{"id":254172,"date":"2022-01-13T04:50:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T09:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=254172"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:33:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 13, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Former Official Warns That Society’s Tolerance Is Running Out<\/h3>\n

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Ezatollah Yousefian Mullah, a former member of the regime’s parliament warned: “It is not clear how they (the government) dare to announce that they now plan to change the ration of gasoline to 15 liters! You can bet that bad things will happen. This is like playing with fire. A fire whose flames may burn in other places that we do not even think about.”<\/p>\n

“In recent weeks, protests in Kazakhstan and violent clashes following rising fuel prices have been one of the most important news in the world,” he added. “This is especially important for us because it seems that there are similarities in different ways. Like the sudden increase in the price of gasoline in November 2019 and the events that followed, as well as the recent rumors about the elimination of the state preferred exchange rate and the increase of gas prices. In recent weeks, many sociology experts and political analysts have issued the necessary warnings and have written about the decline of the tolerance of the people and society. They emphasize that these people, given the inflation and the hardships of life, can not bear the pressure anymore.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Denmark Accuses Russia, China, Iran of Espionage Threat<\/h3>\n

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COPENHAGEN, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Denmark warned on Thursday of a rising espionage threat from Russia, China, Iran and others, including in the Arctic region where global powers are jostling for resources and sea routes.<\/p>\n

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service said there had been numerous examples of attempted spying on Denmark, whose active global role had helped make it a tempting target.<\/p>\n

“The threat from foreign intelligence activities against Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands has increased in recent years,” Anders Henriksen, head of counterintelligence at the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, said in a report.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Ex-officer Jailed for Syrian War Crimes After Landmark German Trial<\/h3>\n

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KOBLENZ, Germany, Jan 13 (Reuters) – A German court on Thursday jailed a Syrian ex-intelligence officer for life for murder, rape, and crimes against humanity, handing down the first-ever conviction for state-backed torture committed during Syria’s civil war after a landmark trial.<\/p>\n

Anwar Raslan was found guilty on 27 of out 58 counts of murder, rape and sexual assault carried out at a Damascus prison run by a unit of President Bashar al-Assad’s security services that he headed.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Raisi Administration Is Aiming At People’s Bread<\/h3>\n

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State officials state that the Raisi government’s decision to eliminate the preferred exchange rate next year (the new year on the Persian calendar begins on March 21), will increase the price of bread.<\/p>\n

According to the state-run Mehr news agency, Massoud Mirkazemi, head of the regime’s Program and Budget Organization announced on January 11: “If the preferred exchange rate is removed from bread, we will give people cards with which they buy bread at the current price, and the difference will be paid to the baker by the government.”<\/p>\n

But experts are projecting that people will practically receive coupons that enable them to only buy a certain amount of bread at the current price. In case they need to buy more, they have to pay much higher figures.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Pentagon Confirms Tehran Is Behind Hacking Organizations in US and Middle East<\/h3>\n

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A group of Iranian regime-backed hackers, called MuddyWater was accused by the United States military on Wednesday of targeting government and private enterprise networks in the Middle East as well as several organizations in the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a>, NGOs, telecom, and governmental organizations in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, and Israel were targeted by the group, also known as Static Kitten, MERCURY,\u00a0 TEMP.Zagros or Seedworm since 2017.<\/p>\n

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US Slams Iranian Regime for Prolonging War in Yemen<\/h3>\n
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