{"id":254113,"date":"2022-01-12T02:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T07:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=254113"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:04:57","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Corona-Virus-00-8\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-243785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Corona-Virus-00-8.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 337,500.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Corona-Virus-00-8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Corona-Virus-00-8-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Corona-Virus-00-8-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Corona-Virus-00-8-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Corona-Virus-00-8-696x425.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Remarks at a Conference With Members of the French National Assembly<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min.jpg\" alt=\"Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-French-Parliament-1024x576-min-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the invitation of the French Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran (CPID), Maryam Rajavi participated in a conference with the French National Assembly members on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Ms. Mich\u00e8le de Vaucouleurs, the CPID chair, opened the meeting by welcoming Maryam Rajavi. Ms. De Vauchouleurs reviewed the five-year activities and achievements of the Committee for a Democratic Iran during a full National Assembly term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/remarks-at-a-conference-with-members-of-the-french-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The clerical regime cannot &amp;does not want to agree with the Iranian people or the world. Domestically, it is facing revolts. In the region, its influence is diminishing in Iraq &amp;Syria, &amp;it is facing strong protests in Lebanon. Their only instrument abroad is state terrorism <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LUk8hRgTU2\">pic.twitter.com\/LUk8hRgTU2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1481325246443573255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 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\">IRGC Resorts to Conventional Artilary Against Civilians<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_taER__H3NUQ\"><div id=\"lyte_taER__H3NUQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtaER__H3NUQ%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\/taER__H3NUQ\" 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%2FtaER__H3NUQ%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\">On Tuesday, according to local sources, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) deployed heavy Katyusha launchers and rocket-propelled grenades near the houses of the people in the villages of Shur, Southeastern Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The recent move is taking place 10 days after the youth and locals (from the Baluchi minority) have been fighting the IRGC forces in different areas of Zahedan. The IRGC clearly wants to intimidate the locals and crush their defiance.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Regime Executed Two Protestors of the November 2019 Uprising<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"execution-gallows2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-248796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/execution-gallows2.jpg\" alt=\"execution-gallows2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/execution-gallows2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/execution-gallows2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/execution-gallows2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/execution-gallows2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/execution-gallows2-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, the clerical regime announced it has already executed two people on charges of &#8220;setting fire to a gas station in Khorramabad&#8221; in November 2019, as well as killing two members of the regime&#8217;s security forces. The news was reported by the state media, quoting Mohammad Razmzohr, the head of the judiciary in Lorestan province, Western Iran. The identities of the executed, as well as the date of the execution, have not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran, Venezuela and Sudan Lose Un Voting Rights With 5 More<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-254164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min-696x374.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/washingtonpost-iran-loses-voting-right-un-min.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 Iran, Venezuela and Sudan are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations\u2019 operating budget and are among eight nations that will lose their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the U.N. chief said in a letter circulated Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also losing voting rights are Antigua and Barbuda, Republic of Congo, Guinea, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the letter to General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid.\u00a0The suspension takes effect immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/iran-venezuela-and-sudan-lose-un-voting-rights-with-5-more\/2022\/01\/12\/2bb7fb2a-73d6-11ec-a26d-1c21c16b1c93_story.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 4:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Regime&#8217;s Parliament Calls For Crackdown on Internet<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237553\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"social-media-apps-icons-1\" class=\"wp-image-237553 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"social-media-apps-icons\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-1-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-icons-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Icons of different apps in social media space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following an increase of the nation&#8217;s expression of disgust and hatred against the Supreme Leader as well as the regime&#8217;s president, Ebrahim Raisi on social media, 180 members of the parliament issued a statement today, calling on the government and the judiciary to &#8220;deal with internet uses&#8221; and not to wait for the so-called &#8220;internet protection plan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 4:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Security Forces Killed Young Buidybuilder in Southwestern Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"bodybuilding-champion-Kamran-Bazarkar\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-254160 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bodybuilding-champion-Kamran-Bazarkar-300x170.webp\" alt=\"bodybuilding-champion-Kamran-Bazarkar\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bodybuilding-champion-Kamran-Bazarkar-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bodybuilding-champion-Kamran-Bazarkar-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bodybuilding-champion-Kamran-Bazarkar.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Security forces shot a young athlete and bodybuilding champion named Kamran Bazarkar in the city of Yasuj.\u00a0According to local reports, the young athlete was shot by officers during a clash on the street in the Golestan neighborhood of the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kiqbad Mostafaei, head of the provincial police forces claimed: &#8220;Last night, January 11, following a mass brawl on the streets, officers were dispatched to the scene and one of those involved in the fight was shot and he died despite medical treatment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-weight: 700 !important\">UPDATE: 2:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">US Treasury $5 Million Settlement with Hong Kong-based Company for Violation of Sanctions Against Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"US-treasury-department-1\" class=\"wp-image-246660 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>The US Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a statement announcing its settlement with Sojitz (Hong Kong).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The statement reads: &#8220;Sojitz (Hong Kong) Limited (\u201cSojitz HK\u201d), a Hong Kong, China-based company that engages in offshore trading and cross-border trade financing, has agreed to pay $5,228,298 to settle its potential civil liability for apparent violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/126\/20220111_sojitz.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Us Senators Issue Scathing Remarks on Houthi Militia<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min.jpg\" alt=\"iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iran-houthis-yemen-arabnews-us-senators-min-696x387.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">DUBAI: US senators blasted Iran\u2019s backing of the Houthi militia on Wednesday in the wake of the group\u2019s military losses in Shabwa and Marib.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a statement to Al-Arabiya, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, labeled the Houthi militia as Iranian agents that destabilize the region, adding that it targets Saudi Arabia and its civilians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAs long as the Houthis remain a proxy force for the Iranians, we will face a problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2002716\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Hasty adoption of Raisi\u2019s budget plan and its consequences<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament.jpg\" alt=\"ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament\" width=\"899\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament.jpg 899w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ebrahim-raisi-iran-parliament-696x360.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Sunday, January 9, the Iranian regime\u2019s Majlis (parliament) hastily approved the government\u2019s general budget for 2022-2023 with 174 votes in favor and 76 against. Meanwhile, many of the regime\u2019s experts warn about the severe economic consequences of this budget, mainly the regime\u2019s decision to remove the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/economic-consequences-of-eliminating-the-official-exchange-rate-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">official exchange<\/a>\u00a0rate of 42,000 rials to a dollar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime\u2019s president, Ebrahim Raisi, addressed the parliament on Sunday, defending his government\u2019s budget. As usual, Raisi denied the country\u2019s current economic crunch, caused by systematic corruption, mismanagement, and ineptitude.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-what-are-the-consequences-of-parliaments-hasty-approval-raisis-budget\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Argentina Protests Iranian Suspect at Nicaragua Event<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min.jpg\" alt=\"CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CTinsider-argentina-mohsen-rezaei-min-696x434.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) \u2014 The presence of a senior Iranian official at the investiture of Nicaragua\u2019s president has angered Argentina, which alleges the official was involved in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Argentina\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the appearance of Mohsen Rezaei, the Iranian vice president for economic affairs, at the Nicaraguan ceremony on Monday was \u201can affront to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorist attack\u2033 in the Argentine capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/news\/article\/Argentina-protests-Iranian-suspect-at-Nicaragua-16767582.php\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Flight PS752: The Lives and Hopes That Perished<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1.jpg\" alt=\"kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kids-justice-ps752-1-750x350-1-696x325.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Two years have passed since Tehran\u2019s heartless and brutal regime stunned the world, yet another time.\u00a0Everything seemed to be ready for Flight PS752 to depart from Tehran to Kyiv, Ukraine, in the early morning of January 8, 2020. In the plane, behind the cockpit was a cabin filled with 167 passengers. A large number of them headed to Canada via Ukraine: 55 citizens of this country, 30 permanent residents, and 53 more returning for studies and other reasons. Many had spent the Christmas holiday in Iran, visiting relatives, getting married, attending memorial services, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/flight-ps752-the-lives-and-hopes-that-perished\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Former Iranian Regime Official States the Flight PS752 Was Shot Down to Prevent War With the U.S.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranian security forces shot down Ukrainian airliner on purpose&mdash;Iran news\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_u6jUzLaNyjg\" 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%2Fu6jUzLaNyjg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u6jUzLaNyjg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-10T14:15:09Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_u6jUzLaNyjg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fu6jUzLaNyjg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranian security forces shot down Ukrainian airliner on purpose\u2014Iran news<\/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\/u6jUzLaNyjg\" 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%2Fu6jUzLaNyjg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian security forces shot down Ukrainian airliner on purpose&mdash;Iran news\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In an interview with state media, two family members of the victims of PS752, the Ukrainian airliner shot down by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in January 2020, explained that the regime might have shot down the passenger plane on purpose to prevent a conflict with the U.S. Mohsen Asadi-Lari: However, we have reached the conclusion that they downed the plane as a human shield. Let me be frank, because the word is out, and we have said it time and again. They may have wanted to hit it and blame the U.S. They had carried out similar measures in the past. Interviewer: What is their defense against this theory? Zahra Majd: What defense?! They\u2019re saying this themselves. Interviewer: What are they saying? They\u2019re saying if this plane wasn\u2019t downed, there would\u2019ve been a difficult war the next day. The U.S. would\u2019ve attacked, and the lives of ten million people would\u2019ve been in danger. *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A former Iranian regime official and his wife have spoken out about<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/new-information-shed-more-lights-on-the-role-of-irans-senior-officials-irgc-in-downing-ukrainian-airliner\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Flight PS752<\/a>\u00a0that was shot down by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC<\/a>) in January 2020, claiming that it was targeted by missiles in order to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ukrainian-flight-downed-to-create-a-human-shield-ex-iran-regime-official-says\/\" rel=\"noopener\">create a human shield\u00a0<\/a>against a presumed attack by the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mohammad-Hossein and Zeinab, the children of Mohsen Asadi-Iari, a former Minister in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and his wife Zahra Majd, were among the 176 passengers who were killed on the Ukraine International Airlines flight shortly after take-off from Tehran, headed towards the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/01\/former-iranian-regime-official-states-the-flight-ps752-was-shot-down-to-prevent-war-with-the-u-s\/31382\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Urgent Calls Made to Human Rights Organizations To Protect the Lives of Iranian Political Prisoners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-human-rights\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Iran-human-rights.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-human-rights\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Iran-human-rights.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Iran-human-rights-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Iran-human-rights-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Iran-human-rights-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Iran-human-rights-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following two years of torture in prison, political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei has been sentenced to death by the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary. Vafaei, aged 26, a boxing champion from Mashhad, was arrested in March 2020 on the charges of supporting the Iranian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/political-prisoners-facing-new-false-charges-while-student-activist-is-recalled-to-prison\/\">opposition<\/a>\u00a0group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), corruption, and \u2018inciting and destroying certain places\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/urgent-calls-made-to-human-rights-organizations-to-protect-the-lives-of-iranian-political-prisoners\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Aliyeh Motallebzadeh Is Exiled to Qarchak Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women.jpg\" alt=\"Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aliyeh-Motallebzadeh-Iran-women-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the orders of Tehran\u2019s Prosecutor, the authorities of Evin Prison sent Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, to exile in Qarchak Prison on Monday, January 10, 2022.\u00a0An informed source said after the announcement of this news, all the phones in the women\u2019s ward of Evin were disconnected Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/01\/10\/aliyeh-motallebzadeh-is-exiled-to-qarchak-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: COVID-19 Fatalities Surpass 496,800<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-496800-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">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> announced on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, that the COVID-19 fatalities in 547 cities have surpassed 496,800. In Tehran, the number of victims has reached 116,080, Khorasan Razavi 40,035, Gilan 17,235, Lorestan 16,430, Kerman 13,402, Kermanshah 9,299, Yazd 8,223, Qazvin 5,834, and Zanjan 4,775.<\/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-fatalities-surpass-496800\/\" 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-11-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 11<\/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\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246866 td-animation-stack-type1-2 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\" 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: 9:30 PM CET Maryam Rajavi&rsquo;s Remarks at a Conference With Members of the French National Assembly At the invitation of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":243785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-254113","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 - 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