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Iran News in Brief – January 30, 2022

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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET

Iran: Regime’s Escalating Concerns Over Recent TV/Radio Broadcasting Disruptions

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Iranian regime officials and state media are still furious about the recent disruption of 27 state television and radio networks that resulted in the broadcasting of Iranian opposition leaders’ footage and over 400 servers being destroyed. Even 24 hours after the ordeal many state TV stations were still unable to broadcast subtitles and announce their programs prior to their airing.

“This measure by the [Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)] in disrupting state TV broadcasting will not go unanswered. We need to deliver a firm respond response to the [PMOI/MEK],” said Alireza Salimi, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament).

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET

Teachers Nationwide Strike Continues on Sunday for the Second Day

On Sunday, as previously organized, teachers and educators across Iran continued their sit-in protests and gatherings across Iran.

Retired teachers have joined their employed peers in protest and calling on the Ministry of Education for fair payments in an increasingly dire economic situation where their small wages are no match to the skyrocketing prices and record-high inflation.

The nationwide sit-in is based on a pre-announced call from teachers and is scheduled to be followed by large protest rallies across the country on Monday, January 31.


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Iranian Regime’s Pattern of Penetration in Latin America

An analysis of the Iranian regime’s some 40 years of prolonged presence in Latin America illustrates a multi-dimensional, multiphased effort is presented in a report title titled In a report titled “Iran’s Pattern of Penetration in Latin America,” published a U.S. Southern Command website.

The Iranian regime’s penetration “involves a gradual transition from an informal presentation to a formal one, while simultaneously and systematically growing its military activity,” according to the report that was published in Dialogo Americas on 28 January 2022.

“During the 1980s, Iran initiated this strategy through a covert presence in a handful of Latin American countries under the guise of commercial and cultural exchanges. This cultural and religious penetration allowed Iran, as well as Hezbollah, to embed itself within the small, but relevant Shiite Islamic populations in targeted countries. More importantly, it established an infrastructure through which Iran could insert spies and other subversive actors into the region, operatives who in the years since have built intelligence networks throughout the region.” the report said.

“This formal presence augmented the informal network of Iran-backed mosques and Islamic charities, establishing a command-and-control structure throughout Latin America managed by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry (MOIS) and its clerical army the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).”


“Act on Iran’s Human Rights Abuses to Rein in Nuclear Ambitions”

“The crisis of Iran’s potential nuclear breakout has only grown worse over the past year, even as the US has been working with its European allies to restore the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” says Giulio Terzi, former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an article published on Sunday, 30 January 2022.

“Expanding pressure on the regime over its human rights abuses would benefit Western nations’ security interests by forcing the regime to focus on domestic affairs and to thus scale back its foreign provocations.”

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