{"id":299457,"date":"2023-02-02T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=299457"},"modified":"2023-02-08T04:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T03:09:56","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-2-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-2-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-299462\" title=\"iran uprising botorbyke burned\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-botorbyke-burned.jpg\" alt=\"iran uprising botorbyke burned\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-botorbyke-burned.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-botorbyke-burned-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-botorbyke-burned-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-botorbyke-burned-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-botorbyke-burned-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\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 140<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wednesday, February 2, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 140<\/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 140<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day on Thursday as the latest protests in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1621040230643154944\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdanan<\/a>, western Iran, and other cities across the country were a reminder of the Iranian people\u2019s determination to continue the nationwide uprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tonight, in Tabriz, northwest Iran, defiant youth projected a large image of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi, near the city&#8217;s expressway.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 2 &#8211; Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <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 near city&#39;s expressway.<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\/e0rLsltByW\">pic.twitter.com\/e0rLsltByW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621211849239965697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 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 today, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621194441179668480\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahreza<\/a>, Isfahan Province, central Iran, an explosion targeted the city judiciary building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The MEK-affiliated resistance units in a series of operations torched the sign of the infamous Ministry of Intelligence in the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1621107774003494912\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>, and the pro-regime propaganda posters in Kermanshah, western Iran, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1621107605564424193\" rel=\"noopener\">Behshahr<\/a> northern Iran, and also<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1621107450186461185\" rel=\"noopener\"> Astara<\/a>, northwestern part of the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kermanshah, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals are torching pro-regime propaganda posters.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nw28MnfO3E\">pic.twitter.com\/nw28MnfO3E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621114961182466052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 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\">Late last night in the capital city <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621118735951007746\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>\u2019s Naziabad and Rudaki districts Locals chanted: &#8220;Death to the dictator!&#8221; &#8220;This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Thursday morning farmers from eastern parts of Isfahan Province gathered in the city of Isfahan with their tractors holding a protest rally and demanding answers to their economic dilemmas. They began\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621121252541734912\" rel=\"noopener\">chanting<\/a>\u00a0anti-regime slogans during this gathering, including: \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621122510996512771\">farmers<\/a> of Isfahan and other provinces have long been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621119994028507137\">protesting<\/a> the deteriorating conditions of the province\u2019s farming industry and water shortages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 2 &#8211; Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Farmers from across eastern parts of Isfahan Province held a protest gathering today demanding answers to their economic dilemmas.<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\/rxCo51nHvm\">pic.twitter.com\/rxCo51nHvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621119994028507137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 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 regime\u2019s policies and destructive projects, including the building of dams with no regard for the province\u2019s ecosystem, have rendered severe ecological problems and damage to the province\u2019s agriculture sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also on Thursday workers of a local steel company in the city of\u00a0Sirjan\u00a0in Kerman Province, south-central Iran, held a protest rally seeking answers to their economic demands that have long gone neglected by regime officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 2 &#8211; Sirjan, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of the local steel company are protesting and seeking answers to their demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%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\/aWyj9ImlVk\">pic.twitter.com\/aWyj9ImlVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621116225668677632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Zahedan, the capital of Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province in southeast Iran, regime authorities dispatched military helicopters to fly above the city to instill a climate of fear among the locals. Their aim is to prevent anti-regime protests that are anticipated tomorrow following Friday mass prayers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 2- Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Regime authorities are flying military helicopters over the city to install a climate of fear among the locals prior to tomorrow&#39;s anticipated anti-regime protests.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FzVhLGH97Y\">pic.twitter.com\/FzVhLGH97Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621179133693919234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621187941744930817\" rel=\"noopener\">Khoy<\/a>, northwest Iran Locals confronted and protested against the city&#8217;s governor, voicing their anger over the regime&#8217;s refusal\/failure to provide any meaningful aid following Saturday&#8217;s 5.9 magnitude earthquake.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 1:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Targeting Iran, US Tightens Iraq\u2019s Dollar Flow, Causing Pain<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\" style=\"text-align: justify\">BAGHDAD (AP) \u2014 For months, the United States has restricted Iraq\u2019s access to its own dollars, trying to stamp out what Iraqi officials describe as rampant money laundering that benefits Iran and Syria. Iraq is now feeling the crunch, with a drop in the value of its currency and public anger blowing back against the prime minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The exchange rate for the Iraqi dinar has jumped to around 1,750 to the dollar at street exchanges in some parts of the country, compared to the official rate of 1,460 dinars to the dollar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\" style=\"text-align: justify\">In Baghdad, exchange houses were closed on Thursday, while the Kurdistan Regional Government banned exchange companies in Sulaimaniyah from making transfers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-states-government-iraq-business-0628bad5e4d46315951c90681baba202\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Azerbaijan\u2019s Ministry of Interior Affairs Conducts Operations Against Henchmen of Iranian Drug Lords: 36 People Detained<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The operation has been carried out against henchmen of Iranian drug lords in Azerbaijan, 36 were detained and 114 kilograms of drugs were removed from illegal circulation, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.az\/en\/incident\/azerbaijans-ministry-of-interior-affairs-conducts-operations-against-henchmen-of-iranian-drug-lords-36-people-detained-video-395233\" rel=\"noopener\">APA\u00a0reports<\/a> citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the information, members of an organized crime group who send large quantities of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan under their \u201cPunhan\u201d, \u201cBaba\u201d, \u201cPayman\u201d, \u201cAraz\u201d and etc. conventional names and attract young people to drug couriers tempting promises on social networks, have been detained. A total of 36 people engaged in illegal activities were detained by the Main Drug Enforcement Department of MIA during a series of operations in the capital and regions in the last 20 days, and 114 kilograms of various narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, electronic scales, and 3 thousand units of ecstasy and methadone pills were removed from illegal circulation. We present operational footage of the detention of some patrons of the drug lords living in Iran, whose identities have not been determined by the investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-states-government-iraq-business-0628bad5e4d46315951c90681baba202\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Senate Inquiry Recommends Listing Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard as a Terrorist Group, Further Magnitsky Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296935 size-medium\" title=\"abc news og data 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"abc news og data 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-696x374.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Australia&#8217;s government needs to take steps to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation and expand the list of individuals and entities targeted by Magnitsky sanctions, a Senate inquiry has found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_39n3n\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on Wednesday tabled its report into the human rights implications of recent violence in Iran, making 12 recommendations for action by the Australian government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_39n3n\" style=\"text-align: justify\">It suggested the government\u00a0increase the intake of Iranians under various visa programs, &#8220;with a particular focus on women, girls and persecuted minorities seeking to escape the\u00a0regime&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-02-01\/senate-inquiry-iran-human-rights-abuses-report-irgc-terrorists\/101917152\" 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\">More Protests Spread Across Iran as Earthquake Crisis Continues in Khoy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-299458 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests February 1 2023 696x321 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-1-2023-696x321-1-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests February 1 2023 696x321 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-1-2023-696x321-1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-1-2023-696x321-1-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-1-2023-696x321-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 139<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day on Wednesday as cities across the country are seeing people from different social sectors taking to the streets and protesting the regime\u2019s rule. On Tuesday night many protesters chanted slogans criticizing regime Supreme Leader\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, the mullahs\u2019 Revolutionary Guards (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC<\/a>) and paramilitary Basij, and their security forces apparatus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports also indicate an escalating atmosphere of dissent and tension in the city of Khoy following Saturday\u2019s 5.9 magnitude earthquake that has left many devastated and in need of urgent aid. Authorities have dispatched many security units to the city and are even attacking anyone asking for a tent and\/or protesting the harsh conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-more-protests-spread-across-iran-as-earthquake-crisis-continues-in-khoy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Massoumeh Senobari Re-arrested, Mek Political Prisoners To Be Banished<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-299459 size-medium\" title=\"Parastoo Moini Zahra Safaei Massoumeh Senobari\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parastoo-Moini-Zahra-Safaei-Massoumeh-Senobari-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Parastoo Moini Zahra Safaei Massoumeh Senobari\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parastoo-Moini-Zahra-Safaei-Massoumeh-Senobari-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parastoo-Moini-Zahra-Safaei-Massoumeh-Senobari-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parastoo-Moini-Zahra-Safaei-Massoumeh-Senobari-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parastoo-Moini-Zahra-Safaei-Massoumeh-Senobari.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the news published in recent days, Massoumeh Senobari was arrested on December 31, 2022, in Karaj and transferred to the city\u2019s Fardis Prison (Kachouii). Ms. Senobari\u2019s family is unaware of her condition and is worried about her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Massoumeh Senobari, the daughter of Mohammad Ali, was born in 1988 in Tabriz and has a daughter. She had been sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d and \u201cinsulting\u201d the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader and was imprisoned in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/12\/09\/the-conditions-of-women-iran-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s ward<\/a>\u00a0of the Central Prison of Tabriz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/01\/massoumeh-senobari-re-arrested\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran: Productivity Plan or Distributing Spoil?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-224084 size-medium\" title=\"Majlis, the parliament of the Iranian regime\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Majlis-the-parliament-of-the-Iranian-regime-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Majlis-the-parliament-of-the-Iranian-regime\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Majlis-the-parliament-of-the-Iranian-regime-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Majlis-the-parliament-of-the-Iranian-regime.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime\u2019s government has recently decided to implement a controversial plan called the \u2018Productivity plan\u201d. With this decision having been made to compensate for the regime\u2019s budget deficit, through this plan the regime intends to sell the government\u2019s surplus and stagnant properties worth millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In many developed countries around the world, efforts are being made to make government assets productive. The concept of making the government\u2019s assets productive is to identify unused or low-productivity assets that have been abandoned and then sell them to the private sector to optimize them or make them productive again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/iran-productivity-plan-or-distributing-spoil\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">3 Citizens in Mashhad Charged With Moharebeh<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-299460 size-medium\" title=\"HRM MjiAmirBabak min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HRM-MjiAmirBabak-min-300x150.webp\" alt=\"HRM MjiAmirBabak min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HRM-MjiAmirBabak-min-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HRM-MjiAmirBabak-min-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HRM-MjiAmirBabak-min-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HRM-MjiAmirBabak-min.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Majid Khoshmanzar, 49, a senior employee of the Traffic Control Center at Mashhad\u2019s Municipality, and his son, Amir Reza Khoshmanzar, a boxing champion, along with another citizen in Mashhad, Babak Zarin, were arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence during nationwide protests in October 2022. Iran\u2019s Judiciary has sentenced all three citizens to Moharebeh (War on God). The precise date of their arrests is not known as it had been kept away from public awareness. According to informed sources, they were arrested just a few days after October 26, 2022, during a commemoration ceremony for the slain Mahsa Amini after 40 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2023\/02\/01\/3-citizens-in-mashhad-charged-with-moharebeh\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Zurich, Switzerland\u2014January 31, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Zurich&mdash;January 31, 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_5LJFtc9D_9c\" 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%2F5LJFtc9D_9c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LJFtc9D_9c\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M1S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-01T06:44:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_5LJFtc9D_9c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5LJFtc9D_9c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Zurich\u2014January 31, 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\/5LJFtc9D_9c\" 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%2F5LJFtc9D_9c%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Zurich&mdash;January 31, 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 31, 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 31, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0A photo exhibition was held in memory of the martyrs of the nationwide\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>\u00a0by freedom-loving Iranians, 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>). Also, they expressed solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2022-nationwide-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">widespread uprising<\/a>, which reached its fifth month despite the brutality of the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/zurich-switzerland-january-31-2023-mek-supporters-held-an-exhibition-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/42442\/\" 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-february-1-2023\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 1,<\/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 140 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":299462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-299457","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 v27.3 - 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