{"id":234967,"date":"2021-02-14T04:54:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T09:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234967"},"modified":"2023-03-04T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T15:09:00","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-14-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-14-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 14, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-live-condition-14022021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-live-condition-14022021.jpg\" alt=\"iran-live-condition-14022021\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-live-condition-14022021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-live-condition-14022021-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-live-condition-14022021-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-live-condition-14022021-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iran-live-condition-14022021-696x471.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><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Widespread protests by pensioners in several cities<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Protest-by-pentioners\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-by-pentioners\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Protest-by-pentioners.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>On Sunday, pensioners and welfare recipients held protest rallies in several cities to reiterate their demands from the regime. In the past years, the pensioners have been regularly protesting low wages and the government\u2019s refusal to adjust their pensions based on the devaluation of the rial and the rising inflation rate.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-pensioners-tehran-ahvaz-shiraz-kermanshah-20210214\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 14 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Pensioners and retirees are protesting outside the regime&#39;s Majlis (parliament) and demanding their delayed pensions.<\/p>\n<p>Similar rallies are reported from many other cities.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5QRb8po6QR\">pic.twitter.com\/5QRb8po6QR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1360882201848516608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hail to the deprived retirees of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> who have once again risen up, vowing not to relent until their demands are met. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1360969086742765568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">The retirees held protests in Tehran, Karaj, Neyshabur, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Ilam, Khorramabad, Yazd, Isfahan, Qazvin, Arak, Ardabil, Shush, Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Tabriz, Mashhad, Kerman, Bojnourd, Hamadan, Zanjan and Dezful. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1360969088105873408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So long as the clerical regime is in power, poverty, inflation, unemployment and fraud will continue. I call on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s youth to support the nationwide movement of the retirees. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1360969091452989443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Christian convert starts hunger strike protesting continued rights violation<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ebrahim-Firoozi\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ebrahim-Firoozi.jpg\" alt=\"Ebrahim-Firoozi\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ebrahim-Firoozi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ebrahim-Firoozi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ebrahim-Firoozi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ebrahim-Firoozi-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi has gone on hunger strike since Feb. 13, demanding a \u2018complete acquittal\u2019 of what he calls the \u2018false allegations\u2019 made by the Ministry of Intelligence against him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He had previously announced that he would go on a hunger strike to protest continued confiscation of his mobile phone and laptop by the Ministry of Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 34-year-old Christian convert, who has already spent 15 months in exile was arrested and taken to Chabahar Prison on February 8, after being summoned to answer new charges of \u201cpropaganda against the Islamic Republic in favour of hostile groups\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/iranian-christian-convert-ebrahim-firoozi-starts-hunger-strike\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran appeals court sentenced Kurdish civil society activist to 5 years<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"zahra-Mohammadi-7-min\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zahra-Mohammadi-7-min.jpg\" alt=\"zahra-Mohammadi-7-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zahra-Mohammadi-7-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zahra-Mohammadi-7-min-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zahra-Mohammadi-7-min-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zahra-Mohammadi-7-min-696x399.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An appeals court has sentenced Kurdish civil society activist Zahra Mohammadi, to five years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The appeals court was held in October 2020 presided over by Mostafa Tayari, and the verdict has been officially notified to her in recent days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Zahra Mohmmmadi is the director of the Nojin Cultural Association, whose activities include teaching the Kurdish language and literature and other civil society activities. She has been teaching Kurdish voluntarily in the villages of Sanandaj for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/iran-appeals-court-sentenced-kurdish-civil-society-activist-to-5-years\/\" 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\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 480 Cities Exceeds 215,200<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Coronavirus-death-toll-Feb-13-696x396.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, February 13, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 480 cities had exceeded 215,200. The number of victims in Tehran is 51,601, Isfahan 13,785, Khuzestan 10,785, Qom 8,220, West Azerbaijan 7,963, Gilan 7,681, Fars 6,472, Alborz 5,453, Hamedan 5,098, Kerman 4,779, Kermanshah 4,414, Yazd 3,957, Semnan 3,245, Ardabil 2,672, and Hormozgan 2,315.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-480-cities-exceeds-215200\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">MEPs call for Iran prisoner, Saeid Sangar, to be freed<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed.jpg\" alt=\"meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed\" width=\"806\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meps-call-for-iran-prisoner-saeid-sangar-to-be-freed-696x485.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The National: MEPs call for Iran prisoner to be freed<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Two dozen MEPs have written to the EU&#8217;s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urging him to demand the immediate release of a political prisoner held in Iran for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Saeid Sangar, 47, was arrested in 2000 and jailed after being convicted of waging war against God.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Modern Diplomacy: Europe Must Confront Iranian Regime\u2019s Terrorism<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021.jpg\" alt=\"modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021\" width=\"804\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021-768x189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021-150x37.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/modern-diplomacy-Iran-EU-terrorism-14022021-696x171.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After a two-and-a-half-year investigation, on 4thFebruary 2021, a Belgian court sentenced four culprits for attempting to bomb a large gathering of tens of thousands, including politicians and dignitaries, at a global summit organized by the Iranian opposition \u2013 the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) \u2013 in Villipinte, France in June 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The perpetrators who attempted to attack the global summit included Assadollah Assadi, a senior accredited Iranian diplomat, who received the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on attempted murder and terrorism charges \u2013 and his three accomplices who were imprisoned for 15,17, and 18 years, respectively. This was the first time that an Iranian diplomat was convicted in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/moderndiplomacy.eu\/2021\/02\/13\/europe-must-confront-iranian-regimes-terrorism\/\" 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\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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-13-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brie<\/strong><strong>f \u2013 February 13<\/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: 6:30 PM CET Iran: Widespread protests by pensioners in several cities On Sunday, pensioners and welfare recipients [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":234972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[130,141,197,198,287,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-234967","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-protests","9":"tag-human-rights","10":"tag-mek-iran","11":"tag-ncri","12":"tag-iran-terrorism","13":"tag-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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