{"id":234205,"date":"2021-01-31T04:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T09:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234205"},"modified":"2023-04-14T22:54:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:54:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-31-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-31-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 31, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_234212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234212\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234212\" title=\"Iran-news-update-31012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-31012021.jpg\" alt=\"While the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 208,700, the live conditions in Iran get worse\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-31012021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-31012021-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-31012021-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-31012021-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-news-update-31012021-696x356.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 208,700, living conditions in Iran get worse<\/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: 10:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi<\/h2>\n<h3>We must not allow the execution of courageous youths in Iran become normal and routine<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We must not allow the execution of courageous youths in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> become normal and routine. We must arouse global outrage against the regime for every execution. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yVLhRe206V\">pic.twitter.com\/yVLhRe206V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1355891758475980803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 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;\">Three Iranian Bahai citizens sentenced to prison for following outlawed faith<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234239\" title=\"Bahai-citizens-31012021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahai-citizens-31012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bahai-citizens-31012021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahai-citizens-31012021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahai-citizens-31012021-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahai-citizens-31012021-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahai-citizens-31012021-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bahai-citizens-31012021-1-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Tehran Revolutionary court sentenced three Bahai citizens to four years and three months of prison each on January 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Human Rights News Agency, the three men and women were identified as Mahvash Edalati Abadi, Sepideh Keshavarz, and Farid Esmaeli.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 28th Branch of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Mohammedreza Amouzad sentenced each of the Bahai citizens to three years and seven months of prison for \u201cgathering and conspiring against the state by managing a Bahai organization\u201d and eight months for \u201cacting against national security by promoting the Bahai faith\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/three-iranian-bahai-citizens-sentenced-to-prison-for-following-outlawed-faith\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heartbreaking video of a 10-year-old Iranian child laborer<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartbreaking video of a 10-year-old Iranian child laborer who makes less than a dollar a day but has to pay for his household. He wants to be a laborer when he grows up. <br \/>Watch. <br \/>(Has English Subs.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0FX949aSh\">pic.twitter.com\/n0FX949aSh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1355974001668055041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Express: Iranian spy chief behind bomb plot in Paris &#8216;had contacts all over Europe&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-228174\" title=\"express_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/express_logo.jpg\" alt=\"express_logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/express_logo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/express_logo-300x52.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/express_logo-696x122.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A green notebook, found in Assadollah Assadi\u2019s car when he was arrested in Germany, meticulously detailed 289 places across 11 European countries where he is believed to have made contact with agents of the regime. Assad &#8211; who faces being jailed for up to 20 years on Thursday &#8211; was acting as a diplomat in Vienna when he is accused of personally transporting 500g of \u201cmother of Satan\u201d TATP explosives for an planned 2018 attack on the Free Iran political rally in Paris, hosted by pro-democracy group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1391415\/iranian-spy-assadollah-assadi-germany-paris-bombing\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protest by Teachers and Instructors of Iran\u2019s Literacy Movement in Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234217\" title=\"iran-teachers-protest-in-Tehran-31012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-teachers-protest-in-Tehran-31012021.jpg\" alt=\"iran-teachers-protest-in-Tehran-31012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-teachers-protest-in-Tehran-31012021.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-teachers-protest-in-Tehran-31012021-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-teachers-protest-in-Tehran-31012021-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">and instructors of Iran\u2019s literacy movement gathered in front of the regime\u2019s Parliament today. The teachers\u2019 protest is simultaneous with the examination of their employment status plan by the regime\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAt the beginning of our work, we were told that after 2 years of working in the literacy movement, we would be hired by the Ministry of Education, but now, after 10 to 15 years, we are still not hired. They keep us behind the &#8216;examination&#8217; barrier,\u201d said one of the protesting teachers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_lWoTaiq-kis\"><div id=\"lyte_lWoTaiq-kis\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlWoTaiq-kis%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\/lWoTaiq-kis\" 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%2FlWoTaiq-kis%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;\">Iran: 40 Villages Surrounded by Snow and Blizzard<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234218\" title=\"iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard.jpg\" alt=\"iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iran-40-villages-surrounded-by-snow-and-blizzard-696x427.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to snow and blizzard, the communication road of 40 villages of East Azerbaijan province has closed and this area is surrounded by snow and blizzard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the head of the Rescue Organization of Iran, 22 provinces of Hamedan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Lorestan, Gilan, Golestan, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Semnan, Qazvin, Zanjan, Khuzestan, Khorasan Razavi and Shamai, Chaharmahal Bakhtiari, Tehran, Ilam, Alborz, Isfahan, Ardabil, West and East Azerbaijan have been affected by snow and blizzards for the past two days.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Is More Than 208,700<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234184\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-coronavirus-update-30012021-1-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Saturday, January 30, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities had exceeded 208,700. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,466, Isfahan 13,260, Khuzestan 10,390, Mazandaran 8,512, East Azerbaijan 7,943, West Azerbaijan 7,678, Fars 6,317, Golestan 5,325, Hamedan 4,918, Kerman 4,634, Kermanshah 4,304, Yazd 3,847, North Khorasan 3,213, Ardabil 2,592, and Qazvin 2,239.<\/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-is-more-than-208700\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 208,700 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 478 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WsUuQFKFdi\">https:\/\/t.co\/WsUuQFKFdi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sm9dgvvj9q\">pic.twitter.com\/sm9dgvvj9q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1355627841270865920?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\u2019s crumbling economy: Rising unemployment, declining per capita income, and poverty<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234211\" title=\"Tehran-Bazaar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tehran-Bazaar.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran-Bazaar\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tehran-Bazaar.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tehran-Bazaar-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tehran-Bazaar-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tehran-Bazaar-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Per capita income and Gini index are 2 criteria that represent the income and income inequality or wealth inequality within a nation or a group of people in a society. According to available statistics, per capita income (PCI) or average income of Iranian households has been declining instead of increasing over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/irans-crumbling-economy-rising-unemployment-declining-per-capita-income-and-poverty\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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-30-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 30<\/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: 10:30 PM CET Maryam Rajavi We must not allow the execution of courageous youths in Iran become [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":234212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[129,130,141,197,198,287],"class_list":["post-234205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-iran","tag-iran-protests","tag-human-rights","tag-mek-iran","tag-ncri","tag-iran-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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