{"id":253974,"date":"2022-01-08T03:15:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T08:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=253974"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T13:25:36","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_253966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253966\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253966\" title=\"mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg\" alt=\"mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5\" width=\"718\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karaj \u2013 The Resistance units torch Qassem Soleimani\u2019s poster \u2013 January 6, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former MP Says Soleimani&#8217;s Death Was Elimination of Decades-Long of Regime&#8217;s Investments<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254008\" title=\"Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hossein-Marashi-a-former-member-of-the-regimes-parliament.jpg-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During an interview with the state-affiliated Jamaran News website, Hossein Marashi, a former member of the regime&#8217;s parliament said: &#8220;In the last meeting we had with Qassem Soleimani, he said things that I still do not consider politically permissible to quote&#8230; Soleimani&#8217;s assassination meant burning decades of our capital. Some of our allies in Syria welcomed Soleimani&#8217;s death; they might have asked Trump for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Families of Victims of Downed Plane Demand Justice<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253997\" title=\"ukranian_airline_victims_family\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ukranian_airline_victims_family.jpg\" alt=\"ukranian_airline_victims_family\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ukranian_airline_victims_family.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ukranian_airline_victims_family-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ukranian_airline_victims_family-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ukranian_airline_victims_family-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ukranian_airline_victims_family-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The families of passengers on the Ukrainian flight PS752, shot down by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) two years ago, gathered at Tehran\u2019s Airport and the crash site on Saturday demanding justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They held pictures of their loved ones and chanted \u201cTruth, Justice\u201d. \u201cJustice is not negotiable! We stand firm to bring to justice the criminals in an impartial court.\u201d They said their campaign for justice will continue until the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and IRGC commanders are held to account. A father, who said he had lost four children, insisted that he will not rest until the criminals responsible are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of the downed Ukraine flight who have been persistently seeking justice for two years. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PS752Justice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PS752Justice<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PS752?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PS752<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ltKzYtbFg\">pic.twitter.com\/7ltKzYtbFg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1479808590198284293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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 Navy Port Emerges as Key to Alleged Weapons Smuggling to Yemen, U.N. Report Says<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254005\" title=\"wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min.jpg\" alt=\"wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wsj-iran-navy-smuggling-weapons-yemen-min-696x406.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of rocket launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles, and other weapons seized in the Arabian Sea by the U.S. Navy in recent months likely originated from a single port in Iran, according to a confidential United Nations report that provides some of the most detailed evidence that Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The draft report prepared by a U.N. Security Council panel of experts on Yemen said small wooden boats and overland transport were used in attempts to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China, and Iran along routes to Yemen that the U.S. military has tried for years to shut down. The boats left from the Iranian port of Jask on the Sea of Oman, the U.N. report said, citing interviews with the boat\u2019s Yemeni crews and data from navigational instruments found on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-navy-port-emerges-as-key-to-alleged-weapons-smuggling-to-yemen-u-n-report-says-11641651941\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public Support for Defiant Kurdish Activist Who Goes to Prison<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_7Y_UZhpqlWc\"><div id=\"lyte_7Y_UZhpqlWc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F7Y_UZhpqlWc%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\/7Y_UZhpqlWc\" 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%2F7Y_UZhpqlWc%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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the people of Sanandaj gathered in front of the regime&#8217;s Supreme Court in the city to support a Kurdish dissident who was going to jail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher was sent to Sanandaj prison today, to spend 5 years behind bars for promoting the Kurdish language and culture in Iran. Her activities were designated by the regime&#8217;s judiciary as &#8220;forming a group against national security&#8221;. Ms. Mohammadi was cheered by an enthusiastic crowd of people from Sanandaj on her way to prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to the crowd, Zahra Mohammadi said: &#8220;I did not expect such warmth and keenness and this gives me more support. Rest assured that my presence in prison shows the enemy&#8217;s desperate state that is relying on things like a prison.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of Lives Shattered Due to Floods in Southern Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253998\" title=\"floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min.jpg\" alt=\"floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/floods-iran-hajiabad-08012022-min-696x400.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the state-run news agency Entekhab, one week after the floods, many villages and suburban areas are still underwater and thousands of houses have been severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, more than 13,000 families are struggling with the consequences of the floods. The latest statistics suggest that damages to the roads of 13 counties amount to 800 billion tomans (equal to $28,268,550).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to initial estimates from sources in Fars province, recent rains have caused more than 1,300 billion tomans (equal to $45,936,000) in damages to infrastructure and housing units, and about 2,000 urban and rural housing units have been partly or completely destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Hormozgan province, the floods have seriously damaged 2,700 hectares of farmlands in Shamil and Takht. Agriculture in some areas has been 100% destroyed, which can lead to a two-year delay in harvest. Haji Khademi village of Minab in Hormozgan province is still underwater and many houses are in the mud, which has provoked anger and protests from the locals.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Protests on Saturday<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In different provinces and cities across Iran, people took to the streets to protest against state officials who have deprived them of fair pay and deteriorated their living conditions by continuing their fraudulent policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 8 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>State bus line drivers rallying and protesting low\/unfair paychecks and other demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M2FJWHOeNw\">pic.twitter.com\/M2FJWHOeNw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1479739658208747524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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\">January 8 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Justice Department employees rallying for better pay and answers to their long-raised demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVIBfHGpbD\">pic.twitter.com\/cVIBfHGpbD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1479747203400933382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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\">January 8 &#8211; Kermanshah, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Court employees rallying and seeking answers to their long-raised demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vJRY9znRJk\">pic.twitter.com\/vJRY9znRJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1479732103398887425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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\">January 8 &#8211; Shahrekord, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Justice Department employees rallying for better pay and answers to their long-raised demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tLhyT4JIPY\">pic.twitter.com\/tLhyT4JIPY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1479766077487796225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/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;\">State-affiliated Expert Warns About the State of Misery in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-248922\" title=\"mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min.jpg\" alt=\"mohammad reza mahboubfar-iran-health expert-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mohammad-reza-mahboubfar-iran-health-expert-min-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Discussing poverty and unbridled misery under the clerical regime, Mohammad Reza Mahboubfar, a state-affiliated health expert acknowledged that &#8220;widespread poverty&#8221; has been &#8220;unprecedented in the last 100 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to the state-run website Eqtesade Pouya, he said: &#8220;These days, sanctions, mismanagement, systematic and unbridled corruption in the country have increased the number of people with housing problems in the suburbs of the cities to 40 million. Sleeping in graves, busses, subways, creeks, and boxes are new phenomena in the country, that have spread from the capital to all parts of the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since \u201cbuss sleeping\u201d was made public in Tehran, city officials have only tried to stop this phenomenon by arresting homeless people to prevent them to use buses and subways for resting overnight. Instead, people are now sleeping on the streets,&#8221; the health expert added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Warning state officials of the consequences, Mahboubfar added: \u201cThe level of misery in the country has led to grave-sleeping, bus-sleeping, buying medicine on installments, and selling babies. It is necessary to act before it is too late. Otherwise, the situation will get worse and the people&#8217;s patience will run out, and it is not clear where the country will head to.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8221; Tehran&#8217;s Friday Prayer Leader Expresses Feare of MEK and Uprisings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-251137\" title=\"kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min.jpg\" alt=\"kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min\" width=\"652\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kazem-sedighi-friday-prayers-iran-min-696x470.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Tehran&#8217;s Friday Prayer Sermon, Kazem Sedighi expressed fear of people&#8217;s uprising and the leading role of the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;In the MEK seditions [uprisings], in 2009 sedition, our duty was to maintain the principle of Supreme Leader. The [protesters] insulted [Ruhollah] Khomeini&#8217;s pictures. They targeted the Supreme Leader,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;In unrests caused by grouplets, like the MEK seditions, and 2009 [uprising], while people righteously have concerns and demands, and [protest] mismanagement, we should not forget to defend the Supreme Leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/01\/canadian-court-holds-iranian-regime-accountable-for-the-deaths-of-canadian-civilians-in-airstrike\/31334\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Three Women Political Prisoners Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Supporting MEK<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-prison-beating-prisoners-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-prison-beating-prisoners-min.jpg\" alt=\"iran-prison-beating-prisoners-min\" width=\"650\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, January 6, 2009, Branch 26 of Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Court sentenced three women to a total of 12 years in prison on the charges of \u201cpropaganda activities against the regime\u201d and \u201cconspiracy to act against national security by cooperating with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\">Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)<\/a>\u00a0organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-women\/iran-three-women-political-prisoners-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-supporting-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Torching Soleimani\u2019s Banners in Different Cities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-4.jpg\" alt=\"mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-4\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/>Following the torching of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>\u2018s statue in Shahrekord by the Resistance Units hours after it was unveiled, in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 7, the Resistance Units in Tehran and other cities set on fire large banners of Qassem Soleimani and Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-torching-soleimanis-banners-in-different-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 495,800<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-495800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-495800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-495800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"650\" height=\"371\" \/>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0(PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, January 7, 2022, that the COVID-19 fatalities in 547 cities across Iran have passed 495,800. In Tehran, the death toll has passed 115,880, Khorasan Razavi 39,970, Isfahan 34,355, West Azerbaijan 18,703, Mazandaran 17,995, Sistan and Baluchestan 13,675, Qom 13,335, Ardabil 6,305, Qazvin 5,819, Zanjan 4,760, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 3,840.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-495800\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-7-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 7<\/strong><strong>, 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/2077cfe36d0d\/mvlhuta4du\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246866 td-animation-stack-type1-2\" 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png 250w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1-150x50.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET Former MP Says Soleimani&rsquo;s Death Was Elimination of Decades-Long of Regime&rsquo;s Investments During an interview with the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":253966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-253974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Follow latest news on Iran on the NCRI&#039;s Iran News in Brief. This page will be updated with the latest news.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Follow latest news on Iran on the NCRI&#039;s Iran News in Brief. This page will be updated with the latest news.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-08T08:15:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-09T13:25:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\"},\"headline\":\"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-08T08:15:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-09T13:25:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1260,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran News Now\",\"Iran News in Brief-Articles and Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-08T08:15:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-09T13:25:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"Follow latest news on Iran on the NCRI's Iran News in Brief. This page will be updated with the latest news.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg\",\"width\":718,\"height\":404,\"caption\":\"Karaj \u2013 The Resistance units torch Qassem Soleimani\u2019s poster \u2013 January 6, 2022\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\",\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hamideh Taati\"},\"description\":\"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/hamideh-taati\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022 - NCRI","description":"Follow latest news on Iran on the NCRI's Iran News in Brief. This page will be updated with the latest news.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022 - NCRI","og_description":"Follow latest news on Iran on the NCRI's Iran News in Brief. This page will be updated with the latest news.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2022-01-08T08:15:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-09T13:25:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":718,"height":404,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hamideh Taati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hamideh Taati","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/"},"author":{"name":"Hamideh Taati","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8"},"headline":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022","datePublished":"2022-01-08T08:15:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-09T13:25:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/"},"wordCount":1260,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg","keywords":["Iran News"],"articleSection":["Iran News Now","Iran News in Brief-Articles and Videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/","name":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-08T08:15:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-09T13:25:36+00:00","description":"Follow latest news on Iran on the NCRI's Iran News in Brief. This page will be updated with the latest news.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mek-resistance-unit-torching-soleimani-5.jpg","width":718,"height":404,"caption":"Karaj \u2013 The Resistance units torch Qassem Soleimani\u2019s poster \u2013 January 6, 2022"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2022\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2022"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8","name":"Hamideh Taati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hamideh Taati"},"description":"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/hamideh-taati\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}