{"id":255287,"date":"2022-02-05T03:32:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T08:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=255287"},"modified":"2023-01-31T08:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T07:54:58","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 5, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_243946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243946\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-30\" class=\"size-full wp-image-243946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-coronavirus-30.jpg\" alt=\"The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Wednesday, July 28, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities exceeds 340,300.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-coronavirus-30.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-coronavirus-30-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-coronavirus-30-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-coronavirus-30-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-coronavirus-30-696x426.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Wednesday, July 28, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities exceeds 340,300.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Regime Turned the Site of 2019 Peaceful Protest Into War Zone, Tribunal Hears<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"national-news-logo\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255317 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-news-logo.jpg\" alt=\"national-news-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-news-logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-news-logo-150x49.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 cPKviz body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The site of a peaceful protest against high petrol prices in Iran turned into a war zone when security forces fired on demonstrators who blocked the roads with their abandoned cars, an ambulance driver told a tribunal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 cPKviz body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The man, who gave evidence via video link with his face covered, told a hearing in central London that motorists had turned off their engines and were standing on street corners when they were shot down in November 2019 by armed militia and Revolutionary Guard officers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/uk-news\/2022\/02\/04\/iranian-regime-turned-the-site-of-2019-peaceful-protest-into-war-zone-tribunal-hears\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Grossi Reiterated IAEA&#8217;s Concerns Over Particles, Unanswered Questions, and Access to Surveillance Footage in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grossi-1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-249597 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grossi-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Grossi-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grossi-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grossi-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grossi-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grossi-1-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grossi-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Al-Arabiya on Saturday, February 5, that without Tehran&#8217;s compliance with its nuclear commitments and full cooperation of all parties at the Vienna talks, there will be no agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The most important question at this stage is whether a return to the 2015 nuclear deal is possible,&#8221; Grossi said. He also repeated the IAEA concern about nuclear particles on undisclosed sites in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Grossi called on the Iranian regime to cooperate with the IAEA, to respond to questions and ambiguities, and to provide IAEA experts with access to surveillance cameras at nuclear sites.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Court Orders for 100% Verification of 82 Forty-foot Containers With Imported Cargo Declared as Imported Tea<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kenya-revenue-authority-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255299 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kenya-revenue-authority-logo-300x75.png\" alt=\"kenya-revenue-authority-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kenya-revenue-authority-logo-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kenya-revenue-authority-logo-150x37.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kenya-revenue-authority-logo.png 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The High Court has ordered the 100% verification of imported cargo declared as imported black tea and currently detained by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) at a Container Freight Station (CFS) in Mombasa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The applicant, Cup of Joe Limited, imported 82 forty-foot containers with black tea from Iran and Vietnam. The same arrived in four batches between 13th April 2021 and 13th June 2021. The applicant alleges that the tea was for purposes of blending and eventual re-export to the overseas market. The applicant argued that the company obtained all the necessary permits to import the teas and asked the court to quash KRA\u2019s decision and order for the release of the tea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In its response filed in court, KRA argues that it was advised by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation vide a letter dated 28th December 2021\u00a0 not to release the teas in question as the same is subject to criminal investigation for various offenses including financing of terrorism, irregular importation, concealment, and misdeclaration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kra.go.ke\/en\/media-center\/press-release\/1605-court-orders-for-100-verification-of-82-forty-foot-containers-with-imported-cargo-declared-as-imported-tea\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Lawmakers Ask Biden To Take Iran Ballistic Threat Seriously: \u2018Homeland in Range\u2019<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"national-review-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-review-logo.png\" alt=\"national-review-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-review-logo.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/national-review-logo-150x82.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Washington continues to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, a group of House lawmakers asked President Biden to focus on Iran\u2019s ballistic-missile capabilities. In a recent letter to the president,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iranian-missile-letter-1.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<span class=\"small_caps\">National Review<\/span>, they warned that the administration has failed to respond adequately to a spate of recent developments in Iran\u2019s missile program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The letter, which was led by Representative Joe Wilson, the chairman of the Republican Study Committee\u2019s national-security task force, cites the test of satellite launch vehicles using new\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/solid-propellant-motor-test-proves-iran%E2%80%99s-continuing-missile-advancement-200245\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> as a particular reason for concern.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/lawmakers-ask-biden-to-take-iran-ballistic-threat-seriously-homeland-in-range\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Even the Mullahs Admit That Iran Is Not an \u201cIslamic Republic\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hossein-shariatmadari\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hossein-shariatmadari-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"hossein-shariatmadari\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hossein-shariatmadari-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hossein-shariatmadari-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hossein-shariatmadari.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In its Monday editorial, the Kayhan newspaper, the Iranian regime supreme leader<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-ali-khamenei-suprem-leader\">\u00a0Ali Khamenei<\/a><strong>\u2019<\/strong>s mouthpiece, warned about \u201copening the way for the enemies.\u201d In the article, its managing editor Hossein Shariatmadari paid tribute to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, the regime\u2019s eliminated terror mastermind, who \u201csmartly warned that never send a message of friendship to the enemy with your actions, and don\u2019t open the way for the enemy by distorting the vision of the revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The article is a response to a joint statement by the Assembly of Clerics and Assembly of Qom Seminary Teachers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/02\/03\/farangis-mazloum-jail-sentence\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Exiled Iranians in Vancouver Condemn Human Rights Violations in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranians-MEK-supporters-hold-rally-in-Vancouver\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255289 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iranians-MEK-supporters-hold-rally-in-Vancouver-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians-MEK-supporters-hold-rally-in-Vancouver\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iranians-MEK-supporters-hold-rally-in-Vancouver-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iranians-MEK-supporters-hold-rally-in-Vancouver-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iranians-MEK-supporters-hold-rally-in-Vancouver.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) rallied in Vancouver, Canada, calling on the international community to take meaningful action against the Iranian regime\u2019s ongoing human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While daring the bitter winter cold, the exiled Iranians at this gathering held banners and voiced the following demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/exiled-iranians-in-vancouver-condemn-human-rights-violations-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Biology Teacher Commits Suicide Due to Poverty<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mostafa-Ranjbaran\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255291 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mostafa-Ranjbaran-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mostafa-Ranjbaran\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mostafa-Ranjbaran-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mostafa-Ranjbaran-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mostafa-Ranjbaran-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mostafa-Ranjbaran.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An Iranian teacher, Mostafa Ranjbaran, a biology teacher in Minab, southern Iran committed suicide due to unbearable economic pressures.\u00a0In a tweet on Thursday, February 3, Mohammad Habibi, a member of the board of directors of the Iran Teachers Trade Association, called \u201cthese suicides among teachers, workers, retirees and students\u201d as \u201ca kind of systematic murder\u201d and that the Iranian regime officials are responsible for it.<br \/>\nNo information has been released about the time and manner of Mr. Ranjiran\u2019s suicide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/02\/04\/iran-biology-teacher-commits-suicide-due-to-poverty\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Monthly Report January 2022; Lives of Political Prisoners in Danger<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page\" class=\"wp-image-255292 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Monthly-Jan-2022_EN-first-page.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Urgent action is needed to free women political prisoners in Iran; the lives of political prisoners are in danger in Iran. January saw the clerical regime ratchet up social clampdown in step with the growing discontent and the spread of popular protests. The stepped-up repression was vividly evident in the soaring executions and widespread arrests of civil activists and protesters, on the one hand, and in the escalated pressure on prisoners, especially those incarcerated on political grounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/02\/04\/lives-of-political-prisoners\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-4-2022\/\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 4<\/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: 6:30 PM CET Iranian Regime Turned the Site of 2019 Peaceful Protest Into War Zone, Tribunal Hears The site of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":243946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-255287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","10":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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