{"id":211135,"date":"2019-01-27T18:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T18:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211135-iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_0yD8E2jgKJY\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F0yD8E2jgKJY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yD8E2jgKJY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-23T15:15:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_0yD8E2jgKJY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F0yD8E2jgKJY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0yD8E2jgKJY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F0yD8E2jgKJY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019 US Urges Coalitions Against Iran Regime&#039;s &#039;Malign Meddling&#039; The US wants to build more coalitions in the Middle East to counter the \u201cvery real\u201d threat of Iran\u2019s malign meddling in the region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Speaking via video link, Pompeo said the US was committed to a \u201csecure and stable\u201d Middle East and had assembled a \u201cglobal coalition of nations to confront Iran and support the aspirations of the Iranian people.\u201d \u201cThose are places where Iran is truly the malign actor, and that is why we are so happy with the coalition we have built,\u201d he said. Iran: Retirees Protesting in Tehran, Raising Significant Demands Retirees rallied outside the Iranian Regime\u2019s Labor Ministry in Tehran on Tuesday, protesting the authorities\u2019 refusal to reply to their demands. The protesters were chanting: \u201cPolitical prisoners must be released\u201d \u201cCannons, tanks, documentaries are no longer effective,\u201d referring to the regime\u2019s domestic crackdown and a so-called documentary aired by state TV of two activists supposedly \u201cconfessing to their crimes.\u201d Iranians inside the country and abroad have condemned these broadcasts, accusing the regime of resorting to its known practice of obtaining \u201cconfessions\u201d under torture. Retirees in Iran have a long history of holding major rallies against the mullahs\u2019 regime. Iran Arrests 72 Young Partygoers for Dancing At least 72 people have been detained at a mixed-gender party, in Sari, the capital city of Mazandaran province, the local Prosecutor General has disclosed. The state-run ILNA news agency quoting Younes Hosseini reported Tuesday that the young partygoers were arrested while dancing in a mixed party. \u201cHolding of a mixed party, non-observance of religious standards, consuming alcoholic beverages, etc. are criminalized, and such cases would be quickly dealt with.\u201d Hosseini said. 12 Iranian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Strike on Syria, Watchdog Says Twelve soldiers belonging to Iran regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in Sunday\u2019s IAF airstrikes on Syria, the UK-based NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed on Tuesday. The report said a total of 21 people were killed in the strikes \u2013 among them six Syrian soldiers and 15 non-Syrian nationals, 12 of whom were IRGC soldiers \u2013 making it the deadliest attack by Israel so far in the war-torn country. Iran Regime&#039;s Suppression of Minorities A Baha\u2019i citizen, Soheil Haghdoost, was sentenced to four months\u2019 imprisonment on the charge of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for announcing and following up regarding his business\u2019s forced closure. Also, he has been sentenced to a year in prison in March 2018. Belgium Extends Sentence for Iranian Regime Terrorist Involved in Plot Against Opposition Conference According to Belga news agency, the verdict was given by the first branch of Antwerp\u2019s criminal court. The verdict underlines that Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian regime diplomat, and three other Iranian agents were complicit in an attempt against the yearly gathering of the PMOI\/MEK. Before his arrest, Assadi was serving in the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Vienna, Austria, where he had been coordinating the regime\u2019s spying and terrorist activities since 2014. Assadi was arrested in Germany in the course of a failed attack on the June 30 Iran Freedom rally. 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The protesters were chanting:\u201cPolitical prisoners must be released\u201d\u201cCannons, tanks, documentaries are no longer effective,\u201d referring to the regime\u2019s domestic crackdown and a so-called documentary aired by state TV of two activists supposedly \u201cconfessing to their crimes.\u201d Iranians inside the country and abroad have condemned these broadcasts, accusing the regime of resorting to its known practice of obtaining \u201cconfessions\u201d under torture.Retirees in Iran have a long history of holding major rallies against the mullahs\u2019 regime.Iran Arrests 72 Young Partygoers for DancingAt least 72 people have been detained at a mixed-gender party, in Sari, the capital city of Mazandaran province, the local Prosecutor General has disclosed.The state-run ILNA news agency quoting Younes Hosseini reported Tuesday that the young partygoers were arrested while dancing in a mixed party.\u201cHolding of a mixed party, non-observance of religious standards, consuming alcoholic beverages, etc. are criminalized, and such cases would be quickly dealt with.\u201d Hosseini said.12 Iranian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Strike on Syria, Watchdog SaysTwelve soldiers belonging to Iran regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in Sunday\u2019s IAF airstrikes on Syria, the UK-based NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed on Tuesday.The report said a total of 21 people were killed in the strikes \u2013 among them six Syrian soldiers and 15 non-Syrian nationals, 12 of whom were IRGC soldiers \u2013 making it the deadliest attack by Israel so far in the war-torn country.Iran Regime&#039;s Suppression of Minorities A Baha\u2019i citizen, Soheil Haghdoost, was sentenced to four months\u2019 imprisonment on the charge of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for announcing and following up regarding his business\u2019s forced closure. 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Also, he has been sentenced to a year in prison in March 2018.Belgium Extends Sentence for Iranian Regime Terrorist Involved in Plot Against Opposition ConferenceAccording to Belga news agency, the verdict was given by the first branch of Antwerp\u2019s criminal court. The verdict underlines that Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian regime diplomat, and three other Iranian agents were complicit in an attempt against the yearly gathering of the PMOI\/MEK.Before his arrest, Assadi was serving in the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Vienna, Austria, where he had been coordinating the regime\u2019s spying and terrorist activities since 2014. Assadi was arrested in Germany in the course of a failed attack on the June 30 Iran Freedom rally. 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Also, he has been sentenced to a year in prison in March 2018.Belgium Extends Sentence for Iranian Regime Terrorist Involved in Plot Against Opposition ConferenceAccording to Belga news agency, the verdict was given by the first branch of Antwerp\u2019s criminal court. The verdict underlines that Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian regime diplomat, and three other Iranian agents were complicit in an attempt against the yearly gathering of the PMOI\/MEK.Before his arrest, Assadi was serving in the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Vienna, Austria, where he had been coordinating the regime\u2019s spying and terrorist activities since 2014. Assadi was arrested in Germany in the course of a failed attack on the June 30 Iran Freedom rally. He was subsequently stripped of his diplomatic immunity and extradited to Belgium to be tried for orchestrating the attack and personally handing 500 grams of TATP explosives to the supposed hit team.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, January 23, 2019US Urges Coalitions Against Iran Regime's 'Malign Meddling' The US wants to build more coalitions in the Middle East to counter the \u201cvery real\u201d threat of Iran\u2019s malign meddling in the region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.Speaking via video link, Pompeo said the US was committed to a \u201csecure and stable\u201d Middle East and had assembled a \u201cglobal coalition of nations to confront Iran and support the aspirations of the Iranian people.\u201d \u201cThose are places where Iran is truly the malign actor, and that is why we are so happy with the coalition we have built,\u201d he said.Iran: Retirees Protesting in Tehran, Raising Significant DemandsRetirees rallied outside the Iranian Regime\u2019s Labor Ministry in Tehran on Tuesday, protesting the authorities\u2019 refusal to reply to their demands. The protesters were chanting:\u201cPolitical prisoners must be released\u201d\u201cCannons, tanks, documentaries are no longer effective,\u201d referring to the regime\u2019s domestic crackdown and a so-called documentary aired by state TV of two activists supposedly \u201cconfessing to their crimes.\u201d Iranians inside the country and abroad have condemned these broadcasts, accusing the regime of resorting to its known practice of obtaining \u201cconfessions\u201d under torture.Retirees in Iran have a long history of holding major rallies against the mullahs\u2019 regime.Iran Arrests 72 Young Partygoers for DancingAt least 72 people have been detained at a mixed-gender party, in Sari, the capital city of Mazandaran province, the local Prosecutor General has disclosed.The state-run ILNA news agency quoting Younes Hosseini reported Tuesday that the young partygoers were arrested while dancing in a mixed party.\u201cHolding of a mixed party, non-observance of religious standards, consuming alcoholic beverages, etc. are criminalized, and such cases would be quickly dealt with.\u201d Hosseini said.12 Iranian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Strike on Syria, Watchdog SaysTwelve soldiers belonging to Iran regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in Sunday\u2019s IAF airstrikes on Syria, the UK-based NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed on Tuesday.The report said a total of 21 people were killed in the strikes \u2013 among them six Syrian soldiers and 15 non-Syrian nationals, 12 of whom were IRGC soldiers \u2013 making it the deadliest attack by Israel so far in the war-torn country.Iran Regime's Suppression of Minorities A Baha\u2019i citizen, Soheil Haghdoost, was sentenced to four months\u2019 imprisonment on the charge of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for announcing and following up regarding his business\u2019s forced closure. 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