{"id":293421,"date":"2023-01-21T09:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T08:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=293421"},"modified":"2023-02-08T02:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T01:46:40","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-21-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-21-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 21, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_293431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293431\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-293431 size-full\" title=\"New Project 1 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"New Project 1 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran- January 20, 2023: A protester holds a board with defiant text at the Zahedan Friday payer (left), a long queue of people waiting to get gas for heating (right)<\/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: 8:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 128<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Saturday, January 21, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT+1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 128<\/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 128<sup>th<\/sup> day following a massive demonstration in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Province in southeast Iran the day before. People in other cities, such as Rask and Khash, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P2idm5UlzIM\" rel=\"noopener\">Galikesh<\/a> in northeast Iran, also took to the streets chanting slogans specifically targeting regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his entire crackdown apparatus, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the paramilitary Basij units.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 20 &#8211; Rask, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters chanting: &quot;Death to the dictator!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Khamenei, have some shame! Let go of the country!&quot;<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\/X9hh6sndVv\">pic.twitter.com\/X9hh6sndVv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616417760375967744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 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 Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi Province in the northeast, CNG stations were closed as regime officials refuse to provide for the Iranian people&#8217;s basic necessities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 20 &#8211; Ardabil, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Protesters attacked the regime&#39;s local judiciary building using 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\/2MDLVnDtHt\">pic.twitter.com\/2MDLVnDtHt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616737497634971648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 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\">There were also reports of people in other cities, such as Tehran, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616685901773406209\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616745067586416642\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandar Abbas<\/a>, and Sanandaj chanting anti-regime slogans and celebrating the European Parliament\u2019s recent resolution calling on the European Union to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sanandaj, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>&quot;Death to the IRGC!&quot;<br \/>People are celebrating the European Parliament&#39;s resolution calling on the EU to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistIRGC<\/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\/Rrd1nOQjmQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Rrd1nOQjmQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616515907320221720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 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\">Also today, a young protester wrote graffiti on a wall in the capital Tehran, &#8220;This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protester writes in graffiti:<br \/>&quot;This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!&quot;<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\/yDCyx7OlVS\">pic.twitter.com\/yDCyx7OlVS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616763790162362368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 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 Rameshk, Kerman Province, in south-central Iran, people had to wait in long lines to purchase cooking\/heating gas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rameshk, Kerman Province, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>People waiting in long lines to purchase cooking\/heating gas.<\/p>\n<p>Reminder:<br \/>Iran has the world&#39;s second largest natural gas reserves. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8EZXdbiBIs\">pic.twitter.com\/8EZXdbiBIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616729818258620416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 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\">On Friday, January 20 in Ardabil, northwest Iran, defiant youths torched the city\u2019s local judiciary building using Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 20 &#8211; Ardabil, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Protesters attacked the regime&#39;s local judiciary building using 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\/2MDLVnDtHt\">pic.twitter.com\/2MDLVnDtHt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616737497634971648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 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 rather bizarre development during yesterday\u2019s Friday prayer congregation in Zahedan, an IRGC plainclothes agent, who had posed as a protester, was detained by the security personnel of the city\u2019s Makki Grand Mosque and protesters. He was carrying a placard, saying that Reza Pahlavi was his \u201crepresentative.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 20 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters arrested a regime agent spying on their ranks.<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\/gOrinZ4Pmv\">pic.twitter.com\/gOrinZ4Pmv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1616415369882648576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 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 past few days, including last night, Resistance Units affiliated with the Mujahedin- Khalq (MEK projected pictures of the Resistance\u2019s leadership, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi on walls in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIRAN\/status\/1616468021614379009\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasht<\/a>, northern Iran, Tabriz, northeast Iran, and in the capital Tehran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Resistance units project images of Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi in Tabriz &amp;amp; Tehran\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_CjSpzc542eM\" 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%2FCjSpzc542eM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CjSpzc542eM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-19T08:35:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_CjSpzc542eM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCjSpzc542eM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Resistance units project images of Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi in Tabriz &amp; Tehran<\/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\/CjSpzc542eM\" 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%2FCjSpzc542eM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Resistance units project images of Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi in Tabriz &amp;amp; Tehran\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"*** 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<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tech Workers Fight for Iran Protesters as Big Tech Plays It Safe<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-293710 size-medium\" title=\"wired logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wired-logo-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"wired logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wired-logo-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wired-logo-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wired-logo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">AT A COMPANY-WIDE<\/span>\u00a0meeting in October, Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed concern and heartbreak over Iran\u2019s deadly crackdown on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/protests-in-iran-twitter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uri=\"d5a6ae766ecf96b04e56241deea4ef1e\">human rights protests<\/a>. \u201cTo our Iranian Googlers, know that you have our full support,\u201d Pichai said, answering a question submitted by a staffer about the swelling revolt. The query had been upvoted by thousands of workers, according to four employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Google by then had spun up a cross-company task force to focus on Iran, just as it had after Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, the arrival of the pandemic, and other major events. Teams were endeavoring to keep services like Maps and Meet video chats accessible through government throttling in Iran. Demand for the company\u2019s Outline virtual private network was growing to millions of Iranians seeking uncensored internet access. And security staffers reviewed and suspended a few popular Android apps in Iran that violated policies meant to keep users safe. On Google\u2019s internal chat boards, workers celebrated Pichai\u2019s acknowledgment and the company\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/big-tech-is-playing-it-safe-on-iran-workers-are-taking-charge\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-weight: 700 !important\">UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Fire of Uprising Still Aflame, Insider Warns<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-293481 size-full\" title=\"iran etemad zibakalam 20012023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-etemad-zibakalam-20012023-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran etemad zibakalam 20012023 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-etemad-zibakalam-20012023-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-etemad-zibakalam-20012023-1-150x108.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sadegh Zibakalam, a state-affiliated analyst and an enabler of the crackdown on universities in Iran in the early 1980s, warned that &#8220;there is a blazing fire of protests under the ashes that will be ignited by a stronger wind more than ever before&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, in a column in the state-run <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etemadonline.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-9\/592504-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C\" rel=\"noopener\">Etemad Online<\/a>, he wrote:&#8221;The causes and reasons that constituted to the recent protests are not over. On the contrary, I believe that the continuation of the typical wrong policies will make the dimensions and inclinations of the next demonstrations much more sweeping. If there are no changes and reforms and the system continues to follow the same approaches of the past, we will not go anywhere. I am afraid for the future of the state already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He added: &#8220;For 43 years, they have tried to limit the student movement through the creation of the Basij student organization and state-affiliated student associations but instead of being limited it has only expanded. Even the students of public universities all over Iran are coming up with demands like the students of Sharif University, Allameh University, Science and Technology University, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">European Parliament Calls for \u2018Unconditional Release\u2019 of Belgian Aid Worker in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-231249 size-medium\" title=\"Brussels-Times-Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brussels-Times-Logo-300x51.jpg\" alt=\"Brussels-Times-Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brussels-Times-Logo-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brussels-Times-Logo-768x131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brussels-Times-Logo-150x26.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brussels-Times-Logo-696x118.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brussels-Times-Logo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Parliament &#8220;strongly condemns&#8221; the conviction of Vandecasteele, the continued detention of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/world-all-news\/222463\/using-prisoners-as-currency-iran-urged-to-stop-execution-of-vub-guest-lecturer-djalali\" rel=\"noopener\">Swedish-Iranian scientist and guest lecturer at Brussels VUB university Ahmadreza Djalali<\/a>\u00a0and &#8220;the cynical use of hostage diplomacy to force the release of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/260664\/brussels-court-temporarily-bans-belgium-from-extraditing-assadollah-assadi-to-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted terrorist Asadollah Assadi.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Assadi is officially an Iranian diplomat and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Belgium in 2021 for a planned terror attack in Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">MEPs demand the &#8220;immediate and unconditional release and safe repatriation&#8221; of Djalali and Vandecasteele, as well as seven French citizens imprisoned in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/eu-affairs\/355458\/european-parliament-calls-for-unconditional-release-of-belgian-aid-worker-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Protests Resume as Baloch Take to the Streets Again Despite Crackdown<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-293429 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests January 20 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-20-2023-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests January 20 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-20-2023-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-20-2023-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-20-2023.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Baloch people of Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province are taking to the streets in continuous anti-regime protests with locals chanting slogans specifically targeting regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his entire crackdown apparatus, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\">IRGC<\/a>) and the paramilitary Basij.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 282 cities. Over 750 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime\u2019s forces, according to sources of the Iranian opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>). The names of 637 killed protesters have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-pmoi-mek-publishes-names-of-martyrs-of-the-iranian-peoples-nationwide-uprising\/\">published<\/a>\u00a0by the PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-iran-protests-baloch-take-to-the-streets-yet-again-despite-crackdown-measures\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Donya Farhadi Commemorated 40 Days After Security Forces Murdered Her<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-293430 size-medium\" title=\"Donya Farhadi min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Donya-Farhadi-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Donya Farhadi min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Donya-Farhadi-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Donya-Farhadi-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Donya-Farhadi-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Donya-Farhadi-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the 126<sup>th<\/sup> day of the nationwide uprising in Iran, the people of Izeh commemorated Donya Farhadi on Thursday, January 19, 2022, forty days after her death.\u00a0Donya Farhadi, 22, was a student of architecture at Azad University of Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran.\u00a0Her family\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/12\/16\/ayda-rostami-found-dead\/\" rel=\"noopener\">found her lifeless body<\/a> on December 15, 2022, on the shores of the Karun River. Donya Farhadi disappeared on December 7, 2022, after a quarrel with members of Basij at the university.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/20\/donya-farhadi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Brussels\u2014January 18, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied to Support the Iran Revolution and Demanded to Designate the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Brussels&mdash;Jan 18, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Front of the Belgium Foreign Ministry.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_y3cxLRlMcF8\" 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%2Fy3cxLRlMcF8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3cxLRlMcF8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT11M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-19T17:24:11Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_y3cxLRlMcF8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fy3cxLRlMcF8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Brussels\u2014Jan 18, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Front of the Belgium Foreign Ministry.<\/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\/y3cxLRlMcF8\" 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%2Fy3cxLRlMcF8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Brussels&mdash;Jan 18, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Front of the Belgium Foreign Ministry.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Brussels\u2014January 18, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rallied in Front of the Belgium Foreign Ministry and Demanded to Designate the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Brussels, Belgium\u2014January 18, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the Iranian Resistance (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">NCRI\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">MEK<\/a>), demonstrated in Front of the Belgium Foreign Ministry and demanded to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization. They also expressed solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/category\/news\/insider\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">nationwide Iran protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/01\/brussels-january-18-2023-mek-supporters-rallied-to-support-the-iran-revolution-and-demanded-to-designate-the-irgc-as-a-terrorist-organization\/42006\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Commemoration of January 20, the Anniversary of the Release of the Last Group of Political Prisoners From Shah\u2019s Prisons in Paris, Stockholm, and Berlin<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Anniversary of the Release of the Last Group of Political Prisoners - Paris, Stockholm, &amp;amp; Berlin\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_YTMKbnlKqUs\" 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%2FYTMKbnlKqUs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTMKbnlKqUs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-20T08:13:57Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_YTMKbnlKqUs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYTMKbnlKqUs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Anniversary of the Release of the Last Group of Political Prisoners - Paris, Stockholm, &amp; Berlin<\/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\/YTMKbnlKqUs\" 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%2FYTMKbnlKqUs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"The Anniversary of the Release of the Last Group of Political Prisoners - Paris, Stockholm, &amp;amp; Berlin\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Commemoration of January 20, 1978, the Anniversary of the Release of the Last Group of Political Prisoners From the Shah&#039;s Prisons in Paris, Stockholm, and Berlin. January 19, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) in Paris, Stockholm, and Berlin commemorated January 20, 1978. On this day, the people of Iran released the last group of political prisoners from the prisons of Shah&#039;s dictatorship.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>January 19, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) in Paris, Stockholm, and Berlin commemorated January 20, 1979.\u00a0On this day, the people of Iran released the last group of political prisoners from the prisons of Shah\u2019s dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2023\/01\/commemoration-of-january-20-the-anniversary-of-the-release-of-the-last-group-of-political-prisoners-from-shahs-prisons-in-paris-stockholm-and-berlin\/42047\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Stockholm\u2014January 19, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Stockholm&mdash;January 19, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_e9OXerKKyv8\" 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%2Fe9OXerKKyv8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e9OXerKKyv8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-19T20:06:57Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_e9OXerKKyv8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fe9OXerKKyv8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stockholm\u2014January 19, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims.<\/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\/e9OXerKKyv8\" 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%2Fe9OXerKKyv8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm&mdash;January 19, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stockholm\u2014January 19, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims. Stockholm, Sweden - January 19, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, MEK supporters, and families of 1988 massacre victims demonstrated outside the appeals court of the executioner Hamid Noury.\"><\/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 19, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>) held a rally on the fifth day of the appeal trial of the executioner\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-stockholm-trial-begins-of-hamid-noury-over-1988-massacre\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Hamid Noury<\/a>\u00a0in front of the court. They are seeking justice for more than 30,000 martyrs of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/1988-massacre\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">1988 massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/01\/stockholm-january-19-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-front-of-the-swedish-court-seeking-justice-for-the-1988-massacre-victims\/42020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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-20-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 20,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 128 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":293431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-293421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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