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

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

Khamenei Warns of Attacks from All Directions<\/h3>\n

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Today, in a meeting with Air Force commanders, Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader said: “Today, the Americans\u2019 calculations have turned out to be wrong, and they are receiving a blow from a place they had never imagined before.”<\/p>\n

During his speech, Khamenei called on his followers for a more active PR approach and said: “There’s a dictatorship implied on the media and you are not able to mention the name of Qassem Soleimani on the internet and if you do it, they will remove it. They have the keys to the virtual space and they cannot stand the name and photo of Qassem Soleimani. The same space is used to exaggerate the problems in the Islamic Republic or about Islam, about Islamic concepts and teachings and they want to destroy them and distort them. Those responsible for our media, whether the national media or other forms of media, whether on the internet or the press, all are obliged to engage. Anyone who has a platform to speak to public opinion is responsible in this regard.”<\/p>\n

Khamenei warned: “Today, the enemy is assaulting in combined fronts. They’re engaged in an economic front, also on a political front, on the media front, and on the diplomatic front. They started a combined attack from all directions. We, on the other hand, must have a combined movement too. We must try in all directions.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Police Can Shoot at People by Law, Says Judiciary Spokesman<\/h3>\n

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Justifying the immediate firing and killing of civilians by the police, a spokesman for the Iranian regime’s Judiciary, explicitly stated that it was not possible to comply with the regime’s own law on shootings.<\/p>\n

In his news conference today, Zabiollah Khodaian, spokesman of the regime’s judiciary told reporters: “Our law says that armed officers are allowed to use weapons if they have no choice but to use them, and sometimes they can use other methods. Well, there are cases that they cannot use other methods at all. Like there is no time for going by the book like first firing into the air, then aiming at their legs and then waist up. For example, when there is an armed conflict or when the police are under fire or when attacked by suicidal thugs.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 1:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

People Are Fed Up with The State, Former MP Warns<\/h3>\n

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Amid rising disgust and widespread hatred against the Iranian regime, Reza Ansarirad, a former member of the regime’s parliament admitted that society is done with the state and the constitution of ‘Velayat-e-Faghih’ (absolute rule of the Supreme Leader).<\/p>\n

According to the state-run newspaper Hamdeli, Ansarirad said: “Today, everyone knows that the nation has no trust in the management of the country and the constitution. Such issues show that the foundation on which the Constitution and the Islamic Republic were based on the people’s vote, the validity of the people’s will, and the people’s choice have been destroyed and the country’s management has completely deviated from its principal.”<\/p>\n

The former member of the regime’s parliament added: “Today, the human mindset denies the lifelong presence of a person in the executive office.”<\/p>\n

“As long as there is no change in our country and as long as the management of the country doesn’t change from the top of the hierarchy to the bottom, as long as an elected official is not accountable to the people, nothing will be corrected in this country,” Reza Ansari Rad warned.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concerns Escalate Among Iran\u2019s Regime Officials Over Disruption of State TV\/Radio Network<\/h3>\n

\"Iran-national-TV-hack\"Iranian regime officials and state outlets are continuing to voice concerns over the effect of the January 27 disruption of state television and radio networks for 10 seconds that resulted in the airing of footage of Iranian opposition leaders. Regime officials understand very well the lasting impact of such a development on Iran\u2019s society kept under decades of censorship and claims by state media about there being no viable opposition or alternative to the regime.<\/p>\n

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