{"id":255649,"date":"2022-02-13T06:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=255649"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:27:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:27:23","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-13-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-13-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 13, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_255658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255658\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022\" class=\"wp-image-255658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022.jpg\" alt=\"iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/iran-tehran-azadi-square-11022022-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-255658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low turnout in Azadi Square in Tehran, Feb. 11, 2022 &#8211; Photo from IRNA official news agency<\/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: 2:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests on Saturday and Sunday in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, Sunday, February 15, retirees and pensioners organized nationwide protests and rallied in cities like Shushtar, Arak, Rasht, Sanandaj, Tehran, Shush, Tabriz, Kermanshah, Ahvaz, Khorramabad, Bojnourd, and cities in Khorasan Razavi province.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NyOLKyH01HU\"><div id=\"lyte_NyOLKyH01HU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNyOLKyH01HU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NyOLKyH01HU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNyOLKyH01HU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_rAypa2pVCK4\"><div id=\"lyte_rAypa2pVCK4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrAypa2pVCK4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rAypa2pVCK4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrAypa2pVCK4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4h_VIWjYpSk\"><div id=\"lyte_4h_VIWjYpSk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4h_VIWjYpSk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4h_VIWjYpSk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4h_VIWjYpSk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Ndn2xHJlNAc\"><div id=\"lyte_Ndn2xHJlNAc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNdn2xHJlNAc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ndn2xHJlNAc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNdn2xHJlNAc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HOpdisdYwEo\"><div id=\"lyte_HOpdisdYwEo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHOpdisdYwEo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HOpdisdYwEo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHOpdisdYwEo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, workers of the Ahvaz National Steel Group gathered in front of the regime&#8217;s governorate building in Ahvaz to protest the officials&#8217; failure to address their demands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_rTRSH4dfXYA\"><div id=\"lyte_rTRSH4dfXYA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrTRSH4dfXYA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rTRSH4dfXYA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrTRSH4dfXYA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Taxi drivers of Baharestan County parked their cars next to the Tehran-Saveh highway to protest the new law that forces them to pay tolls on the freeway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-qHBUhk8h4s\"><div id=\"lyte_-qHBUhk8h4s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-qHBUhk8h4s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-qHBUhk8h4s\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-qHBUhk8h4s%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, the 57th rally of scammed clients who fell victim to a systemic fraudulent campaign by Reagan Khodro Company and Shahr Khodro Company took place in front of the National Inspection Organization. Years ago, these people have paid these companies to buy new cars but both enterprises failed to deliver and are asking for more, arguing that inflation has changed the rates. The dispute has been unresolved for more than four years and the Judiciary has so far refused to address the complaints.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_hYr-ha6kvKo\"><div id=\"lyte_hYr-ha6kvKo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhYr-ha6kvKo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hYr-ha6kvKo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhYr-ha6kvKo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, Sunday, February 13, workers of the Kian Petrochemical Company in Assaluyeh, South Iran, went on strike and protested against the authorities to pay their arrears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"professors-of-the-Yasuj-Medical-University\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255666 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/professors-of-the-Yasuj-Medical-University-300x170.webp\" alt=\"professors-of-the-Yasuj-Medical-University\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/professors-of-the-Yasuj-Medical-University-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/professors-of-the-Yasuj-Medical-University-150x85.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/professors-of-the-Yasuj-Medical-University.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Saturday, February 12, professors of the Yasuj Medical University stopped all their educational, research, and executive activities and started a protest rally. The faculty of Yasouj University of Medical Sciences is calling for changes and amendments to the new year&#8217;s budget, which is intensifying discrimination and injustice by design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also on Saturday, retired personnel of the Artapan Industrial Group, an Iranian oil company, held a protest rally in front of the Office of Retirement Affairs of this company, protesting the violation of their rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Teachers and educators held a rally in front of the Ministry of Education building in Tehran on Saturday, protesting their unfair working conditions and unresolved contracts. Despite years of work experience, and with a monthly salary of 2 million tomans ($74 USD) these teachers are having a hard time handling livelihood problems, and their employment terms have not yet been finalized with the employers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_c-nSH4H3wqA\"><div id=\"lyte_c-nSH4H3wqA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fc-nSH4H3wqA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c-nSH4H3wqA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fc-nSH4H3wqA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sepahan Cement Company workers held a rally on Saturday, protesting the miserable living conditions, low wages, and job insecurity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_brXIgfdcBTE\"><div id=\"lyte_brXIgfdcBTE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbrXIgfdcBTE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/brXIgfdcBTE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbrXIgfdcBTE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Retired personnel of the Haftappeh Sugarcane Company stopped work on Saturday, to protest the authorities&#8217; refusal to pay their wages.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 1:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Dozens of Dems, GOP Lawmakers Call For a Democratic Iran on Anniversary of 1979 Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"FoxNews-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44525 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/FoxNews-logo.jpg\" alt=\"FoxNews-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Over 50 House lawmakers, both Democrat and Republican, used the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution to renew U.S. calls for a free and democratic Iran &#8212; just as the regime in Tehran faced its own troubles at home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At a virtual conference organized by the Organization of Iranian American Communities, dozens of lawmakers marked the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi\u2019s government fell after mass demonstrations. It would be followed by the establishment of an Islamic Republic with a supreme leader having final say on state matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dozens-dems-gop-lawmakers-democratic-iran-anniversary-1979-revolution\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Creates Elite Band of Pirates To Rule the Seas<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"daily-express-logo\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255663 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daily-express-logo-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"daily-express-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">ELITE units from Iran are training mercenaries as modern-day privateers to carry out naval attacks. The Quds Force naval unit has already trained and equipped hundreds of Yemeni and Iraqi mercenaries to carry out attacks while solidifying a covert arms-smuggling network, a new report reveals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">News of the unit emerges as diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to rein in its nuclear programme continue. Iran\u2019s elite Quds force is already a well-established branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, tasked with mounting extraterritorial operations to support Iran\u2019s proxy wars across the middle east.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1565172\/iran-pirates-naval-attacks#conversation-wrapper\" 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\">Iranians Mark Anniversary of 1979 Revolution With Anti-regime Slogans<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&amp;quot;Down with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi&amp;quot;&mdash;People mark anniversary of Iran&amp;#039;s 1979 Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9yJ4kBDBoyQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9yJ4kBDBoyQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yJ4kBDBoyQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-02-11T15:09:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_9yJ4kBDBoyQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9yJ4kBDBoyQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">&quot;Down with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi&quot;\u2014People mark anniversary of Iran&#039;s 1979 Revolution<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9yJ4kBDBoyQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9yJ4kBDBoyQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&amp;quot;Down with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi&amp;quot;&mdash;People mark anniversary of Iran&amp;#039;s 1979 Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"February 10, 2022\u2014On the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution which ousted the Shah regime from Iran, people in different cities of the country called for the overthrow of the mullahs&#039; regime. In Fardis, Sarasiyab, and Shahr-e Rey, anti-regime slogans were broadcast through loudspeakers in different parts of the city, including shopping centers and bazars. The locals are saying that the computer systems controlled by regime authorities have been hacked. Slogans include &quot;Down with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi,&quot; &quot;Iranians are vigilant and hate the Shah and the mullahs,&quot; &quot;Down with Khamenei, damn Khomeini,&quot; &quot;Death to Khamenei and [Ebrahim] Raisi.&quot; The incident comes shortly after similar slogans were played in Mashhad&#039;s Bazar Reza and a few weeks after the regime&#039;s state-run media outlets were disrupted to broadcast the images and voice of Iranian Resistance leaders Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi. *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Iran marked the 43<sup>rd<\/sup> anniversary of the 1979 Revolution that ousted the Shah\u2019s dictatorship, the ruling mullahs tried to paint a popular image of their regime. However, much to their chagrin, in several cities, anti-regime slogans were broadcast through loudspeakers in shopping centers and public places.\u00a0On Thursday, February 10, the citizens of Shahr-e Rey (south of Tehran), and Sarasiab and Fardis districts of Karaj, a major city located west of Tehran, heard anti-regime slogans, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2013 \u201cDeath to Khamenei, Viva Rajavi!\u201d in reference to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Iranian Resistance leader Mr.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/massoud-rajavi-biography\/\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0and opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/maryam-rajavi\/\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iranians-mark-anniversary-of-1979-revolution-with-anti-regime-slogans\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Will Vienna Talks, JCPOA Prevent Khamenei From Acquiring A-bomb?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255651 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JCPOA-Iran-vienna-talks-750x375-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While few politicians or governments are unaware that acquiring an atomic bomb is one of the strategic goals of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader to ensure his regime\u2019s survival, there is still insufficient will to prevent Ali Khamenei from achieving that goal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 2015 JCPOA agreement between Iran and the P5 + 1 (US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany) limited Iran\u2019s nuclear activities for a short time (15 years). However, even after the 2015 agreement, Iran continued its nuclear activities, including working on producing more advanced centrifuges, both secretly and out of sight of IAEA inspectors and under the guise of research to produce isotopes and treat cancer patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/will-vienna-talks-jcpoa-prevent-khamenei-from-acquiring-a-bomb\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Romina, Mona, and Defenseless Women Under Iran\u2019s Tyranny<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Honor-killings\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255652 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-Honor-killings-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Honor-killings\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-Honor-killings-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-Honor-killings-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-Honor-killings-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-Honor-killings-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iran-Honor-killings.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Across Iran, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/women\/mullahs-rules-takes-womens-lives-every-day\/\">honor killings<\/a>\u2019 of young women are an all-too-common phenomenon, and regularly feature in news headlines these days. In a recent report from February 5, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, a young man was seen at the Kassaei Square in Ahvaz carrying the head of a young woman who had been decapitated. Onlookers, including a group of mechanics fixing vehicles, recalled the murderer boating, \u201cThis is her head; we brought it.\u201d The victim has been identified as 17-year-old Mona (Qazal) Heidari.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/women\/romina-mona-and-defenseless-women-under-irans-tyranny\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Political Prisoners Khadijeh Mehdipour Beaten and Injured<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255653 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Political-prisoners-Khadijeh-Mehdipour.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Political prisoner Khadijeh Medipour was beaten by several violent criminals and injured in the eye on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Prisons Organization confirmed the news on Friday, February 11, saying that the reason for the \u201cconflict\u201d was \u201cobscenity and insult\u201d to Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the regime, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, and Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in January 2020 in Iraq in a US drone strike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2022\/02\/11\/political-prisoners-khadijeh-mehdipour-beaten-and-injured\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Labor Activists Summoned, Arrested, and Sentenced<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255654 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost-300x150.webp\" alt=\"From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/From-left-labor-activists-Nasrin-Javadi-Asal-Mohammadi-and-Aliyeh-Eghdam-Doost.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Labor activists Nasrin Javadi, Asal Mohammadi, and Aliyeh Eghdam-Doost have been summoned,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced<\/a>, and arrested in recent days. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2019\/08\/20\/nasrin-javadi-labor-activist-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-74-lashes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nasrin Javadi<\/a>, a member of the Iranian\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/strike-of-oil-workers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Workers<\/a>\u2019 Free Trade Union, was summoned to serve a seven-year prison sentence. Ms. Javadi cannot endure imprisonment due to her old age, various diseases, and the need for frequent use of drugs. Her lawyer had already presented the Forensics Office\u2019s medical certificates to the court, verifying Nasrin Javadi\u2019s inability to bear detention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/02\/12\/labor-activists-summoned-arrested-and-sentenced\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 505,300<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-255644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-505300-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-min-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The People\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI\/MEK) announced on Saturday, February 12, 2022, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities surpassed 505,300. The number of victims Tehran has reached 118,055, Khorasan Razavi 40,575, Isfahan 35,050, Khuzestan 30,435, Fars 19,200, West Azerbaijan 19,028, Mazandaran 18,290, Gilan 17,460, East Azerbaijan 17,448, Lorestan 16,650, Sistan and Baluchestan 13,935, Kerman 13,632, Qom 13,595 Golestan 10,970, Kermanshah 9,454, Hamedan 9,338, Hormozgan 8,420, Kurdistan 8,317, Semnan 6,660, North Khorasan 6,508, Ardabil 6,455, Qazvin 5,974, Bushehr 5,659, Ilam 4,838, Zanjan 4,880, and South Khorasan 4,511.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-505300\/\" 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-12-2022\/\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 12<\/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: 2:30 PM CET Protests on Saturday and Sunday in Iran Today, Sunday, February 15, retirees and pensioners organized nationwide protests [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":255658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-255649","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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