{"id":294209,"date":"2023-01-23T08:52:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T07:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=294209"},"modified":"2023-02-08T03:52:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:52:31","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-23-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-294211\" title=\"iran-protests-workers-22012023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-22-10-51-21-1.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2023 01 22 10 51 21 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-22-10-51-21-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-22-10-51-21-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-22-10-51-21-1-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-22-10-51-21-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-22-10-51-21-1-696x438.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: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 130<\/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 23, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT +1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 130<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 23 &#8211; Mashhad, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s communications industry are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2KQW6O9XL5\">pic.twitter.com\/2KQW6O9XL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617444651643899904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 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\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising marked its 130<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day on Monday following a day of various types of protests by people from all walks of life in different cities. Protest rallies by laborers and investors, and brave locals in different parts of Tehran and Karaj were demanding their rights while protesting the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 23 &#8211; Shahrekord, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s communications industry in Chaharmahal &amp; Bakhtiari Province are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z2zKdxchZO\">pic.twitter.com\/z2zKdxchZO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617447176531066880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 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 Monday morning, retirees, and pensioners of the regime\u2019s telecommunications industry in the provinces of Razavi Khorasan, Kohgiluyeh &amp; Boyer Ahmad, Ardabil, and Gilan began protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions. These rallies were held in the cities of Mashhad,\u00a0Shahrekord,\u00a0Ardabil,\u00a0Yazd, Lorestan,\u00a0Tehran, Isfahan,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617476338365116417\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617511341681426432\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermanshah<\/a>, and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617448427033448448\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasht<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 23 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s communications industry in the provinces of Yazd and Lorestan are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jKq2N4LeJQ\">pic.twitter.com\/jKq2N4LeJQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617458559335419907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 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\">A similar rally was held by electricity workers in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617449684640882691\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>\u00a0outside the regime\u2019s Energy Ministry building as they <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617512599104495617\" rel=\"noopener\">protested<\/a> low paychecks and other issues regarding their poor working conditions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 23 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s communications industry in the provinces of Tehran and Isfahan are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fpc5Jrgsz7\">pic.twitter.com\/Fpc5Jrgsz7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617462273752109058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 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, in the country\u2019s capital retired teachers and educated workers rallied outside the regime\u2019s Education Ministry protesting their low pensions and other outstanding demands that have gone unanswered by regime officials for far too long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports from\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617520149241778176\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandar Khomeini<\/a>\u00a0in southwest Iran indicate that contract and official employees of the local petrochemical site are on strike for a second day. There is word that the CEO of the Persian Gulf Holding Company, a firm associated to the regime\u2019s IRGC, is headed to Bandar Khomeini from Tehran to see into this matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sunday evening saw protesters in Bukan, a restive city in northwest Iran, setting up roadblocks and continuing the nationwide protests against the mullahs\u2019 regime. Similar protests were reported in another Kurdish city of\u00a0Divandarreh\u00a0in Kurdistan Province, western Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 22 &#8211; Divandarreh, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals setting up roadblocks and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 129th night of the uprising.<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\/P8ZJ7dWXAb\">pic.twitter.com\/P8ZJ7dWXAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617267107141410817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 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 late last night in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617269749028716546\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran\u2019s<\/a> various districts and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617260815035371521\" rel=\"noopener\">Karaj<\/a>, locals chanted anti-regime slogans and specifically targeted Khamenei and his crackdown apparatus. The slogans included:<br \/>\n\u201cThis is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to the republic of executions!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to the murderous IRGC!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe IRGC commits crimes and Khamenei supports it!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe won\u2019t have a country as long as the mullahs are in power!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDamned be Khomeini, death to Khamenei.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 22 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals in the Ekbatan district chanting:<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to the republic of executions!&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\/bysP9RS1hQ\">pic.twitter.com\/bysP9RS1hQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617259557033594881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 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: 12:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians in Brussels Call on EU Foreign Ministers to Proscribe IRGC<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, January 23, while all 27 Foreign Ministers of the European Union member states are gathering in Brussels to coordinate responses to the invasion of Ukraine as well as other international topics, including Iran, supporters of the Iranian Resistance held a rally to call on the EU to proscribe the Iranian regime&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ZNGJ0_-0yW4\"><div id=\"lyte_ZNGJ0_-0yW4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZNGJ0_-0yW4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZNGJ0_-0yW4\" 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%2FZNGJ0_-0yW4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_imDzat71dbw\"><div id=\"lyte_imDzat71dbw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FimDzat71dbw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/imDzat71dbw\" 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%2FimDzat71dbw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Boves Municipal in Italy Supports Iran\u2019s Uprising<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-294303 size-medium\" title=\"iran boves italy resolution 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-boves-italy-resolution-1-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"iran boves italy resolution 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-boves-italy-resolution-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-boves-italy-resolution-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-boves-italy-resolution-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-boves-italy-resolution-1-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-boves-italy-resolution-1.jpg 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On January 21, a meeting was held in the municipality of Boves in the province of Piemonte, Italy, to discuss the uprising in Iran as well as the importance to support the Iranian Resistance in its struggle against the clerical regime in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the meeting, Mayor Maurizio Paoletti talked about his visit to Ashraf 3, where most of the members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization are settled in Albania. He also asserted his support for the Iranian Resistance and NCRI President-elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lavocedialba.it\/2023\/01\/23\/leggi-notizia\/argomenti\/attualita-14\/articolo\/khosro.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Khosro Nikzat<\/a>, the head of the Association of Iranian Doctors and Pharmacists living in Italy, explained the latest developments in the uprising and asked local and government institutions to support the resistance of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the meeting, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Boves-Municipality-Resolution.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">a resolution<\/a> was read and agreed upon. The resolution strongly condemned the killing of the Iranian protesters by the brutal security forces while expressing support for the Iranian Resistance, as a democratic alternative to the regime and highlighting that Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavis-ten-point-plan-for-future-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ten-point plan<\/a> is a roadmap to freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The resolution of the Boves Municipality also asks the Italian government to proscribe the Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist entity, close the regime&#8217;s embassy and expel the terrorists&#8217; diplomats from Italian soil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the meeting, a representative of Amnesty International and the head of the Italian Partisan Association in Cuneo also took part.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Cities Renew Rallies with Night Protests, Attacks on Regime\u2019s Sites<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-294212 size-medium\" title=\"iran uprising night 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-uprising-night-1-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"iran uprising night 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-uprising-night-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-uprising-night-1-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-uprising-night-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cities across Iran are witnessing more protests in the forms of workers demanding their rights holding gatherings and going on strike, night rallies with locals in different parts of Tehran and other cities chanting anti-regime slogans, and various types of attacks targeting the regime\u2019s sites and symbols.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These measures are specifically targeting regime Supreme Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\">IRGC<\/a>), the paramilitary Basij, and even plainclothes agents and their spies working among the locals of various cities and towns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-cities-renew-rallies-with-night-protests-attacks-on-regimes-sites\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Toronto, Canada\u2014January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Toronto, Canada&mdash;January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Wh61_TxGuEs\" 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%2FWh61_TxGuEs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wh61_TxGuEs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M2S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-23T06:37:26Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Wh61_TxGuEs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWh61_TxGuEs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Toronto, Canada\u2014January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wh61_TxGuEs\" 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%2FWh61_TxGuEs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto, Canada&mdash;January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Full Video - Toronto, Canada\u2014January 21, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Toronto, Canada\u2014January 21, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong>Freedom-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>) held a rally in solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian people\u2019s uprising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">They also commemorated\u00a0<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\">January 20, 1979<\/a>. On this day, the people of Iran released the last group of political prisoners from the prisons of Shah\u2019s dictatorship. At the head of these political prisoners was the Iranian opposition leader Mr.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/massoud-rajavi-biography\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/01\/toronto-canada-january-21-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42081\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Geneva, Switzerland\u2014January 21, 2023: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Geneva&mdash;January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_FK6hWS7dLWU\" 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%2FFK6hWS7dLWU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FK6hWS7dLWU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-22T19:31:13Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_FK6hWS7dLWU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFK6hWS7dLWU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Geneva\u2014January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FK6hWS7dLWU\" 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%2FFK6hWS7dLWU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Geneva&mdash;January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Geneva, Switzerland\u2014January 21, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Geneva, Switzerland\u2014January 21, 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>) held a rally and exhibition next to the \u201cBroken Chair\u201d (UNOG) in solidarity with the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">\u00a0nationwide Iranian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/01\/geneva-switzerland-january-21-2023-iranian-resistance-supporters-rally-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/42085\/\" 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-22-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 22,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 130 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":294211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-294209","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 v27.5 - 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