{"id":254843,"date":"2022-01-26T02:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=254843"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:32:05","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-26-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-26-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 26, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Facebook Suspends Page Affiliated to Iranian Regime’s Spanish Language TV<\/h3>\n

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On Wednesday, January 26, the Iranian regime’s Spanish-language television channel reported that Facebook has permanently closed its page.<\/p>\n

Last October, Facebook announced that it was temporarily suspending the regime’s HispanTV page for violating ethical laws and barring it from publishing any content. But on Wednesday, the account was suspended forever.<\/p>\n

Last December, Facebook announced that it had closed eight Facebook as well as 126 Instagram accounts affiliated with the cyber unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.<\/p>\n

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EU Warns About Iranian Regime’s Nuclear and Missile Ambitions<\/h3>\n

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In his opening remarks at the UN International Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday, January 25, the spokesman of the European Union said: “The EU expresses its deep concern about Iran’s continued actions in breach of the JCPOA and the dire consequences that in some cases are irreversible and are preventing nuclear proliferation. We urge Iran to suspend these actions without further delay.”<\/p>\n

The EU spokesman added: “We are also deeply concerned about the activities regarding Iran’s ballistic missiles and urge them to refrain from activities that are contrary to UN Security Council Resolution 2231. The EU also wants to refrain Iran from any activities related to ballistic missiles that are designed for carrying nuclear weapons. We also urge Iran not to send any missiles, missile parts, or missile technology to the militants in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.”<\/p>\n

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

Infectious Disease Specialist: Soon We Will Have an Upsurge of Omicron Contracting<\/h3>\n

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According to the state’s news agency Mehr, infectious disease specialist Shervin Shokouhi acknowledged the spread of the Omicron variant in Iran and said: “The number of people contracting the Covid-19 virus has definitely been multiplied. Because the current statistics only apply to people who have tested positive. In the next one or two weeks, we will face an explosion in cases of hospitalization, and beginning in February, we will have some bad days and months ahead.”<\/p>\n

It is worth mentioning that despite warnings from many health experts, the clerical regime has announced it aims for systemic mobilization to gather large crowds for the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

IRGC Shoots At Poor Freight Carriers in West Iran<\/h3>\n

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On Tuesday, January 25, the IRGC border guards in Kermanshah Province, west Iran, started shooting at a group of poor freight carriers, called ‘kulbar’ without prior warning.\u00a0 Consequently, Milad Rostami, a 26-year-old, son of Hussein from the village of Heshmar in Thalas Babajani County was severely wounded in the abdomen and was taken to Paveh Hospital by the locals.<\/p>\n

Victims of the Iranian regime\u2019s corruption, unemployment, and systemic discrimination, \u2018kulbars\u2019 are porters who haul goods on their back across the borders of Iran over long distances to be able to feed their families.<\/p>\n

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Protests in Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday<\/h3>\n

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