{"id":234133,"date":"2021-01-30T02:38:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T07:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234133"},"modified":"2023-03-29T18:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T17:45:45","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-30-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-30-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 30, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_234147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234147\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-234147\" title=\"Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"While the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300\" width=\"750\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-696x454.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300<\/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: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi urges the UN<\/h2>\n<h3>human rights defenders, Europe and the US to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a heinous crime, the clerical regime executed Baluchi political prisoner Javid Dehghan despite international outcry. This is the 8th execution in a week by a regime that cannot survive in the face of the Iranian people\u2019s fury without torture and execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This clerical regime in Iran is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clerical regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542171731025923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I urge the United Nations, human rights defenders, Europe and the United States to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in #Iran must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542174990020614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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: Creditors of state-backed financial institution resume protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234188\" title=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg\" alt=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" width=\"690\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of creditors who had invested in Caspian Credit Institution gathered in front of the Financial settlement committee building on Thursday, January 28 in protest to not receiving their overdue payments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four years have passed since this government-backed institution has looted the people\u2019s wealth under an official, government-approved license. Since then, the institution\u2019s customers have been regularly protesting, demanding the company and the government to take action and restore their funds. But in a collusion between Caspian and the government, the regime\u2019s broadcasting apparatus has announced that only 542 cases remain to be settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-caspian-shahr-khodro-20210130\" 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 29<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T18:04:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_o9dXvfMSSp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29<\/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\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities. Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises. The continuation of protests over economic grievances shows that Iranians see no way to obtain their inherent rights except to raise their voices. In recent weeks, officials from both the regime\u2019s factions have frequently warned about society\u2019s volatile conditions and people\u2019s readiness for another round of nationwide protests. In this respect, the government has amplified its oppressive measures and increased the number of executions. In response, the people continue their protests. Furthermore, members and supporters of the leading opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), declared their support for the people\u2019s struggle.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises.<\/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-29\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234118\" title=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Javid Dehghan Khald, a Political Prisoner in Zahedan Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a brutal act and despite International call to stop the execution of political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald. This morning Iran\u2019s regime executed Javid Dehghan Khald in Zahedan Central Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald was arrested in June 2015. He spent five and a half years in prison. In May 2017, he was sentenced to death in the Zahedan Counter-Revolutionary Court on the charges of \u201cwaging war on God\u201d. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time. He was severely tortured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Resistance had urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-international-call-for-urgent-action-to-save-the-life-of-death-row-political-prisoner-javid-dehghan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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 Surpasses 208,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234121\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, January 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,396, Khorasan Razavi 14,085, Isfahan 13,225, Mazandaran 8,477, Lorestan 8,473, Qom 8,075, Gilan 7,426, Alborz 5,338, Sistan and Baluchistan 5,016, Kerman 4,609, Central Province 4,248, Semnan 3,085, Zanjan 2,245, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,670, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,544.<\/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-surpasses-208300\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-29T21:06:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NuuqeWGXCJA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/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\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears. Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France. Germany\u2019s police arrested Assadi on July 1 before he could enter Austria, where he served as the third secretary of Iran\u2019s embassy. The German authorities found a green notebook in Assadi\u2019s car with important information about the 2018 bombing plot, Assadi\u2019s acts and travels, and the amounts of money he had given to different Iranians. According to the Deutsche Welle Farsi, the German Federal Criminal Court (BKA) is investigating Assadi\u2019s activities on a mission from the German Attorney General. The question is: Has Assadi commanded a large network of people tasked with different missions? The information in his notebook suggests Assadi had 144 visits to Germany. One of Assadi\u2019s notes refers to the Islamic Center of Hamburg. The BKA recognizes this center as one of the regime\u2019s espionage and export of fundamentalism centers. Another issue that caught the attention of the police is that Assadi had several receipts with him, indicating cash payments he made to some people. Recipients\u2019 identities have not yet been determined, since they have used common Iranian names. One of these individuals received 2500 Euros, another 5000 Euros, and another person confirmed the receipt of a laptop. According to Deutsche Welle, the BKA authorities deduce that these payments could be the salaries of the regime\u2019s agents. According to the Belgian prosecutors\u2019 indictment, during the last meeting between Assadi and the couple on June 28, 2018, in Luxembourg, Na\u2019ami received the bomb, a new SIM card, and 180,000 euros. On June 26, 19,000 euros was wired to the couple\u2019s account. Another Assadi\u2019s agent Mehrdad Arefani who was arrested during the bomb plot made 62 cash deposits in 2017 and 2018, with a total of 28,409Euros, into his accounts. In fact, the regime used the European Union\u2019s inaction to create and lead a large network of spies and terrorists across Europe. The 2018 foiled bomb plot is only the tip of the iceberg of the Iranian regime\u2019s network in Europe. Now the key questions are: Who are those agents mentioned in Assadi\u2019s notebook? Which diplomat has Mohammad Javad Zarif appointed to run the network instead of Asadi? As long as the regime has its embassies and so-called cultural centers remain open, and its officials can travel to Europe, the regime will maintain its network of terrorism and espionage in Europe. EU leaders should expel the regime\u2019s agents, close its embassies and the so-called cultural centers, and ban the entry of all Iranian officials to Europe for their role in terrorism. 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 #Iran #terrorism #AssadollahAssadi #EU\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/h3>\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>: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Pose questions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a><br \/>Live at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: Monday Feb 1, 2021 at 1500 CET <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNRd26Exi9\">pic.twitter.com\/kNRd26Exi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1355254720806473729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 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\u2019s terror machine in Europe is an iceberg. And we\u2019ve only seen the tip<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232309\" title=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will decide on the case of Assadollah Assadi, a career Iranian diplomat who plotted a bombing attack against a major gathering of Iranian dissidents in France in 2018. The attack was foiled by European authorities, and Assadi was arrested along with his co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This case and the details that have cropped up during the trial and investigation speak volumes about the Iranian regime\u2019s terror-based foreign policy and the threat it poses to global peace and security. It also highlights the failure of a policy centered on containing Tehran\u2019s malign behavior through continuous concessions and letting it get away with crimes and violations of international norms and values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/irans-terror-machine-europe-iceberg-and-weve-only-seen-the-tip\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran uses COVID-19 to prevent protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime has done nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Iran and has banned certified vaccines that would prevent more deaths. Many believe the regime is using the virus to prevent protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_U9OX6XHf6Rg\"><div id=\"lyte_U9OX6XHf6Rg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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\/U9OX6XHf6Rg\" 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%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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;\">Women, mothers with quarter-century sentences in a hell called Qarchak<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234142\" title=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg\" alt=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison is the place for detention of at least 2,000 female inmates, but it does not resemble a living quarters for human beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee described Qarchak as the following: \u201cLife does not flow in Qarchak Prison.\u201d And this is all one could say about it. Other political prisoners have also written about the abysmal conditions in this notorious prison after they were released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/29\/women-mothers-with-quarter-century-sentences-in-a-hell-called-qarchak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Executions in One day in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234150\" title=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian authorities hanged two inmates at dawn on Thursday, January 28. The executed prisoners were Anvar Narouei, an Iranian Baluch, and political prisoner Ali Motiri. They were executed in Isfahan\u2019s Dastgerd Prison, central Iran, and Ahvaz\u2019s Sheiban Prison in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/two-executions-in-one-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ki8Asq63T7g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T10:39:17Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ki8Asq63T7g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 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\/ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021 Iran&#039;s Regime to Execute Another Political Prisoner Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald, who has been in prison for five and a half years, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Zahedan Central Prison for execution. He was arrested in May 2015 and sentenced to death in April 2017 by the court in Zahedan on charges of Moharebeh or waging war on God. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time, and was severely tortured to give forced confession. The regime\u2019s torturers flogged him with cables and pulled his fingernails out. In a statement, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save the life of this political prisoner and once again reiterated the need to send an international commission of inquiry to visit the Iranian regime\u2019s prisons and meet with the prisoners, especially political prisoners and prisoners on death row. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 208,300 Over 208,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,807 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe number of people hospitalized and seeking medical treatment is rising,\u201d said Minoo Mohraz, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. \u201cIf this trend continues, we will probably witness a new increase and a fourth wave in late February or March. The increasing number of new cases and the coronavirus\u2019 spread across Iran is extremely concerning. The mutated UK strain has been seen in Iran and most likely exists, and it may have been here from a while ago. Of course, we are hoping this virus does not spread across Iran. If it does, concerns will only escalate,\u201d she added, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. 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-29-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 29<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234147\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-234147\" title=\"Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"While the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300\" width=\"750\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-696x454.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300<\/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: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi urges the UN, human rights defenders, Europe and the US to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a heinous crime, the clerical regime executed Baluchi political prisoner Javid Dehghan despite international outcry. This is the 8th execution in a week by a regime that cannot survive in the face of the Iranian people\u2019s fury without torture and execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This clerical regime in Iran is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clerical regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542171731025923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I urge the United Nations, human rights defenders, Europe and the United States to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in #Iran must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542174990020614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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: Creditors of state-backed financial institution resume protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234188\" title=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg\" alt=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" width=\"690\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of creditors who had invested in Caspian Credit Institution gathered in front of the Financial settlement committee building on Thursday, January 28 in protest to not receiving their overdue payments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four years have passed since this government-backed institution has looted the people\u2019s wealth under an official, government-approved license. Since then, the institution\u2019s customers have been regularly protesting, demanding the company and the government to take action and restore their funds. But in a collusion between Caspian and the government, the regime\u2019s broadcasting apparatus has announced that only 542 cases remain to be settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-caspian-shahr-khodro-20210130\" 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 29<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T18:04:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_o9dXvfMSSp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29<\/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\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities. Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises. The continuation of protests over economic grievances shows that Iranians see no way to obtain their inherent rights except to raise their voices. In recent weeks, officials from both the regime\u2019s factions have frequently warned about society\u2019s volatile conditions and people\u2019s readiness for another round of nationwide protests. In this respect, the government has amplified its oppressive measures and increased the number of executions. In response, the people continue their protests. Furthermore, members and supporters of the leading opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), declared their support for the people\u2019s struggle.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises.<\/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-29\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234118\" title=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Javid Dehghan Khald, a Political Prisoner in Zahedan Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a brutal act and despite International call to stop the execution of political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald. This morning Iran\u2019s regime executed Javid Dehghan Khald in Zahedan Central Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald was arrested in June 2015. He spent five and a half years in prison. In May 2017, he was sentenced to death in the Zahedan Counter-Revolutionary Court on the charges of \u201cwaging war on God\u201d. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time. He was severely tortured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Resistance had urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-international-call-for-urgent-action-to-save-the-life-of-death-row-political-prisoner-javid-dehghan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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 Surpasses 208,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234121\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, January 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,396, Khorasan Razavi 14,085, Isfahan 13,225, Mazandaran 8,477, Lorestan 8,473, Qom 8,075, Gilan 7,426, Alborz 5,338, Sistan and Baluchistan 5,016, Kerman 4,609, Central Province 4,248, Semnan 3,085, Zanjan 2,245, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,670, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,544.<\/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-surpasses-208300\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-29T21:06:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NuuqeWGXCJA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/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\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears. Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France. Germany\u2019s police arrested Assadi on July 1 before he could enter Austria, where he served as the third secretary of Iran\u2019s embassy. The German authorities found a green notebook in Assadi\u2019s car with important information about the 2018 bombing plot, Assadi\u2019s acts and travels, and the amounts of money he had given to different Iranians. According to the Deutsche Welle Farsi, the German Federal Criminal Court (BKA) is investigating Assadi\u2019s activities on a mission from the German Attorney General. The question is: Has Assadi commanded a large network of people tasked with different missions? The information in his notebook suggests Assadi had 144 visits to Germany. One of Assadi\u2019s notes refers to the Islamic Center of Hamburg. The BKA recognizes this center as one of the regime\u2019s espionage and export of fundamentalism centers. Another issue that caught the attention of the police is that Assadi had several receipts with him, indicating cash payments he made to some people. Recipients\u2019 identities have not yet been determined, since they have used common Iranian names. One of these individuals received 2500 Euros, another 5000 Euros, and another person confirmed the receipt of a laptop. According to Deutsche Welle, the BKA authorities deduce that these payments could be the salaries of the regime\u2019s agents. According to the Belgian prosecutors\u2019 indictment, during the last meeting between Assadi and the couple on June 28, 2018, in Luxembourg, Na\u2019ami received the bomb, a new SIM card, and 180,000 euros. On June 26, 19,000 euros was wired to the couple\u2019s account. Another Assadi\u2019s agent Mehrdad Arefani who was arrested during the bomb plot made 62 cash deposits in 2017 and 2018, with a total of 28,409Euros, into his accounts. In fact, the regime used the European Union\u2019s inaction to create and lead a large network of spies and terrorists across Europe. The 2018 foiled bomb plot is only the tip of the iceberg of the Iranian regime\u2019s network in Europe. Now the key questions are: Who are those agents mentioned in Assadi\u2019s notebook? Which diplomat has Mohammad Javad Zarif appointed to run the network instead of Asadi? As long as the regime has its embassies and so-called cultural centers remain open, and its officials can travel to Europe, the regime will maintain its network of terrorism and espionage in Europe. EU leaders should expel the regime\u2019s agents, close its embassies and the so-called cultural centers, and ban the entry of all Iranian officials to Europe for their role in terrorism. 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 #Iran #terrorism #AssadollahAssadi #EU\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/h3>\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>: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Pose questions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a><br \/>Live at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: Monday Feb 1, 2021 at 1500 CET <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNRd26Exi9\">pic.twitter.com\/kNRd26Exi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1355254720806473729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 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\u2019s terror machine in Europe is an iceberg. And we\u2019ve only seen the tip<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232309\" title=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will decide on the case of Assadollah Assadi, a career Iranian diplomat who plotted a bombing attack against a major gathering of Iranian dissidents in France in 2018. The attack was foiled by European authorities, and Assadi was arrested along with his co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This case and the details that have cropped up during the trial and investigation speak volumes about the Iranian regime\u2019s terror-based foreign policy and the threat it poses to global peace and security. It also highlights the failure of a policy centered on containing Tehran\u2019s malign behavior through continuous concessions and letting it get away with crimes and violations of international norms and values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/irans-terror-machine-europe-iceberg-and-weve-only-seen-the-tip\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran uses COVID-19 to prevent protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime has done nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Iran and has banned certified vaccines that would prevent more deaths. Many believe the regime is using the virus to prevent protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_U9OX6XHf6Rg\"><div id=\"lyte_U9OX6XHf6Rg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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\/U9OX6XHf6Rg\" 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%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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;\">Women, mothers with quarter-century sentences in a hell called Qarchak<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234142\" title=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg\" alt=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison is the place for detention of at least 2,000 female inmates, but it does not resemble a living quarters for human beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee described Qarchak as the following: \u201cLife does not flow in Qarchak Prison.\u201d And this is all one could say about it. Other political prisoners have also written about the abysmal conditions in this notorious prison after they were released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/29\/women-mothers-with-quarter-century-sentences-in-a-hell-called-qarchak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Executions in One day in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234150\" title=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian authorities hanged two inmates at dawn on Thursday, January 28. The executed prisoners were Anvar Narouei, an Iranian Baluch, and political prisoner Ali Motiri. They were executed in Isfahan\u2019s Dastgerd Prison, central Iran, and Ahvaz\u2019s Sheiban Prison in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/two-executions-in-one-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ki8Asq63T7g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T10:39:17Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ki8Asq63T7g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 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\/ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021 Iran&#039;s Regime to Execute Another Political Prisoner Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald, who has been in prison for five and a half years, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Zahedan Central Prison for execution. He was arrested in May 2015 and sentenced to death in April 2017 by the court in Zahedan on charges of Moharebeh or waging war on God. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time, and was severely tortured to give forced confession. The regime\u2019s torturers flogged him with cables and pulled his fingernails out. In a statement, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save the life of this political prisoner and once again reiterated the need to send an international commission of inquiry to visit the Iranian regime\u2019s prisons and meet with the prisoners, especially political prisoners and prisoners on death row. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 208,300 Over 208,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,807 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe number of people hospitalized and seeking medical treatment is rising,\u201d said Minoo Mohraz, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. \u201cIf this trend continues, we will probably witness a new increase and a fourth wave in late February or March. The increasing number of new cases and the coronavirus\u2019 spread across Iran is extremely concerning. The mutated UK strain has been seen in Iran and most likely exists, and it may have been here from a while ago. Of course, we are hoping this virus does not spread across Iran. If it does, concerns will only escalate,\u201d she added, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. 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-29-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 29<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234147\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-234147\" title=\"Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"While the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300\" width=\"750\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-696x454.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300<\/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: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi urges the UN, human rights defenders, Europe and the US to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a heinous crime, the clerical regime executed Baluchi political prisoner Javid Dehghan despite international outcry. This is the 8th execution in a week by a regime that cannot survive in the face of the Iranian people\u2019s fury without torture and execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This clerical regime in Iran is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clerical regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542171731025923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I urge the United Nations, human rights defenders, Europe and the United States to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in #Iran must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542174990020614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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: Creditors of state-backed financial institution resume protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234188\" title=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg\" alt=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" width=\"690\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of creditors who had invested in Caspian Credit Institution gathered in front of the Financial settlement committee building on Thursday, January 28 in protest to not receiving their overdue payments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four years have passed since this government-backed institution has looted the people\u2019s wealth under an official, government-approved license. Since then, the institution\u2019s customers have been regularly protesting, demanding the company and the government to take action and restore their funds. But in a collusion between Caspian and the government, the regime\u2019s broadcasting apparatus has announced that only 542 cases remain to be settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-caspian-shahr-khodro-20210130\" 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 29<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T18:04:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_o9dXvfMSSp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29<\/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\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities. Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises. The continuation of protests over economic grievances shows that Iranians see no way to obtain their inherent rights except to raise their voices. In recent weeks, officials from both the regime\u2019s factions have frequently warned about society\u2019s volatile conditions and people\u2019s readiness for another round of nationwide protests. In this respect, the government has amplified its oppressive measures and increased the number of executions. In response, the people continue their protests. Furthermore, members and supporters of the leading opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), declared their support for the people\u2019s struggle.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises.<\/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-29\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234118\" title=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Javid Dehghan Khald, a Political Prisoner in Zahedan Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a brutal act and despite International call to stop the execution of political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald. This morning Iran\u2019s regime executed Javid Dehghan Khald in Zahedan Central Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald was arrested in June 2015. He spent five and a half years in prison. In May 2017, he was sentenced to death in the Zahedan Counter-Revolutionary Court on the charges of \u201cwaging war on God\u201d. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time. He was severely tortured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Resistance had urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-international-call-for-urgent-action-to-save-the-life-of-death-row-political-prisoner-javid-dehghan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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 Surpasses 208,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234121\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, January 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,396, Khorasan Razavi 14,085, Isfahan 13,225, Mazandaran 8,477, Lorestan 8,473, Qom 8,075, Gilan 7,426, Alborz 5,338, Sistan and Baluchistan 5,016, Kerman 4,609, Central Province 4,248, Semnan 3,085, Zanjan 2,245, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,670, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,544.<\/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-surpasses-208300\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-29T21:06:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NuuqeWGXCJA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/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\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears. Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France. Germany\u2019s police arrested Assadi on July 1 before he could enter Austria, where he served as the third secretary of Iran\u2019s embassy. The German authorities found a green notebook in Assadi\u2019s car with important information about the 2018 bombing plot, Assadi\u2019s acts and travels, and the amounts of money he had given to different Iranians. According to the Deutsche Welle Farsi, the German Federal Criminal Court (BKA) is investigating Assadi\u2019s activities on a mission from the German Attorney General. The question is: Has Assadi commanded a large network of people tasked with different missions? The information in his notebook suggests Assadi had 144 visits to Germany. One of Assadi\u2019s notes refers to the Islamic Center of Hamburg. The BKA recognizes this center as one of the regime\u2019s espionage and export of fundamentalism centers. Another issue that caught the attention of the police is that Assadi had several receipts with him, indicating cash payments he made to some people. Recipients\u2019 identities have not yet been determined, since they have used common Iranian names. One of these individuals received 2500 Euros, another 5000 Euros, and another person confirmed the receipt of a laptop. According to Deutsche Welle, the BKA authorities deduce that these payments could be the salaries of the regime\u2019s agents. According to the Belgian prosecutors\u2019 indictment, during the last meeting between Assadi and the couple on June 28, 2018, in Luxembourg, Na\u2019ami received the bomb, a new SIM card, and 180,000 euros. On June 26, 19,000 euros was wired to the couple\u2019s account. Another Assadi\u2019s agent Mehrdad Arefani who was arrested during the bomb plot made 62 cash deposits in 2017 and 2018, with a total of 28,409Euros, into his accounts. In fact, the regime used the European Union\u2019s inaction to create and lead a large network of spies and terrorists across Europe. The 2018 foiled bomb plot is only the tip of the iceberg of the Iranian regime\u2019s network in Europe. Now the key questions are: Who are those agents mentioned in Assadi\u2019s notebook? Which diplomat has Mohammad Javad Zarif appointed to run the network instead of Asadi? As long as the regime has its embassies and so-called cultural centers remain open, and its officials can travel to Europe, the regime will maintain its network of terrorism and espionage in Europe. EU leaders should expel the regime\u2019s agents, close its embassies and the so-called cultural centers, and ban the entry of all Iranian officials to Europe for their role in terrorism. 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 #Iran #terrorism #AssadollahAssadi #EU\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/h3>\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>: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Pose questions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a><br \/>Live at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: Monday Feb 1, 2021 at 1500 CET <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNRd26Exi9\">pic.twitter.com\/kNRd26Exi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1355254720806473729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 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\u2019s terror machine in Europe is an iceberg. And we\u2019ve only seen the tip<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232309\" title=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will decide on the case of Assadollah Assadi, a career Iranian diplomat who plotted a bombing attack against a major gathering of Iranian dissidents in France in 2018. The attack was foiled by European authorities, and Assadi was arrested along with his co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This case and the details that have cropped up during the trial and investigation speak volumes about the Iranian regime\u2019s terror-based foreign policy and the threat it poses to global peace and security. It also highlights the failure of a policy centered on containing Tehran\u2019s malign behavior through continuous concessions and letting it get away with crimes and violations of international norms and values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/irans-terror-machine-europe-iceberg-and-weve-only-seen-the-tip\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran uses COVID-19 to prevent protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime has done nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Iran and has banned certified vaccines that would prevent more deaths. Many believe the regime is using the virus to prevent protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_U9OX6XHf6Rg\"><div id=\"lyte_U9OX6XHf6Rg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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\/U9OX6XHf6Rg\" 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%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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;\">Women, mothers with quarter-century sentences in a hell called Qarchak<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234142\" title=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg\" alt=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison is the place for detention of at least 2,000 female inmates, but it does not resemble a living quarters for human beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee described Qarchak as the following: \u201cLife does not flow in Qarchak Prison.\u201d And this is all one could say about it. Other political prisoners have also written about the abysmal conditions in this notorious prison after they were released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/29\/women-mothers-with-quarter-century-sentences-in-a-hell-called-qarchak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Executions in One day in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234150\" title=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian authorities hanged two inmates at dawn on Thursday, January 28. The executed prisoners were Anvar Narouei, an Iranian Baluch, and political prisoner Ali Motiri. They were executed in Isfahan\u2019s Dastgerd Prison, central Iran, and Ahvaz\u2019s Sheiban Prison in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/two-executions-in-one-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ki8Asq63T7g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T10:39:17Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ki8Asq63T7g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 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\/ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021 Iran&#039;s Regime to Execute Another Political Prisoner Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald, who has been in prison for five and a half years, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Zahedan Central Prison for execution. He was arrested in May 2015 and sentenced to death in April 2017 by the court in Zahedan on charges of Moharebeh or waging war on God. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time, and was severely tortured to give forced confession. The regime\u2019s torturers flogged him with cables and pulled his fingernails out. In a statement, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save the life of this political prisoner and once again reiterated the need to send an international commission of inquiry to visit the Iranian regime\u2019s prisons and meet with the prisoners, especially political prisoners and prisoners on death row. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 208,300 Over 208,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,807 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe number of people hospitalized and seeking medical treatment is rising,\u201d said Minoo Mohraz, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. \u201cIf this trend continues, we will probably witness a new increase and a fourth wave in late February or March. The increasing number of new cases and the coronavirus\u2019 spread across Iran is extremely concerning. The mutated UK strain has been seen in Iran and most likely exists, and it may have been here from a while ago. Of course, we are hoping this virus does not spread across Iran. If it does, concerns will only escalate,\u201d she added, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. 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-29-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 29<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234147\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-234147\" title=\"Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"While the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300\" width=\"750\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-696x454.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300<\/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: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi urges the UN, human rights defenders, Europe and the US to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a heinous crime, the clerical regime executed Baluchi political prisoner Javid Dehghan despite international outcry. This is the 8th execution in a week by a regime that cannot survive in the face of the Iranian people\u2019s fury without torture and execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This clerical regime in Iran is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clerical regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542171731025923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I urge the United Nations, human rights defenders, Europe and the United States to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in #Iran must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542174990020614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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: Creditors of state-backed financial institution resume protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234188\" title=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg\" alt=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" width=\"690\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of creditors who had invested in Caspian Credit Institution gathered in front of the Financial settlement committee building on Thursday, January 28 in protest to not receiving their overdue payments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four years have passed since this government-backed institution has looted the people\u2019s wealth under an official, government-approved license. Since then, the institution\u2019s customers have been regularly protesting, demanding the company and the government to take action and restore their funds. But in a collusion between Caspian and the government, the regime\u2019s broadcasting apparatus has announced that only 542 cases remain to be settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-caspian-shahr-khodro-20210130\" 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 29<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T18:04:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_o9dXvfMSSp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29<\/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\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities. Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises. The continuation of protests over economic grievances shows that Iranians see no way to obtain their inherent rights except to raise their voices. In recent weeks, officials from both the regime\u2019s factions have frequently warned about society\u2019s volatile conditions and people\u2019s readiness for another round of nationwide protests. In this respect, the government has amplified its oppressive measures and increased the number of executions. In response, the people continue their protests. Furthermore, members and supporters of the leading opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), declared their support for the people\u2019s struggle.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises.<\/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-29\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234118\" title=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Javid Dehghan Khald, a Political Prisoner in Zahedan Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a brutal act and despite International call to stop the execution of political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald. This morning Iran\u2019s regime executed Javid Dehghan Khald in Zahedan Central Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald was arrested in June 2015. He spent five and a half years in prison. In May 2017, he was sentenced to death in the Zahedan Counter-Revolutionary Court on the charges of \u201cwaging war on God\u201d. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time. He was severely tortured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Resistance had urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-international-call-for-urgent-action-to-save-the-life-of-death-row-political-prisoner-javid-dehghan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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 Surpasses 208,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234121\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, January 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,396, Khorasan Razavi 14,085, Isfahan 13,225, Mazandaran 8,477, Lorestan 8,473, Qom 8,075, Gilan 7,426, Alborz 5,338, Sistan and Baluchistan 5,016, Kerman 4,609, Central Province 4,248, Semnan 3,085, Zanjan 2,245, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,670, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,544.<\/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-surpasses-208300\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-29T21:06:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NuuqeWGXCJA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/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\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears. Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France. Germany\u2019s police arrested Assadi on July 1 before he could enter Austria, where he served as the third secretary of Iran\u2019s embassy. The German authorities found a green notebook in Assadi\u2019s car with important information about the 2018 bombing plot, Assadi\u2019s acts and travels, and the amounts of money he had given to different Iranians. According to the Deutsche Welle Farsi, the German Federal Criminal Court (BKA) is investigating Assadi\u2019s activities on a mission from the German Attorney General. The question is: Has Assadi commanded a large network of people tasked with different missions? The information in his notebook suggests Assadi had 144 visits to Germany. One of Assadi\u2019s notes refers to the Islamic Center of Hamburg. The BKA recognizes this center as one of the regime\u2019s espionage and export of fundamentalism centers. Another issue that caught the attention of the police is that Assadi had several receipts with him, indicating cash payments he made to some people. Recipients\u2019 identities have not yet been determined, since they have used common Iranian names. One of these individuals received 2500 Euros, another 5000 Euros, and another person confirmed the receipt of a laptop. According to Deutsche Welle, the BKA authorities deduce that these payments could be the salaries of the regime\u2019s agents. According to the Belgian prosecutors\u2019 indictment, during the last meeting between Assadi and the couple on June 28, 2018, in Luxembourg, Na\u2019ami received the bomb, a new SIM card, and 180,000 euros. On June 26, 19,000 euros was wired to the couple\u2019s account. Another Assadi\u2019s agent Mehrdad Arefani who was arrested during the bomb plot made 62 cash deposits in 2017 and 2018, with a total of 28,409Euros, into his accounts. In fact, the regime used the European Union\u2019s inaction to create and lead a large network of spies and terrorists across Europe. The 2018 foiled bomb plot is only the tip of the iceberg of the Iranian regime\u2019s network in Europe. Now the key questions are: Who are those agents mentioned in Assadi\u2019s notebook? Which diplomat has Mohammad Javad Zarif appointed to run the network instead of Asadi? As long as the regime has its embassies and so-called cultural centers remain open, and its officials can travel to Europe, the regime will maintain its network of terrorism and espionage in Europe. EU leaders should expel the regime\u2019s agents, close its embassies and the so-called cultural centers, and ban the entry of all Iranian officials to Europe for their role in terrorism. 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 #Iran #terrorism #AssadollahAssadi #EU\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/h3>\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>: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Pose questions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a><br \/>Live at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: Monday Feb 1, 2021 at 1500 CET <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNRd26Exi9\">pic.twitter.com\/kNRd26Exi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1355254720806473729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 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\u2019s terror machine in Europe is an iceberg. And we\u2019ve only seen the tip<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232309\" title=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will decide on the case of Assadollah Assadi, a career Iranian diplomat who plotted a bombing attack against a major gathering of Iranian dissidents in France in 2018. The attack was foiled by European authorities, and Assadi was arrested along with his co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This case and the details that have cropped up during the trial and investigation speak volumes about the Iranian regime\u2019s terror-based foreign policy and the threat it poses to global peace and security. It also highlights the failure of a policy centered on containing Tehran\u2019s malign behavior through continuous concessions and letting it get away with crimes and violations of international norms and values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/irans-terror-machine-europe-iceberg-and-weve-only-seen-the-tip\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran uses COVID-19 to prevent protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime has done nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Iran and has banned certified vaccines that would prevent more deaths. Many believe the regime is using the virus to prevent protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_U9OX6XHf6Rg\"><div id=\"lyte_U9OX6XHf6Rg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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\/U9OX6XHf6Rg\" 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%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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;\">Women, mothers with quarter-century sentences in a hell called Qarchak<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234142\" title=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg\" alt=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison is the place for detention of at least 2,000 female inmates, but it does not resemble a living quarters for human beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee described Qarchak as the following: \u201cLife does not flow in Qarchak Prison.\u201d And this is all one could say about it. Other political prisoners have also written about the abysmal conditions in this notorious prison after they were released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/29\/women-mothers-with-quarter-century-sentences-in-a-hell-called-qarchak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Executions in One day in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234150\" title=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian authorities hanged two inmates at dawn on Thursday, January 28. The executed prisoners were Anvar Narouei, an Iranian Baluch, and political prisoner Ali Motiri. They were executed in Isfahan\u2019s Dastgerd Prison, central Iran, and Ahvaz\u2019s Sheiban Prison in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/two-executions-in-one-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ki8Asq63T7g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T10:39:17Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ki8Asq63T7g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 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\/ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021 Iran&#039;s Regime to Execute Another Political Prisoner Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald, who has been in prison for five and a half years, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Zahedan Central Prison for execution. He was arrested in May 2015 and sentenced to death in April 2017 by the court in Zahedan on charges of Moharebeh or waging war on God. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time, and was severely tortured to give forced confession. The regime\u2019s torturers flogged him with cables and pulled his fingernails out. In a statement, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save the life of this political prisoner and once again reiterated the need to send an international commission of inquiry to visit the Iranian regime\u2019s prisons and meet with the prisoners, especially political prisoners and prisoners on death row. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 208,300 Over 208,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,807 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe number of people hospitalized and seeking medical treatment is rising,\u201d said Minoo Mohraz, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. \u201cIf this trend continues, we will probably witness a new increase and a fourth wave in late February or March. The increasing number of new cases and the coronavirus\u2019 spread across Iran is extremely concerning. The mutated UK strain has been seen in Iran and most likely exists, and it may have been here from a while ago. Of course, we are hoping this virus does not spread across Iran. If it does, concerns will only escalate,\u201d she added, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. 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-29-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 29<\/strong><strong>, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234147\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-234147\" title=\"Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"While the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300\" width=\"750\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811-696x454.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-coronavirus-30012021-e1611992246811.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bans Import of coronavirus vaccines, the coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300<\/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: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi urges the UN, human rights defenders, Europe and the US to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a heinous crime, the clerical regime executed Baluchi political prisoner Javid Dehghan despite international outcry. This is the 8th execution in a week by a regime that cannot survive in the face of the Iranian people\u2019s fury without torture and execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This clerical regime in Iran is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clerical regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is a disgrace to humanity and must be rejected by the world community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542171731025923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I urge the United Nations, human rights defenders, Europe and the United States to take urgent action to save the lives of death row prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in #Iran must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dossier on the massacre of political prisoners, and the slaughter of unarmed protesters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> must be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime\u2019s leaders must face justice for 4 decades of crimes against humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355542174990020614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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: Creditors of state-backed financial institution resume protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234188\" title=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg\" alt=\"caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally\" width=\"690\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/caspian-credit-institutions-investors-held-a-protest-rally-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of creditors who had invested in Caspian Credit Institution gathered in front of the Financial settlement committee building on Thursday, January 28 in protest to not receiving their overdue payments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four years have passed since this government-backed institution has looted the people\u2019s wealth under an official, government-approved license. Since then, the institution\u2019s customers have been regularly protesting, demanding the company and the government to take action and restore their funds. But in a collusion between Caspian and the government, the regime\u2019s broadcasting apparatus has announced that only 542 cases remain to be settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-caspian-shahr-khodro-20210130\" 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 29<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T18:04:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_o9dXvfMSSp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29<\/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\/o9dXvfMSSp4\" 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%2Fo9dXvfMSSp4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on January 29\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities. Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises. The continuation of protests over economic grievances shows that Iranians see no way to obtain their inherent rights except to raise their voices. In recent weeks, officials from both the regime\u2019s factions have frequently warned about society\u2019s volatile conditions and people\u2019s readiness for another round of nationwide protests. In this respect, the government has amplified its oppressive measures and increased the number of executions. In response, the people continue their protests. Furthermore, members and supporters of the leading opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), declared their support for the people\u2019s struggle.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, January 29, the impoverished people of Iran continued their protests against the government and its institutions\u2019 economic failures and wrong policies. In this context, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and strikes in two cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Car customers in Isfahan city, and municipal workers and automaking company staff in Tabriz held these protests. They blamed government-linked individuals for looting their money and failing to keep their promises.<\/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-29\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234118\" title=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Javid-Dehgan-Kaled\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Javid-Dehgan-Kaled.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Javid Dehghan Khald, a Political Prisoner in Zahedan Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a brutal act and despite International call to stop the execution of political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald. This morning Iran\u2019s regime executed Javid Dehghan Khald in Zahedan Central Prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald was arrested in June 2015. He spent five and a half years in prison. In May 2017, he was sentenced to death in the Zahedan Counter-Revolutionary Court on the charges of \u201cwaging war on God\u201d. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time. He was severely tortured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Resistance had urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-international-call-for-urgent-action-to-save-the-life-of-death-row-political-prisoner-javid-dehghan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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 Surpasses 208,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234121\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-208300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, January 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 208,300. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,396, Khorasan Razavi 14,085, Isfahan 13,225, Mazandaran 8,477, Lorestan 8,473, Qom 8,075, Gilan 7,426, Alborz 5,338, Sistan and Baluchistan 5,016, Kerman 4,609, Central Province 4,248, Semnan 3,085, Zanjan 2,245, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,670, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,544.<\/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-surpasses-208300\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-29T21:06:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NuuqeWGXCJA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU<\/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\/NuuqeWGXCJA\" 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%2FNuuqeWGXCJA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&rsquo;s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp;amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"New information raises new concerns about the case of Mohamad Javad Zarif\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi. The information suggests the mullahs\u2019 network of espionage and terrorism is much wider in Europe than it appears. Assadi was arrested in July 2018 after delivering a bomb to a terrorist couple, Nasimeh Na\u2019ami and Amir Saadouni, in Luxembourg and tasking them to plant the bomb in the \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering of the Iranian opposition in Villepinte, north of Paris, France. Germany\u2019s police arrested Assadi on July 1 before he could enter Austria, where he served as the third secretary of Iran\u2019s embassy. The German authorities found a green notebook in Assadi\u2019s car with important information about the 2018 bombing plot, Assadi\u2019s acts and travels, and the amounts of money he had given to different Iranians. According to the Deutsche Welle Farsi, the German Federal Criminal Court (BKA) is investigating Assadi\u2019s activities on a mission from the German Attorney General. The question is: Has Assadi commanded a large network of people tasked with different missions? The information in his notebook suggests Assadi had 144 visits to Germany. One of Assadi\u2019s notes refers to the Islamic Center of Hamburg. The BKA recognizes this center as one of the regime\u2019s espionage and export of fundamentalism centers. Another issue that caught the attention of the police is that Assadi had several receipts with him, indicating cash payments he made to some people. Recipients\u2019 identities have not yet been determined, since they have used common Iranian names. One of these individuals received 2500 Euros, another 5000 Euros, and another person confirmed the receipt of a laptop. According to Deutsche Welle, the BKA authorities deduce that these payments could be the salaries of the regime\u2019s agents. According to the Belgian prosecutors\u2019 indictment, during the last meeting between Assadi and the couple on June 28, 2018, in Luxembourg, Na\u2019ami received the bomb, a new SIM card, and 180,000 euros. On June 26, 19,000 euros was wired to the couple\u2019s account. Another Assadi\u2019s agent Mehrdad Arefani who was arrested during the bomb plot made 62 cash deposits in 2017 and 2018, with a total of 28,409Euros, into his accounts. In fact, the regime used the European Union\u2019s inaction to create and lead a large network of spies and terrorists across Europe. The 2018 foiled bomb plot is only the tip of the iceberg of the Iranian regime\u2019s network in Europe. Now the key questions are: Who are those agents mentioned in Assadi\u2019s notebook? Which diplomat has Mohammad Javad Zarif appointed to run the network instead of Asadi? As long as the regime has its embassies and so-called cultural centers remain open, and its officials can travel to Europe, the regime will maintain its network of terrorism and espionage in Europe. EU leaders should expel the regime\u2019s agents, close its embassies and the so-called cultural centers, and ban the entry of all Iranian officials to Europe for their role in terrorism. 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 #Iran #terrorism #AssadollahAssadi #EU\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/h3>\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>: Live Q&amp;A on the Feb 4 court ruling of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat in Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Pose questions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a><br \/>Live at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: Monday Feb 1, 2021 at 1500 CET <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNRd26Exi9\">pic.twitter.com\/kNRd26Exi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1355254720806473729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 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\u2019s terror machine in Europe is an iceberg. And we\u2019ve only seen the tip<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232309\" title=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-assadi-31122020-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will decide on the case of Assadollah Assadi, a career Iranian diplomat who plotted a bombing attack against a major gathering of Iranian dissidents in France in 2018. The attack was foiled by European authorities, and Assadi was arrested along with his co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This case and the details that have cropped up during the trial and investigation speak volumes about the Iranian regime\u2019s terror-based foreign policy and the threat it poses to global peace and security. It also highlights the failure of a policy centered on containing Tehran\u2019s malign behavior through continuous concessions and letting it get away with crimes and violations of international norms and values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/irans-terror-machine-europe-iceberg-and-weve-only-seen-the-tip\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran uses COVID-19 to prevent protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime has done nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Iran and has banned certified vaccines that would prevent more deaths. Many believe the regime is using the virus to prevent protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_U9OX6XHf6Rg\"><div id=\"lyte_U9OX6XHf6Rg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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\/U9OX6XHf6Rg\" 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%2FU9OX6XHf6Rg%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;\">Women, mothers with quarter-century sentences in a hell called Qarchak<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234142\" title=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg\" alt=\"Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Qarchak-Prison-entrance-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison is the place for detention of at least 2,000 female inmates, but it does not resemble a living quarters for human beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee described Qarchak as the following: \u201cLife does not flow in Qarchak Prison.\u201d And this is all one could say about it. Other political prisoners have also written about the abysmal conditions in this notorious prison after they were released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/01\/29\/women-mothers-with-quarter-century-sentences-in-a-hell-called-qarchak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Executions in One day in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234150\" title=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-two-executions-in-one-day-30012021-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian authorities hanged two inmates at dawn on Thursday, January 28. The executed prisoners were Anvar Narouei, an Iranian Baluch, and political prisoner Ali Motiri. They were executed in Isfahan\u2019s Dastgerd Prison, central Iran, and Ahvaz\u2019s Sheiban Prison in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/two-executions-in-one-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ki8Asq63T7g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-30T10:39:17Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ki8Asq63T7g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 30, 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\/ki8Asq63T7g\" 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%2Fki8Asq63T7g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 30, 2021 Iran&#039;s Regime to Execute Another Political Prisoner Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald, who has been in prison for five and a half years, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Zahedan Central Prison for execution. He was arrested in May 2015 and sentenced to death in April 2017 by the court in Zahedan on charges of Moharebeh or waging war on God. After his arrest, Javid was held in solitary confinement for a long time, and was severely tortured to give forced confession. The regime\u2019s torturers flogged him with cables and pulled his fingernails out. In a statement, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other human rights organizations to take immediate action to save the life of this political prisoner and once again reiterated the need to send an international commission of inquiry to visit the Iranian regime\u2019s prisons and meet with the prisoners, especially political prisoners and prisoners on death row. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 208,300 Over 208,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,807 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe number of people hospitalized and seeking medical treatment is rising,\u201d said Minoo Mohraz, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. \u201cIf this trend continues, we will probably witness a new increase and a fourth wave in late February or March. The increasing number of new cases and the coronavirus\u2019 spread across Iran is extremely concerning. The mutated UK strain has been seen in Iran and most likely exists, and it may have been here from a while ago. Of course, we are hoping this virus does not spread across Iran. If it does, concerns will only escalate,\u201d she added, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. 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-29-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 29<\/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: 9:00 PM CET Maryam Rajavi urges the UN human rights defenders, Europe and the US to take [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":234147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[129,130,141,197,198,287],"class_list":{"0":"post-234133","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","13":"tag-iran-terrorism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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