{"id":232084,"date":"2020-12-28T03:45:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T08:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=232084"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T09:26:03","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-28-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-28-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 28, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_232089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232089\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232089\" title=\"Iran-sanandaj-28122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-sanandaj-28122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, people walking on a street of the city of Sanandaj. The Iranian Judiciary hanged a woman yesterday in the Central Prison of Sanandaj.\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-sanandaj-28122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-sanandaj-28122020-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-sanandaj-28122020-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-sanandaj-28122020-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-sanandaj-28122020-696x400.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, people walking on a street of the city of Sanandaj. The Iranian Judiciary hanged a woman yesterday in the Central Prison of Sanandaj.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran &#8211; Grafitti on public walls<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8220;While the world is vaccinated, Iranians die from hunger and COVID-19&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232150\" title=\"Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-grafitti-on-the-walls-28122020-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Grafitti on public walls: &quot;While the world is vaccinated, Iranians die from hunger and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Iranians are angry that the regime has yet to provide vaccines despite the death of at least 192,000 people from the virus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fokRzNTtAA\">pic.twitter.com\/fokRzNTtAA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1343506071403507718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 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>Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran summoned an environmental reporter<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran summoned Elaheh Moussavi, an environmental reporter, on December 27. <br \/>General Department of National Resources in Golestan province filed a complaint against her. She is accused of publishing falsities and insulting ordinary people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/36DWkAY91G\">pic.twitter.com\/36DWkAY91G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1343479655869906945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 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<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 475 Cities Exceeds 192,800<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-27122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavirus-update-27122020.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 Sunday, December 27, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 475 cities had exceeded 192,800. The number of victims in Tehran is 47,346, Khorasan Razavi 13,185, Isfahan 11,650, Khuzestan 9,830, Mazandaran 7,267, Gilan 6,841, Fars 5,905, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,711, Kerman 4,179, Kermanshah 4,054, Central Province 4,013, Kurdistan 3,311, Semnan 2,909, Ardabil 2,362, Zanjan 2,012, Ilam 1,990, Bushehr 1,929, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,510.<\/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-192800\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 192,800 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 475 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qyy4OFamEd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qyy4OFamEd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i2rH5FxZeb\">pic.twitter.com\/i2rH5FxZeb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1343465961173577728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 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>Woman hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj despite nervous disorder<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226136\" title=\"execution_Prison_15092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/execution_Prison_15092020.jpg\" alt=\"prisoner, evin, MEK, execution, urgent, ncri\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/execution_Prison_15092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/execution_Prison_15092020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/execution_Prison_15092020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/execution_Prison_15092020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/execution_Prison_15092020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian Judiciary had a woman hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj in the morning of Sunday, December 27, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The woman hanged was identified as Zeinab Khodamoradi, 43 from the city of Qorveh. She had been imprisoned for five years. She suffered from mental imbalance and nervous disorder. Her family did not afford to pay 700 million Tomans set as blood money for the victims, sending her to the gallows.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/12\/27\/woman-hanged-in-the-central-prison-of-sanandaj-despite-nervous-disorder\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi: Condolences on the passing of Brian Binley, a great supporter of the Iranian Resistance in Britain<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232087\" title=\"Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Iranian-resistance-Brian-Britain-1-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maryam Rajavi: I would like to extend my condolences on the demise of the dear friend of the Iranian people and Resistance, Brian Binley, to his honorable family, the people and parliament of Britain, and to the parliamentary committees for Iran Freedom in both houses of the UK parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The priceless efforts of this honourable representative of the British people in defense of the PMOI in Ashraf and the Iranian people\u2019s right to resist against the religious terrorist dictatorship ruling Iran, and particularly, his bold participation in the legal campaign to delist the PMOI from the UK terror list, will be for ever remembered in the history of the Iranian people\u2019s Resistance.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-brian-binley-iranian-resistance-britain\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Condolences on the passing of Brian Binley, a great supporter of the Iranian Resistance in Britain- Brian Binley, the honourable friend of the Iranian Resistance, joined eternity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0HiuImf5BR\">https:\/\/t.co\/0HiuImf5BR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L5BOA7QRPW\">pic.twitter.com\/L5BOA7QRPW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1343284523371540481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 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>A murder per day under the pretext of honor \u2013 VAW bill is treated as party games<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"murders-under-the-pretext-of-honor-1-min\" src=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/murders-under-the-pretext-of-honor-1-min.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the culture of the ruling misogynist mullahs in Iran, women are not considered independent human beings; rather, they represent men\u2019s \u201chonor.\u201d The simple translation for phrases such as \u201chonor\u201d in mullahs\u2019 lexicon is ownership of women by men.<\/p>\n<p>In the same spirit, the mullahs\u2019 laws grant women\u2019s most basic rights to the man, the traditional head of the family. These rights include divorce, custody, travel, education, employment, and clothing \u2013 all granted based on a man\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/12\/27\/a-murder-per-day-under-the-pretext-of-honor-vaw-bill\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Participants in virtual betting and gambling to receive death sentence for \u201ccorruption on Earth\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232088\" title=\"Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-gamling-websites-social-media-users-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vice President of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) announced that the Majlis deputies are drafting a bill to deal with those accused of administering gambling website. According to the bill, the accused will be sentenced to death on the charge of \u201ccorruption on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the director of the Center to Combat National and Organized Crimes in the FATA (Cyber Police) had announced that they had arrested 10 citizens in relation with these gambling websites.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/27\/participants-in-virtual-betting-and-gambling-to-receive-death-sentence-for-corruption-on-earth\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Four Execution in a Day, Including Three Members of Ethnic Minorities<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53972\" title=\"Iran_execution\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Iran_execution.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_execution\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Iran_execution.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Iran_execution-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just a day after Christmas, the Iranian regime raised its 2020\u2019s death penalty\u2019s record to 254 cases with four new executions, including three Iranian Baluchi prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>On December 26, Iranian authorities executed at least four prisoners, according to the human rights association No to Prison \u2013 No to Execution. The sentences were carried out in Zahedan Central Prison, southeastern Iran, and Qom Central Prison, southwest of Tehran.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-four-execution-in-a-day-including-three-members-of-ethnic-minorities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, December 28, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_W-OCRhIgNvM\" 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%2FW-OCRhIgNvM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-OCRhIgNvM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M43S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-28T08:45:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_W-OCRhIgNvM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FW-OCRhIgNvM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 28, 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\/W-OCRhIgNvM\" 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%2FW-OCRhIgNvM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceeds 192,800 Over 192,800 people have died of the novel coronavirus across Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Sunday afternoon. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 54,693 less than a third of the actual figure. \u201cWe can\u2019t tolerate more despair and our officials need to think of something quick for the people\u2019s well-being,\u201d said the head of the Tehran City Council Health Committee on Sunday. \u201cOur medical staff, including physicians and nurses, have suffered immensely during the past year of this epidemic and crisis,\u201d this officially added, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime&#039;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Iran: Defiant Youth Target Mullahs\u2019 Judiciary in Karaj In the early hours of Friday, in response to the inhumane act of destruction of the people\u2019s house in Ilam, the defiant youth targeted the regime\u2019s Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Karaj, a center for the repressive sentences of execution, torture, and imprisonment in Alborz Province, and set the entrance to the site on fire. Defiant youths also targeted the IRGC \u2018s repressive recruiting centers in Hamedan and Kish Island, setting fire to their entrance signs. The activities of the defiant youth were greatly welcomed by the people of the region. Near-fatal beating of political prisoner in Evin prison Prison guards badly brutalized political prisoner Afshin Shahsavari. The guards continued to beat him even after he went unconscious due to the severity of beatings. Afshin Shahsavari was brutalized for supporting other inmates in the quarantine ward. Prison guards struck him in the head and face. He suffered from a broken skull. His shoulder blade was dislocated, and his body was bruised. He is presently abandoned in Evin Prison\u2019s quarantine in critical conditions. In this regard, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Council, and the relevant rapporteurs of the United Nations, as well as international human rights organizations, to take urgent action to stop torture and executions in Iran. 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