{"id":231257,"date":"2020-12-16T09:09:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231257"},"modified":"2023-03-29T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:31:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 16, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231263\" title=\"covid-19_vaccine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"covid-19_vaccine\" width=\"690\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee<\/h2>\n<h3>urges UK to blacklist IRGC<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231297\" title=\"UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran\" width=\"783\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran.jpg 783w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UK-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-Iran-696x319.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee&#8217;s report on Iran urges the UK to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/publications\/3987\/documents\/40221\/default\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The Washington Post: Iran just showed it has no intention of improving ties with the West<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231296\" title=\"WP-Iran-execution-16122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WP-Iran-execution-16122020.jpg\" alt=\"WP-Iran-execution-16122020\" width=\"700\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WP-Iran-execution-16122020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WP-Iran-execution-16122020-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WP-Iran-execution-16122020-696x639.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>IRAN HAS been signalling its interest in returning to the international agreement curbing its nuclear activities once President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month. But the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is also demonstrating that improving its tattered relations with the West is not a priority. That was driven home with the execution on Saturday of Ruhollah Zam, a dissident journalist who lived in France before he was abducted and returned to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/ruhollah-zam-execution-iran\/2020\/12\/15\/c51f85a8-3efd-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 470 Cities Surpassed 185,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231236\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-185500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 470 cities had exceeded 185,500. The number of victims in Tehran is 45,621, Khorasan Razavi 12,805, Isfahan 10,850, Khuzestan 9,505, Lorestan 7,500, East Azerbaijan 7,262, West Azerbaijan 6,993, Gilan 6,566, Fars 5,562, Alborz 4,910, Golestan 4,607, Kerman 3,929, Kermanshah 3,926, Semnan 2,784, Ardabil 2,252, Ilam 1,920, Zanjan 1,912, and Bushehr 1,874.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-470-cities-surpassed-185500\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Covid-19 vaccination further exposes regime corruption<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231263\" title=\"covid-19_vaccine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"covid-19_vaccine\" width=\"690\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-19_vaccine-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While in many countries, the Pfizer\/BioNTech and Moderna corona vaccines have received the green light, the Iranian people are still faced with mullahs\u2019 inhuman policies and negligence and are still among the most vulnerable Covid-19 victims in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Popular demands for the vaccines have been raised and some officials and the state-run media expressed concerns.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-covid-19-vaccine-20201215\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Three men killed by security forces, in South East of Iran<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231260\" title=\"fuel-baluchestan-Iran-16122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fuel-baluchestan-Iran-16122020.jpg\" alt=\"fuel-baluchestan-Iran-16122020\" width=\"702\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fuel-baluchestan-Iran-16122020.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fuel-baluchestan-Iran-16122020-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fuel-baluchestan-Iran-16122020-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Human Rights News Agency, a man identified as Saddam Souri Zehi from a small town of Tohid Abad around Khash city was killed at border of Mashkid close to city of Saravan, on Monday, December 14. Unable to find a suitable job, Souri, who had recently married was using his motorcycle to transfer fuel to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>An informed source said, \u201cSaddam was carrying 2 gallons of gas with his motorcycle when he was shot in the head by the forces of the Rutak Base.\u201d Locals came to his aid and tried to transferr him to the hospital. But he could not make it and died on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/three-men-killed-by-security-forces\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Municipal forces demolished a home in Tabriz, NW Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Municipal forces demolished another home, this time in Tabriz, NW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>. A woman is seen throwing herself on the wall to prevent agents from razing it. Instead of providing shelter during times of hardship &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>, they rob families of shelter and wellbeing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXeeqlpmGh\">pic.twitter.com\/YXeeqlpmGh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1338936549472350211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Tragic Child Suicides Continue in Iran; Five Cases in One Day<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231262\" title=\"Iran-humanrights-suicide-16122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-humanrights-suicide-16122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-humanrights-suicide-16122020\" width=\"701\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-humanrights-suicide-16122020.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-humanrights-suicide-16122020-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to official statistics, in Iran, child and teen suicides account for seven percent of all the country\u2019s suicides. Though, like many stats provided by the government and its apparatuses, this number is likely a fraction of the real number of child suicides under the ayatollahs\u2019 rule.<\/p>\n<p>Iran is ranked as one of the youngest populations across the globe. However, the country\u2019s young generation see no inspiration and glorious future due to systematic suppression and mismanagement, which have placed the country on the brink of collapse.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/tragic-child-suicides-continue-in-iran-five-cases-in-one-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, December 16, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 16, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_GRJxnLndjCE\" 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%2FGRJxnLndjCE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GRJxnLndjCE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-16T08:57:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_GRJxnLndjCE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGRJxnLndjCE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 16, 2020<\/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\/GRJxnLndjCE\" 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%2FGRJxnLndjCE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 16, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 16, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 470 Cities Surpassed 185,500 Over 185,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 470 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 52,670, around a third of the actual figure. \u201cWe adopted adequate management from the very beginning of the Covid-19 issue, and we are among the countries that are regularly providing precise stats to the people. Not all countries have done so,\u201d claimed regime President Hassan Rouhani on Monday in a continuation of his lies. \u201cOur efforts are now focused on preventing a fourth wave, procuring vaccines and vaccination in the near future, be it through purchasing vaccines or producing a domestic vaccine,\u201d he continued. In the meantime, an MP from the city of Shahin Shahr had interesting questions for the regime\u2019s Health Minister during a Majlis session on Tuesday. \u201cThe constant contradictions in the stats, behavior and remarks seen from the Ministry and the Covid-19 Task Force have made people anxious, disappointed and hopeless. Why is the number of Covid-19 deaths so high in Iran in comparison to other countries? Is the irregular contradiction in the death numbers reported this spring and summer in comparison to the same seasons of 2019 and 2018 related to Covid-19 or not?\u201d he asked, according to the state-controlled Daneshju news agency. Iran: Labor Protests Continue in Cities On Sunday, a group of teachers gathered in front of the Majlis, protesting their undetermined employment status. The protesters said that about 13,000 teachers from all over the country want their employment status to be clarified and demand the adjustment to their contract. In some provinces, these teachers receive only about &#36;12 per month and have a 10-day insurance plan while their working hours are no different from officially employed teachers. On December 13, municipal workers in the city of Ilam, western Iran, held a rally in front of the Ilam courthouse protesting their delayed paychecks. Meanwhile, locals in the city of Shahrekord, west central Iran, held a rally in front of the governor\u2019s office and protested a seasonal exhibition held by the regime despite the coronavirus outbreak. On Saturday, retired workers of Khuzestan province gathered at the office of the provincial pensioners&#039; association and demanded that the members of the association be held accountable. 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