{"id":255607,"date":"2022-02-12T04:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T09:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=255607"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:27:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"tehran-iran3\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-255620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tehran-iran3.jpg\" alt=\"tehran-iran3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tehran-iran3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tehran-iran3-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tehran-iran3-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tehran-iran3-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tehran-iran3-696x419.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\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: 5:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Admitting to Infiltration While Trying to Excuse Leaked Audio File That Exposed IRGC Corruption<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mahmoud-Abbaszadeh-Meshkini-member-of-parliament\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255637 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahmoud-Abbaszadeh-Meshkini-member-of-parliament-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"Mahmoud-Abbaszadeh-Meshkini-member-of-parliament\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahmoud-Abbaszadeh-Meshkini-member-of-parliament-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahmoud-Abbaszadeh-Meshkini-member-of-parliament-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahmoud-Abbaszadeh-Meshkini-member-of-parliament.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, a member of the National Security Commission of the regime&#8217;s parliament, tried to downplay a leaked audio file about the Revolutionary Guards&#8217; corruption and said: &#8220;In such a big enterprise (the IRGC) there may be four bad actors, which is normal. I think some people are playing games in order to harm the IRGC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yjc.news\/fa\/news\/8059179\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC-run news agency Javan<\/a>, he said today: &#8220;Sometimes there is an intrusion into the surveillance systems as well as sensitive positions and these issues are very important and we must take them seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In recent days, an audio file of about 50 minutes leaked to Persian media, exposing a secret meeting between senior IRGC leadership that was recorded in 2018. Among other things, they discussed the direct role of Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the current speaker of the parliament, Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of the IRGC Quds Force, Jamaluddin Abroumand, then-deputy coordinator of the IRGC and Hossein Tayeb, head of the IRGC Intelligence Unit in serious cases of corruption. In parts of this audio file, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf is particularly accused of widespread financial corruption and attempts to cover it up, as well as financial and economic equations related to the IRGC&#8217;s Quds Force and the role of Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Arab Coalition Conducts 16 Strikes Against Iran-backed Houthis in Hajjah, Sadaa<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"alarabiya-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-254719 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/alarabiya-logo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"alarabiya-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Arab Coalition has conducted 16 targeted strikes in Yemen\u2019s Hajjah and Saada in the last 24 hours, in an attempt to deter the Iran-backed Houthi militia, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The targeted strikes resulted in the destruction of 13 \u201cmilitary vehicles,\u201d according to SPA, and caused casualties among the Houthis.\u00a0No fatalities were reported by SPA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/gulf\/2022\/02\/11\/Arab-Coalition-conducts-16-strikes-against-Iran-backed-Houthis-in-Hajjah-Sadaa\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iraq Moves Towards Power Independence From Iran&#8217;s Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iraq-power-grid\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255617 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iraq-power-grid-300x170.webp\" alt=\"iraq-power-grid\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iraq-power-grid-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iraq-power-grid-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iraq-power-grid.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iraqi Minister of Electricity announced that the country will soon buy 500 MW of electricity from Turkey to prevent blackouts. Acting Electricity Minister Adel Karim added that negotiations are underway with Qatar for gas imports so that the imported gas can be used in power plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a speech on Friday, February 11, Adel Karim announced that the purchase of electricity from Turkey will begin soon, but the delivery of Qatari gas will probably take a year to 15 months. Turkey began selling limited electricity to Iraq early last year.\u00a0Regarding the agreement to buy electricity from Saudi Arabia, the Iraqi minister said that in the first phase, 500 megawatts of Saudi electricity will be delivered to Iraq, and in the future, this figure will reach one thousand megawatts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Regarding a plan to cut the country&#8217;s dependence on the Iranian regime&#8217;s power supply, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity said that the Jordanian power transmission line to Iraq will be completed within a year and the power will be allocated to the western regions of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Currently, only 8 million cubic meters of Iranian gas are delivered daily to Iraq, which is insufficient to supply the country&#8217;s needs. According to Baghdad&#8217;s contract with the Iranian regime, Tehran must deliver 50 million cubic meters of gas to Iraq daily. However, the regime itself is facing a severe gas deficit and the sanctions do not allow Tehran to receive money for electricity and gas exports to Iraq.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Cyberattack on MEK Website Stopped<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-235789 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-regimes-cyber-army-03032021.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran&#8217;s regime conducted large-scale attacks against the website of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization last night, at 10 pm, Tehran time. The attacks originated from several Asian countries such as China, Singapore, and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.mojahedin.org\/i\/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA-%DB%B2%DB%B2-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">mojahedin.org<\/a> website became available to the public at 2 am on Saturday, February 12, and the attack was stopped. Reports indicate the IRGC and the Ministry of Intelligence are trying to attack other Iranian Resistance websites.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Past 12 Months Signal a Turbulent Road Ahead for Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-1979-revolution-anniversary\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255609 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-1979-revolution-anniversary-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-1979-revolution-anniversary\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-1979-revolution-anniversary-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-1979-revolution-anniversary-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-1979-revolution-anniversary.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran is marking the 43<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of its\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/irans-1979-revolution-43-years-on\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1979 anti-monarchical revolution<\/a>\u00a0that brought an end to the Shah\u2019s dictatorship but was later hijacked by the clerics led by Ruhollah Khomeini. While the mullahs\u2019 regime is hell-bent on portraying a strong image with a firm grip on power, the realities on the ground tell a completely different story. A look back at the past 12 months sheds light on the deepening conflict between Iranian people and their\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-43-campaigns-against-repression-by-defiant-youths-on-the-43rd-anniversary-of-the-anti-monarchical-revolution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">organized resistance<\/a>\u00a0seeking freedom on the one hand, and a weakening regime desperately trying to stay in power on the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/past-12-months-signal-a-turbulent-road-ahead-for-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Mullah\u2019s 43-Year Iran Report Card<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s 1979 revolution is considered one of the most important events of the late twentieth century. The overthrow of Iran\u2019s previous monarch and dictator Mohammad Reza Shah and the emergence of a religious regime reshaped Iran, significantly shifted the power balance in the Middle East, and created serious challenges to the global geopolitical order\u2014challenges that continue to this day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/the-mullahs-43-year-iran-report-card\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Who Is Hedayat Farzadi?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hedayad-Farzadi\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255611 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hedayad-Farzadi-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Hedayad-Farzadi\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hedayad-Farzadi-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hedayad-Farzadi-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hedayad-Farzadi-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hedayad-Farzadi-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hedayad-Farzadi.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite being fired from his previous position as the director of the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary, following the killing of a political prisoner Alireza Shirmohamad-Ali, Hedayat Farzadi has been appointed as the new director of the Inspection Department of the Iranian regime\u2019s State Prisons, Security and Corrective Measures Organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">His initial firing was not because he had violated any human rights laws, but simply to quell the protests that ensued following the death of Shirmohamad-Ali. Obviously, some people will view Farzadi\u2019s position change as a promotion by the regime. The truth, however, is that this regime has always supported the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/human-rights-in-iran-plummet-to-a-new-low\/\">inhuman actions<\/a>\u00a0of its officials to encourage them to intensify such actions as insurance of the regime\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-who-is-hedayat-farzadi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Atrocious Murder of Mona Heydari, the Product of Mullahs\u2019 Misogyny<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255612 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mona-Heydari-victim-of-honor-killings.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Five days after the tragic murder of Mona Heydari (Ghazal), none of the Iranian regime\u2019s top leaders or officials have condemned or taken a stand on it. Conversely, in a virtual meeting entitled \u201cInvestigating the Background and Consequences of a Social Tragedy,\u201d some misogynist clerics justified the murder, calling the killer \u201coppressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ahmad Rahdar, director of an Islamic studies institute, told the virtual meeting that the murder was \u201cprimarily a matter of zeal,\u201d which is one of the \u201cexamples of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/02\/11\/murder-of-mona-heydari-mullahs-misogyny\/\" 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-11-2022\/\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 11<\/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\" 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: 5:30 PM CET Admitting to Infiltration While Trying to Excuse Leaked Audio File That Exposed IRGC Corruption Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":255620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-255607","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 v27.3 - 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