{"id":286557,"date":"2023-01-16T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T09:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=286557"},"modified":"2023-02-03T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:01:06","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_286572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286572\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286572\" title=\"iran gas crisis january2023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-gas-crisis-january2023-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran gas crisis january2023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-gas-crisis-january2023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-gas-crisis-january2023-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-gas-crisis-january2023-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-gas-crisis-january2023-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-gas-crisis-january2023-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shortage of gas has turned into a major problem throughout Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 123<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Monday, January 16, 2022 \u2013 8 PM GMT+1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 123<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 637 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 123<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0day on Monday as protests continued, and more people took part in night rallies to voice their hatred of the mullahs and resolve to overthrow their regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday morning, people in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614933102136107008\" rel=\"noopener\">Torbat-e-Jam<\/a>, northeast Iran, rallied outside the local governor\u2019s office protesting the continued gas shortage and the fact that their families are freezing in sub-zero temperatures. People in this city, like many others across the country, have also been in long lines to purchase kerosene on this fifth consecutive day of the gas shortage crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 16 &#8211; Torbat-e-Jam, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage of people continuing to rally outside the local governor&#39;s office and Red Crescent branch protesting the regime officials&#39; incompetence in providing gas for cooking\/heating purposes.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OX3JeZBwoG\">pic.twitter.com\/OX3JeZBwoG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1615026089809543174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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\">People in this city were also seen\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614933102136107008\" rel=\"noopener\">gathering outside a local Red Crescent branch<\/a>\u00a0seeking electric and kerosene heaters. There were also reports of regime authorities dispatching numerous security units into the streets to prevent any possible anti-regime protests as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1615043320031633408\">anger<\/a> among locals was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1615041861415993380\" rel=\"noopener\">escalating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Fereydunkenar, northern Iran, there was a long line of cars at a gas station due to the gas shortage crisis. Such scenes were reported from across the country while Iran has the world&#8217;s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> largest natural gas and 4<sup>th<\/sup> largest crude oil reserves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fereydunkenar, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Long line of cars at a gas station.<\/p>\n<p>Such scenes are being reported from across the country while Iran has the world&#39;s 2nd largest natural gas and 4th largest crude oil reserves.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IgGJtAlwro\">pic.twitter.com\/IgGJtAlwro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614978023173890054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614936751285362690\" rel=\"noopener\">Shush<\/a> in Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran, retirees and pensioners of the regime\u2019s Social Security Organization gathered on Monday and were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions. Regime officials refrain from addressing the pensioners\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the city of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province, locals gathered for a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614959526368665600\" rel=\"noopener\">ceremony<\/a>\u00a0to honor the 40<sup>th<\/sup> day of Houman Abdullahi\u2019s murder by the regime\u2019s security forces. The crowd was seen chanting anti-regime slogans, including: \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d, \u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d and \u201cNo to monarchy! No to [mullahs\u2019 regime]! Democracy and quality!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 16 &#8211; Sanandaj, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals gathered to mark the 40th day of Houman Abdullahi&#39;s murder by security forces began chanting:<br \/>&quot;No to monarchy! No to [mullahs&#39; regime]! Democracy &amp; equality!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/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\/yu1J1RsM0r\">pic.twitter.com\/yu1J1RsM0r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614958142395224065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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, for the second day in a row <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614973367597023235\" rel=\"noopener\">family members<\/a> of death row inmates rallied on Monday outside the regime\u2019s judiciary building protesting the death sentences and demanding answers from regime officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 16 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Family members of death row inmates rallied outside the regime&#39;s judiciary building protesting the death sentences and demanding answers from regime officials.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6OzzqcHmsq\">pic.twitter.com\/6OzzqcHmsq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614970814289567745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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\">Iranian opposition coalition\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>\u00a0President-elect\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/about\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> called on the international community to take urgent action and blacklist the mullahs\u2019 IRGC as a terrorist organization, a measure that should have been adopted many years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cI stressed\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/iran-berlin-german-bundestag\/\" rel=\"noopener\">years ago<\/a> that\u00a0IRGC\u00a0is the clerical regime\u2019s main tool for the suppression and plunder of the people of\u00a0Iran and export of\u00a0terrorism. Blacklisting the IRGC as a terrorist entity is an urgent demand of the Iranian people, \u00a0a prerequisite to peace in the Middle East, and indispensable to the fight against terrorism. Blacklisting the IRGC should have been done years ago,\u201d the NCRI President-elect emphasized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blacklisting of the IRGC as a terrorist entity is an urgent demand of the Iranian people, a prerequisite to peace in the Middle East, and indispensable to fight against terrorism. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistIRGC<\/a> should have been done years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1615009506450362369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 1:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard\u2019s Designation as a Terrorist Organisation in UK \u2018Imminent\u2019<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255317 size-full\" title=\"national-news-logo\" 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 fWbzXg body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The process to designate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/tags\/iran\/\">Iran\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/tags\/irgc\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> as a terrorist organisation by the UK is underway, with an announcement believed to be \u201cimminent\u201d, a former head of the diplomatic service has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">MPs last week voted in favour of adding the IRGC to a list of banned organisations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The move came two weeks after reports suggested the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/uk-news\/2023\/01\/03\/uk-government-to-designate-irans-revolutionary-guard-a-terror-group\/\" rel=\"noopener\">country was considering designating the group as a terrorist organisation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/uk-news\/2023\/01\/15\/irans-revolutionary-guard-should-be-designated-a-terror-group-says-labour\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-weight: 700 !important\">UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Released Student Exposes Horrific Human Rights Abuses from Prison in Western Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a Twitter thread, Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student and political prisoner who has been temporarily released from Adel Abad prison in Shiraz after five months, exposed the critical conditions of the women&#8217;s section.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0632 \u0632\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0645 \u0627\u0645\u0627 \u0632\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0632 \u0645\u0627 \u0646\u0645\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u062f\u060c \u0686\u0634\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u062a\u06a9\u200c\u062a\u06a9 \u0647\u0645\u200c\u0627\u062a\u0627\u0642\u06cc\u200c\u0647\u0627\u06cc\u0645 \u0648\u0642\u062a\u06cc \u0631\u0648\u06cc \u0632\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u06a9\u0634\u06cc\u062f\u0646\u062f\u0645 \u0648 \u062d\u062a\u06cc \u0641\u0631\u0635\u062a \u0622\u063a\u0648\u0634 \u0648 \u0628\u0648\u0633\u0647\u200c\u0627\u06cc \u0641\u0631\u0635\u062a \u06cc\u06a9 \u062e\u062f\u0627\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u06cc \u0646\u062f\u0627\u0634\u062a\u0645\u060c \u0631\u0648\u06cc \u0634\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0627\u0645 \u0645\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0647. \u0628\u0627\u06cc\u062f \u0628\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633\u0645 \u062a\u0627 \u0686\u0634\u0645\u0627\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0632 \u062f\u0648\u0634\u0645 \u0632\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u0628\u06af\u0630\u0627\u0631\u0645\u060c \u062a\u0627 \u0642\u0644\u0628\u0645 \u06a9\u0647 \u062d\u0627\u0644\u0627 \u06cc\u06a9 \u06af\u0648\u0634\u0647\u200c\u0627\u0634 \u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644\u200c\u0622\u0628\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0633\u062a\u060c\u0622\u0631\u0627\u0645\u200c\u062a\u0631 \u0628\u062a\u067e\u062f.\u0628\u0627\u06cc\u062f \u0628\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633\u0645<br \/>\u06f1\/<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leila Hoseinzade (@leilahoseinzade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leilahoseinzade\/status\/1614617271502266368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 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\">Explaining the &#8220;horrific&#8221; experience, she tells about the lack of medical treatment for prisoners and describes it as a &#8220;disaster&#8221;. She states that &#8220;in Adil Abad women&#8217;s ward, horrible crimes are going on against ordinary prisoners through the use of nerve and sedative pills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Man Arrested After Uranium Found at UK\u2019s Heathrow Airport<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">Jan 15 (Reuters) &#8211; A man in his 60s has been arrested in connection with an investigation linked to the discovery of traces of uranium found in a cargo package at London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport, the UK Metropolitan Police said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The man was arrested on suspicion of a terror offence on Saturday and was released on bail as part of the investigation, the Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">A very\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/uks-counter-terrorism-police-launch-probe-into-uranium-detected-package-heathrow-2023-01-11\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\" data-testid=\"Link\">small quantity of uranium<\/a>\u00a0was detected in a package that arrived at Heathrow Airport on Dec. 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/man-arrested-after-uranium-found-uks-heathrow-airport-2023-01-15\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"irans-government-in-waiting\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Guardian Letters: Iran\u2019s Government in Waiting<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230392 size-medium\" title=\"guardian-logo-30112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/guardian-logo-30112020-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"guardian-logo-30112020\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\" style=\"text-align: justify\">More than four decades of misguided engagement by the west has failed to help the long-suffering and oppressed Iranian people, who now feel that the only way to gain their human rights and freedom is to bring about regime change (\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/jan\/08\/the-observer-view-on-averting-the-wests-collision-course-with-iran\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran and the west are on a deadly collision course<\/a>\u201d, Editorial). Here, at last, the crucial question is posed. The answer for the west must be aligned to the desire of the people for freedom and democracy. Why then, are our and all other democratic governments not engaging with the organised opposition movement, made up of an established coalition of various faith, ethnic and political groups, represented by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, led by president-elect Maryam Rajavi? The NCRI is ready with a fully structured parliament, currently based in France, and explicit policies to inform a transitional government that would lead to free, fair, internationally monitored elections within six months of the fall of the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theobserver\/commentisfree\/2023\/jan\/15\/dont-know-whether-to-vote-for-rishi-sunak-or-keir-starmer-the-choice-is-easy\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Sees More Protests Despite Escalating Crackdown, Freezing Cold Weather<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-286571 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests January 15 2023 696x392 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-15-2023-696x392-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests January 15 2023 696x392 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-15-2023-696x392-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-15-2023-696x392-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-15-2023-696x392-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 122<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0day on Sunday as the country is gripping with freezing cold temperatures and the regime is too incompetent to provide even heating gas to tens of millions of people across the country. Iran has the world\u2019s second-largest natural gas reserves and yet the Iranian people in cities throughout the country are seen waiting in lines for cooking\/heating gas, and kerosene, and posting videos from their homes and stores showing the severe gas shortage. All the while, the regime\u2019s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has been on a Middle East tour visiting the mullahs\u2019 allies and pledging to provide for their energy needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-iran-sees-more-protests-despite-escalating-crackdown-freezing-cold-weather\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Life of Mohana Kameli, a Detained Protester, in Danger<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-286570 size-medium\" title=\"Mohana Kameli 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohana-Kameli-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mohana Kameli 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohana-Kameli-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohana-Kameli-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohana-Kameli-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohana-Kameli-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mohana Kameli, 24, needed urgent treatment due to the infection from her severe injuries during the three months of protests. Still, the authorities of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/abysmal-conditions-of-inmates-in-qarchak-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Qarchak prison<\/a>\u00a0refused to transfer her to the hospital. Finally, on January 13, under the pressure of public opinion, she was transferred to Taleghani Hospital in Velenjak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On December 12, 2022, security forces posing as Electricity Department agents went to Mohana Kameli\u2019s house in Narmak district, Tehran, and arrested her. She was shot during the protests about three months ago, and her leg wound infected. Three weeks before her arrest, her arm broke during demonstrations in Tehran when security forces ran over her on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/15\/mohana-kameli\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Gas Shortage Continues in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nearly 20 provinces are experiencing a gas crisis, crippling the entire Iran. This leaves Iranians to deal with a cold and harsh winter as the regime delays helping them. Reports from Iran indicate there are long lines of people waiting in freezing weather to receive gas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 16 &#8211; Torbat-e-Jam, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>People are rallying outside the local governor&#39;s office protesting the continued gas shortage and the fact that their families are freezing in the winter cold.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTQp6wDZOq\">pic.twitter.com\/uTQp6wDZOq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1614907810671722496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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\" 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\" data-hashtags=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Also, read<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-15-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 15,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 123 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":286572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-286557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-iran-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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