{"id":296803,"date":"2023-01-25T09:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=296803"},"modified":"2023-02-08T04:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T03:05:21","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-296816\" title=\"Iranian Action Against Iranian Corrupt State 18 01 2023 \u00a9 francois Dvorak 1097 1024x683 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iranian-Action-Against-Iranian-Corrupt-State-18-01-2023-\u00a9-francois-Dvorak-1097-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian Action Against Iranian Corrupt State 18 01 2023 \u00a9 francois Dvorak 1097 1024x683 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iranian-Action-Against-Iranian-Corrupt-State-18-01-2023-\u00a9-francois-Dvorak-1097-1024x683-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iranian-Action-Against-Iranian-Corrupt-State-18-01-2023-\u00a9-francois-Dvorak-1097-1024x683-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iranian-Action-Against-Iranian-Corrupt-State-18-01-2023-\u00a9-francois-Dvorak-1097-1024x683-1-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iranian-Action-Against-Iranian-Corrupt-State-18-01-2023-\u00a9-francois-Dvorak-1097-1024x683-1-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iranian-Action-Against-Iranian-Corrupt-State-18-01-2023-\u00a9-francois-Dvorak-1097-1024x683-1-696x402.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 132<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wednesday, January 25, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 132<\/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 132<sup>nd<\/sup> day today, Wednesday, as different sectors of Iran\u2019s society continued to take to the streets to voice their demands as the country\u2019s economic status remains in a nosedive crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 25 &#8211; Karaj, west of 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 Ghezel Hesar Prison. Reports indicate three inmates were sent to solitary confinement for execution.<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\/D9HffG4Ien\">pic.twitter.com\/D9HffG4Ien<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618320315918209030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian capital Tehran also witnessed people in different areas chanting anti-regime slogans at night in a sign that popular sentiment against the ruling dictatorship is deep-rooted and continuing<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kerman, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Long line of trucks waiting for diesel fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has the world&#39;s 4th largest crude oil reserves. The regime provides fuel for its proxies abroad while Iran&#39;s people suffer.<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\/ut0dkvIEqI\">pic.twitter.com\/ut0dkvIEqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618231083673214978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 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 target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/792389338?ref=tw-share\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK-affiliated Resistance Units<\/a> inside Iran launched a series of 17 different activities against the mullahs\u2019 regime on Tuesday, January 24, in cities across the country. The targets were centers in Tehran and Eslamshahr used by the mullahs to promote the mullahs\u2019 ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism, IRGC paramilitary Basij bases in the cities of Qom, Karaj, Mashhad, Shiraz, Kerman, Hamedan, Qazvin, and Shush, torching posters of Khamenei and regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini in the cities of Saravan, Langarud, and Sarpole Zahab, and torching posters of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in the cities of Kashmar, Karaj, and Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports from Bandar Khomeini in Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran indicate that on Wednesday contract and official employees of a local petrochemical facility are on strike for the fourth consecutive day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 25 &#8211; Bandar Khomeyni, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Contract and official employees of the local petrochemical site are on strike for the fourth consecutive day.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc\u200c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IgO77K9zua\">pic.twitter.com\/IgO77K9zua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618229825692475395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 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 Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran, personnel of the city\u2019s Khomeini Hospital held a protest gathering seeking their delayed pay checks and answers to their outstanding demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 25 &#8211; Ahvaz, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Personnel of the city&#39;s Khomeyni Hospital held a protest gathering seeking their delayed paychecks and answers to their outstanding demands.<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\/bmurUIEAlO\">pic.twitter.com\/bmurUIEAlO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618228567459991552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 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 Tuesday evening, locals in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618227182970589184\">Tehran\u2019s<\/a> Punak, Shahran, and Narmak districts, the Molla Sadra area, and different neighborhoods in the western parts of the capital began chanting anti-regime slogans specifically targeting Khamenei and the mullahs\u2019 entire apparatus. The slogans included:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to the oppressor! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to the mullahs\u2019 regime principle!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals in the capital&#39;s Punak district chanted:<br \/>&quot;Death to the oppressor! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Despite executions &amp; prisons, we&#39;re standing to the end!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei!&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%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\/P4pyGytcJl\">pic.twitter.com\/P4pyGytcJl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618227182970589184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 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\">\u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cKhamenei is a murderer! His rule is illegitimate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe don\u2019t want a child-killing regime!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to the IRGC!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDespite executions and prisons, we\u2019re standing to the end!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 25 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Locals continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 132nd night of the uprising.<br \/>They&#39;re chanting:<br \/>&quot;Death to the dictator!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei!&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\/MejD72O8XN\">pic.twitter.com\/MejD72O8XN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618333005323313154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 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: 1:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Australians Urged To Be Vigilant Against Continued Cyber Attacks From Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296935 size-medium\" title=\"abc news og data 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"abc news og data 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-696x374.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_39n3n\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian\u00a0Revolutionary Guard-affiliated actors have launched targeted cyber attacks on Australian organisations, with the aim of using the data obtained for extortion, a report tabled in parliament shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_39n3n\" style=\"text-align: justify\">But the federal government won\u2019t disclose information about whether it is considering listing the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) \u2013 the military arm of Iran\u2019s government \u2014\u00a0as a terrorist organisation, or\u00a0how much worth of assets and\/or investments that people connected to the regime hold in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_39n3n\" style=\"text-align: justify\">A federal parliamentary inquiry investigating recent human rights violations in Iran, which is due to hand down its report next week, heard evidence of reports of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-11-29\/kylie-moore-gilbert-inquiry-human-rights-abuses-iran-protests\/101708798\" class=\"Mgb+U eFAYl _6gEQP f7oap\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/101708798\">surveillance and abuse by the regime against Australian-Iranians<\/a>\u00a0who speak out against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-01-25\/australia-iran-irgc-cyber-attacks-senate-inquiry-human-rights\/101886648\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">EU Imposes New Sanctions on Iran Over Protest Crackdown<\/h3>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"t-location\">Brussels (AFP) \u2013\u00a0<\/span>The EU on Monday placed 37 more Iranian officials and entities on an asset-freeze and visa-ban blacklist over Tehran&#8217;s bloody crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-empty-p=\"false\">\n<p>The bloc targeted the minister of sports and the command of the Revolutionary Guards in 12 regions of Iran in its fourth round of sanctions over the repression of demonstrators, the EU&#8217;s official journal said.<\/p>\n<p>Hard-line lawmakers, senior state media officials and the head of the body setting the country&#8217;s strict &#8220;morality&#8221; rules were also added to the list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/international-news\/20230123-eu-imposes-new-sanctions-on-iran-over-protest-crackdown\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tehran Has Amassed Enough Nuclear Material for Several Nuclear Weapons &#8211; IAEA Chief<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296926 size-medium\" title=\"today.lorientlejour logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/today.lorientlejour-logo-300x150.png\" alt=\"today.lorientlejour logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/today.lorientlejour-logo-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/today.lorientlejour-logo-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/today.lorientlejour-logo.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking about Iran&#8217;s recent atomic activities, including enriching uranium well past JCPOA-mandated limits towards a level needed for nuclear weapons, Grossi said: &#8220;That trajectory is certainly not a good one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As well as failing to explain to the IAEA radioactive traces found in locations that were not declared as nuclear sites, Iran&#8217;s growing stock of enriched uranium is of concern, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;They have amassed enough nuclear material for several nuclear weapons \u2014 not one at this point,&#8221; he said, listing 70 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity and 1,000 kilograms at 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1325703\/un-nuclear-chief-to-visit-tehran-next-month-to-restart-talks.html\" 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\">Somali President Accuses Iran of Implementing \u2018Subversive Agenda\u2019 Through Humanitarian Efforts<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-228423 size-medium\" title=\"AsharqAl-Awsat_23102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AsharqAl-Awsat_23102020-300x53.jpg\" alt=\"AsharqAl-Awsat_23102020\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AsharqAl-Awsat_23102020-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AsharqAl-Awsat_23102020.jpg 558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud accused Iran of interfering in his country, at a time when the US military announced that it had killed two members of the extremist Al-Shabaab movement, in an airstrike on a remote area near Haratiri, 396 km northeast of Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Somali media quoted Sheikh Mahmoud as telling the Somali Scholars Conference on Tuesday that the country\u2019s intelligence service monitored Iranian moves to spread Shiite ideologies during his first presidential term that ended in 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Somali president added that Iran was implementing a \u201csubversive agenda\u201d through relief efforts, pointing to the involvement of Iranian diplomats and officials of humanitarian organizations in the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/home\/article\/4117936\/somali-president-accuses-iran-implementing-%E2%80%98subversive-agenda%E2%80%99-through\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Lawyers of Detained Protester Armita Abbasi Resign 6 Days Before Her Trial<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296807 size-medium\" title=\"Detained protester Armita Abbasi min 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Detained-protester-Armita-Abbasi-min-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Detained protester Armita Abbasi min 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Detained-protester-Armita-Abbasi-min-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Detained-protester-Armita-Abbasi-min-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Detained-protester-Armita-Abbasi-min-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Detained-protester-Armita-Abbasi-min-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mohammad Esmailbeigi announced in a tweet: \u201cGiven our request for a face-to-face meeting which has not been responded to until this moment, and the shortage of time that makes it impossible to adequately defend our client, Ms. Sonia Mohammadi and I declare our resignation from the defense of Ms. Armita Abbasi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">106 days have passed since the arrest of Armita Abbasi. Her trial is scheduled for January 29, 2023. Previously, her trial was supposed to be held on the 26th, but this date has been postponed for three days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/24\/detained-protester-armita-abbasi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Kambiz Kharoot, Baluch Youth Sentenced to Death<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296808 size-medium\" title=\"HRM kambiz Kharoot min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-kambiz-Kharoot-min-300x150.webp\" alt=\"HRM kambiz Kharoot min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-kambiz-Kharoot-min-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-kambiz-Kharoot-min-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-kambiz-Kharoot-min-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-kambiz-Kharoot-min.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kambiz Kharoot, a 20-year-old Baluch citizen, is from Jam-e-Jam area of Zahedan. He was arrested during nationwide protests on September 31, 2022, by Iran\u2019s Intelligence services and sentenced to death by the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kambiz Kharoot was born on February 2, 2002. Meaning this year the young Baluch will be forced to spend his birthday alone behind bars and haunted by the death penalty. Kambiz Kharoot was arrested in his shop in Karimabad area of Zahedan. All charges against him have been obtained under torture and are not referable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2023\/01\/24\/kambiz-kharoot-baluch-youth-sentenced-to-death\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Brussels\u2014January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated and Demanding for Blacklisting the IRGC<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Brussels&mdash;January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated and Demanding for Blacklisting the IRGC.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_m3APFs8oCVE\" 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%2Fm3APFs8oCVE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m3APFs8oCVE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-23T21:32:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_m3APFs8oCVE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fm3APFs8oCVE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Brussels\u2014January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated and Demanding for Blacklisting the IRGC.<\/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\/m3APFs8oCVE\" 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%2Fm3APFs8oCVE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Brussels&mdash;January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated and Demanding for Blacklisting the IRGC.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Brussels, Belgium\u2014January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated and Demanding 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 23, 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 EU Council of Ministers and demanded to designate the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">IRGC\u00a0<\/a>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-23-2023-mek-supporters-demonstrated-and-demanding-for-blacklisting-the-irgc\/42175\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Stockholm\u2014January 23, 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 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Ji1RtLUl77Q\" 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%2FJi1RtLUl77Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ji1RtLUl77Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-23T21:26:08Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Ji1RtLUl77Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJi1RtLUl77Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stockholm\u2014January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice.<\/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\/Ji1RtLUl77Q\" 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%2FJi1RtLUl77Q%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm&mdash;January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stockholm, Sweden\u2014January 23, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims.\"><\/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 23, 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-23-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-front-of-the-swedish-court-seeking-justice-for-the-1988-massacre-victims\/42162\/\" 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-24-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 24,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 132 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":296816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-296803","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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