{"id":254620,"date":"2022-01-21T06:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=254620"},"modified":"2023-01-31T07:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T06:04:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-21-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-21-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 21, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 10:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in United Arab Emirates<\/h3>\n

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The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attacks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, 17 January, as well as in other sites in Saudi Arabia. The attacks, which were committed and claimed by the Houthis, resulted in three civilian deaths and six other civilians injured.<\/p>\n

The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims of the Houthi attacks and to the Governments of India and Pakistan, and they wished a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.<\/p>\n

The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Young Clerics Are Turning Their Back to The Seminary, Official Admits<\/h3>\n

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According to the state-run website Dideban, Mohammad Alamzadeh Nouri, faculty member and an official at the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture said: “In the past, new recruits for the seminary have been low already and these years, it has decreased due to various factors. Every year more than one million young people go to university, but only four to five thousand people enter the seminary. It is very unfair. We also have a high number of dropouts among the students. But the most heartbreaking issue remains usually unseen, and that is the hidden fallout of the constituency. Some people are clerics, but they become animal rights advocates, and some turn into bowling and billiards club managers.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Some students are secretly dropping out, and they are only clerics on paper. They do not really deal with the seminary missions, they’re just numbers and stats… We have all kinds of hidden leaks, for example, a student who eventually becomes an employee and works as a clerk for the Secretariat of the Management Center.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Iranian Teachers Stage Protests<\/h3>\n

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The Australian Education Union, a member of Education International, expresses the strongest solidarity with the huge teacher strikes and protest rallies in Iran last Thursday, January 13, in\u00a075 cities in 29 Provinces in Iran. These protests were called at three days\u2019 notice and mobilised over 30,000 teachers.<\/p>\n

We join with teachers and other trade unions to condemn the Iranian regime for violations of teachers’ rights to secure employment, to be paid properly and on time, to their proper retirement pay, and to respect seniority in their promotions. We especially call for the release from detention of all teacher leaders who have been arrested including the 20 who were arrested last Thursday and over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Treasury Sanctions International Hizballah Network<\/h3>\n
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WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Hizballah-affiliated financial facilitator Adnan Ayad, as well as members of an international network of facilitators and companies connected to him and to Adel Diab, Adnan Ayad\u2019s business partner and fellow Hizballah financier who was designated by OFAC on\u00a0January 18, 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The United States designated Hizballah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on October 8, 1997, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on October 31, 2001. The sanctions evasion efforts of those designated today demonstrate how Hizballah gains access to the international financial system and raises funds in support of its acts of terrorism and other illicit activities. These actions undermine the stability, security, and sovereignty of the Lebanese people. Hizballah-linked financial facilitators like Adnan Ayad and Adel Diab have helped Hizballah obtain funds through networks of companies that operate under the guise of legitimate business enterprises. The designation of the Hizballah financing network described below further demonstrates Treasury\u2019s ongoing efforts to target Hizballah\u2019s attempts to exploit the global financial sector and evade sanctions.<\/p>\n

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Call for Justice in Iran Continues to Echo in Stockholm<\/h3>\n

Iranians, supporters of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MEK\/PMOI), and relatives of martyred political prisoners in Iran, gathered in front of the Swedish Parliament to call for the trial of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the president Ebrahim Raeisi and chief justice Gholam Hosseini Ejei for genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

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