{"id":233247,"date":"2021-01-17T03:48:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T08:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233247"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:24:20","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2.jpg\" alt=\"ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-2-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\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: 5:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Farmers large gathering yesterday in Isfahan, centeral Iran<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jan. 16 &#8211; Isfahan, Central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Farmers held a large gathering yesterday to demand their water rights and other violated rights by the regime. <br \/>&quot;Down with the deceitful government,&quot; they chant in unison. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BxGOklZpIL\">https:\/\/t.co\/BxGOklZpIL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/32K1J4yims\">pic.twitter.com\/32K1J4yims<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1350736200022315008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How the IRGC is gearing up for more control in Iran<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IRGC-Iran-750x375\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IRGC-Iran-750x375.jpg\" width=\"802\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most executive institutions in Iran are somehow under the control and supervision of the Velayat-e Faqih, aka the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. However, town, and village council elections are the only vote in Iran that are held without the direct supervision of the Guardian Council. Therefore, efforts have been made to control and monitor these elections in various ways. For example, on January 13, Ali Haddadi, a spokesman for the Iranian parliament\u2019s internal affairs commission, said Parliament was considering a plan to employ the intelligence services of the IRGC in the approval process of town and village council candidates.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/how-the-irgc-is-gearing-up-for-more-control-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Female singers arrested in Iran<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kermanshah Cheif of Security Police (W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>): Several women who sang in a ceremony and then published the video of the ceremony on the internet were arrested. <\/p>\n<p>Women are not allowed to sing in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OLT7QAeybD\">pic.twitter.com\/OLT7QAeybD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1350773051244343303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 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: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">The NCRI holds a special meeting to pay tribute to the national hero, Colonel Behzad Mo\u2019ezzi<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1.jpg\" alt=\"ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ncri-holds-a-special-meeting-to-pay-tribute-to-the-national-hero-colonel-behzad-moezzi-1-696x362.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a special meeting to pay tribute to the national hero, Colonel Behzad Mo\u2019ezzi. The meeting connected NCRI members in various countries with PMOI (MEK) members at Ashraf 3, and featured speeches by Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI and NCRI members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The National Council of Resistance of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> held a special meeting to pay tribute to the national hero, Colonel Behzad Mo\u2019ezzi. The meeting connected NCRI members in various countries with PMOI members at Ashraf 3, and featured speeches by Maryam Rajavi &amp; NCRI members. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oxVTtKKx10\">pic.twitter.com\/oxVTtKKx10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1350495300629180418?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<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Exceeds 202,600<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus-death-toll-Jan-16-2021\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Jan-16-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus-death-toll-Jan-16-2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Jan-16-2021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Jan-16-2021-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Jan-16-2021-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, January 16, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had surpassed 202,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 49,366, Khorasan Razavi 13,755, Isfahan 12,745, Khuzestan 10,145, Mazandaran 7,982, East Azerbaijan 7,758, Fars 6,157, Alborz 5,243, Golestan 5,095, Kerman 4,472, Kurdistan 3,461, Ardabil 2,507, Qazvin 2,137, and Hormozgan 2,120.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-478-cities-exceeds-202600\/\" 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 202,600 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\/C00Y8f15FJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/C00Y8f15FJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83aHIu4tPL\">pic.twitter.com\/83aHIu4tPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1350550669661360128?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<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Family of Iranian Dissident Jailed Since 2001 Appeals for Help to Secure Parole<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1.jpg\" alt=\"Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Saeed-Masouri-VOA-Persian-1-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The family of a jailed Iranian dissident who is marking 20 years in Iran\u2019s prison system without a single day of leave is appealing for international help in securing his parole from a life sentence for supporting an exiled opposition group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Saeed Masouri, who is in his mid-50s, has been imprisoned in Iran since Jan. 8, 2001, for being a supporter of the People&#8217;s Mujahedeen of Iran, also known as the MEK. The group is led by France-based activist Maryam\u202fRajavi and advocates the overthrow of Iran\u2019s ruling Islamist clerics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/middle-east\/voa-news-iran\/family-iranian-dissident-jailed-2001-appeals-help-secure-parole\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">35-year-old prisoner killed under torture in western Iran<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bahman-Oghabi-750x375\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahman-Oghabi-750x375.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian intelligence police tortured a 35-year-old inmate to death in western Iran yesterday. According to Hengaw human rights website, the man identified as Bahman Oghabi was brutally beaten until he passed out in an Islamabad police station, and later passed away in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/35-year-old-prisoner-killed-under-torture-in-western-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Political prisoner Raheleh Ahmadi in dire health, might be paralyzed<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi.jpg\" alt=\"political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/political-prisoner-Raheleh-Ahmadi-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Raheleh Ahmadi suffered a nervous shock after her daughter, Saba Kord Afshari, was abruptly relocated to the notorious Qarchak Prison. She had mobility problems and was sent to hospital twice, including on January 5, 2021, when she was sent to Tajrish Hospital. Specialist physicians say she could be paralyzed. No decision has been taken on her treatment while the decision is an emergency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/16\/political-prisoner-raheleh-ahmadi-in-dire-health-might-be-paralyzed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Call for Justice for Victims of IRGC Plane Downing<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-212188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims.jpg\" alt=\"Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Irans_Regime_Further_Harasses_Families_of_Downed_Ukrainian_Airliner_Victims-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On January 8, 2020, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet with two surface-to-air missiles, just minutes after it had taken off from Tehran airport, killing all 176 people on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime denied responsibility for three days \u2013 even trying to blame manufacturer Boeing \u2013 and refused to hand over the black box. However, on January 11, the General Staff of the Armed Forces admitted that it was Iran\u2019s fault and blamed \u201chuman error,\u201d sparking several days of protests at universities and in cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/iran-call-for-justice-for-victims-of-irgc-plane-downing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 15<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-protests-17012021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-17012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-protests-17012021\" width=\"680\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-17012021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-17012021-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-17012021-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On January 15, Iranian citizens once again vented their anger over the regime\u2019s performances through protests and rallies. In this respect, people held at least three rallies and strikes in different cities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 15\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Lio8R-VjOdY\" 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%2FLio8R-VjOdY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lio8R-VjOdY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-16T19:54:28Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Lio8R-VjOdY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FLio8R-VjOdY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 15<\/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\/Lio8R-VjOdY\" 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%2FLio8R-VjOdY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 15\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On January 15, Iranian citizens once again vented their anger over the regime\u2019s performances through protests and rallies. In this respect, people held at least three rallies and strikes in different cities. In Karaj city, Alborz province, On the occasion of Omid Rezaei\u2019s birthday, his family gathered at his grave. Omid was one of 1,500 protesters who were murdered by government forces during the gas protests in November 2019. The families of Pezhman Gholipour and Navid Behboudi attended the commemoration and put their loved ones\u2019 photos beside Omid\u2019s tomb. Furthermore, unidentified activists in Mashhad city in Razavi Khorasan province, northeastern Iran, called on youths, students, and laborers to hold weekly gatherings.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-three-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-15\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran power plants burn carcinogenic fuel as blackouts continue<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-blackouts-17012021-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-blackouts-17012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-blackouts-17012021-1\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians all over the country, including the capital Tehran, have been experiencing unannounced blackouts for the past few days. Before the blackouts, the government started burning mazut, a carcinogenic low quality fuel oil, to run power plants. When faced with popular discontent about the dangerous levels of pollution, especially in the capital, relevant officials told Iranians they had to choose between pollution and power outages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-power-plants-burn-carcinogenic-fuel-as-blackouts-continue\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\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-16-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 16<\/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: 5:30 PM CET Farmers large gathering yesterday in Isfahan, centeral Iran Jan. 16 &ndash; Isfahan, Central #Iran [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":233261,"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-233247","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 v27.4 - 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