{"id":231885,"date":"2020-12-26T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T08:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231885"},"modified":"2023-04-19T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:53:18","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 26, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_231891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231891\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231891\" title=\"Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, 2017\u20132018 uprising\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-2017-2018-uprising-25122020-696x429.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The end of December is the anniversary of the December 2017 uprising in Iran. The 2017\u20132018 Iranian protests refer to a series of public protests which occurred in various cities throughout Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continuing into 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Two orphan children live in a ditch<\/h2>\n<h3>near Koohdasht River in Lorestan Province, W Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two orphan children live in a ditch near Koohdasht River in Lorestan Province, W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>. The 2 children have no one to help them. Iranian regime does not take any action to help poor people. 60M Iranians live in poverty due to the regime&#39;s mismanagement.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qh4csmiVN8\">pic.twitter.com\/qh4csmiVN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1342580492160421889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 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>Who is Soghra Khodadadi, Qarchak Prison\u2019s Warden?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231910\" title=\"Soghra-Khodadadi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Soghra-Khodadadi.jpg\" alt=\"Soghra-Khodadadi\" width=\"701\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Soghra-Khodadadi.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Soghra-Khodadadi-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Soghra-Khodadadi-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Qarchak is an Iranian prison for women located in Qarchak district, in the Varamin neighborhood of Tehran. Iranian authorities reportedly practice extrajudicial killings, torture, and other violations of human rights against prisoners there. Furthermore, female political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and followers of ethnic and religious minorities endure intolerable pressure on behalf of the guards.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/who-is-soghra-khodadadi-qarchak-prisons-warden\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The 1st Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Saqqez, sentenced 5 residents of this city to 58 months in prison<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 1st Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Saqqez, sentenced 5 residents of this city to 58 months in prison. Armia Ranjbari, Ali Ghaderi, Rahman Rahimpour, Roya Amini, &amp; Hiva Amini are charged with \u201cpropaganda in favor of one of Kurdish opposition groups.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ipdej7qHuL\">pic.twitter.com\/ipdej7qHuL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1342579200188948486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 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>VP of the Free Union of Iranian Workers Parvin Mohammadi to be jailed<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Parvin-Mohammadi-VP-of-Free-Union-of-Iranian-workers-min\" src=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Parvin-Mohammadi-VP-of-Free-Union-of-Iranian-workers-min.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The First Branch of the Unit Implementing the Verdicts at Evin Courthouse summoned Vice President of the Free Union of Iranian Workers Parvin Mohammadi on December 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The summon instructs Ms. Mohammadi to appear before the court within five days after the summon is posted on SANA website.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President of the Free Union of Iranian Workers Parvin Mohammadi said she had been summoned for a case filed against her in 2017. She was unaware of the prosecution and the verdict had been issued in her absence.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/12\/25\/vp-of-the-free-union-of-iranian-workers-parvin-mohammadi-to-be-jailed\/\" 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 475 Cities Exceeds 191,600<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-25122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavirus-update-25122020.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Friday, December 25, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 475 cities had exceeded 191,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 47,056, Khorasan Razavi 13,085, Isfahan 11,450, Khuzestan 9,795, West Azerbaijan 7,188, Mazandaran 7,152, Gilan 6,816, Fars 5,862, Golestan 4,737, Hamedan 4,590, Kerman 4,144, Ardabil 2,347, Zanjan 2,000, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,369.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-475-cities-exceeds-191600\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The 2017\u20132018 uprising in Iran<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225126\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-225126 size-full\" title=\"Iran_Uprising2_03092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, NCRI, IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, 2017-2018 uprising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The end of December is the anniversary of the December 2017 uprising in Iran. The 2017\u20132018 Iranian protests refer to a series of public protests which occurred in various cities throughout Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continuing into 2018. The first protest took place in Mashhad, Iran&#8217;s second-largest city by population, initially focused on the economic policies of the country&#8217;s government; however, as protests spread throughout the country, their scope expanded to include political opposition to the theocratic regime of Iran and its longtime Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&ldquo;Iran&rsquo;s Year of Uprising&rdquo;\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tQACfCy_X8Q\" 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%2FtQACfCy_X8Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQACfCy_X8Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-22T17:35:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tQACfCy_X8Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtQACfCy_X8Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">\u201cIran\u2019s Year of Uprising\u201d<\/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\/tQACfCy_X8Q\" 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%2FtQACfCy_X8Q%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&ldquo;Iran&rsquo;s Year of Uprising&rdquo;\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\u201cIran\u2019s Year of Uprising\u201d\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Catastrophic quality of food and drinking water in Great Tehran Penitentiary<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The-Great-Tehran-Penitentiary\" src=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Great-Tehran-Penitentiary.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reports from the Great Tehran Penitentiary indicate that the food quality in that prison is catastrophic. Prisoners cannot even eat the food. Recently, the food usually does not contain any meat, but when it does, it has a bad color and odor. Prisoners in the GTP say it might be the meat of dead animals. The cooks put too much salt or pepper in the food to overcome the bad taste of meat.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the amount of food is too little and inmates are always hungry. The amount of stew given to each prisoner is one or one and a half spoons.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/25\/catastrophic-quality-of-food-and-drinking-water-in-great-tehran-penitentiary\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: 8 Baha&#8217;is received a total of 14 years in prison<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231890\" title=\"Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Bahais-prison-25122020-696x384.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Revolutionary Court in Bandar Abbas (S Iran) has sentenced 8 Baha&#8217;is a total of 14 years in prison. Arash Rasekhi, Nassim Ghanavatian, Maral Rasti, Mahnaz Jan Nessar, Omid Afaghi, Mehrollah Afsahr, Adib Haq Pajouh, and Farhad Amri received a total of 14 years in prison. In addition, all eight were given a two-year ban on membership of social and political parties and groups and attending Bahai meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, December 26, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 26, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2yvB1ceItv0\" 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%2F2yvB1ceItv0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2yvB1ceItv0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-26T10:04:06Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2yvB1ceItv0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2yvB1ceItv0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 26, 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\/2yvB1ceItv0\" 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%2F2yvB1ceItv0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 26, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 26, 2020 Coronavirus Fatalities in Iran Exceeds 191,600 Over 191,600 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 475 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 Friday afternoon. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 54,308, about a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe truth is that to this day 54,000 of our compatriots have died of coronavirus and these stats should be calculated as double this number because some of those who died were not tested or died in their homes,\u201d said a member of the regime\u2019s National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. \u201cOne in every one thousand people in our country have died of Covid-19 during the past ten months,\u201d he added, according to state TV and the Mehr News Agency, an outlet linked to the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Iran: Defiant Youth Target Regime\u2019s Judiciary in Khorramabad On Tuesday morning, in response to the demolition of the grave of the national hero Navid Afkari, defiant youth set fire to the entrance of the clerical regime\u2019s Judiciary in Khorramabad, the center for issuing criminal death sentences and long-term prisons in Lorestan province. Defiant youths also targeted two regime repression centers in Mashhad, Revolutionary Guards mobilization bases in different parts of the city, and the center for suppression and spread of terrorism in Borujerd, setting fire to their entrance signs. These actions were taken in response to the clerical regime forces destroying the homes of poor people in Zahedan. Defiant youth similarly set fire to a large banner of the Revolutionary Guards in Neyshabur. 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