{"id":296365,"date":"2023-01-24T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=296365"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:04:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-24-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-24-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 24, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-296382 size-full\" title=\"iran strike handicapt 23012023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-strike-handicapt-23012023.jpg\" alt=\"iran strike handicapt 23012023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-strike-handicapt-23012023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-strike-handicapt-23012023-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-strike-handicapt-23012023-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-strike-handicapt-23012023-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-strike-handicapt-23012023-696x400.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: 9:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 131<\/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>: 131<\/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 131<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0day on Tuesday as cities across Iran witnessed 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 defiant youth targeting the regime\u2019s sites and symbols.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, the defiant youth targeted at least 17 different suppressive IRGC and the paramilitary Basij centers, banners, and posters of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and the eliminated Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 24 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Art students held a gathering protesting harsh sentences issued by the campus Regulations Committee against their fellow classmates.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/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\/c18YENB6VL\">pic.twitter.com\/c18YENB6VL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617900157382664196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 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\">Last night in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIRAN\/status\/1617794606971912192\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>, chants of \u201cDeath to Khamenei, death to the dictator\u201d echoed across many districts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617900157382664196\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>, Art students held a gathering protesting harsh sentences issued by the campus Regulations Committee against their fellow classmates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also in Tehran, family members of death row inmates rallied outside the regime&#8217;s 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 24 &#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\/%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\/hvW8egZg0e\">pic.twitter.com\/hvW8egZg0e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617897510609080324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 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 Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, southeast Iran, regime authorities imposed tight security measures at the entrances leading to the capital of Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Province, activists say.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Regime authorities are imposing tight security measures at the entrances leading to the capital of Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province, activists say.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/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%DB%95_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%95_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%DB%95_%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\u06d5_\u0634\u0627\u06d5_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u06d5_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iztdxFJKWF\">pic.twitter.com\/iztdxFJKWF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617882536989933570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 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:\/\/news.mojahedin.org\/i\/%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87\" rel=\"noopener\">Bampour<\/a> in the same Province, locals clashed with the suppressive State Security Force during which an SSF Major and a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Lieutenant were killed and a Sergeant Major was wounded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Sardasht, northwest Iran, three brothers were hospitalized after being shot and wounded by IRGC units earlier this morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 24 &#8211; Sardasht, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Footage of the three Hamzeh brothers in a local hospital after being shot at and injured by IRGC units earlier this morning.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistIRGC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGCterorrists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGCterorrists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/23mcIOZbsc\">pic.twitter.com\/23mcIOZbsc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617844788132298752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 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 Tabriz, northwest Iran, expelled workers of the Shirin Asal Food Industrial Group gathered outside the Labor Department of East Azerbaijan Province demanding answers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 24 &#8211; Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Expelled workers of the Shirin Asal Food Industrial Group gathered outside the Labor Department of East Azerbaijan Province demanding answers.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/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%DB%95_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%95_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%DB%95_%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\u06d5_\u0634\u0627\u06d5_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u06d5_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVOvC95iWA\">pic.twitter.com\/YVOvC95iWA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617878762032431105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 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\/1617885056080429057\" rel=\"noopener\">Meshginshahr<\/a>, Ardabil Province, northwest Iran, a long line of vehicles was formed before a CNG station further illustrating the regime&#8217;s corruption and incompetence in providing badly needed gas by locals in the cold winter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There were also severe gas shortages in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, southeast Iran, and in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617898768866676736\" rel=\"noopener\">Arak<\/a>, central Iran, where some schools did not have gas for heating. The students were forced to use blankets in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Severe gas shortages in Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/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\/taXgvPRx4b\">pic.twitter.com\/taXgvPRx4b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1617892477716860928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 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 style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 7:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Treasury Sanctions Key Hizballah Money Exchanger<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-246660 size-medium\" title=\"US treasury department (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating several individuals and associated entities for facilitating financial activities for Hizballah. At the center of this network is Lebanese money exchanger and so-called financial expert\u00a0<b>Hassan Moukalled<\/b>, who plays a key role in enabling Hizballah to continue to exploit and exacerbate Lebanon\u2019s economic crisis. Treasury is also designating\u00a0<b>CTEX Exchange<\/b>, a money service business owned by Hassan Moukalled, in addition to Hassan Moukalled\u2019s sons,\u00a0<b>Rayyan Moukalled<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Rani Moukalled<\/b>, who facilitate\u00a0<b>Hassan Moukalled<\/b>\u00a0and his company\u2019s financial activities in support of Hizballah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1211\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">IRGC Remains Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organization- US DOS Spox<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At his daily press briefing, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on January 23: &#8220;The IRGC remains designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization, and a specially designated global terrorist. We\u2019ve also sanctioned many IRGC leaders individually for their involvement in terrorism and human rights abuses. You mentioned the latest tranche of human rights sanctions that we announced in conjunction with many of our closest partners earlier today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We applaud the EU\u2019s recent designations of IRGC officials and entities for their involvement in providing drones to Russia which are being used to fuel Russia\u2019s unconscionable attacks on Ukraine\u2019s critical infrastructure. Our European allies recognize the threat, the challenges posed by the IRGC and Iran more broadly. We have enjoyed exceptionally close cooperation and coordination with Europe on confronting these challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/briefings\/department-press-briefing-january-23-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In coordination with the UK and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EUCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EUCouncil<\/a>, we designated 10 additional Iranian officials and an entity connected to the suppression of peaceful protests. We will continue to impose costs on Iranian authorities connected to this brutal crackdown in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BCy0m0JhG2\">https:\/\/t.co\/BCy0m0JhG2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDeptSpox\/status\/1617560404594507786?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<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Treasury Sanctions the IRGC Cooperative Foundation and Senior Iranian Officials Connected to Protest Suppression<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-246660 size-medium\" title=\"US treasury department (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cooperative Foundation and five of its board members, the Deputy Minister of Intelligence and Security, and four senior IRGC commanders in Iran under human rights authorities. Today\u2019s action, in coordination with both the United Kingdom and European Union, targets a key economic pillar of the IRGC, which funds much of the regime\u2019s brutal suppression; as well as senior security officials coordinating Tehran\u2019s crackdown at the national and provincial levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe United States remains committed to supporting the Iranian people in their demands for human rights and other fundamental freedoms,\u201d said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. \u201cAlong with our partners, we will continue to hold the Iranian regime accountable so long as it relies upon violence, sham trials, the execution of protestors, and other means of suppressing its people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1209\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">UK Imposes Further Coordinated Sanctions on Iranian Regime Officials<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-265624 size-medium\" title=\"UK-Gov-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UK-Gov-logo-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"UK-Gov-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The UK is placing further sanctions on regime officials in Iran today, including on Deputy Prosecutor General Ahmad Fazelian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These sanctions, alongside designations by the European Union and the United States, demonstrate the international community\u2019s unified condemnation of the horrific violence the Iranian regime is inflicting on its own people, including the execution of dual British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Alongside the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-sanctions-iranian-prosecutor-general-following-execution-of-alireza-akbari\" class=\"govuk-link\">Prosecutor General in Iran, whom the UK sanctioned last week<\/a>, Fazelian is responsible for a judicial system characterised by unfair trials and egregious punishments, including use of the death penalty for political purposes. Last week Alireza Akbari tragically became a victim of this brutal system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-imposes-further-coordinated-sanctions-on-iranian-regime-officials\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Birth Certificates a Tool To Suppress Iran\u2019s Minorities<\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296369 size-medium\" title=\"Iran birth certificate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-birth-certificate-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran birth certificate\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-birth-certificate-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-birth-certificate-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-birth-certificate-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-birth-certificate-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-birth-certificate.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime is increasing its pressure on ethnic minorities. Over the past 5 months, since a new round of protests started, Iran\u2019s Baluch and Kurdish citizens are facing some of the worst attacks and violations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This repression is being mainly implemented by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij forces. Iran has several minority groups who are mostly based in the provinces near the country\u2019s borders. Iranian Arabs live close to the border of Iraq, Kurds are living in the northwest, known as Iranian Kurdistan, and Baluchis are mostly based in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/birth-certificates-a-tool-to-suppress-irans-minorities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Dr. Ayda Rostami, State Agents Prevent Her 40-Day Memorial Ceremony<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296370 size-medium\" title=\"Dr. Ayda Rostami 40 day memorial min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Ayda-Rostami-40-day-memorial-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ayda Rostami 40 day memorial min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Ayda-Rostami-40-day-memorial-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Ayda-Rostami-40-day-memorial-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Ayda-Rostami-40-day-memorial-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Ayda-Rostami-40-day-memorial-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The people of Gorgan participated in the 40-day memorial for Dr. Ayda Rostami despite a brutal attack by security and plainclothes agents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Friday morning, January 20, 2023, people gathered in Imamzadeh Abdullah cemetery of Gorgan. However, the clerical regime\u2019s repressive forces attacked and brutalized them, arresting several participants. In this way, they prevented the memorial ceremony for Dr. Ayda Rostami.\u00a0According to social media reports, Dr. Ayda Rostami\u2019s brother was among those arrested in the cemetery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/23\/dr-ayda-rostami-40-day-memorial\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Baloch Citizen Ebrahim Narouei Under the Shadow of Execution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296371 size-medium\" title=\"Ebrahim Narouei min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ebrahim-Narouei-min-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Ebrahim Narouei min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ebrahim-Narouei-min-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ebrahim-Narouei-min-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ebrahim-Narouei-min-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ebrahim-Narouei-min.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ebrahim Narouei is a 25-year-old Baluch citizen from Zahedan and was born on July 16, 1988. He was arrested by Iran\u2019s plainclothes forces during nationwide protests on October 3, 2022, in Zahedan and sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary on the charge of Moharebeh (War on God).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_ads \" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-right \"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/jnewsio\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"adlink ads_image align-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ad_300x250\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ad_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"ad_300x250\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ad_300x250.jpg\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ebrahim Narouei, son of Gol Khan and a resident of the Old Road area in Zahedan, was arrested at his resident. After a week of brutal torture in the detention center, security forces made him confess to things he had not done. They covered his eyes and forced him to sign documents with his fingerprints. He had not read any of the signed documents. He was charged with Moharebeh by Branch 6 of the Revolutionary Court of Zahedan without an appointed lawyer and sentenced to death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2023\/01\/23\/baloch-citizen-ebrahim-narouei-under-the-shadow-of-execution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Stuttgart and Bremen\u2014January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution, and Commemorating the Day January 20<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Stuttgart, Germany&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_TI7xw-cFnVk\" 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%2FTI7xw-cFnVk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TI7xw-cFnVk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-23T10:05:13Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_TI7xw-cFnVk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTI7xw-cFnVk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stuttgart, Germany\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\/TI7xw-cFnVk\" 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%2FTI7xw-cFnVk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stuttgart, Germany&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=\"Stuttgart, Germany\u2014January 21, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Rallied in Support of the Iran Revolution, and Commemorating the Day January 20.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Stuttgart and Bremen\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\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/01\/stuttgart-and-bremen-january-21-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution-and-commemorating-the-day-january-20\/42148\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Rome, Italy\u2014January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Rome&mdash;Jan 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in &ldquo;Porta del Popolo&rdquo; in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_vsv7gbpOeFo\" 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%2Fvsv7gbpOeFo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vsv7gbpOeFo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-23T11:05:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_vsv7gbpOeFo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fvsv7gbpOeFo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Rome\u2014Jan 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in \u201cPorta del Popolo\u201d in Solidarity With 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\/vsv7gbpOeFo\" 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%2Fvsv7gbpOeFo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Rome&mdash;Jan 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in &ldquo;Porta del Popolo&rdquo; in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Rome, Italy\u2014January 21, 2023: Iranian Resistance (NCRI and MEK) Supporters Rally in \u201cPorta del Popolo\u201d in Solidarity With 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>Rome, Italy\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 and exhibition in \u201cPorta del Popolo\u201d 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\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/01\/rome-italy-january-21-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42129\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Amsterdam, the Netherlands\u2014January 21, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Amsterdam&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_nrHeAuSe1Ko\" 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%2FnrHeAuSe1Ko%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrHeAuSe1Ko\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT11M48S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-23T08:04:32Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_nrHeAuSe1Ko\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FnrHeAuSe1Ko%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Amsterdam\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\/nrHeAuSe1Ko\" 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%2FnrHeAuSe1Ko%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam&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=\"Amsterdam, the Netherlands\u2014January 21, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution, and Commemorating the Day January 20.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Amsterdam, the Netherlands\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\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/01\/amsterdam-the-netherlands-january-21-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42116\/\" 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-23-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 23,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH 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