{"id":298367,"date":"2023-01-30T09:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=298367"},"modified":"2023-02-03T13:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:48:23","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 30, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_298374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298374\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-298374\" title=\"New Project 1 1 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-khoy-earthquake-cold\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Project-1-1-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-298374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the aftermath of the earthquake in Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, people who lost their homes are suffering in the cold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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: 8:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 137<\/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 30, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 137<\/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 137<sup>th<\/sup> day on Monday as people in cities across the country continued to protest the officials\u2019 corrupt policies and incompetence in providing the nation\u2019s basic necessities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following Saturday night\u2019s earthquake in Khoy of West Azerbaijan Province in northwest Iran, people gathered outside the local governor&#8217;s office demanding answers and aid. There is a severe shortage of bread and food in stores across the city. Members of the local paramilitary Basij, however, attacked the residents instead of providing them with help.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 30 &#8211; Khoy, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>A member of the regime&#39;s IRGC paramilitary Basij attacks locals gathered outside the governor&#39;s office demanding answers and aid.<br \/>Not only are denied aid but also attacked.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AE%D9%88%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0632\u0644\u0632\u0644\u0647_\u062e\u0648\u06cc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1w8dSPPQ1p\">pic.twitter.com\/1w8dSPPQ1p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620061771418542084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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\">Early Monday morning local time, members of MEK-affiliated Resistance Units in the city of Kopon in Fars Province, south-central Iran, attacked a statue of the eliminated IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani and set it ablaze. This is a further indication of the people\u2019s utter hatred of Soleimani and the entirety of the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 30 &#8211; Kopon, Fars Province, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Members of a Resistance Unit associated with the Iranian opposition MEK attacked &amp; set ablaze a statue of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani early this morning.<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\/XrsVeYXMFs\">pic.twitter.com\/XrsVeYXMFs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1619967429119184898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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 the same day, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIRAN\/status\/1620127038303764480\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, northeast Iran, a young protester wrote the slogan of \u201cDeath to Khamenei\u2019 on a billboard on a major overpass in the city\u2019s Sad Metry district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIRAN\/status\/1620107362509135875\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>, western Iran, brave youth blocked a highway by setting tires on fire and chanted, \u201cDeath to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader (Khamenei).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Sunday evening, members of MEK-affiliated Resistance Units projected a large image of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi on the capital\u2019s Imam Ali Highway.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 29 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>10:15 pm local time<br \/>Large image of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition NCRI President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> projected in the capital&#39;s Imam Ali Highway.<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\/17oLB6j8lL\">pic.twitter.com\/17oLB6j8lL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1619960493984321536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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 same day, locals in Tehran, including the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1619803821927956483\" rel=\"noopener\"> Narmak<\/a> district and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1619806843441909760\" rel=\"noopener\">Negin Gharb<\/a> Residential Complex, chanted anti-regime slogans specifically targeting Khamenei and the mullahs\u2019 entire apparatus. The slogans included: \u201cDeath to the republic of executions!\u201d and \u201cDeath to the child-killing regime!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Esfarayen, North Khorasan Province, northeast Iran, protesters used Molotov cocktails to target a building used by the regime to promote the mullahs&#8217; ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Esfarayen, North Khorasan Province, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters using Molotov cocktails attacked a building used by the regime to promote the mullahs&#39; ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism.<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\/HIKcvZQZcB\">pic.twitter.com\/HIKcvZQZcB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1619953559839154179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday morning, retirees and pensioners of the regime\u2019s telecommunications industry cities across the country took to the streets for a second consecutive Monday protesting their low pensions and poor economic conditions. These rallies were held in the cities of Tehran,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620027923196518400\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620022890123902978\" rel=\"noopener\">Isfahan<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620021506758610944\" rel=\"noopener\">Yazd<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620026539428511746\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasht, Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Ahvaz<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620024148566089728\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilam<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620025406706388993\" rel=\"noopener\">Khorramabad<\/a>, and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620020373386313728\" rel=\"noopener\">Urmia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 30 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Retirees and pensioners of the regime&#39;s communications industry are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pd7Ksk9E6J\">pic.twitter.com\/Pd7Ksk9E6J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620019218866659328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 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: 1:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">EU Is Considering Whether To Proscribe IRGC As Terrorist Entity, FT Says<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-298461 size-medium\" title=\"financial times logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/financial-times-logo-300x150.png\" alt=\"financial times logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/financial-times-logo-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/financial-times-logo-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/financial-times-logo.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the Financial Times, the European Union is considering legal options on whether to designate the Iranian regime&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity; a move that might jeopardize what the newspaper called &#8220;hopes of restoring an international agreement aimed at preventing Tehran from developing the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to this report, four diplomatic sources have told FT that this issue was raised at the meeting of the EU foreign ministers last week and while one or two countries supported it, the legal department of the European Union is supposed to offer an additional opinion on the legality of the measure within three weeks to inform the 27 members of this union about the decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/49545fc1-e318-43c9-9bfd-142a4c3b65e4\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">I Am a Former Political Prisoner in Iran. I Worry the Regime Will Execute Female Activists<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-298517 \" title=\"Dallas Morning News Logo 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dallas-Morning-News-Logo-1-300x228.png\" alt=\"Dallas Morning News Logo 1\" width=\"189\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dallas-Morning-News-Logo-1-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dallas-Morning-News-Logo-1-150x114.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dallas-Morning-News-Logo-1.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Islamic Republic of Iran executed<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-protests-and-demonstrations-tehran-f8a6e331d2e47077d44e9ab6f8c62c3a\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0two more protesters in early January<\/a>, despite persistent international outcry over two similar executions that were carried out in December. The latest killings sparked a fresh outpouring of public condemnation, as well as new threats of economic sanctions. Yet the following day, the regime\u2019s judiciary proceeded to issue three more death sentences. To me, as a former political prisoner in Iran, this was like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In reality, dozens of other detainees are already facing charges that could also carry the death penalty, reported the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranhr.net\/en\/articles\/5669\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Norway-based Iran Human Rights<\/a>, while the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, or MEK, the leading voice for a democratic alternative to the clerical regime, reports that upward of 30,000 Iranians have been arrested since mid-September, most of whom are still awaiting charges or trial, according to the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranhr.net\/en\/articles\/5669\/\" rel=\"noopener\">International Committee in Search of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2023\/01\/30\/i-am-a-former-political-prisoner-in-iran-i-worry-the-regime-will-execute-female-activists\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tehran Failed to Persuade Baku; Azerbaijani Diplomats left Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-298494 alignleft\" title=\"Embassy Azerbaijan Tehran 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Embassy-Azerbaijan-Tehran-2.jpg\" alt=\"Embassy Azerbaijan Tehran 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Embassy-Azerbaijan-Tehran-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Embassy-Azerbaijan-Tehran-2-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite efforts by the Iranian regime&#8217;s senior officials to prevent another diplomatic fiasco, news sources in the Republic of Azerbaijan state that the diplomats of this country have left Tehran. The latest move by Baku took place after an armed attack on the country&#8217;s embassy in Tehran left one Azerbaijani guard killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following the attack on Friday, January 27, Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, announced on Sunday that the diplomatic activity of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Iran has been completely suspended. Though this was initially denied by Iranian state media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Trying to avoid the severity of relations, the Iranian regime&#8217;s president Ebrahim Raisi had a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Saturday, while Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian contacted his Azerbaijani counterpart, suggesting the creation of a joint investigation committee. But despite these efforts, Baku decided to completely suspend its diplomatic activities in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Sunday, the Iranian state media announced the transfer of the body of the Azerbaijani agent who was killed during the attack on the embassy, but some sources outside Iran say that the diplomats of the Republic of Azerbaijan have also left Tehran along with the cofin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s Network of UK \u2018Cultural Institutions\u2019 Must Be Closed<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230382 size-medium\" title=\"The Telegraph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/The-Telegraph-300x55.jpg\" alt=\"The-Telegraph\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The UK Government has finally decided to get tough in tackling aggressive Iranian terrorism carried out on British soil. But is Downing Street overlooking a network of extremist cultural institutions hiding in plain sight?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the coming weeks, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2023\/01\/02\/irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-set-proscribed-terror-group\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UK may\u00a0terror-list Iran\u2019s most feared military organisation, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This impending decision follows Tehran\u2019s execution of British-Iranian national\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/obituaries\/2023\/01\/16\/alireza-akbari-british-citizen-executed-iran-spying-charges\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Alireza Akbari<\/a>\u00a0this month \u2013 the first such execution of a dual-national by Tehran since the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">MI5 director general Ken McCallum recently\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2022\/11\/16\/iran-tried-assassinate-british-residents-10-times-year-mi5-reveals\/\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed that Iranian agents had planned 10 attacks on British soil in 2022<\/a>, including plots to kidnap and murder British or UK-based individuals. Rishi Sunak has admitted that the Government is spending an increasing amount of time countering Iran\u2019s malign activities in Britain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/01\/29\/irans-network-uk-cultural-institutions-must-closed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Blinken: All Options Available To Prevent Iran From Acquiring a Nuclear Weapon<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-254719 size-medium\" title=\"alarabiya-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/alarabiya-logo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"alarabiya-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said on Sunday that Iran has rejected the current proposal to return to the nuclear agreement, adding that Washington still believes that diplomacy is the most effective way to deal with the Iranian nuclear file.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">Blinken said in an exclusive interview with Al-Arabiya that Iranian youth are defending their basic rights in the face of Tehran\u2019s regime, adding that US focus now is on the Iranian regime&#8217;s suppression of its people in the streets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">Blinken highlighted US support to Iranian people, stressing that the decision of \u201cregime change\u201d remains ultimately up to the people. He added: \u201cThe Iranian regime is convincing its people of the idea that the US wants regime change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/saudi-arabia\/2023\/01\/29\/Blinken-All-options-available-to-prevent-Iran-from-acquiring-a-nuclear-weapon\" 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\">Iran\u2019s People Continue Voicing Escalating Dissent, Demanding Regime Change<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-267191 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests NCRI-72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-Protests-NCRI-72-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Protests-NCRI-72\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-Protests-NCRI-72-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-Protests-NCRI-72-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-Protests-NCRI-72-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-Protests-NCRI-72-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-Protests-NCRI-72.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cities in different parts of Iran are reporting anti-regime protests by people from different parts of the Iranian strata. This includes nightly rallies reported in the capital, protests over economic grievances, and the regime\u2019s failure to provide for the people\u2019s basic needs due to rampant corruption and incompetence among state officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 282 cities. Over 750 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime\u2019s forces, according to sources of the Iranian opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>). The names of 637 killed protesters have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-pmoi-mek-publishes-names-of-martyrs-of-the-iranian-peoples-nationwide-uprising\/\">published<\/a>\u00a0by the PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-people-continue-voicing-escalating-dissent-demanding-regime-change\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Charges of Armita Abbasi Examined in First Court Session<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-298372 size-medium\" title=\"Armita Abbasi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Armita-Abbasi-min-2-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Armita Abbasi \" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Armita-Abbasi-min-2-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Armita-Abbasi-min-2-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Armita-Abbasi-min-2-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Armita-Abbasi-min-2-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The court hearing examining the charges of Armita Abbasi was held on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at Branch one of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to social media reports, Armita Abbasi\u2019s father wrote on his Instagram that the court session examining the charges of Armita Abbasi had convened on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The detained protester Armita Abbasi was arrested in early October during nationwide protests. During her detention and before being transferred to Fardis Prison (Kachouii) in Karaj, she was\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/12\/05\/violence\/\" rel=\"noopener\">severely tortured<\/a>\u00a0for a week and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/interactive\/2022\/11\/middleeast\/iran-protests-sexual-assault\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">gang-raped<\/a>\u00a0many times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/30\/charges-of-armita-abbasi-court\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Skier Atefeh Ahmadi Seeks Asylum in Germany<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-298373 size-medium\" title=\"Atefeh Ahmadi 1 min 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Atefeh-Ahmadi-1-min-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Atefeh Ahmadi 1 min 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Atefeh-Ahmadi-1-min-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Atefeh-Ahmadi-1-min-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Atefeh-Ahmadi-1-min-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Atefeh-Ahmadi-1-min-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Atefeh Ahmadi, a member of Iran\u2019s national ski team, has defected and sought asylum in Germany.\u00a0Atefeh Ahmadi, the flag bearer of the Iranian national ski team in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Iran\u2019s top skier, has applied for asylum in Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some sources say this 22-year-old Iranian national skier traveled to Germany a few days ago to prepare for participation in the world championships in France. She later said that she did not intend to participate in those competitions with other Iranian national ski team members and had applied for asylum in Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/01\/29\/atefeh-ahmadi-asylum-germany\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Gothenburg, Sweden&mdash;January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_0LnfqKJ_n2A\" 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%2F0LnfqKJ_n2A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LnfqKJ_n2A\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-29T20:33:39Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_0LnfqKJ_n2A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F0LnfqKJ_n2A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally 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\/0LnfqKJ_n2A\" 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%2F0LnfqKJ_n2A%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Gothenburg, Sweden&mdash;January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014January 28, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally 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>Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014January 28, 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>. Members of the Iranian community in Gothenburg expressed their utter support of their risen compatriots and vowed to continue echoing their voices, calling for freedom and democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/01\/gothenburg-sweden-january-28-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42352\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Bremen, Germany\u2014January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&zwnj;&zwnj;Bremen, Germany&mdash;January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_BJe_62leh4o\" 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%2FBJe_62leh4o%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJe_62leh4o\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-29T09:38:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_BJe_62leh4o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FBJe_62leh4o%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">\u200c\u200cBremen, Germany\u2014January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally 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\/BJe_62leh4o\" 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%2FBJe_62leh4o%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&zwnj;&zwnj;Bremen, Germany&mdash;January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\u200c\u200cBremen, Germany\u2014January 28, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Rally 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>Bremen, Germany\u2014January 28, 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>.\u00a0In their demonstration in Bremen, Iranians demanded the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 regime. They called to the German Government to adopt a firm policy against the dictatorship of the mullahs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/01\/bremen-germany-january-28-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42344\/\" 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-29-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 29,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 137 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":298374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-298367","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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