{"id":233166,"date":"2021-01-15T03:11:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T08:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233166"},"modified":"2023-03-04T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T13:26:38","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 15, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_233151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233151\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network\" class=\"wp-image-233151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network.jpg\" alt=\"telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/telethon-with-irans-opposition-intv-satellite-television-network-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simay-e Azadi, or INTV, an Iranian opposition satellite channel, held its 25th telethon on January 8, which lasted until January 12. Many Iranians, particularly from inside Iran, waited for hours to participate and express their support for the Iranian Resistance\u2019s cause for freedom.<\/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: 2:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Iranian people\u2019s demand: It is already late, purchase vaccines now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After days of deception and delay in procuring Covid-19 vaccines, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader explicitly banned the import of credible vaccines to Iran. His remarks contradict previous claims by officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_qkDlcSzSm0k\" 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%2FqkDlcSzSm0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkDlcSzSm0k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-14T19:54:53Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_qkDlcSzSm0k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqkDlcSzSm0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines<\/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\/qkDlcSzSm0k\" 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%2FqkDlcSzSm0k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"After days of deception and delay in procuring Covid-19 vaccines, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader explicitly banned the import of credible vaccines to Iran. His remarks contradict previous claims by officials. Iranian people\u2019s demand: It is already late, purchase vaccines now. Mohammad Reza Ghazanfari, Head of Iran&#039;s Medical System Organization - December 21: \u201cProviding vaccines to the people is a vital, definitive and coercive priority.\u201d State-run Jahan-e Sanat daily - December 22: \u201cAny delay in procuring foreign vaccines and waiting for the domestically produced vaccines would mean the death of a significant number of people. Thus, the procuring of vaccines is a national right that is already too late.\u201d Iran regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei - January 8, 2021: \u201cImporting vaccines made in the US or the UK is prohibited. I told this to the officials, and I say it publicly now.\u201d Amnesty International \u2013 January 8: \u201cIran&#039;s Supreme Leader banning lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines from the UK and US to millions of people in Iran is in step with the Iranian authorities&#039; decades-long contempt for human rights, including the right to life and health.\u201d Iranians on social media: \u201cWho the hell is he to decide for people\u2019s lives? Someone tell this idiot scientific achievements are not related to politics.\u201d Ali Rabie, Iranian government\u2019s spokesperson \u2013 January 9: \u201cOur plan from the beginning was not to buy foreign-made vaccines before being sure.\u201d Hassan Rouhani, regime\u2019s president \u2013 January 9: \u201cOur Health Ministry righteously rejected vaccines.\u201d Said Namaki, regime\u2019s Health Minister - December 23: \u201cThis is not the case. We were among the first countries who sought to purchase vaccines.\u201d Khamenei - January 8: \u201cIf Pfizer is able to manufacture vaccines, why do they want to give it to us?\u201d State-run Sharq daily, interview with Abdolreza Nasser Moghaddasi, Neurologist - December 22: \u201cAre our people\u2019s lives worthless? I have lost patience. Not just me, but all health workers have lost patience, at least those who still breath.\u201d Khamenei - January 8: \u201cImporting vaccines made in the US or the UK is prohibited.\u201d Amnesty International statement - January 9: \u201cIran\u2019s Supreme Leader is toying with millions of lives\u201d Iranian people\u2019s answer to Khamenei\u2019s mass murder decree: Khamenei must be tried for war crimes and playing with the lives of millions of Iranians. People chant: \u201cKhamenei is a murderer, his supremacy in revoked.\u201d 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 #Iran #COVID19 #vaccine\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>A Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced a labor activist to 16 years of prison<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced labor activist Arash Johari to 16 yrs of prison for &quot;managing illegal groups with the intent of disrupting security, assembly &amp; collusion &amp; spreading propaganda against the state&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4rRwX5Hzd4\">pic.twitter.com\/4rRwX5Hzd4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1350029731106844674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 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 Gone into Darkness<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-gone-into-darkness\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-gone-into-darkness.jpg\" alt=\"iran-gone-into-darkness\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-gone-into-darkness.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-gone-into-darkness-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-gone-into-darkness-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to local reports and footage, on January 13, Tehran and many cities across Iran went into darkness. This power outage took place while the people simultaneously faced enormous dilemmas due to the coronavirus outbreak and air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have yet to provide acceptable explanations. Nonetheless, according to local sources in Urmia city, northwestern Iran, the power outage has brought several dilemmas for merchants and ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/iran-gone-into-darkness\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>A Revision Court in Iran sentences 7 civil activists to 16 years in prison and 4 years in exile<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Revision Court of Andimeshk, SW Khuzestan Province, sentenced 7 civil activists to 16 years in prison &amp; 4 years in exile. They were Shapour Reshnow, Ehsan Mirzavand, Hassan Tafi, Daryoush Jafarpour, Iman Mirzavand, Behzad and Siavash Ghalavand. <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\/B99InVVMcg\">pic.twitter.com\/B99InVVMcg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1349838495905361921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 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: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s Message on the 25th INTV Telethon, a Symbol of National Solidarity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people.jpg\" alt=\"message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/message-maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Support the struggle and uprisings with fervor and enthusiasm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Congratulations and compliments on the shining galaxy of solidarity, spearheaded by people inside Iran, in Shiraz, Tehran, Isfahan, Mashhad, Oroumieh, Behbahan, Qom, Qahdrijan, Rasht, and Karaj, and sustained by the long columns of activists across the world. Together, they formed an arrow released from the bow of Iran\u2019s legendary hero Arash, tearing through the darkness and gloom of the mullahs\u2019 coronavirus, and cultivating light and brightness everywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-simaye-azadi-uprising-iranian-people-25th-intv-telethon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Exceeds 201,600<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-14012021-2-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/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 January 14, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 201,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 49,196, Isfahan 12,655, Khuzestan 10,090, Mazandaran 7,902, East Azerbaijan 7,698, Fars 6,132, Alborz 5,220, Golestan 5,060, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,871, Hamedan 4,758, Kerman 4,452, Central Province 4,153, Yazd 3,642, Kurdistan 3,441, Ardabil 2,487, Qazvin 2,117, Ilam 2,086, Bushehr 2,029, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,479.<\/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-201600\/\" 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 201,600 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 478 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\/GM9n7HX3oJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/GM9n7HX3oJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLX9uiFbFI\">pic.twitter.com\/mLX9uiFbFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1349854054525100035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 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\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Four Rallies and Strikes on January 13<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On January 13, Iranian citizens continued protests, strikes, and rallies to achieve their inherent rights. Despite the coronavirus outbreak, needy people have found protests as the main instrument to take back their plundered rights.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-four-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-13\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Four Rallies and Strikes on January 13\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2QzFMRvYuU4\" 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%2F2QzFMRvYuU4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QzFMRvYuU4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-14T10:44:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2QzFMRvYuU4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2QzFMRvYuU4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Four Rallies and Strikes on January 13<\/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\/2QzFMRvYuU4\" 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%2F2QzFMRvYuU4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Four Rallies and Strikes on January 13\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On January 13, Iranian citizens continued protests, strikes, and rallies to achieve their inherent rights. Despite the coronavirus outbreak, needy people have found protests as the main instrument to take back their plundered rights. In this respect, job-seeker youths, municipal workers, sport team owners, and impoverished people held at least four rallies in different cities. Fearing the spark of a new round of nationwide protests, the regime\u2019s oppressive apparatuses try to nip any objection in the bud. For instance, the State Security Forces (SSF) attacked job-seeker youths in Khuzestan province, dispersed the rally of sport team owners in Mazandaran province, and immediately raided Ofogh Market to quell citizens\u2019 protests against the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as the owner of the market.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime has stepped up executions and death sentences<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Two prisoners were hanged in the Langroud Prison of Qom in the past several days. Other news indicates that the fingers of another two prisoners were amputated in this prison on the charge of robbery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Four other prisoners were executed in the Prison of Meshkinshahr, in Ardabil, northwest Iran, on January 11. Mehdi Faizi and Moharram Fathi were hanged in the Prison of Meshkinshahr. They had been imprisoned since 11 years, ago. The other 2 prisoners remain unidentified.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two prisoners were hanged in the Langroud Prison of Qom in the past several days. Other news indicates that the fingers of another two prisoners were amputated in this prison on the charge of robbery. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NUxxsiZOt9\">pic.twitter.com\/NUxxsiZOt9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1349838797857583106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 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\">70% of working Iranian women in Iran lost their jobs, left without insurance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"working-women-in-Iran-1-min\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/working-women-in-Iran-1-min.jpg\" alt=\"working-women-in-Iran-1-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/working-women-in-Iran-1-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/working-women-in-Iran-1-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/working-women-in-Iran-1-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/working-women-in-Iran-1-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Seventy percent of working women in Iran have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The women are the prime victims of the unemployment crisis in Iran, Eassa Mansouri, the Deputy Minister of Labor acknowledged without offering any solutions or a practical support. Instead, he laid emphasis on the policy of marginalization of women which is already in force, by saying: \u201cWe can create jobs for them by taking advantage of facilities for working at home.\u201d (The state-run Rahbord Mo\u2019aser, December 26, 2020)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/14\/70-of-working-women-in-iran-lost-their-jobs-left-without-insurance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Will Khamenei be forced to back down from his vaccine ban?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021\" width=\"798\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-bans-vaccine-15012021-696x345.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader announced a ban on vaccines, he did not think of the negative reactions even among his officials. In a January 8 televised speech, Ali Khamenei banned the import of US and UK vaccines because they were \u201cuntrustworthy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader accused the US and UK of wanting to \u201ctest their vaccines on other nations\u201d even while millions of people around the world, including the heads of states, have injected the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/will-khamenei-be-forced-to-back-down-from-his-vaccine-ban\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">WSJ: Iran\u2019s Nuclear Program: How Close Is Tehran to Developing Nuclear Weapons?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons.jpg\" alt=\"irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/irans-nuclear-program-how-close-is-tehran-to-developing-nuclear-weapons-696x404.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran has in recent months repeatedly violated the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, reducing the time it would need to produce a nuclear weapon. The violations, a response to U.S. sanctions, have put at risk the survival of an agreement that helped remove sanctions on Iran and open it to business with the West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The latest development emerged on Jan. 13 when the International Atomic Energy Agency told member states in a confidential report that Iran had told it in mid-December it planned to start producing uranium metal, a material vital for nuclear weapons. Iran says it is doing so for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-nuclear-program-11610564572?page=1\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, January 15, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 15, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_aZKFhJJGkTs\" 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%2FaZKFhJJGkTs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZKFhJJGkTs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-15T11:15:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_aZKFhJJGkTs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FaZKFhJJGkTs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 15, 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\/aZKFhJJGkTs\" 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%2FaZKFhJJGkTs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 15, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 15, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 201,600 Over 201,600 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 56,538 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cSchools will reopen in yellow and blue cities starting on January 20, and parents can choose if they want to send their children to school,\u201d according to a decision made announced on Thursday by the National Covid-19 Task Force chaired by regime President Hassan Rouhani. \u201cThe personnel in all schools across the country, other than those in red areas, will be present in schools starting on January 20,\u201d the announcement adds. Rouhani resorted to yet a new ridiculous lie in this session. \u201cConsidering the infrastructure provided by the government, online systems did not allow education to come to a halt\u2026 Nothing will replace in-person education,\u201d he said. Iran: Defiant Youths Torch Khamenei\u2019s Pictures On Tuesday morning, following the demolition of the home of an impoverished man in Pakdasht, defiant youths set fire to Khamenei\u2019s large banner in one of Tehran\u2019s districts. The man had refused to pay bribes to the regime\u2019s municipal officials, who ruined his house at night. Also, on Tuesday, defiant youths also targeted a Revolutionary Guards Basij center in Tehran. Simultaneously, the defiant youth set fire to large banners of Qassem Soleimani, the eliminated commander of the terrorist Quds Force, in Tehran, Mashhad, Langarud, Hamadan, and Eslamshahr. The people of the region welcomed the actions of the defiant youth. 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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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-14-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 14<\/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: 2:00 PM CET Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines Iranian people&rsquo;s demand: It is already late, purchase [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":233151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[129,130,141,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-233166","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-iran-protests","11":"tag-human-rights","12":"tag-mek-iran","13":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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