{"id":234362,"date":"2021-02-03T03:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234362"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:47:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-3-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-3-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 3, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234372\" title=\"Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021.jpg\" alt=\"Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Live-stream-Iran-EU-policy-terrorism-03022021-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\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;\">Fox News<\/h2>\n<h3>Iranian resistance leader says regime &#8216;at its weakest point,&#8217; urges Biden to hold it to account<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234419\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234419\" title=\"Maryam-Rajavi-03022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maryam-Rajavi-03022021.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi is the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (Siavosh Hossein, The Media Express)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maryam-Rajavi-03022021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maryam-Rajavi-03022021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maryam-Rajavi-03022021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maryam-Rajavi-03022021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maryam-Rajavi-03022021-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryam Rajavi is the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (Siavosh Hossein, The Media Express)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">EXCLUSIVE: The leader of the main Iranian resistance group tells Fox News that the regime in Tehran is at its &#8220;weakest point&#8221; in its history, and is calling on the Biden administration to hold the regime accountable for its human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The Iranian regime is at its weakest point in its history of the last 42 years. It is economically bankrupt,&#8221; National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) President-elect Maryam Rajavi told Fox News in response to written questions. &#8220;The national currency is in a free fall, and corruption has penetrated every aspect of the regime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rajavi leads the NCRI, an umbrella group of Iranian resistance groups dedicated to overthrowing the regime. She has offered a 10-point plan to form a secular, democratic Iran &#8212; which would be a far cry from the religious dictatorship currently in place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/iranian-resistance-leader-regime-weakest-point-biden\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian resistance leader says regime &#39;at its weakest point,&#39; urges Biden to hold it to account <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/59GfA4IgOh\">https:\/\/t.co\/59GfA4IgOh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1357072988659585024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 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;\">EU Reporter: Dozens of European lawmakers see Iranian terror case as grounds for major policy changes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234421\" title=\"EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021.jpg\" alt=\"EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021\" width=\"798\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021-150x62.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EU-Reporter-assadi-case-03022021-696x286.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two days ahead of the scheduled announcement of a verdict in the case against a high-ranking Iranian diplomat, 40 members of parliaments from European countries, members of the Parliamentary Assembly for the Council of Europe (PACE) sent an open leader to the president of the body, commenting upon the case and urging a change in European policy toward Iran. The letter noted that the court case involves a plot that could have been the largest terrorist attack on European soil in many years, and that the orders for that plot can be traced back to the uppermost leadership of the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eureporter.co\/world\/iran\/2021\/02\/03\/dozens-of-european-lawmakers-see-iranian-terror-case-as-grounds-for-major-policy-changes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">EUobserver: Court papers show how Iranian diplomat spied in EU<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat accused of plotting to blow up dissidents in Paris and of espionage, travelled widely across Europe, usually staying in smaller towns to avoid detection, and opting to meet contacts in tourist spots, according to court documents seen by Belgian broadcaster VRT. Assadi was arrested two years ago outside Brussels with a bomb in the boot of his accomplices&#8217; car and faces 20 years&#8217; jail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/tickers\/150803\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">AL Arabiya: Iran responsible for attempted bomb attack on opposition group in France: Lawyer<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran is responsible for the attempted bomb attack by a diplomat and several others at an event held by an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018, the civil party\u2019s lawyer Rik Vanreusel told Al Arabiya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere was a bomb planted, or almost planted, on a gathering of the opposition of the state of Iran. That the bomb was planted by a diplomat\u2026 That this spy has recruited several other agents to perform this heinous attack and this having been done without Iran knowing, to me, is impossible,\u201d Vanreusel said in an interview.<\/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> is responsible for the attempted bomb attack by a diplomat and several others at an event held by an exiled Iranian opposition group in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/France?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#France<\/a> in 2018, the civil party\u2019s lawyer Rik Vanreusel says.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dfoSpxIJvk\">https:\/\/t.co\/dfoSpxIJvk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SRPrEq9Ew1\">pic.twitter.com\/SRPrEq9Ew1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlArabiya_Eng\/status\/1356924106596311044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 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;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2021\/02\/03\/Iran-responsible-for-attempted-bomb-attack-on-opposition-group-in-France-Lawyer-\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian diplomat used vacation trip as cover to deliver explosives to terrorist operatives<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234393\" title=\"Iran-terrorists-03022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-terrorists-03022021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-terrorists-03022021\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-terrorists-03022021.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-terrorists-03022021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-terrorists-03022021-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For many years, the Iranian regime\u2019s propaganda tried to portray the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) as \u201can unpopular group.\u201d But the main question is if the MEK is unpopular, why did the regime use a top diplomat to command a major terrorist operation to blow up a rally of MEK supporters in Villepinte near Paris in 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the regime in Tehran, the 2018 bomb plot against the \u2018Free Iran Rally\u2019 was a comprehensive operation. The regime aimed to blow up the rally, put the blame on the MEK itself by calling it a \u201cfalse flag operation,\u201d and eliminate its main opposition, at least for a while.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/assadollah-assadi-terrorism-case-details-20210203\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stock market investors gathered in Tehran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feb. 3 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Stock market investors who lost their savings chanted &quot;Down with Rouhani&quot; (Iran&#39;s President) in today&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> in Tehran. Senior regime officials, including Rouhani, misled the public into investing in the stock market. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWyJSYP2Au\">pic.twitter.com\/kWyJSYP2Au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1356959774705909763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 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: 6 prisoners transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for execution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231606\" title=\"Prison-file-photo-21122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Prison-file-photo-21122020.jpg\" alt=\"Prison-file-photo-21122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Prison-file-photo-21122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Prison-file-photo-21122020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Prison-file-photo-21122020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Prison-file-photo-21122020-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Prison-file-photo-21122020-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least death row prisoners in Karaj Prison and Qarchak Prison, Varamin, have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their execution, according to reports obtained from inside Iran. One of these prisoners is Zahra Esmaili, incarcerated in Qarchak prison. According to sources, Esmaili was informed of her sentence in one-and-half months ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, five prisoners in Karaj Prison were sent to solitary confinement. Two of the prisoners have been identified as Milad Tajik, 23, and Mohammad Chazani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-death-row-prisoners-solitary-confinement-20210203\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8217;s intelligence agents have summoned and arrested more than 80 Kurd activists in the past few weeks<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran intelligence agents have summoned and arrested more than 80 Kurd activists in the past few weeks. The detainees are held in intelligence and IRGC detention centers. <\/p>\n<p>The regime systematically violates the rights of ethnic minorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qORwxXXz4T\">pic.twitter.com\/qORwxXXz4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1356884872867028995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Live stream on February 4 &#8211; A First by A European Court: Iran Regime Diplomat-terrorist, Conviction of 3 Intelligence Agents<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Time for Accountability and Firm Iran Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE STREAM<br \/>A First by A European Court:<br \/>Iran Regime Diplomat-Terrorist to Be Sentenced<br \/>Time for Accountability, Firm Policy<br \/>February 4, 2021<br \/>0900 CEST<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DiQJZAG45f\">https:\/\/t.co\/DiQJZAG45f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MYV2T4lgea\">pic.twitter.com\/MYV2T4lgea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1356696881255047170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 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;\">Coronavirus Disaster in Iran: The Number of Victims in 480 Cities Surpasses 210,100<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234354\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02022021-1-696x397.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 Tuesday, February 2, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 480 cities is more than 210,100. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,706, Khorasan Razavi 14,155, Isfahan 13,375, Mazandaran 8,632, West Azerbaijan 7,743, Gilan 7,501,Alborz 5,368, Hamedan 4,968, Kermanshah 4,324, Yazd 3,862, Kurdistan 3,632, Ardabil 2,607 Qazvin 2,294, Zanjan 2,265, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,685, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,559.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/coronavirus-disaster-in-iran-the-number-of-victims-in-480-cities-surpasses-210100\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi: The astounding rise in the Coronavirus death toll in Iran is due to the clerical regime&#8217;s inhuman policies<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The astounding rise in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> death toll and the upward trend of the crisis in many provinces  in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> are due to the clerical regime&#39;s inhuman policies. The only thing the mullahs are concerned about is to preserve their disgraceful rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sS8PL0pg2i\">pic.twitter.com\/sS8PL0pg2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1356656779552321542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 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;\">Terrorism Case Exposes Vulnerabilities to be Removed in the West, Exploited in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234366\" title=\"assdollah-assadi-Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-03022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/assdollah-assadi-Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-03022021.jpg\" alt=\"assdollah-assadi-Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-03022021\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/assdollah-assadi-Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-03022021.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/assdollah-assadi-Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-03022021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/assdollah-assadi-Iranian-diplomat-terrorist-03022021-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, a Belgian federal court is expected to issue a sentence in the case of Assadollah Assadi, a high-ranking Iranian diplomat who is being tried alongside three co-defendants for the attempted bombing of an Iranian Resistance gathering in France in 2018. A number of European lawmakers have responded to the pending verdict by issuing public statements that argue for changes in Western policy relating to the underlying threat of Iranian terrorism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/assadollah-assadi-ep-letter-20210202\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran hangs 27 people in January amid incessant use of death penalty<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233592\" title=\"Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-execution-violation-of-the-Human-Rights-23012021-696x418.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 27 prisoners were executed in Iran in January 2021. The executed include four political prisoners, six drug offenders, 16 people convicted of murder and one accused of rape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 10 of those executed are Baluch citizens. This figure does not include prisoners who are secretly executed and whose identities cannot be registered due to the regime\u2019s lack of transparency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These executions were carried out in Ahvaz, Qom, Zahedan, Ardabil, Sanandaj, Qom, Rasht, Mashhad, Meshkinshahr, Zabol, Tabriz, Yazd, Zanjan and Qazvin prisons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/02\/iran-hangs-27-people-in-january-amid-incessant-use-of-death-penalty\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Statistical Center of Iran: Over 9,000 10\u201314 year-old girls married in 3 months<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234368\" title=\"child-marriage-Iran-03022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/child-marriage-Iran-03022021.jpeg\" alt=\"child-marriage-Iran-03022021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/child-marriage-Iran-03022021.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/child-marriage-Iran-03022021-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/child-marriage-Iran-03022021-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/child-marriage-Iran-03022021-150x84.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/child-marriage-Iran-03022021-696x392.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a new report published by the Statistical Center of Iran on January 31, child marriages recorded in the summer of 2020 amounted to 9,061 cases. From these, three cases belonged to boys under the age of 15, and 9,058 cases belonged to girls between the ages of 10 to 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the same timeframe, 165 boys between the ages of 15 to 19 and 188 girls between the ages of 10 to 14 registered for divorce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/statistical-center-of-iran-over-9000-10-14-year-old-girls-married-in-3-months\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 1<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, February 1, Iranian citizens from different walks of life held at least five rallies in front of government offices, protesting the regime\u2019s failure to resolve people\u2019s dilemmas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 1\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jg69DMrG8wc\" 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%2Fjg69DMrG8wc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jg69DMrG8wc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT32S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-02-02T12:05:58Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_jg69DMrG8wc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fjg69DMrG8wc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 1<\/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\/jg69DMrG8wc\" 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%2Fjg69DMrG8wc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 1\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Monday, February 1, Iranian citizens from different walks of life held at least five rallies in front of government offices, protesting the regime\u2019s failure to resolve people\u2019s dilemmas. Shareholders, oil workers, daily workers, social activists, and home buyers organized these gatherings. Citizens blamed officials for failing to keep their promises and refusing to answer people\u2019s basic problems.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, February 3, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 3, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_05Unjr6V388\" 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%2F05Unjr6V388%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05Unjr6V388\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-02-03T10:13:26Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_05Unjr6V388\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F05Unjr6V388%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 3, 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\/05Unjr6V388\" 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%2F05Unjr6V388%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 3, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 3, 2021 40 Council of Europe Parliamentary Members Call for New Iran Policy On Thursday, February 4, the court in Belgium will announce its verdict about Iran\u2019s diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi who attempted to bomb the opposition rally in 2018 in France. A letter was written by 40 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe its President, the Hon. Rik Daems regarding this case. \u201cfor a review of policy toward Iran in all areas [and] serious and effective measures,\u201d reads the letter adding, \u201cany economic and trade relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran on the improvement of the human rights situation in Iran and an end to the regime\u2019s terrorism on European soil.\u201d Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 480 Cities Exceeds 210,100 Over 210,100 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 480 cities across Iran, according to People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 58,110 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cWhenever vaccination begins in Iran, we will definitely be in better circumstances\u2026 be it a foreign vaccine, which millions of doses of foreign vaccines will be imported, and then starting in the summer we will hopefully have domestic vaccines enter the market and people can use it,\u201d said regime President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday. \u201cEven if everything goes well, we will not have a domestic vaccine prior to mid-spring,\u201d said Health Minister Saied Namaki on Monday, according to state TV. Iran: Political Prisoner Under Continuous Pressure Political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz has been moved to the quarantine of the Central Prison of Karaj since more than two months ago. He is under pressure and restrictions there. He was relocated from ward 6 to the quarantine of the Central Prison of Karaj in late November, for chanting against the clerical regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the religious dictatorship. He was deprived of phone calls and visitations. After more than two months, he has just had an opportunity to call his family. He has been permitted to call his family only once a week and only in the presence of a prison guard. 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-february-2-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brie<\/strong><strong>f \u2013 February 2<\/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 Fox News Iranian resistance leader says regime &lsquo;at its weakest point,&rsquo; urges Biden to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":234372,"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-234362","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 v27.3 - 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