iranians gathered to show their solidarity with the ongoingIranian 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.

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Italy, Piedmont, Cuneo May 6, 2023:The governor and 22 mayors of Italys Piedmont region gathered in Cuneo,Ashrafs sister city, supporting the Iranian peoples uprising and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). They declared their full support of the NCRIs President-elect, Mrs.Maryam Rajavi, and herten-point planfor the future of Iran.

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Also, read Iran News in Brief May 13,2023

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Iran News in Brief May 14, 2023 - NCRI - National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)