{"id":233389,"date":"2021-01-20T03:38:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233389"},"modified":"2023-03-04T16:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T15:13:54","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-20-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-20-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 20, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_233402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233402\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021.jpg\" alt=\"A group of preschool teachers, who came to Tehran from different provinces in recent days to protest against their employment status, have spent their night in the park of the Iran regime's parliament\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-teachers-protest-20012021-696x459.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of preschool teachers, who came to Tehran from different provinces in recent days to protest against their employment status, have spent their night in the park of the Iran regime&#8217;s parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Stock market crash triggers new crisis<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-stock-market-map-20012021\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-stock-market-map-20012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-stock-market-map-20012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-stock-market-map-20012021.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-stock-market-map-20012021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-stock-market-map-20012021-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tehran Stock Exchange\u2019s (TSE) main index, TEDPIX, plummeted by more than 36,000 points on Monday, marking the acceleration of a collapse that has followed a bubble growth during the summer. On Tuesday morning, the index further collapsed by 18,000 points in the opening hours. The market had seen another 40,000-point drop on January 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Shortly after Tuesday\u2019s opening, outraged who are now seeing massive losses after the regime gave hyped-up promises of a booming stock market, held a protest rally in front of the SEO building in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-stock-market-crash-20210120\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u06cc \u0633\u0647\u0627\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0628\u0648\u0631\u0633 \u062f\u0631 \u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627 \u0634\u0639\u0627\u0631 \u0631\u0648\u062d\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u062f\u0632\u062f\u06cc \u0645\u06cc&zwnj;\u06a9\u0646\u0647 \u067e\u0644\u06cc\u0633 \u062d\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0645\u06cc&zwnj;\u06a9\u0646\u0647\" 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\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u06cc \u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u06a9\u0631\u062f\u0646\u062f. \u0634\u0639\u0627\u0631\u0633\u0647\u0627\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0648\u062d\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u062f\u0632\u062f\u06cc \u0645\u06cc\u06a9\u0646\u0647 \u067e\u0644\u06cc\u0633 \u062d\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0645\u06cc\u06a9\u0646\u0647 \u00a0 \u0628\u0631\u062c\u0627\u0645 \u0631\u0648 \u0648\u0644 \u06a9\u0646 \u062d\u0633\u0646 \u00a0 \u062c\u06cc\u0628 \u0645\u0627 \u0631\u0648 \u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0646\u0632\u0646\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Amnesty International: The international community must pressure Iran to end the recurrent pattern of using lethal force to crush protests<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The impunity emboldened the authorities to escalate the unlawful use of lethal force in Nov 2019 protests. The cycle of bloodshed must not be allowed to continue. The international community must pressure Iran to end the recurrent pattern of using lethal force to crush protests.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmnestyIran\/status\/1351873889119436800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Workers of the Gachsaran Petrochemical Plant protest<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jan. 20 &#8211; Gachsaran Petrochemical Plant, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of the Gachsaran Petrochemical Plant protested today outside the plant to demand months of their unpaid wages. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YdRkPoD7K\">pic.twitter.com\/4YdRkPoD7K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1351894957553053696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 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\">Foreign Lobby: US charges Iranian author with failing to register as foreign agent of Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Foreign-Lobby_-Logo\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Foreign-Lobby_-Logo.png\" alt=\"Foreign-Lobby_-Logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Foreign-Lobby_-Logo.png 500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Foreign-Lobby_-Logo-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Foreign-Lobby_-Logo-150x37.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Federal agents arrested Iranian-born Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi on Monday at his home in Massachusetts, the Justice Department said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/political-scientist-author-charged-acting-unregistered-agent-iranian-government\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> today. He is accused of failing to disclose his ties to the Iranian governments while lobbying US officials and advancing Tehran\u2019s interests in the media. Afrasiabi faces up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Afrasiabi \u201cwas getting his marching orders from the Iranian regime\u2019s intelligence service since the 1990s, and in addition to his pro-regime articles and commentaries, he regurgitated Tehran\u2019s patently false and absurd allegations against the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK),\u201d said Ali Safavi, an official with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Paris-based NCRI. \u201cAs a matter of principle, the NCRI\/MEK have always been transparent about their activities, whether in Europe and the US and abided by the laws of the land. They have nothing to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignlobby.com\/2021\/01\/19\/us-charges-iranian-author-with-failing-to-register-as-foreign-agent-of-tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Townhall: Pleading for Justice to the Victims of 1988 Mass Executions of Political Prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021\" width=\"799\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-1988-massacre-townhall-20012021-696x498.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>By Tahar Boumedra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Western media have, for a long time, focused on the Iranian regime&#8217;s nuclear weapons capabilities and its unbridled terrorism. That is beyond reproach because both of these threaten global peace and security. But considerably less attention has been paid to the manner in which this reviled regime has managed to survive domestically. Failure to achieve this understanding will adversely impact policy responses to Tehran&#8217;s misconduct, including its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 1988, the regime committed its &#8220;biggest crime,&#8221; according to the former designated heir to the supreme leader. A staggering 30,000 political prisoners were massacred in the span of a few short months. The victims were not criminals. They were killed en masse simply because they had political views that opposed the country&#8217;s rulers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/taharboumedra\/2021\/01\/19\/pleading-for-justice-to-the-victims-of-1988-mass-executions-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-n2583360?1911\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers protest in Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jan. 20 &#8211; Tehran <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Teachers, who have come from various cities to Tehran, gathered outside the Parliament to demand that they be officially hired by the GOV. <br \/>The teachers have been sleeping in tents in a park during the night despite the cold tempretures. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OypDhROZSL\">pic.twitter.com\/OypDhROZSL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1351825757291638788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 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 Fatalities in 478 Cities Exceed 203,800<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-19012021-696x397.jpg 696w\" 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 Tuesday, January 19, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 478 cities had surpassed 203,800. The number of victims in Tehran is 49,596, Isfahan 12,840, Lorestan 8,248, Mazandaran 8,087, Qom 7,925, Gilan 7,221, Golestan 5,125, Hamedan 4,803, Yazd 3,717, Kurdistan 3,491, Ardabil 2,522, and Hormozgan 2,135.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-478-cities-exceed-203800\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Parizad Hamidi Shafaq sentenced to nearly 6 years for activities on social media<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq.jpg\" alt=\"Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Parizad-Hamidi-Shafaq-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Parizad Hamidi Shafaq was sentenced to 18 years and six months of imprisonment for her activities on social media. She is presently detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison in Varamin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ms. Hamidi Shafaq has already served 11 years in ward 8 of Qarchak Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Agents of the IRGC Intelligence arrested her in February 2020. After undergoing interrogations for 25 days, she was transferred from the solitary cells of Ward 2A of Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison on March 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/19\/parizad-hamidi-shafaq-sentenced-to-nearly-6-years\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Four Rallies and Strikes on January 18<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-protests-20012021-25\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-20012021-25.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-protests-20012021-25\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-20012021-25.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-20012021-25-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-20012021-25-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On January 18, the Iranian people continued their protests in four different provinces, condemning officials for failing to keep their promises. Retirees and employees affiliated with the South Oil Industry, farmers from eastern Isfahan, Water Organization staff, and junior teachers took part in the protests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-four-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-18\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_1IkiZJuLKvM\"><div id=\"lyte_1IkiZJuLKvM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1IkiZJuLKvM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/1IkiZJuLKvM\" 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%2F1IkiZJuLKvM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Washington Examiner: Political scientist charged with being unregistered agent of Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"WashingtonExaminer_23102020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-228422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WashingtonExaminer_23102020.jpg\" alt=\"WashingtonExaminer_23102020\" width=\"500\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WashingtonExaminer_23102020.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WashingtonExaminer_23102020-300x51.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A Boston-based political scientist and author has been arrested and accused of peddling influence for the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, 63, was arrested at his Watertown, Massachusetts, home on Monday and appeared in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent and one count of acting as a foreign agent without registration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/political-scientist-iran-agent-kaveh-afrasiabi-arrested\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NCRI-US&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@A_Jafarzadeh<\/a> &quot;welcomes&quot; the &quot;long overdue action&quot; and tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DCExaminer<\/a>: For the past three decades, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>|ian regime has been running an extensive network of agents and operatives, many of them US persons in clear violation of American law.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AEpTj78J2F\">https:\/\/t.co\/AEpTj78J2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1351705098590814208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h3>\n<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-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-19-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 19<\/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: 6:30 PM CET Iran: Stock market crash triggers new crisis Tehran Stock Exchange&rsquo;s (TSE) main index, TEDPIX, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":233404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[129,130,141,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-233389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-iran-protests","10":"tag-human-rights","11":"tag-mek-iran","12":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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