{"id":232766,"date":"2021-01-08T03:40:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T08:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=232766"},"modified":"2023-04-10T20:54:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T19:54:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_231411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231411\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231411\" title=\"family-members-of-the-victims-of-the-Ukrainian-plane-18122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/family-members-of-the-victims-of-the-Ukrainian-plane-18122020.jpg\" alt=\"While the family members of the victims of the Ukrainian plane are still grieving, the Iranian regime has still not answered for the crash of the Ukrainian plane.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/family-members-of-the-victims-of-the-Ukrainian-plane-18122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/family-members-of-the-victims-of-the-Ukrainian-plane-18122020-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/family-members-of-the-victims-of-the-Ukrainian-plane-18122020-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/family-members-of-the-victims-of-the-Ukrainian-plane-18122020-696x365.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the family members of the victims of the Ukrainian plane are still grieving, the Iranian regime has still not answered for the crash of the Ukrainian plane<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Maryam Rajavi<\/h2>\n<h3>Khamenei\u2019s ban on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines is a crime against humanity<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s ban on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines is a crime against humanity. He is responsible for the deaths of thousands of our deprived compatriots due to the Coronavirus.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1347619229911154691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Treasury Sanctions Iraqi Militia Leader Connected to Serious Human Rights Abuse<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232812\" title=\"Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021.jpg\" alt=\"Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faleh-Fayaz-Javad-Zarif-08012021-696x485.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Iraqi Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC) Chairman and former National Security Advisor Falih al-Fayyadh for his connection to serious human rights abuse. During protests beginning in October 2019, Iran-aligned elements of the PMC attacked Iraqi civilians demonstrating against corruption, unemployment, economic stagnation, poor public services, and Iranian interference in Iraq\u2019s domestic affairs. Al-Fayyadh was part of a crisis cell comprised primarily of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) militia leaders formed in late 2019 to suppress the Iraqi protests with the support of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm1231\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Treasury designated Iraqi Militia Leader Falih al-Fayyadh, head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>-backed Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC) in Iraq for his connection to serious <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/humanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#humanRights<\/a> abuse, building upon the Global <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Magnitsky?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Magnitsky<\/a> Human Rights Accountability Act.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GBfcCINlvz\">https:\/\/t.co\/GBfcCINlvz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zg7tqgqehC\">pic.twitter.com\/zg7tqgqehC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; International Committee in Search of Justice (@isjcommittee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isjcommittee\/status\/1347606843678453762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Twitter has now removed Khamenei&#8217;s tweet for violating its rules by banning the US, UK, and French vaccines<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter has now removed Khamenei&#39;s tweet for violating its  rules by banning the US, UK, and French vaccines, in effect leading to the slaughter of massive number of Iranians. Long overdue for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a> to shut down his twitter account. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BanKhamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BanKhamenei<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NjgARrxCFW\">pic.twitter.com\/NjgARrxCFW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1347621094837125121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei says The &#8220;import of American and British vaccines is banned&#8221; to Iran because he does not trust them<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> regime&#39;s Supreme Leader Khamenei says the &quot;import of American and British vaccines is banned&quot; to Iran because he does not trust them.  <\/p>\n<p>This is a sorry excuse to hide his own incompetence, failures &amp; his indifference to the thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> deaths in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BB9t8V8tAl\">pic.twitter.com\/BB9t8V8tAl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1347473846262243329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluch prisoner Hassan Dehvari undergoes savage tortures before execution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232792\" title=\"Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari.jpg\" alt=\"Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baluch-prisoner-Hassan-Dehvari-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a voice recording emerged from inside Iran a Baluch political prisoner who was recently executed said that he was tortured to make confessions. Baluch prisoner Hassan Dehvari, 28, was executed along with 21-year-old Elias Qalandarzehi, and Omid Mahmoudzehi on January 3, 2021, in the city of Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeast Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mohammadreza Faqihi, lawyer to Hassan and Elias, he had requested an appeal to the Supreme Court and the case was pending review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/07\/baluch-prisoner-hassan-dehvari-undergoes-tortures-before-execution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">CTV News: Goodale rejects Iran&#8217;s offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232791 alignleft\" title=\"CTV-News-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CTV-News-logo.png\" alt=\"CTV-News-logo\" width=\"498\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CTV-News-logo.png 498w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CTV-News-logo-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CTV-News-logo-150x32.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/>Canada&#8217;s special adviser on the Iranian military&#8217;s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran&#8217;s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn&#8217;t have the right to offer compensation to victims&#8217; families unilaterally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goodale told The Canadian Press the final amount will be subject to negotiations between Iran and Canada and the four other countries whose citizens were killed on the plane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/goodale-rejects-iran-s-offer-to-compensate-canadian-victims-of-downed-ukraine-plane-1.5256980?taid=5ff6d71c4412f60001a2ae\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Exceeds 198,400<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-07012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-07012021.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<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>\u00a0announced on Thursday, January 7, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 198,400. The number of victims in Tehran is 48,591, Khorasan Razavi 13,435, Isfahan 12,395, Lorestan 8,018, Qom 7,745, Mazandaran 7,652, Gilan 7,036, Fars 6,063, Alborz 5,165, Golestan 4,917, Hamedan 4,703, Kerman 4,372, Kermanshah 4,129, Yazd 3,512, North Khorasan 3,053, Qazvin 2,072, South Khorasan 1,871, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,560.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-478-cities-exceeds-198400\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">AP: A year on, questions haunt Iran\u2019s downing of Ukrainian plane<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_223173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223173\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-223173\" title=\"The-Ukrainian-airliner-PS752-was-shot-down-by-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-Revolutionary-Guards-on-January-8-2020-killing-all-176-on-board\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Ukrainian-airliner-PS752-was-shot-down-by-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-Revolutionary-Guards-on-January-8-2020-killing-all-176-on-board.jpg\" alt=\"The-Ukrainian-airliner-PS752-was-shot-down-by-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-Revolutionary-Guards-on-January-8-2020-killing-all-176-on-board\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Ukrainian-airliner-PS752-was-shot-down-by-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-Revolutionary-Guards-on-January-8-2020-killing-all-176-on-board.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Ukrainian-airliner-PS752-was-shot-down-by-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-Revolutionary-Guards-on-January-8-2020-killing-all-176-on-board-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ukrainian airliner PS752 was shot down by the Iranian regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 on board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Navaz Ebrahim learned that a Ukrainian plane had fallen from the sky near Iran\u2019s capital, she didn\u2019t realize her older sister was on the flight. They had just spoken on the phone. Niloufar had promised her, like she always does, that everything was going to be alright.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As news spread of the jetliner that burst into flames and plunged to the ground, killing all 176 on board, Ebrahim called her mother in Tehran, desperate to hear that her 34-year-old sister and brother-in-law, newly married in the northern mountains of Iran, had taken any other plane home to London. Then her mother checked the flight number.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-dubai-iran-united-arab-emirates-united-nations-6c2f8973370385d7903b975c2df5d782\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Seven Rallies and Strikes on January 6<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232772\" title=\"Iran-protests-06012021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-06012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-protests-06012021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-06012021-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-06012021-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-06012021-1-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Iran, not a day goes by without popular protests and spontaneous rallies and strikes. In this respect, different classes of society resort to protests to achieve their inherent rights. According to our sources, on January 6, citizens from different walks of life held at least seven protests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-seven-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-6\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Seven Rallies and Strikes on January 6\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_BgRDvxNfJ_4\" 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%2FBgRDvxNfJ_4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BgRDvxNfJ_4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT40S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-07T13:08:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_BgRDvxNfJ_4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FBgRDvxNfJ_4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Seven Rallies and Strikes on January 6<\/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\/BgRDvxNfJ_4\" 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%2FBgRDvxNfJ_4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Seven Rallies and Strikes on January 6\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In Iran, not a day goes by without popular protests and spontaneous rallies and strikes. In this respect, different classes of society resort to protests to achieve their inherent rights. According to our sources, on January 6, citizens from different walks of life held at least seven protests. Ph.D. students, retirees and their families, villagers, nursing students, teachers, and stockholders held gatherings in front of government offices in various cities. During their protests, citizens complained to officials about their failure to pay salaries, pensions, and arrears. People see the regime and its officials as the main reason for their dilemmas and hardship. Therefore, protesters directly address high-ranking officials and influential apparatuses like the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in their protests.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran&#8217;s Court of Appeals upheld a 2-year prison sentence for a journalist<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tehran&#39;s Court of Appeals upheld a 2-year prison sentence for Raha Askarizadeh, a journalist, photographer and women&#39;s rights activist. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Mi7yNyuSE\">pic.twitter.com\/3Mi7yNyuSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1347120660573786115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, January 8, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fFeH57xpPLc\" 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%2FfFeH57xpPLc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fFeH57xpPLc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-08T11:13:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fFeH57xpPLc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfFeH57xpPLc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 8, 2021<\/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\/fFeH57xpPLc\" 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%2FfFeH57xpPLc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 198,400 Over 198,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 478 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 Thursday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 55,933 around a third of the actual figure. Public anger over the inhumane regime\u2019s hesitation, contradictions and lies regarding the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines has become a new crisis inside the mullahs\u2019 regime. \u201cNo official should talk about the vaccine for now. In such circumstances, other than the Health Minister, no one should talk about the vaccine,\u201d said Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi on Wednesday. \u201cReports of a vaccine in the Nosser Khosro district of Tehran is a lie and I am calling on people not to fall for such deceptive claims and not go to such areas,\u201d he added, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime&#039;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Nurses, Oil and Mine Workers, Protest Unpaid Wages On Monday, the staff and nurses of hospitals in different cities of the country, including Khuzestan, Isfahan, Yazd and Karaj, gathered in their workplaces, seeking answers for their pending demands. Nurses in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran, held a rally in front of the governor&#039;s office, demanding their delayed paychecks and an increase in their salaries. In Isfahan province, health department staff also held a rally demanding a change in their job status. Nurses and contract employees of the Yazd Medical Sciences University also gathered in front of the MP&#039;s office, protesting the change in their employment status and discrimination in the payment of salaries and job benefits. Also, a group of employees of Khomeini Hospital in the city of Karaj, northwest Tehran, gathered in front of the Alborz Governor&#039;s Office protesting unpaid salaries. On Tuesday, workers of the Faryab mine in Kerman province went on strike for the fourth consecutive day, protesting the officials\u2019 refusal to pay their wages demanding the implementation of the job classification plan. On Tuesday, a group of workers in the Lorestan Agro-Industrial Complex Company held a protest rally for the second consecutive day, demanding a change in their job contracts to direct contract. A group of workers of the Navid Zar Chimi Company in the city of Mahshahr, gathered in front of the company building on Tuesday, protesting their delayed paychecks. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-7-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 7<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET Maryam Rajavi Khamenei&rsquo;s ban on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines is a crime against [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":231411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[129,141,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-232766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-human-rights","11":"tag-mek-iran","12":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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