{"id":233564,"date":"2021-01-23T04:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T09:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233564"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:18:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:18:18","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 23, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kohgiluyeh
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province\u2014a group of municipal workers held a rally in front of the Provincial Governorate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A passenger train derailed due to a sandstorm in southeast Iran<\/h2>\n

\"a-passenger-train-derailed-due-to-a-sandstorm-in-southeast-iran\"<\/p>\n

Reports from Iran indicate that due to sandstorm in southeast Iran, a passenger train has been derailed.
\nThe train was going from Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchistan province to Kerman province.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis evening a sandstorm derailed the Zahedan-Kerman passenger train near Shurgaz in the deser,\u201d said Amir Bagheri-Zadeh, the governor of Fahraj County in Kerman province, on Friday.<\/p>\n

Due to the regime\u2019s mismanagement and institutionalized corruption the railroad in Southeast Iran along with train wagons have not been renovated. Some of the railroad in Kerman are as old as 40 years.<\/p>\n

\n

UPDATE: 5:15 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top lawmaker confirms regime\u2019s role in Iran\u2019s air pollution crisis<\/h2>\n

\"Iran-air-pollution-06012021\"<\/p>\n

While Iranians suffer due to the heavy air pollution, caused by the excessive use of fuel oil by power plants, the regime\u2019s top lawmaker acknowledged the mullahs\u2019 intention to continue using mazut and thus their involvement in Iran\u2019s air pollution crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to accept the fact that fuel oil is one of the liquid fuels that must be burned, and it is done all over the world,\u201d said Fereydoun Abbasi, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Energy Commission, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe air pollution is mostly due to cars and motorcycles, and of course, in the current situation, power plants outside the cities must use diesel fuel,\u201d he bogusly claimed, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency on January 23.<\/p>\n

To stop or control the air pollution, the Iranian regime should provide natural gas to factories and power plants, so they use it as their energy source. But, since the regime intends to export more gas and use the money to fund its illicit activities, it has provided fuel oil, a highly air polluting substance, to power plants.<\/p>\n

Despite Abbasi\u2019s claims, Iran has enough gas resources to use it as a source of energy. According to state-run media, almost 40,000 Iranians die per year due to air pollution. Air pollution also increases the coronavirus fatality rate.<\/p>\n

\n

Villagers from the Ahmad Abad Lat al-Mout Village protest the cutting off of potable water pipes<\/h2>\n
\n

Jan. 23 – Qazvin, NW #Iran<\/a>
Video of today's protest by villagers in Ahmad Abad Lat al-Mout Village against their lack of running drinking water. #IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FVmtzeGgYn<\/a><\/p>\n

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) January 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n