{"id":297462,"date":"2023-01-27T08:28:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=297462"},"modified":"2023-02-04T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T12:29:26","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-27-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-27-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 27, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-297471 size-full\" title=\"photo 2023 01 25 22 52 33 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-25-22-52-33-1.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2023 01 25 22 52 33 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-25-22-52-33-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-25-22-52-33-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-25-22-52-33-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-25-22-52-33-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/photo-2023-01-25-22-52-33-1-696x391.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: 10:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 134<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Friday, January 27, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 134<\/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 134<sup>th<\/sup> day today, as people in Zahedan, Rask, Khash, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618973475657420800\" rel=\"noopener\">Galikesh<\/a> in Golestan Province in northeast Iran took to the streets in anti-regime protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 27 &#8211; Khash, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters chanting: &quot;Death to Khamenei!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwBg3HoB7e\">pic.twitter.com\/cwBg3HoB7e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618968442308026370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 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\">Demonstrators in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618946925532684290\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahedan<\/a> held a large placard with a slogan <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618916726447525889\" rel=\"noopener\">rejecting<\/a> any return to Shah\u2019s dictatorship or a rule by monarchy. The demonstrators in Zahedan, at times surrounded by the regime\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618970958592630788\" rel=\"noopener\">security forces<\/a>, chanted anti-regime slogans, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618945793079103489\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cSo many years of crimes! Death to the mullahs\u2019 regime!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 27 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters chanting: &quot;So many years of crimes! Death to the mullahs&#39; regime!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCO9u0AbLO\">pic.twitter.com\/lCO9u0AbLO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618938117402071040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 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:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618926928928317440\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cKhamenei is a murderer!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to the Basij! Death to the IRGC!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cKhamenei, have some shame! Let go of the country!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cPoverty-Corruption-High prices! We\u2019re going to overthrow the regime!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 27 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesting chanting:<br \/>&quot;Khamenei, have some shame! Let go of the country!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Poverty-Corruption-High prices! We&#39;re going to overthrow the regime!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0632\u0627\u0647\u062f\u0627\u0646<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bzz3P0rlaN\">pic.twitter.com\/Bzz3P0rlaN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618923214406840322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the city of Izeh, with a major Bakhtiari population, situated in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, people gathered on Friday to commemorate Saeed Saeedi, a protester killed by the regime\u2019s security forces in recent protests. Authorities deployed numerous security units to prevent any possible anti-regime rallies at the gathering, but protestors turned out in significant numbers anyway.<\/p>\n<p>At least three civilians were arrested by the regime\u2019s plainclothes agents, according to local activists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 27 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Images of the regime&#39;s plainclothes agents abducting local civilians.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYh6IsOX5L\">pic.twitter.com\/rYh6IsOX5L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618972218444156929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 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 Bukan, northwest Iran, authorities dispatched security units to prevent locals from holding a ceremony for Mohammad Haji-Rasoupour, a protester killed under torture by the regime but again failed to prevent the protests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Thursday, in Qom, central Iran, an explosion targeted the residence of regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini in the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 26 &#8211; Qom, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>An explosion targets the home of regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PRa3w4W7NV\">pic.twitter.com\/PRa3w4W7NV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618721253170503680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 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:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1618700427075133468\" rel=\"noopener\">In Isfahan<\/a>, central Iran, locals attacked a branch of Bank Sepah, associated with the IRGC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi sent a message to the Arab-Islamic Conference in Brussels, \u201cSolidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s democratic revolution,\u201d emphasizing that overthrowing the mullahs\u2019 regime is a prerequisite to liberating Iran and the Middle East from the scourge of religious extremism, terrorism, and warmongering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Overthrowing the mullahs\u2019 regime is a prerequisite to liberating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> &amp; Middle East of the scourge of religious extremism, terrorism, &amp; warmongering \u2013 Speech to the Arab-Islamic Conference in Brussels,\u201cSolidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s democratic revolution\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistIRGC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xsQNVyB7uM\">pic.twitter.com\/xsQNVyB7uM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1618931582517272577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 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\">\u201cThe people of Iran have refuted both the past and present regimes thousands of times by their chants of \u2018Down with the oppressor, be it the shah or the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader!\u2019 and similar slogans. As such, the Iranian people have rejected all forms of dictatorship,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1618943033499881472\" rel=\"noopener\">she stressed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Mahsa Amini Street? City To Consider Tribute Outside Vacant Iranian Embassy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-297688 size-medium\" title=\"ottawa citizen logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ottawa-citizen-logo-300x120.png\" alt=\"ottawa citizen logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ottawa-citizen-logo-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ottawa-citizen-logo-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ottawa-citizen-logo.png 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When Bay ward Coun. Theresa Kavanagh saw the photos and read the stories of people who had died in Iranian custody on display in an exhibit at city hall in November, she knew she had to do something.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The exhibit, hosted by the group Women, Life, Freedom Ottawa-Gatineau, was inspired by the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran, but told the stories of decades of death and repression by the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cI was absolutely sickened, it was so difficult to look at,\u201d Kavanagh said. \u201cIt was hard to listen to and absorb because it was just so horrifying. I just couldn\u2019t look the other way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This week, Ottawa city council will vote on a motion to rename a portion of Metcalfe Street in front of the vacant Iranian Embassy in honour of\u00a0Amini, the Iranian-Kurdish woman who died while in police custody on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/mahsa-amini-street-city-to-consider-tribute-outside-vacant-iranian-embassy\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Household Gas Prices in Iran Increased 150 Times<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-297685 size-medium\" title=\"iran household gas price\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-household-gas-price-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"iran household gas price\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-household-gas-price-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-household-gas-price-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-household-gas-price-696x383.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-household-gas-price.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wary of social unrest, the regime&#8217;s members of parliament warned that the price of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basnews.com\/fa\/babat\/792852\" rel=\"noopener\">household gas has<\/a> increased up to 150 times and will cause for more socio-economic problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">MP Yousef Davoudi slammed the gas company and said that in western cities of the country where temperatures reach minus 30 degrees Celsius, the National Gas Company has increased the price of household gas from 41 tomans to 6 thousand tomans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the semi-official ISNA news agency, Yousef Davoudi said: &#8220;Despite the severe inflation and high prices of goods and food, now that the country is facing an unprecedented cold, the National Gas Company of Iran has increased the price of gas, and now many low-income people cannot afford to pay the gas bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Morteza Hosseini, another MP also said: &#8220;The bills issued to customers have suddenly increased from 200-300 thousand tomans to 2-6 million tomans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Although Iran is the second country with the greatest gas resources in the world, ordinary people are struggling to provide gas for cooking and heating.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 2:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Risch, Menendez, Blackburn, Coons, Lankford Lead 28 Senate Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Resolution in Support of Anti-Regime Protests in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-257386 size-medium alignleft\" title=\"us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo-300x158.png\" alt=\"us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-logo.png 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today were joined by 28 Senate colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/mdm23094.pdf\">resolution<\/a>\u00a0reaffirming the United States\u2019 support for the Iranian citizens who have taken to the streets in peaceful protest and condemning Iranian security forces for human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIn the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian people have bravely protested the regime\u2019s brutality and demonstrated their desire for a more peaceful and free Iran,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Ranking Member Risch<\/strong>. \u201cIn addition to addressing Iran\u2019s dangerous collusions with Russia, the Biden Administration should step up efforts on helping to end the regime\u2019s systematic persecution of women and holding human rights violators in Iran to account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/release\/risch-menendez-blackburn-coons-lankford-lead-28-senate-colleagues-in-reintroducing-bipartisan-resolution-in-support-of-anti-regime-protests-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I am proud to be joined by my colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan resolution commending the bravery of Iranian protestors who have stood their ground against the regime for 130 days. And counting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRP24s6gka\">https:\/\/t.co\/JRP24s6gka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senate Foreign Relations Committee (@SFRCdems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFRCdems\/status\/1618756828971814912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a>, Iranians have protested the regime\u2019s brutality &amp; demonstrated their desire for a more peaceful &amp; free <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>. POTUS must do more to help end the regime\u2019s persecution of women &amp; hold human rights violators accountable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ReAtfTpE3s\">https:\/\/t.co\/ReAtfTpE3s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member (@SenateForeign) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateForeign\/status\/1618770145308196865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 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\">Senate Reintroduces Iran Resolution in Support of \u2018Brave\u2019 Protesters<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-297662 size-full\" title=\"the gazette logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/the-gazette-logo.jpg\" alt=\"the gazette logo\" width=\"235\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/the-gazette-logo.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/the-gazette-logo-150x80.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>he United States Senate reintroduced a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/mdm23094.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">bipartisan resolution<\/a>\u00a0in support of anti-regime protests in Iran just a day after the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Representatives<\/a>\u00a0passed a concurrent resolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-menendez\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Menendez<\/a>\u00a0(D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was among the group of senators reintroducing the resolution on Thursday, saying in a release that he is proud to be joined by his colleagues in &#8220;commending the bravery of these Iranian protesters who have stood their ground against the Iranian regime for more than 130 days and counting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The protests, which have garnered international attention and solidarity, followed the death of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/exclusive-footage-shows-iranians-protesting-mahsa-amini-death\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahsa Amini<\/a>, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in September. The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian<\/a>\u00a0government is accused of brutally beating Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating the regime&#8217;s conservative dress code.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/news\/us-world\/senate-reintroduces-iran-resolution-in-support-of-brave-protesters\/article_c670278f-2e39-590a-9d12-bcee0249a874.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">France Urges Release Of 7 Nationals Imprisoned In Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">PARIS (AP) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newslooks.com\/france-over-1-million-march-against-pension-change\/\">France<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday called for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/paris-franco-irish-citizen-held-iran-must-be-freed-immediately-needs-medical-2023-01-26\/\">\u201cimmediate release\u201d of seven French nationals detained in Iran,<\/a>\u00a0denouncing an \u201cunjustifiable and unacceptable\u201d situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newslooks.com\/france-germany-renew-alliance-amid-war-in-ukraine\/\">The French<\/a>\u00a0\u201chostages\u201d in Iran include 35-year-old Louis Arnaud, foreign ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Arnaud was arrested on September 28 as he was traveling in Iran \u201cfor touristic reasons,\u201d Legendre said. He is being detained in \u201cvery difficult conditions\u201d in Tehran\u2019s Evin prison, where France\u2019s ambassador to Iran met with him on Dec. 11, she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newslooks.com\/france-urges-release-of-7-nationals-imprisoned-in-iran\/\" 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\">Iranian Protesters See Terrorist Designation of the IRGC as a Measure of Standing by the People of Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-297389 size-medium\" title=\"Mrs. rajavi and MEPs2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mrs.-rajavi-and-MEPs2023-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs. rajavi and MEPs2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mrs.-rajavi-and-MEPs2023-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mrs.-rajavi-and-MEPs2023-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mrs.-rajavi-and-MEPs2023-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mrs.-rajavi-and-MEPs2023-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mrs.-rajavi-and-MEPs2023.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: Honorable representatives of European nations, Ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to see you and have the opportunity to talk to you. First, I sincerely appreciate your support for the Iranian people\u2019s uprising. The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/november-spring-democratic-revolution-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>uprising in Iran<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a major development that has upset the stability of the mullahs\u2019 religious tyranny. It has mobilized a vast social force in a struggle that guarantees the regime\u2019s overthrow. This development will change the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>future of Iran<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I want to use this opportunity to talk about three issues:<br \/>\nFirst, why can\u2019t the current EU policy be continued?<br \/>\nSecond, what is the missing link in European politics?<br \/>\nAnd third, what is the prospect of the uprising and the regime\u2019s efforts to defeat it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/brussels-conference-with-members-of-the-european-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Live Report: Iran\u2019s Protest Rallies Resume with Growing International Support<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-267473 size-medium\" title=\"iran-uprising-night-05122022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"iran-uprising-night-05122022\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-05122022.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 133<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0day on Thursday as people from all walks of life in cities checkered across the country are taking to the streets in various protests. They are voicing their demands as the regime continues to deprive them of their basic human rights and state corruption is nosediving Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The international community is showing a growing trend of support for the Iranian people, especially in the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress. Lawmakers are passing resolutions condemning the mullahs\u2019 human rights violations and calling for action in support of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-protest-rallies-resume-with-growing-international-support\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Mansour Dahmardeh, a Protester With Disabilities Sentenced to Death<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-297472 size-medium\" title=\"HRM Mansour Dahmardeh min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-Mansour-Dahmardeh-min-300x150.webp\" alt=\"HRM Mansour Dahmardeh min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-Mansour-Dahmardeh-min-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-Mansour-Dahmardeh-min-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-Mansour-Dahmardeh-min-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRM-Mansour-Dahmardeh-min.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mansour Dahmardeh, 22, a Baluch citizen with physical disabilities from Zahedan was arrested on October 3, 2022. Intelligence forces affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards-IRGC took him away at a traffic police\u2019s checkpoint in Zahedan. He worked as a driver\u2019s helper on the Zahedan-Bandar Abbas travel-bus line. Iran\u2019s Judiciary sentenced him to death in a hasty process without an attorney. Mansour Dahmardeh was born in 2000 and is single. He has a disability in his right hand and right leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2023\/01\/26\/mansour-dahmardeh-a-protester-with-disabilities-sentenced-to-death\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Plano, Texas\u2014January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Plano, Texas&mdash;January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NUfHPvlBkKo\" 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%2FNUfHPvlBkKo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NUfHPvlBkKo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-26T06:31:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NUfHPvlBkKo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNUfHPvlBkKo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Plano, Texas\u2014January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition 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\/NUfHPvlBkKo\" 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%2FNUfHPvlBkKo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Plano, Texas&mdash;January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Plano, Texas\u2014January 24, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition 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>Plano, Texas\u2014January 24, 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 photo exhibition in memory of the martyrs of 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\/plano-texas-january-24-2023-mek-supporters-held-an-exhibition-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/42248\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Zurich, Switzerland\u2014January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Zurich&mdash;January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_n8nlgys0Frk\" 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%2Fn8nlgys0Frk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8nlgys0Frk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M8S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-25T16:49:59Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_n8nlgys0Frk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fn8nlgys0Frk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Zurich\u2014January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition 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\/n8nlgys0Frk\" 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%2Fn8nlgys0Frk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Zurich&mdash;January 24, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Zurich, Switzerland\u2014January 24, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition 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>Zurich, Switzerland\u2014January 24, 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 photo exhibition in memory of the martyrs of 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\/zurich-switzerland-january-24-2023-mek-supporters-held-an-exhibition-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/42231\/\" 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-26-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 26,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:30 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 134 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in 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