{"id":300120,"date":"2023-02-05T10:14:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T09:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=300120"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:27:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:27:38","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-5-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-5-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 5, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300118\" title=\"Iranian communities summit Canada anniversary 1979 anti monarchic revolution 15 1024x683 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution-15-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian communities summit Canada anniversary 1979 anti monarchic revolution 15 1024x683 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution-15-1024x683-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution-15-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution-15-1024x683-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution-15-1024x683-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution-15-1024x683-1-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 143<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sunday, February 5, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 143<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 647 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 143<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sanandaj, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters used Molotov cocktails in an attack targeting the city&#39;s Islamic Development Organization branch.<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\/nEw3PJJwZ3\">pic.twitter.com\/nEw3PJJwZ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621978260312854529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 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\">MEK-affiliated Resistance Units torched pro-regime propaganda posters in the capital, Tehran, and in Sanandaj, western Iran, they used Molotov cocktails to target the regime\u2019s Islamic Development Organization branch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">February 5 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>MEK Resistance Units 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\/KPWFHgofbw\">pic.twitter.com\/KPWFHgofbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622184508404400133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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 Karaj, west of Tehran, protesters torched a poster of mullahs&#8217; Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini. And in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622253714387132417\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, northeast, Yazd, central, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621979406817439744\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamabad-e Gharb<\/a>, west, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622133131112513536\" rel=\"noopener\">Ardabil<\/a>, northwest Iran, protesters torched pro-regime propaganda posters and billboards across the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Karaj, west of Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Local protesters torched a poster of mullahs&#39; Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini.<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\/QOLN64vKrw\">pic.twitter.com\/QOLN64vKrw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622140626279206912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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\/1622275105614139399\" rel=\"noopener\">Qom<\/a>, central Iran locals wrote Graffiti to send a message to the ruling regime: &#8220;You executed for us to be terrified?&#8221; &#8220;Let&#8217;s fight to the end!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yazd, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Local protesters are torching pro-regime propaganda posters and billboards.<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\/WDzMWd3fMP\">pic.twitter.com\/WDzMWd3fMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622127888609824770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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\">Students of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622188294539812865\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarbiat Modares University<\/a>\u00a0in Tehran held a gathering in support of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621603178071601152\" rel=\"noopener\">Farhad Meysami<\/a>, a prisoner on hunger strike, and protesting prison\/execution sentences issued by the regime\u2019s so-called judiciary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the city of Abdanan in Ilam Province in western Iran, people took to the streets today, especially the families of recently detained protesters, demanding the release of their loved ones. At least 17 locals have been arrested during nightly raids conducted by the regime security forces. The regime\u2019s security forces at the scene attached several protesters, even the elderly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 5 &#8211; Abdanan, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Families of recently arrested protesters held a rally outside the city court demanding their release. At least 17 locals have been arrested in night raids.<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\/ZqskyKpYSz\">pic.twitter.com\/ZqskyKpYSz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622248964887298049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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 Isfahan, farmers continued their protests over the drying of the local Zayandehrud River which has left their lands and crops devastated. Reports indicate the protesting farmers are heading to Tehran to hold their gatherings in the country\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 5 &#8211; Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Local farmers are heading to Tehran to voice their demands to regime officials regarding the revitalization of Zayandehrud River to provide for their lands.<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\/h9ts0LwKrE\">pic.twitter.com\/h9ts0LwKrE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622173190704476166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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 Sunday morning,\u00a0contract workers of green areas\u00a0of East Azerbaijan Province rallied in Tabriz and protested constant power outages due to the regime\u2019s incompetence and corrupt policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 5 &#8211; Tabriz, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Contract workers of green areas are rallying and protesting constant power outages due to the regime&#39;s incompetence and corrupt policies.<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\/WZrdKm92Sf\">pic.twitter.com\/WZrdKm92Sf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622171925387821056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622251198139990016\" rel=\"noopener\">workers of the Kavian Steel Company<\/a>\u00a0went on strike on Sunday demanding official working contracts and better pay. Company officials have been neglecting their requests for at least 18 months now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622254972862693377\">Khoy<\/a>, northwest Iran, a number of youths from Tabriz, launched a camp of tents suitable for 500 people in the quake-hit city of Khoy to overcome the regime\u2019s refusal to provide assistance to the resident of the quaker-hit city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khoy, northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>A number of youths from Tabriz, with help provided by ordinary people, have been able to launch a camp of tents suitable for 500 people in the quake-hit city of Khoy.<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\/NV0OurmONp\">pic.twitter.com\/NV0OurmONp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1622254972862693377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 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: 5:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Acknowledges \u2018Tens of Thousands\u2019 Detained in Protests<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\" style=\"text-align: justify\">DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the scale of the crackdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The decree by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, part of a yearly pardoning the supreme leader does before the anniversary of Iran\u2019s 1979 Islamic Revolution, comes as authorities have yet to say how many people they detained in the demonstrations. State media also published a list of caveats over the order that would disqualify those with ties abroad or facing spying charges \u2014 allegations which have been met with wide international criticism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-protests-and-demonstrations-government-ali-khamenei-8560e45570321ad08ef75f1f743f9b80\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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\">McCaul Finds Admin Decision to Waive Iran Sanctions \u201cDeeply Troubling\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255271 alignleft\" title=\"foreign affairs committee republican logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/foreign-affairs-committee-republican-logo.jpg\" alt=\"foreign-affairs-committee-republican-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/foreign-affairs-committee-republican-logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/foreign-affairs-committee-republican-logo-150x79.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Biden administration\u2019s decision to waive sanctions on nonproliferation activities involving Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u201cI am deeply troubled by the administration\u2019s decision to waive sanctions on nonproliferation activities involving Iran, despite Iran\u2019s continued noncompliance with its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and the potential benefit to Russia\u2019s state-owned energy giant, Rosatom. This decision further undermines international nonproliferation norms and is inconsistent with the administration\u2019s stated policy to support Ukraine. Rosatom cannot be allowed to profit from work in Iran while it actively fuels the Kremlin\u2019s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/press-release\/mccaul-finds-admin-decision-to-waive-iran-sanctions-deeply-troubling\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranian Communities\u2019 Summit in Canada Marks the Anniversary of the 1979 Anti-monarchic Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-300122 size-medium\" title=\"Iranian communities summit Canada anniversary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian communities summit Canada anniversary\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iranian-communities-summit-Canada-anniversary.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: Dear friends of the Iranian people and Resistance,<br \/>\nFellow compatriots, Your gathering on the anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution manifests the determination and fervent struggle of the Iranian people who have chosen an uprising and revolutionary solution to overthrow the mullahs\u2019 clerical dictatorship. If the revolution means rising up and sacrificing, if it means upsetting the status quo, and if it means closing all roads to regression, deviation, despotism, and dependence (as opposed to independence), then you and the Iranian people have the key to victory and freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/iranian-communities-summit-canada-anniversary-1979-anti-monarchic-revolution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran Protests Expand in 21st Week Despite Escalating Crackdown<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-300123 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests February 4 2023 696x395 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-4-2023-696x395-1-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests February 4 2023 696x395 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-4-2023-696x395-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-4-2023-696x395-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-4-2023-696x395-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 142<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0day on Saturday following a busy day of protests by people in different cities across the country and an expanding night campaign in the capital Tehran. Protesters in Zahedan and other cities of Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province once again took to the streets following their weekly Friday prayers. They are protesting the entirety of the mullahs\u2019 rule and rejecting any and all types of dictatorship while seeking a new democracy to govern in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Similar protests in Sanandaj ignited as people are demanding the release of their local leaders who have been recently arrested by the regime\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\">IRGC<\/a>) and intelligence agents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-iran-protests-expand-in-21st-week-despite-escalating-crackdown\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">MP Calls on UK To Proscribe Iran Guards to End \u2018Nefarious Activities\u2019<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255984 size-medium\" title=\"Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018-300x76.jpg\" alt=\"Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Arab_news_Logo_L_Apr_2018.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">LONDON: Iran poses a \u201cclear and present danger\u201d and immediate action must be taken to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization in the UK, according to a parliamentarian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cEvery day we delay, we give them the opportunity to expand their operations, to carry out other nefarious activities,\u201d Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East, told Arab News. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen evidence of some of the organizations in the United Kingdom that are operating under direct control of the IRGC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He said that this was \u201ca serious threat to our homeland security, so it\u2019s key that we have to address it and prompt action is required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2244511\/world\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Solidarity With Iran Uprising \u2013 Iranian Diaspora Holds Rallies and Photo Exhibitions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-300124 size-medium\" title=\"Brussels Solidarity with Iran uprising 4 min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Brussels-Solidarity-with-Iran-uprising-4-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Brussels Solidarity with Iran uprising 4 min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Brussels-Solidarity-with-Iran-uprising-4-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Brussels-Solidarity-with-Iran-uprising-4-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Brussels-Solidarity-with-Iran-uprising-4-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Brussels-Solidarity-with-Iran-uprising-4-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since the start of the Iran uprising in mid-September, the Iranian diaspora and supporters of the Iranian Resistance have been in the streets in dozens of countries around the world to convey the voice of their compatriots to the world by holding rallies in solidarity with Iran uprising.\u00a0The Iran uprising was sparked by the death of a young Kurdish woman,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/10\/01\/death-of-mahsa\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahsa Amini<\/a>, in the custody of the morality police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iran uprising is in its fifth month. Security forces have\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2022\/11\/25\/the-list-of-women-and-girls-killed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">killed more than 750 protesters<\/a>, and 30,000 were arrested and detained under torture. The regime has executed four protesters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/04\/solidarity-with-iran-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Fordow Nuclear Site, a New Trouble of Khamenei and IRGC<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-53831 size-medium\" title=\"The Iranian regime has installed dozens of advanced centrifuges to accelerate uranium enrichment, the United Nations' atomic watchdog disclosed Monday, a revelation representing just the latest in a series of provocative breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal by the mullahs' regime.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IAEA_Iran_latest_nuclear_deal_breach_is_installation_of_more_than_30_new_centrifuges_1000-300x180.png\" alt=\"The Iranian regime has installed dozens of advanced centrifuges to accelerate uranium enrichment, the United Nations' atomic watchdog disclosed Monday, a revelation representing just the latest in a series of provocative breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal by the mullahs' regime.\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IAEA_Iran_latest_nuclear_deal_breach_is_installation_of_more_than_30_new_centrifuges_1000-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IAEA_Iran_latest_nuclear_deal_breach_is_installation_of_more_than_30_new_centrifuges_1000-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IAEA_Iran_latest_nuclear_deal_breach_is_installation_of_more_than_30_new_centrifuges_1000-696x418.png 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IAEA_Iran_latest_nuclear_deal_breach_is_installation_of_more_than_30_new_centrifuges_1000.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following Rafael Grossi\u2019s statement that the changes on the Fordow nuclear site by the Iranian government are different from what was reported to the Atomic Energy Organization, Kamalondi, the head of Iran\u2019s AEO, claimed that Mr. Grossi\u2019s information was not updated, but now the United States and other countries The European members of the JCPOA have stated that the Iranian government\u2019s justifications for the unannounced changes on Fordow nuclear site are insufficient.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an announcement in the form of a confidential report by Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the Atomic Energy Agency, on Wednesday first of February 2023, the Agency\u2019s member countries announced that there are fundamental differences with the connection of 2 cascades of Iran\u2019s IR6 centrifuges at the Fordow nuclear site with what the Iranian government claims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/fordow-nuclear-site-a-new-trouble-of-khamenei\/\" 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-4-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 4,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 143 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":300118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-300120","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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