{"id":233301,"date":"2021-01-18T03:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T08:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233301"},"modified":"2023-02-15T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:03:45","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-18-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_233309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233309\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233309\" title=\"Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday.jpg\" alt=\"On the occasion of the birthday of Omid Rezaei, one of the November 2019 Protests\u2019 victims, his family and several other victims\u2019 families gathered on the tomb of Omid in Karaj\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday-696x520.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Commemoration-of-November-Protests-Victims-Birthday-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the occasion of the birthday of Omid Rezaei, one of the November 2019 Protests\u2019 victims, his family and several other victims\u2019 families gathered on the tomb of Omid in Karaj<\/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: 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Stock market investors protest in Tehran<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jan. 18 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage from today&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> by angry stock market investors who are pulling down the flag of the Securities &amp; Exchange Organization. They say the regime misled them into investing in stocks which have seen major losses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oNvderaaNj\">pic.twitter.com\/oNvderaaNj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1351172548785008650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 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;\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Exceeds 203,000<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233277\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-17012021-1-696x397.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 Sunday, January 17, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 203,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 49,446, Isfahan 12,775, Lorestan 8,213, Mazandaran 8,017, Qom 7,895, West Azerbaijan 7,488, Gilan 7,186, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,901, Hamedan 4,783, Central Province 4,173, Yazd 3,687, Zanjan 2,155, Ilam 2,101, and Bushehr 2,044.<\/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-203000\/\" 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 203,000 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\/ZjjgY8vJAl\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZjjgY8vJAl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/55kuw6jbhu\">pic.twitter.com\/55kuw6jbhu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1350904978907475973?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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Outrageous vaccine policy is setting the stage for mass Covid-19 deaths<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233305\" title=\"iranian-regime-president-hassan-rouhani-continues-to-deny-imports-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iranian-regime-president-hassan-rouhani-continues-to-deny-imports-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-iran.jpg\" alt=\"iranian-regime-president-hassan-rouhani-continues-to-deny-imports-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iranian-regime-president-hassan-rouhani-continues-to-deny-imports-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-iran.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iranian-regime-president-hassan-rouhani-continues-to-deny-imports-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-iran-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iranian-regime-president-hassan-rouhani-continues-to-deny-imports-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-iran-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Saturday\u2019s meeting of the Coronavirus Task Force, Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani claimed, \u201cWe are proud that our [Covid-19] deaths are down to two digits.\u201d This is while, according to reports obtained by the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), at least 500 people died of coronavirus on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-vaccine-20210117\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">40 days after her arbitrary arrest, Nazanin Mohammad Nejad remains in limbo<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233304\" title=\"Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad.jpg\" alt=\"Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nazanin-Mohammd-Nejad-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">40 days after the arbitrary arrest of Nazanin Mohammad Nejad, this student activist continues to remain in solitary confinement in Ward 209 of Evin Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nazanin Mohammad Nejad is deprived of having access to a lawyer and of calls and visits with her family. In the wake of her family\u2019s repeated inquiries, officials of the Evin Courthouse have announced that her interrogations and arraignment have not finished, yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/17\/40-days-after-her-arbitrary-arrest-nazanin-mohammad-nejad-remains-in-limbo\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two brothers have been sentenced to a total of seven years in prison<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saman and Salar Ghazali, 2 brothers from Mahabad, W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> have been sentenced to a total of 7 years in prison after being convicted of &quot;acting against national security through membership in dissident parties&quot; &amp; &quot;spreading propaganda against the state.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VdIHXonmwA\">pic.twitter.com\/VdIHXonmwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1350912799262834690?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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imminent Execution Recalls Attention to Failure of Pressure for Navid Afkari, Others<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231547\" title=\"execution-in-iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/execution-in-iran.jpg\" alt=\"execution-in-iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/execution-in-iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/execution-in-iran-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/execution-in-iran-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/execution-in-iran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/execution-in-iran-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was reported last week that the Iranian judiciary was moving quickly to execute a wrestler by the name of Mehdi Ali-Hosseini, approximately five years after he was first arrested on a charge of murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His trial alleged that the killing was premeditated even though it reportedly occurred as part of a spontaneous brawl. In this sense, the prosecution appears to have misrepresented the case in order to more safely guarantee a capital sentence. This is evidently a common practice in the Islamic Republic, which consistently maintains the world\u2019s highest rate of executions per capita.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/imminent-execution-recalls-attention-to-failure-of-pressure-for-navid-afkari-others\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 16<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On January 16, the Iranian people once again vented their anger at the regime\u2019s plundering and profiteering policies. In this respect, they continued protests by holding at least three rallies in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/protests\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-three-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-16\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 16\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_g4_93j1Fi3c\" 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%2Fg4_93j1Fi3c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g4_93j1Fi3c\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-17T13:29:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_g4_93j1Fi3c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fg4_93j1Fi3c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 16<\/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\/g4_93j1Fi3c\" 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%2Fg4_93j1Fi3c%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 16\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On January 16, the Iranian people once again vented their anger at the regime\u2019s plundering and profiteering policies. In this respect, they held at least three rallies in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces. In Isfahan, outraged farmers once again took to the streets, marching against unbridled extraction of Zayandehroud River\u2019s water. In recent months, regime-backed companies have used and diverted the river\u2019s path for their economic interests, causing drought and annihilation of farmers\u2019 spring crops. On the other hand, unemployed youths and Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane workers rallied in Khuzestan province. They blamed officials\u2019 policies that brought poverty and unemployment for many families. \u201cDeath to the worker, Hail to the oppressor,\u201d Haft-Tappeh workers sarcastically chanted, displaying their anger against the judiciary\u2019s biased and unjust decision.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian MP: government takes advantage of stock market<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Amir-Hossein-Ghazizadeh-750x375\" src=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Amir-Hossein-Ghazizadeh-750x375.jpg\" width=\"798\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Deputy Speaker of Parliament said yesterday that the government had taken advantage of the country\u2019s stock market which has been mostly in the red for the past few days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe government has been inadequate, has had misconducts and has taken advantage of the stock market,\u201d Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh said in comments carried by the state-run Mehr News Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranian-mp-government-takes-advantage-of-stock-market\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, January 18, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 18, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-LbJkVczwx8\" 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%2F-LbJkVczwx8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-LbJkVczwx8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M1S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-18T08:34:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_-LbJkVczwx8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-LbJkVczwx8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 18, 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\/-LbJkVczwx8\" 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%2F-LbJkVczwx8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 18, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 18, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 203,000 Over 203,000 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 Sunday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 56,803 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThere will be no general vaccination effort prior to June 10,\u201d said the Science Secretary of the regime\u2019s National Covid-19 Task Force on Sunday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. In the city of Qom, the ruling mullahs kept religious sites open and continued to hold ceremonies despite specific opposition from the regime\u2019s own experts. This led to many people losing their lives to Covid-19. \u201cDuring the past few days, the number of people seeking medical care with coronavirus symptoms has increased and this is an alarm bell for the province,\u201d said the head of the regime\u2019s Medical Apparatus Organization on Saturday. \u201cThis increase has raised concerns that the Covid-19 spread is intensifying,\u201d the official added, according to the Javan daily, an outlet linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards. Iran\u2019s Regime Executes at Least Six Prisoners in Two Days On Wednesday and Thursday, the clerical regime hanged six prisoners in Yazd, Qazvin, Zabol, Tabriz, and Urmia. These executions were carried out to intimidate the public and to prevent the escalation of protests. On Wednesday, two brothers, Mehdi and Muharram, were hanged in Ardabil Province after spending six years in prison. On the same day, Saber Khoshkar, 27, and Jama Daroo-Zehi were also executed in Tabriz and Zabol, respectively. On Thursday, January 14, Reza Shirzadeh and Shamsuddin Soleimani were hanged in Yazd and Qazvin prisons, respectively. The Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations and human rights organizations to take urgent action to save the lives of prisoners on death row, and to send an international inquiry team to visit Iran prisons and meet with prisoners. 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-17-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 17<\/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: 6:00 PM CET Stock market investors protest in Tehran Jan. 18 &ndash; Tehran, #Iran More footage from [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":233309,"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-233301","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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