{"id":298757,"date":"2023-01-31T08:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T07:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=298757"},"modified":"2023-02-08T05:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T04:06:46","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-31-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-31-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 31, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298779\" title=\"iran charmahal bakhtiari pensioners 30012023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-charmahal-bakhtiari-pensioners-30012023.jpg\" alt=\"iran charmahal bakhtiari pensioners 30012023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-charmahal-bakhtiari-pensioners-30012023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-charmahal-bakhtiari-pensioners-30012023-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-charmahal-bakhtiari-pensioners-30012023-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-charmahal-bakhtiari-pensioners-30012023-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iran-charmahal-bakhtiari-pensioners-30012023-696x398.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>UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 138<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tuesday, January 31, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 138<\/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 138<sup>th<\/sup> day on Tuesday 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 31 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Investors of the Cryptoland online exchange held a rally outside the regime&#39;s judiciary building demanding the IRGC to return their stolen money returned.<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\/J2KvORaHJX\">pic.twitter.com\/J2KvORaHJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620365019685814272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 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 morning, investors of the Cryptoland online exchange held a rally outside the regime\u2019s judiciary building in Tehran demanding the IRGC return their stolen money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The users of Cryptoland have been holding protests for two years, but authorities are refraining from acting on their demands. Cryptoland had around 289,000 users, who have lost hundreds of millions worth of their savings in the online marketplace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In other reports on this day, schoolkids in the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah Province, western Iran, took to the streets and began chanting anti-regime slogans, including: \u201cFrom Zahedan to Izeh, this country is bleeding!\u201d and<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 31 &#8211; Javanrud, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Schoolkids in the streets chanting:<br \/>&quot;From Zahedan to Izeh, this country is bleeding!&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\/%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\/qRddoifq93\">pic.twitter.com\/qRddoifq93<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620453329716514816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, northwest Iran, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1620168972074356738\" rel=\"noopener\">courageous<\/a> youth set fire to one of the regime\u2019s official radio and television masts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Late last night In the capital&#8217;s Ekbatan, Sattarkhan, and Tehransar districts, brave girls protested and chanted slogans against the misogynist mullahs\u2019 regime, including \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620317204817272834\" rel=\"noopener\">Death to Khamenei<\/a>,\u201d and &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620172502428270593\" rel=\"noopener\">Poverty-Corruption-High prices! We&#8217;re going to overthrow the regime<\/a>!&#8221;<\/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 \/>Additional footage of tonight&#39;s protest in the capital&#39;s Ekbatan district.<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\/goJm7liKCM\">pic.twitter.com\/goJm7liKCM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620155011069091844?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\">Also, last night, Kelardasht, Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, protesters torched a poster of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, and the eliminated IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">Kelardasht, Mazandaran Province, northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters torched a poster of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, and former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.<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\/pULiqnk2Lr\">pic.twitter.com\/pULiqnk2Lr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620313555412127745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 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\">Following Saturday\u2019s devastating earthquake in Khoy, northwest Iran, regime authorities have <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620459392574300163\" rel=\"noopener\">deployed<\/a> a large number of security units to this city and most are stationed in the Khoy Red Crescent, according to local activists. Anyone who protests is attacked and beaten with batons, the report adds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 31 &#8211; Khoy, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Latest footage of people looking for tents and other supplies for their families.<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\/rla3vnEjim\">pic.twitter.com\/rla3vnEjim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620429320270348288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also, in Khoy, northwest Iran, locals gathered outside the governor&#8217;s office yet again demanding regime authorities provide aid and food and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620395218431270914\" rel=\"noopener\">protested<\/a> to regime officials and demanded answers on why they haven&#8217;t received any aid following Saturday&#8217;s 5.9 magnitude earthquake that has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620363761134587904\" rel=\"noopener\">devastated<\/a> the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 31 &#8211; Khoy, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals have gathered outside the governor&#39;s office yet again demanding regime authorities provide aid and food.<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\/mCyZZrPA7h\">pic.twitter.com\/mCyZZrPA7h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620362503237640192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 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 Sarpole Zahab, Kermanshah Province, western Iran, locals took measures into their own hands by gathering food and supplies for their compatriots in the earthquake-hit city of Khoy. These people suffered a major earthquake on November 25, 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">January 31 &#8211; Sarpole Zahab, Kermanshah Province, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals are taking measures into their own hands by gathering food and supplies for their compatriots in the earthquake-hit city of Khoy. These people suffered a major earthquake on November 25, 2018. <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\/A5KwYvQYxk\">pic.twitter.com\/A5KwYvQYxk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1620421648657555457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 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: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Australia Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Officials and Myanmar\u2019s Military Ruler<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230392 size-medium\" title=\"guardian-logo-30112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/guardian-logo-30112020-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"guardian-logo-30112020\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Australia has imposed sanctions on Iranian security officials and has also targeted Myanmar\u2019s military ruler on the second anniversary of the military coup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The Australian government revealed a range of new sanctions late on Tuesday, including Iranian figures linked to the suppression of protests and the export of drones for Russian use in the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Australian travel bans and asset freezes will\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/Details\/F2023L00075\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">apply to 16 people and one entity<\/a>\u00a0linked to \u201cserious abuses of human rights in Iran\u201d, including the commander-in-chief of the army, Sayyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, and senior figures in the Basij Resistance Force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/jan\/31\/australia-imposes-sanctions-on-iranian-officials-and-myanmars-military-ruler\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The EU Can, and Should, Designate the IRGC as a Terrorist Group<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-298908 alignleft\" title=\"lawfare logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lawfare-logo.png\" alt=\"lawfare logo\" width=\"293\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lawfare-logo.png 573w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lawfare-logo-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lawfare-logo-150x23.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The European Parliament <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2023\/01\/european-parliament-overwhelmingly-urges-eu-designate-irans-irgc-terrorist\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> overwhelmingly in favor of a measure calling for the European Union to designate the IRGC, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as a terrorist organization on Jan. 18. The vote was 598 to 9, with 31 absentees. Just the previous day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/davos-2023-eus-von-der-leyen-backs-listing-irans-guards-terrorist-group-2023-01-17\/\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly backed<\/a> the idea of an EU designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization. But when EU foreign ministers met in Brussels just a few days later to discuss the issue, they opted to add <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2023\/01\/23\/iran-eu-adopts-further-restrictive-measures-against-human-rights-violations\/?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-23-press-release-iran-puc&amp;utm_content=card\" rel=\"noopener\">more individual names<\/a> to the bloc\u2019s list of people sanctioned for human rights abuses rather than to list the IRGC as a terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/eu-can-and-should-designate-irgc-terrorist-group\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">U.S. Curbs Exports To Iranian Firms for Producing Drones for Russia<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday added seven Iranian entities to its trade blacklist for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, according to a posting by the U.S. Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Nearing a year since Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, allies have scrambled to gather and deploy air defenses to defeat cruise missiles and Iranian-built kamikaze drones that have attacked energy infrastructure targets this winter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Earlier this month, Canada announced it would buy a U.S.-made National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) for Ukraine. NASAMS is a short- to medium-range ground-based air defense system that protects against drone, missile, and aircraft attack. The United States has provided two NASAMS to Ukraine, with more on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2023-01-31\/u-s-curbs-exports-to-iranian-firms-for-helping-russia-with-drones#:~:text=Jan.%2031%2C%202023%2C%20at%209%3A25%20a.m.&amp;text=WASHINGTON%20(Reuters)%20%2DThe%20United,the%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Commerce.\" 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\">Iranians in Different Cities Protest Regime\u2019s Corruption, Incompetence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Protests-January-30-2023-696x514-1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-298758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-30-2023-696x514-1-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests January 30 2023 696x514 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-30-2023-696x514-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-30-2023-696x514-1-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-30-2023-696x514-1-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-Protests-January-30-2023-696x514-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 137<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day on Monday as people in cities across the country protest the officials\u2019 corrupt policies and incompetence in providing the nation\u2019s basic necessities. Following Saturday night\u2019s earthquake in Khoy of West Azerbaijan Province in northwest Iran locals have been left to endure the freezing cold weather without any meaningful aid from the authorities. Regime officials, however, immediately dispatched security units to the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Similar reports of discord have been arriving from Tehran and other cities as general dissent continue to simmer against the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-iranians-in-different-cities-protest-regimes-corruption-incompetence\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Blacklist IRGC, for the Role of Its Intelligence Organization in Suppressing Journalists<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-298759 size-medium\" title=\"Blacklist IRGC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blacklist-IRGC-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Blacklist IRGC\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blacklist-IRGC-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blacklist-IRGC-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blacklist-IRGC-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blacklist-IRGC-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blacklist-IRGC.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime\u2019s structure of a military, totalitarian, authoritarian, and theocratic dictatorship possesses many oppressive apparatuses to control and suppress the ever-growing fury and conflict within Iranian society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the most infamous and brutal organizations is the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/blacklisting-of-irgc-a-necessity-for-irans-freedom\/\">IRGC<\/a>). It was established in 2009 as one of the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s initiatives after the nationwide protests to the fraud election at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The organization is as powerful as the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS,) and possibly even more so than the other services. It is more active domestically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/blacklist-irgc-for-the-role-of-its-intelligence-organization-in-suppressing-journalists\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Berlin, Germany\u2014January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Berlin, Germany&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_SXTR1xwrgeA\" 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%2FSXTR1xwrgeA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SXTR1xwrgeA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT13M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-30T09:27:14Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_SXTR1xwrgeA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FSXTR1xwrgeA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Berlin, Germany\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\/SXTR1xwrgeA\" 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%2FSXTR1xwrgeA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin, Germany&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=\"Berlin, Germany\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>Berlin, 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>.\u00a0Members of the Iranian community in Berlin 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\/berlin-germany-january-28-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42388\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Vienna, Austria\u2014January 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Vienna, Austria&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_2q5gz3zJhHg\" 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%2F2q5gz3zJhHg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2q5gz3zJhHg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-29T21:09:44Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2q5gz3zJhHg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2q5gz3zJhHg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Vienna, Austria\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\/2q5gz3zJhHg\" 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%2F2q5gz3zJhHg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Vienna, Austria&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=\"Vienna, Austria\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>Vienna, Austria\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>.\u00a0Members of the Iranian community in Vienna 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\/vienna-austria-january-28-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42370\/\" 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-30-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 30,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE 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