{"id":254376,"date":"2022-01-16T04:50:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=254376"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:32:49","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 16, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 5:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haj Yusuf AKA \u201cAbu Fatemeh\u201d Replaces Diseased Quds Force Commander in Yemen<\/h3>\n

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“The Iranian regime has appointed a Revolutionary Guards commander to run the Houthi militia and to replace its former representative, Hassan Irloo, who was recently killed,” credible sources in Sanaa told the Saudi Okaz newspaper.<\/p>\n

The sources revealed that Tehran had handed over the military position as well as the supervision of ballistic missiles, drones, and IEDs to Haj Yusuf known as Abu Fatima.<\/p>\n

Abu Fatima, whose real name has not yet been disclosed by the militias, is tasked with managing the political and economic landscape of Yemen, overseeing government institutions, and making organizational decisions.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of Villages in Central, East, and Western Iran Trapped by Floods and Snowfall<\/h3>\n

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Following severe floods in Lorestan province, electricity was cut off in 300 villages and the roads of 260 villages were blocked by rockfall as well as high water.<\/p>\n

According to state news agencies, a severe storm that started on Saturday, January 15, led to the closure of many offices in Fahraj City as well as schools in some areas on Sunday. Upon warning of floods and heavy rains, many schools in Kerman, Jiroft, Anbarabad, Kahnooj, Faryab, Manojan, Qale-e Ganj, and Rudbar-e-Junub closed on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Heavy snowfall in Sepidan, Fars province, reached a height of 170 cm, disrupting traffic on the roads.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Natanz Tunnel Complex: Deeper, Larger than Expected<\/h3>\n

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The new Natanz underground complex, located in the mountainous area south of the main uranium enrichment site, will feature halls more deeply buried than the Fordow uranium enrichment site, itself deeply buried. Both are significantly deeper underground than the buried centrifuge halls at the main Natanz site, each only eight meters below ground.<\/p>\n

Given the size of the mountain, the new underground complex also has the potential to be much larger in floor space than the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC), an aboveground facility at the main Natanz site destroyed in July 2020 and slated for replacement in the new underground facility. The potential size of the underground complex raises questions about what capabilities this new tunnel complex will provide in addition to a new advanced centrifuge assembly plant. A Western intelligence official recently stated that there is strong reason to believe that an enrichment plant is being built at the Natanz underground site, and reiterated the claim in a follow-up conversation. The Institute was not able to independently confirm this, but a small, advanced centrifuge enrichment plant is certainly the most worrisome possibility.<\/p>\n

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Sunday Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n

Today, a large number of retired personal and social security pensioners held rallies in Tehran, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Rasht, and Alborz province to protest against the poor living conditions, the low wages and pensions, as well as the negligence of the state officials and their failure to address their complaints.<\/p>\n

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