{"id":234605,"date":"2021-02-06T03:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T08:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234605"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:31:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:31:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-6-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-6-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 6, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_234617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234617\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234617 size-full\" title=\"Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-assadollah-assadi-diplomat-terrorist-06022021-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belgian court sentences the Iranian diplomat-terrorist to 20 years over a bomb plot. Assadollah Assadi supplied explosives for intended attack on Iranian opposition rally in France in 2018<\/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 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coronavirus Claims 211,500 Lives in 480 Cities in Iran<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234583\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iran-coronavirus-update-05022021-1-696x397.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 February 5, 2021, that the number of Coronavirus death toll in 480 cities had exceeded 211,500. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,956, Khorasan Razavi 14,225, Isfahan 13,485, Khuzestan 10,520, Mazandaran 8,757, Lorestan 8,588, East Azerbaijan 8,048, Fars 6,387, Alborz 5,388, Hamedan 4,993, Kerman 4,699, Kermanshah 4,344, Central Province 4,278, Kurdistan 3,652, and Semnan 3,155.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/coronavirus-claims-211500-lives-in-480-cities-in-iran\/\" 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 211,500 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 480 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\/URFRzcfG52\">https:\/\/t.co\/URFRzcfG52<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MIJ3IKBcoM\">pic.twitter.com\/MIJ3IKBcoM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1357813006713819136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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;\">Rep. Dan Crenshaw:\u00a0A European court affirming what we&#8217;ve known all along: Iran is a state sponsor of terror<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the Biden administration formulates its Iran policy it should realize the failures of past appeasements and the successes of pressure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A European court affirming what we&#39;ve known all along: Iran is a state sponsor of terror.<\/p>\n<p>As the Biden administration formulates its Iran policy it should realize the failures of past appeasements and the successes of pressure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cCb5aYXroV\">https:\/\/t.co\/cCb5aYXroV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDanCrenshaw\/status\/1357793019882266626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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;\">Sen. Rick Scott: Glad to see the Belgian Court hold this terrorist, an Iranian Diplomat, accountable for his despicable actions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s unthinkable that a nation would use its leaders to plot terror. Iran clearly can&#8217;t be trusted as an ally or to uphold ANY deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glad to see the Belgian Court hold this terrorist, an Iranian Diplomat, accountable for his despicable actions. It\u2019s unthinkable that a nation would use its leaders to plot terror. Iran clearly can&#39;t be trusted as an ally or to uphold ANY deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iuxQXrkuN2\">https:\/\/t.co\/iuxQXrkuN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRickScott\/status\/1357691668582068224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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;\">Don\u2019t negotiate with Iran \u2014 it tried to kill me in 2018<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-230399\" title=\"New-York-Post-30112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/New-York-Post-30112020.jpg\" alt=\"New-York-Post-30112020\" width=\"500\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Kelly Jane Torrance &#8211; There\u2019s nothing the Iranian regime won\u2019t stoop to as it tries to keep its ironfisted hold on power. It would even risk murdering thousands of innocents on Western soil if it could assassinate an opposition leader. I know because I was one of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Belgian court Thursday convicted an Iranian official of plotting to bomb a dissident rally outside Paris in June 2018. It hit Assadollah Assadi with the maximum sentence, 20 years, for attempted terrorist murder and working with a terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/04\/dont-negotiate-with-iran-it-tried-to-kill-me-in-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 100 Kurd activists summoned and detained in the past month<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234612\" title=\"Kurd-activists-arrested\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kurd-activists-arrested.jpg\" alt=\"Kurd-activists-arrested\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kurd-activists-arrested.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kurd-activists-arrested-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kurd-activists-arrested-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kurd-activists-arrested-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s intelligence and security forces have summoned and detained at least 100 Kurdish citizens in what appears to be an escalating crackdown Iran\u2019s Kurdish minority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since January 6, Iranian authorities have targeted scores of Kurdish people including activists, environmentalists, writers, university students, and ordinary individuals with no track record of activism. Nine of the detainees are women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The homes of the citizens were searched, and their personal belongings were confiscated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/05\/over-100-kurd-activists-summoned-and-detained-in-the-past-month\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mashhad, NE Iran: Locals protest the grabbing of their land by police<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feb. 5 &#8211; Shandiz, Mashhad, NE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals gathered today to protest the grabbing of their land by the police. <br \/>Voice says police initially &quot;borrowed&quot; their lands years ago but then built a fence around it and confiscated the whole thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wv7IoV0oZD\">pic.twitter.com\/wv7IoV0oZD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1357694564312764418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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;\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 4<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, February 4, Iranian citizens held at least five rallies in different provinces, protesting officials\u2019 failure to respect their inherent rights. Farmers, landowners, stockholders, women, and poultry farmers took part in the protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 4\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_s8JW79WG0WU\" 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%2Fs8JW79WG0WU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s8JW79WG0WU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-02-06T06:38:50Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_s8JW79WG0WU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fs8JW79WG0WU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 4<\/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\/s8JW79WG0WU\" 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%2Fs8JW79WG0WU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on February 4\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Thursday, February 4, Iranian citizens held at least five rallies in different provinces, protesting officials\u2019 failure to respect their inherent rights. Farmers, landowners, stockholders, women, and poultry farmers took part in the protests. In response to the peaceful protests, officials were either indifferent to the protesters\u2019 demands or called on oppressive forces to quell the protests. For instance, despite the ongoing protests of farmers and landowners, the government has yet to do anything to resolve these people\u2019s problems. On the other hand, in Hormozgan province, government-backed individuals called on the security forces to suppress protesters when local women raised their voices against the illegal confiscation of their lands. At the event, oppressive forces ruthlessly beat the defenseless women and did not show mercy even to older or pregnant women.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, February 6, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 6, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ZGHu_-OVG7g\" 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%2FZGHu_-OVG7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZGHu_-OVG7g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-02-06T11:26:01Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ZGHu_-OVG7g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZGHu_-OVG7g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 6, 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\/ZGHu_-OVG7g\" 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%2FZGHu_-OVG7g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 6, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 6, 2021 Coronavirus Claims 211,500 Lives in Iran Over 211,500 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 February 5. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 58,336 around a third of the actual figure. \u201cThe Covid-19 trend has been increasing in some cities. At least in the three provinces of Tehran, Yazd and Hormozgan this increase has been significant, and the rising number of orange cities is concerning,\u201d said the head of the Health Ministry\u2019s Care Center. \u201cWhat we were concerned about has happened. The number of new cases and people being hospitalized for Covid-19 has increased by 68 percent,\u201d said the chair of the Health Center in Khuzestan province of southwest Iran on Thursday, according to state TV. Iran: 6 Prisoners on Verge of Executions At least six 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. 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. Iran has the highest rate of executions per capita according to international surveys. In 2020, there were at least 236 executions officially reported in Iran. This includes two juvenile offenders, people who were under 18 at the time of their arrest. One execution was carried out in public. 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