{"id":268674,"date":"2023-01-08T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T09:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=268674"},"modified":"2023-02-08T00:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T23:24:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iranians-rally-ps752-08012023\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-268678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iranians-rally-ps752-08012023.jpg\" alt=\"iranians-rally-ps752-08012023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iranians-rally-ps752-08012023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iranians-rally-ps752-08012023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iranians-rally-ps752-08012023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iranians-rally-ps752-08012023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iranians-rally-ps752-08012023-696x391.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: 8:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 115<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sunday, January 8, 2022 \u2013 8 PM GMT+1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 115<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 627 identified by MEK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detentions<\/strong>: 30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising marked its 115<sup>th<\/sup> day on Sunday as the nation honored the memory of 176 innocent people onboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 that was shot down by Revolutionary Guards three years ago today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 8 &#8211; Saqqez, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals gathered at the resting place of Rozgar Rahimi and her child, two victims of Flight PS752 that was shot down by the IRGC three years ago today.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bG3lCwXcgx\">pic.twitter.com\/bG3lCwXcgx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612069105636360193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian people both inside the country and abroad hold regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the IRGC fully accountable for this deliberate and premeditated atrocity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports on Sunday indicate merchants and storeowners in the cities of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612025191382634496\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612033873268940800\" rel=\"noopener\">Saqqez<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612057781204295680\" rel=\"noopener\">Bukan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612037648628989952\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermanshah<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612099304675590144\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamyaran<\/a>, and Abdanan were on strike as they marked the third anniversary of the PS752\u2019s downing by IRGC air defense missile units<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612027582274232320\" rel=\"noopener\">Najafabad<\/a> in Isfahan Province, central Iran, brave women took to the streets to launch their anti-regime rallies today and chanted \u201cFor each person killed another thousand will rise!\u201d among other slogans. Similar protests have been seen in the city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612039032610983942\" rel=\"noopener\">Karaj<\/a>, west of the capital Tehran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darreh Shahr, Ilam Province, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Protesters attacked a branch of the regime&#39;s Islamic Development Organization with Molotov cocktails.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/my2Ku2z3bc\">pic.twitter.com\/my2Ku2z3bc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612032740924211201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports from the cities of Qom and\u00a0Darreh Shahr\u00a0in Ilam Province indicated that protesters have been using Molotov cocktails in more attacks targeting regime-associated sites. Bases of the regime\u2019s IRGC paramilitary Basij units and a branch of the Islamic Development Organization have been targeted in these attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Tehran, students of Score University held a rally today and began chanting anti-regime slogans, including: \u201cBasiji and IRGC, you are our ISIS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Locals near the capital also gathered and held a\u00a0ceremony\u00a0in memory of the 176 people killed in Flight PS752 at the crash site.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 8 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals held a ceremony in memory of the 176 people killed three years ago today when the IRGC launched missiles and shot down Flight PS752. This event was held at the crash site.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R0nf5d7WrN\">pic.twitter.com\/R0nf5d7WrN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612055264416481281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Others in the capital\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612100562853531651\" rel=\"noopener\">Sadeghiyeh<\/a>\u00a0district gathered in another anti-regime protest rally and chanted: \u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d and \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tehran has also witnessed various protest rallies by people in different districts, including\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612112013273997321\" rel=\"noopener\">Shariati<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612114404182573059\" rel=\"noopener\">Sattarkhan<\/a>. Similar reports were received from the Ferdowsi Metro Station where locals chanted anti-regime slogans. Locals also protested in the capital\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612120695898513408\" rel=\"noopener\">Enghelab (Revolution) Street<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Gohardasht district of Karaj, west of Tehran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 8 &#8211; Karaj, west of Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Gohardasht district<br \/>Protesters chanting: &quot;Death to the dictator!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NEjqGZEDQe\">pic.twitter.com\/NEjqGZEDQe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612119437179588608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Tehran, also at 9:30 pm local time large image of the Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi was projected in the capital&#8217;s Tehranpars district and locals in the capital&#8217;s Towhid Square continued their protests against the regime and in Enghelab (Revolution) Street Protesters chanted: &#8220;Death to the child-killing regime!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 7 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>9:30 pm local time<br \/>Large image of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi portrayed in the capital&#39;s Tehranpars district.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mPFWq9E2QT\">pic.twitter.com\/mPFWq9E2QT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612132027980996608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, people gathered at the local Shahnaz Cemetery to hold a ceremony in memory of the Flight PS752 victims. Two of those victims, Rozgar Rahimi, and her small child are buried in this cemetery. The participants also began chanting: \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d and \u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 8 &#8211; Saqqez, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals gathered at Shanaz Cemetery in memory of Flight PS752 victims began chanting:<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to the dictator!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/STboHfFfuR\">pic.twitter.com\/STboHfFfuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612070489580605441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the city of\u00a0Anzali in northern\u00a0Iran, locals held a ceremony to mark the 40<sup>th<\/sup> day of Mehran Sammak\u2019s murder by regime security forces. He was killed while celebrating after a World Cup match. Authorities had dispatched security forces to prevent any such gathering. The crowd, insisting upon holding their ceremony, began chanting anti-regime slogans, including: \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d \u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d \u201cFor each person killed another thousand will rise!\u201d and \u201cWe\u2019re standing to the end!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 8 &#8211; Anzali, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals held a ceremony to mark the 40th day of Mehran Sammak&#39;s murder by regime security forces. He was killed while celebrating after a recent World Cup match.<br \/>&quot;We&#39;re standing to the end!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1TwQP5gxtK\">pic.twitter.com\/1TwQP5gxtK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1612103080258027523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">On Khamenei\u2019s Order, Regime Hangs Two Detained Protesters, Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Executions-in-Iran-en\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268675 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Executions-in-Iran-en-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Executions-in-Iran-en\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Executions-in-Iran-en-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Executions-in-Iran-en-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Executions-in-Iran-en-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Executions-in-Iran-en-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Executions-in-Iran-en.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the orders of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and despite domestic and international outcries, two detained protesters, Mohammad Mahdi Karami (22) and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (39), arrested during the nationwide uprising, were hanged this morning, Saturday, January 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime\u2019s judiciary had charged the two with killing a member of the Basij and blocking the Karaj Expressway. These martyrs had been arrested on November 3, 2022, and underwent torture. The regime\u2019s Judiciary sentenced them to death on December 4, on the bogus charge of \u201ccorruption on earth\u201d and the regime\u2019s Supreme Court confirmed their death sentences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/executions-in-iran-mohammad-mehdi-karami-seyed-mohammad-hosseini\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Two More Protesters to Quell Ongoing Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"karami-hoseinii-1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268644 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/karami-hoseinii-1-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"karami-hoseinii-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/karami-hoseinii-1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/karami-hoseinii-1-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/karami-hoseinii-1-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/karami-hoseinii-1-696x355.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/karami-hoseinii-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The mullahs\u2019 regime ruling Iran executed Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini early this morning. The regime\u2019s judiciary confirmed that the two, arrested for taking part in the revolution that continues across the country, were hanged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The semi-official Mizan news agency, affiliated with the regime\u2019s judiciary, reported that the two were executed for killing a member of the regime\u2019s paramilitary Basij and blocking the Karaj-Qazvin expressway located west of the capital Tehran. Amnesty International has said the trials \u201cbore no resemblance to a meaningful judicial proceeding.\u201d Many reports indicate the two were tortured into coerced confessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-regime-executes-two-more-protesters-to-quell-ongoing-revolution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Nazila Maroofian Fainted, Suffered an Infarct Before Standing Trial<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nazila-Maroofian-min\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268676 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nazila-Maroofian-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nazila-Maroofian-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nazila-Maroofian-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nazila-Maroofian-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nazila-Maroofian-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nazila-Maroofian-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nazila Maroofian, 23 and a journalist, suffered an infarct before standing trial on January 4, 2023.\u00a0This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/11\/09\/female-activists-detained\/\">young journalist<\/a>\u00a0has been under much mental pressure and psychological torture in prison and interrogation. Since her arrest, she has been confined in solitary confinement or cells with a small number of prisoners. On the day of the trial, she fainted and had an infraction. Nazila Maroofian was transferred to Mofatteh Hospital in Shahr-e Rey, but she was returned to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/abysmal-conditions-of-inmates-in-qarchak-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Qarchak Prison<\/a>\u00a0without completing the tests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/08\/nazila-maroofian\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Akbari Monfared, One of Iran\u2019s Bravest Women<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268677 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Maryam-Akbari-Monfared-one-of-Irans-bravest-women_750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, we bring you the story of one of the bravest women in Iran. A mother of three girls who have been in prison for 13 years without a single day of leave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We\u2019re talking about political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared. On December 29, as the world was celebrating Christmas and the New Year, she marked the end of her 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year in prison for seeking justice for her\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/08\/05\/the-1988-massacre-the-greatest-unpunished-crime-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">siblings executed<\/a>\u00a0by the Iranian regime in the 1980s. Maryam had been imprisoned in the women\u2019s ward of Evin Prison until the 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of March 2021, when she was violently brought out of her cell and banished to Semnan. She is the only political prisoner in the women\u2019s ward of Semnan Prison that she describes as a \u201chell.\u201d She sent a letter from this prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/07\/bravest-women\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Hamburg\u2014January 6, 2023: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of PS752 Downing by the IRGC Terrorists<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Hamburg&mdash;Jan 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the PS752\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_3nneanY8mws\" 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%2F3nneanY8mws%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3nneanY8mws\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-07T06:40:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_3nneanY8mws\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F3nneanY8mws%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Hamburg\u2014Jan 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the PS752<\/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\/3nneanY8mws\" 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%2F3nneanY8mws%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Hamburg&mdash;Jan 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the PS752\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Hamburg, Germany\u2014January 6, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the Ukrainian Airliner PS752 by the IRGC Terrorists, and Supporting Iran Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Hamburg, Germany\u2014January 6, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong>Members of the Iranian community and Iranian Resistance (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">NCRI<\/a>and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">MEK<\/a>) supporters held a rally on the third anniversary of the deliberate and criminal firing of missiles at a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/ukrainian-plane-crash-in-iran-and-litigation-by-the-victims\/20598\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian passenger plane<\/a>, killing 176 innocent passengers by the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">IRGC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-resistance\/2023\/01\/hamburg-january-6-2023-iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-on-the-third-anniversary-of-ps752-downing-by-the-irgc-terrorists\/41645\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Stockholm\u2014January 6, 2023: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of PS752 Downing by the IRGC Terrorists<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Stockholm&mdash;Jan 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the PS752\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DBGp4OS56rs\" 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%2FDBGp4OS56rs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBGp4OS56rs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M24S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-06T22:16:18Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DBGp4OS56rs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDBGp4OS56rs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stockholm\u2014Jan 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the PS752<\/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\/DBGp4OS56rs\" 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%2FDBGp4OS56rs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm&mdash;Jan 6, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the PS752\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stockholm\u2014January 6, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally on the Third Anniversary of the Downing of the Ukrainian Airliner PS752 by the IRGC Terrorists.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Stockholm, Sweden\u2014January 6, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong>Members of the Iranian community and Iranian Resistance (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">NCRI<\/a>and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">MEK<\/a>) supporters held a rally on the third anniversary of the deliberate and criminal firing of missiles at a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/ukrainian-plane-crash-in-iran-and-litigation-by-the-victims\/20598\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian passenger plane<\/a>, killing 176 innocent passengers by the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">IRGC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-resistance\/2023\/01\/stockholm-january-6-2023-iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-on-the-third-anniversary-of-ps752-downing-by-the-irgc-terrorists\/41629\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"has-content-area\" title=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-20-2022\/\" data-title=\"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 20, 2022\" 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