{"id":233453,"date":"2021-01-21T03:44:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233453"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T10:33:54","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 21, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_233459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233459\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233459\" title=\"Iran-teachers-protest-21012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-teachers-protest-21012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian instructors have been protesting their work and financial situation for more than six months\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-teachers-protest-21012021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-teachers-protest-21012021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-teachers-protest-21012021-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-teachers-protest-21012021-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-teachers-protest-21012021-696x463.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian instructors have been protesting their work and financial situation for more than six months<\/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: 4:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two million angry Iranian stock market investors<\/h2>\n<h3>will rise to demand savings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233474\" title=\"Iranian-stock-market-investors-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-stock-market-investors-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iranian-stock-market-investors-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a state-run daily the more than two million Iranian stock market investors who lost their savings in the stock market will \u201criot\u201d if their demands are not met.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jahan-e-Sanat daily warned that in order to prevent protests the executive official responsible for the stock market must resign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another state-run daily, cited the political interference in Iran\u2019s stock market, and said yesterday only people certain \u201cinformation\u201d would be able to take advantage of the \u201cpolitical\u201d market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/two-million-angry-iranian-stock-market-investors-will-rise-to-demand-savings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPI: Iranian mullahs face European justice<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228429\" title=\"UPI_23102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/UPI_23102020.jpg\" alt=\"UPI_23102020\" width=\"327\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/UPI_23102020.jpg 327w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/UPI_23102020-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Struan Stevenson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Feb. 4, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will announce its verdict in the trial of Assadollah Assadi, a senior diplomat from the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, and three co-conspirators on charges of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On July 1, 2018, Assadi was arrested and charged with passing 500gms of TATP high explosives and a detonator to an Iranian\/Belgian couple from Antwerp. He had passed the bomb to Amir Saadouni, 40, and his wife, Nasimeh Naami, 36 &#8212; both of Iranian origin &#8212; at a Pizza Hut restaurant in Place d&#8217;Armes, Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/Voices\/2021\/01\/19\/Iranian-mullahs-face-European-justice\/7421611061910\/?spt=su&amp;or=btn_tw\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Feb. 4, a court in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Belgium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belgium<\/a>, will announce its verdict in the trial of Assadollah Assadi, a senior diplomat from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Embassy in Vienna, &amp; 3 co-conspirators on charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Terrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Terrorism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidmcallister?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidmcallister<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EP_President?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EP_President<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosepBorrellF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JosepBorrellF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UEqIMRPaj9\">https:\/\/t.co\/UEqIMRPaj9<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UPI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@upi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; STRUAN STEVENSON (@STRUANSTEVENSON) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STRUANSTEVENSON\/status\/1352208813252882433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll 478 Cities Exceeds 204,200<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233438\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-20012021-1-696x397.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 Wednesday, January 20, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 204,200. The number of victims in Tehran is 49,666, Khorasan Razavi 13,835, Isfahan 12,880, Khuzestan 10,210, Mazandaran 8,122, East Azerbaijan 7,808, West Azerbaijan 7,508, Gilan 7,246, Fars 6,192, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,921, Kerman 4,525, Central Province 4,193, and Yazd 3,737.<\/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-478-cities-exceeds-204200\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Journalist Moloud Hajizadeh sentenced to one-year imprisonment<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233455\" title=\"Moloud-Hajizadeh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moloud-Hajizadeh.jpg\" alt=\"Moloud-Hajizadeh\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moloud-Hajizadeh.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moloud-Hajizadeh-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moloud-Hajizadeh-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moloud-Hajizadeh-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Court issued a verdict on January 19, 2021, sentencing media activist and journalist Moloud Hajizadeh to one-year imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moloud Hajizadeh who lives in Tehran, had posted articles in protest to the bloody crackdown on the protests in Iran in November 2019. She also wrote against the downing of the Ukrainian passenger airliner by the clerical regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on January 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/20\/journalist-moloud-hajizadeh-sentenced-to-one-year-imprisonment\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: State-run daily warns of mass protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233092\" title=\"nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min.jpg\" alt=\"nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nurses-of-Milad-Hospital-2-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state-run Ebtekar daily warns that if the regime does not respond to the demands of the people, the consequences can be dire. \u201cThe society\u2019s outrage is slowly building up. And we can\u2019t predict what will happen when this hatred explodes. But what we know for sure is that this piled-up hatred will one day explode and can turn into a massive blow [to the regime],\u201d the daily wrote on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the economic situation in Iran continues to deteriorate as unemployment, poverty, and unpaid wages have become a common feature of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-unemployment-20210120\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Six Rallies and Strikes on January 19<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233458\" title=\"Iran-protests-21012021-25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-21012021-25.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-protests-21012021-25\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-21012021-25.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-21012021-25-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-protests-21012021-25-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On January 19, Iranian citizens held at least six rallies in different cities, venting their anger at the regime\u2019s plundering and profiteering policies. House customers, students, stockholders, car customers, and merchants organized the rallies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-six-rallies-and-strikes-on-january-19\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Six Rallies and Strikes on January 19\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_MTL-EPhNtkI\" 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%2FMTL-EPhNtkI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTL-EPhNtkI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-20T21:09:18Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_MTL-EPhNtkI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FMTL-EPhNtkI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Six Rallies and Strikes on January 19<\/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\/MTL-EPhNtkI\" 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%2FMTL-EPhNtkI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Six Rallies and Strikes on January 19\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On January 19, Iranian citizens held at least six rallies in different cities, venting their anger at the regime\u2019s plundering and profiteering policies. House customers, students, stockholders, car customers, and merchants organized the rallies. In many cases, officials\u2019 mismanagement pushed citizens to take to the streets and protest several times. Dire economic conditions, the coronavirus\u2019 consequences, and unkept promises by government-linked entities and individuals have fueled public ire in recent weeks.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">JCPOA not happening anytime soon despite Rouhani\u2019s optimism<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233456\" title=\"Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hassan-Rouhani-JCPOA-21012021-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the day of US President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration, Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani said on state TV during a cabinet meeting that the US had isolated itself from the world because of its strategies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn regard to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Resolution 2231 they failed\u2026 They could not carry out the so-called snapback,\u201d Rouhani said adding that the Trump administration failed in its maximum pressure campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/jcpoa-not-happening-anytime-soon-despite-rouhanis-optimism\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, January 21, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 21, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ltEEcZFkXDo\" 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%2FltEEcZFkXDo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ltEEcZFkXDo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M37S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-21T09:11:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ltEEcZFkXDo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FltEEcZFkXDo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 21, 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\/ltEEcZFkXDo\" 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%2FltEEcZFkXDo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 21, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 21, 2021 Iran\u2019s Regime Agent Arrested in US An Iranian regime agent, Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, posing as an independent political scientist was arrested on Monday at his home in Massachusetts USA on the charges of secretly lobbying for the Iranian regime for a decade. The U.S. Justice Department released a press release yesterday in this regard. \u201cFor over a decade, Kaveh Afrasiabi pitched himself to Congress, journalists, and the American public as a neutral and objective expert on Iran,\u201d said John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. \u201cHowever, all the while, Afrasiabi was actually a secret employee of the Government of Iran and the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations who was being paid to spread their propaganda. In doing so, he intentionally avoided registering with the Department of Justice as the Foreign Agents Registration Act required. He likewise evaded his obligation to disclose who was sponsoring his views. We now begin to hold him responsible for those deeds,\u201d read the Justice Departments\u2019 press release. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 204,200 Over 204,200 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, on Wednesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,057 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cNo vaccine has been imported yet. However, I believe we will be among the first countries to finalize our vaccination process,\u201d the spokesperson for the regime\u2019s Food and Drug Organization said ridiculously in this regard on Wednesday,\u201d according to the Javan daily, an outlet linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards. Iran: Defiant Youth Target Six Centers of Repression Following the State Security Force\u2019s crackdown on the protest by unemployed youth in Behbahan in front of Bid Boland-2 refinery, defiant youth in the cities of Tehran, Mashhad and Hamedan targeted six centers of suppression and set fire to their signs and entrances. These activities, which took place in the height of security conditions were widely welcomed by the public. On the same day, defiant youth in Hamedan also set fire to the large banner of Qassem Soleimani, the eliminated commander of the terrorist Quds force. 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-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-20-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 20<\/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: 4:00 PM CET Two million angry Iranian stock market investors will rise to demand savings According to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":233459,"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-233453","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 v27.5 - 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