{"id":233210,"date":"2021-01-16T04:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233210"},"modified":"2023-03-30T21:18:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:18:52","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 16, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230972\" title=\"Iran-1988-massacre-12122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1988-massacre-12122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020-696x462.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\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: 2:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">On February 4<\/h2>\n<h3>the Belgium court will rule on mullahs\u2019 terror master and its diplomat<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark this date: Feb 4. The day that Belgium court will rule on mullahs\u2019 terror master, and its diplomat, Assadollah Assadi in Vienna and his 3 accomplices. They planned to bomb NCRI \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering in 2018. Investigations showed Assadi\u2019s terror plot was a state work. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z6j5ZlaMPE\">pic.twitter.com\/Z6j5ZlaMPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shahin Gobadi (@gobadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gobadi\/status\/1350410189405626368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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;\">Activists called on citizens to protest &#8216;hunger and poverty&#8217;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RazaviKhorasan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RazaviKhorasan<\/a>\u2014on January 15, unidentified activists called on citizens to protest &#39;hunger and poverty.&#39;<br \/>They called on Students, youths, laborers, and poor and hungry people, saying, &quot;We achieve nothing with silence&#8230; We will change this status quo together.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EHL7Ru6Lkg\">pic.twitter.com\/EHL7Ru6Lkg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1350392792179159042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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 Five Rallies and Strikes on January 14<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Iran, people have to struggle for their basic necessities due to the regime\u2019s horrible policies and performances. In response, citizens see protests as the main instrument to achieve their inherent rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-five-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-14\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on January 14\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_n6u9VzNQFBI\" 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%2Fn6u9VzNQFBI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6u9VzNQFBI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-15T12:44:57Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_n6u9VzNQFBI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fn6u9VzNQFBI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on January 14<\/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\/n6u9VzNQFBI\" 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%2Fn6u9VzNQFBI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on January 14\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In Iran, people have to struggle for their basic necessities due to the regime\u2019s horrible policies and performances. In response, citizens see protests as the main instrument to achieve their inherent rights. On January 14, Iranians held at least five rallies and strike to vent their anger at the regime\u2019s plundering and profiteering policies, which have brought poverty, misery, and hunger for the majority of Iran\u2019s population.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Executions, Two Amputations at Qom Prison, Central Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231287\" title=\"Iran-Execution-16122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Execution-16122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Execution-16122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Execution-16122020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Execution-16122020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Execution-16122020-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Execution-16122020-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to human rights activists, Iranian authorities executed two prisoners and amputated the fingers of two others at Qom\u2019s Langaroud Prison in central Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The human rights association No to Prison \u2013 No to Execution reported that the Iranian regime silently implemented the death sentences for two inmates at Langaroud Prison in recent days. Moreover, the regime amputated four fingers of two inmates for robbery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/two-executions-two-amputations-at-qom-prison-central-iran\/\" 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;\">Newsweek: It&#8217;s Not Too Late To Hold Iran&#8217;s Regime to Account for its Greatest Atrocity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230972\" title=\"Iran-1988-massacre-12122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1988-massacre-12122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-1988-massacre-12122020-696x462.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some may argue that a 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners in Iran is too distant a memory to warrant attention today. Not so, when that massacre was so widespread and brutal that it constituted a crime against humanity, and certainly not so, when the perpetrators are currently running Iran&#8217;s Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For comparison, imagine if Ratko Mladi\u0107, who massacred more than 8000 Muslim Bosniaks in Srebrenica was today appointed as Judiciary Chief of Bosnia. In Iran, Ebrahim Raisi who sat on the Death Commissions that carried out the 1988 massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners is today the country&#8217;s Judiciary Chief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iran-massacre-1988-1561985\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 478 Cities Surpass 202,100<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233200\" title=\"iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100.jpg\" alt=\"iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100-696x397.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> announced on January 15, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 202,100. The number of victims in Tehran is 49,276, Khorasan Razavi 13,710, Isfahan 12,695, Lorestan 8,183, Mazandaran 7,942, Qom 7,865, West Azerbaijan 7,468, Gilan 7,151, Golestan 5,075, Kermanshah 4,199, Yazd 3,667, North Khorasan 3,113, Semnan 3,005, Zanjan 2,140, South Khorasan 1,906, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,600.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-surpass-202100\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wave of arrests in Kurdish cities \u2013 at least 26 detained or summoned this week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233216\" title=\"wave-of-arrests\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wave-of-arrests.jpg\" alt=\"wave-of-arrests\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wave-of-arrests.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wave-of-arrests-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wave-of-arrests-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wave-of-arrests-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was a wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens and activists over the past week in Kurdish cities or cities with Kurdish residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 26 Kurdish citizens were arrested and detained by intelligence agents over the past days in the cities of Mahabad, Marivan, Rabat, Bukan, Sarvabad, and Sanandaj. They were transferred to intelligence institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/15\/wave-of-arrests-in-kurdish-cities-at-least-26-detained-or-summoned-this-week\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: 2021 budget will impose more taxes on the poor<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226531\" title=\"Poor_Iranian_21092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Poor_Iranian_21092020.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi, MEK, NCRI, coronavirus, human rights, covid-19, irgc\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Poor_Iranian_21092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Poor_Iranian_21092020-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Poor_Iranian_21092020-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Poor_Iranian_21092020-696x434.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Poor_Iranian_21092020-673x420.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government of Hassan Rouhani and the Majlis (the parliament) recently had a row on passing the 2021 budget proposal. But at the core of the dispute is not how to better serve the people and the country but how to split the spoils obtained from imposing more heavy taxes on the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Majlis warned Rouhani that the expected oil exports revenue in the budget would not reach the projected figures in the proposed bill and that he must relinquish the idea of exporting more than 2 million barrels of oil per day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-budget-2021-taxes-poverty-20210115\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Detained nurse Bahareh Soleimani transferred to women\u2019s ward of Evin<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233215\" title=\"Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min.jpg\" alt=\"Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Detained-nurse-Bahareh-Soleimani-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Detained nurse Bahareh Soleimani has been transferred to the women\u2019s ward of Evin Prison after completion of her interrogations. Intelligence Ministry forces arrested Bahareh Soleimani on October 16, 2020, and detained her in solitary confinement in the IRGC Intelligence Ward 2A in Evin Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms. Soleimani suffers from lung complications due to infection with COVID-19 since she had been attending to COVID patients since the outbreak. She needs urgent medical attendance and treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/15\/detained-nurse-bahareh-soleimani-transferred-to-womens-ward-of-evin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, January 16, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_6M1vefavSy0\" 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%2F6M1vefavSy0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6M1vefavSy0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-16T10:49:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_6M1vefavSy0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6M1vefavSy0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 16, 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\/6M1vefavSy0\" 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%2F6M1vefavSy0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Exceeds 202,100 Over 202,100 people have died of the novel coronavirus across all Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 56,621 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cIf the reopening of schools leads to a new Covid-19 rise while and the UK strain spreading across the country, most certainly the president as the chair of the National Covid-19 Task Force will be held responsible,\u201d said a member of the regime\u2019s Majlis on Thursday, according to the state controlled Ruydad24 website. \u201cThis virus has not at all been weakened or destroyed. In each coronavirus wave the number of deaths has been 15,000 more than the normal spread of this illness,\u201d said Alireza Raisi, spokesperson of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Thursday, according to the state controlled Khabar Online website. Iran: Labor Protests in Ahvaz, Khorramabad, Tabriz Workers of the National Industrial Steel Group in the city of Ahvaz, held a rally on Monday, protesting the formation of the Islamic Labor Council, a body that pursues the regime\u2019s interests in different labor communities across the country. On Tuesday, a group of District 2 municipality workers in the city of Khorramabad, western Iran, gathered in front of the local municipality building, protesting officials\u2019 refusal to deliver their paychecks for several months and giving hollow promises. These 50 workers who work for a contractor have not been paid for eight months Private sector employees working in medical centers of East Azarbaijan province in northwest Iran held a protest rally in front of the governor&#039;s office on Monday, demanding that the governor address their problems. 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-15-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 15<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET On February 4 the Belgium court will rule on mullahs&rsquo; terror master and its [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":230972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[197,198,129,130,141],"class_list":{"0":"post-233210","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-mek-iran","10":"tag-ncri","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-iran-protests","13":"tag-human-rights"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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