{"id":301076,"date":"2023-02-09T08:11:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T07:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=301076"},"modified":"2023-03-01T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:19:55","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-9-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-9-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 9, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-301078 size-full\" title=\"London Feb 4 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/London-Feb-4-2023.jpg\" alt=\"London Feb 4 2023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/London-Feb-4-2023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/London-Feb-4-2023-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/London-Feb-4-2023-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/London-Feb-4-2023-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/London-Feb-4-2023-696x365.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 147<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thursday, February 9, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 147<\/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 is marking its 147<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day as people in various cities across the country are continuing to voice their dissent through different methods. Last night in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623673066936221698\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a> locals in the capital&#8217;s Tehranpars district were chanting anti-regime slogans: &#8220;This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters torched a pro-regime propaganda billboard on the capital&#39;s Resalat 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\/FACPvR35iZ\">pic.twitter.com\/FACPvR35iZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623674325353041921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 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\">Today also in Tehran, Protesters torched a pro-regime propaganda billboard on the capital&#8217;s Resalat Highway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623724657424875520\" rel=\"noopener\">At the University of Tehran<\/a>, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering picture of the Iranian Resistance leadership with the slogan of long live Rajavi was projected on the building wall by brave youths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Urmia, West Azarbaijan province northwestern Iran, defiant youth targeted the regime\u2019s repressive Basij force compound of the IRGC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Kerman, south-central Iran, protesters torched pro-regime propaganda posters, banners, and billboards, including Qassem Soleimani\u2019s picture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 9 &#8211; Kerman, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are torching pro-regime propaganda posters, banners, and billboards across this city.<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\/OlXp5PbRmY\">pic.twitter.com\/OlXp5PbRmY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623713342832640000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 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\">Last night in Chabahar, southeast Iran, protesters attacked a base of the regime&#8217;s IRGC paramilitary Basij units and set the building ablaze.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 8 &#8211; Chabahar, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters attacked a base of the regime&#39;s IRGC paramilitary Basij units and set the building ablaze.<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\/SgHrcHiSbt\">pic.twitter.com\/SgHrcHiSbt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623747306863603713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 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\/1623703265899847682\" rel=\"noopener\">Javanrud<\/a>, western Iran, store owners across the city went on strike marking the 40<sup>th<\/sup> day of the murder of Borhan Elias, a local protester, by the regime&#8217;s security forces who gunned him down during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hashtag_click\">#IranRevolution<\/a> protests. Also, last night amid heavy snow locals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1623616262935920640\" rel=\"noopener\">tore down<\/a> the flags of the regime in the streets of the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Khash, Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Province southeast Iran, protesters tore down pro-regime banners across this city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khash, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are tearing down pro-regime propaganda posters and banners across this city in Sistan &amp; Baluchestan Province.<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\/H8zOZOiTyn\">pic.twitter.com\/H8zOZOiTyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623688167122472960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 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\/1623678100042293248\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermanshah<\/a>, western Iran, protesters braved the freezing winter cold and wrote in graffiti: &#8220;You carried out executions to terrify us; so, let&#8217;s fight to the end!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Darreh Shahr, western Iran, workers and drivers of the KEP oil drilling company are continued their strike for three consecutive days, demanding answers to their issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darreh Shahr, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers and drivers of the KEP oil drilling company are continued their strike for three consecutive days, demanding answers to their issues.<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%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%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\u0635\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpXjfQp1cP\">pic.twitter.com\/kpXjfQp1cP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623676841822420992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 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\/1623577438356742144\" rel=\"noopener\">Yazd<\/a>, central Iran, workers of the Yazd Tire Company held a rally protesting the company officials&#8217; refusal to respond to their demands and chanted &#8220;Enough with promises! We have nothing to eat!\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 9 &#8211; Yazd, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage of Yazd Tire Company workers protesting the company officials&#39; refusal to respond 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\/%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\/jmFLRCTcZN\">pic.twitter.com\/jmFLRCTcZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623675583812059136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 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: 4:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">After Biden Fails to Mention Iran During SOTU, Lawmakers Push Measure Supporting Iranian Protesters<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228776 size-full alignleft\" title=\"Fox-News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News.png\" alt=\"Fox-News\" width=\"151\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News.png 151w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fox-News-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lawmakers introduced the resolution three days before the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution when protesters overthrew the last shah, or king, of Iran. The country soon thereafter became governed by an Islamist theocracy, which remains in power today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;This unprecedented bipartisan resolution should be a compass for Washington to adopt the right policy on Iran,&#8221; said Majid Sadeghpour, political director of the Organization of Iranian-American Communities. &#8220;It denounces the shah&#8217;s ruthless and corrupt dictatorship and the current ruling religious tyranny. It supports the call for a secular, non-nuclear Iranian republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which seeks to overthrow the regime and has influence in Washington, also spoke at Wednesday&#8217;s press conference, expressing hope for the success of the current protest movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;I am confident that this revolution will succeed because it is led by those who are willing to pay the price,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-fails-mention-iran-sotu-lawmakers-push-measure-supporting-iranian-protesters\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">US Congress Introduces Resolution in Support of Push for Democracy and Freedom in Iran<\/h3>\n<p 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\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">CHICAGO: The US House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced a resolution expressing support for the people of Iran and denouncing the \u201cmonarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny\u201d of the governing regime in Tehran.\u00a0Although the resolution has no legal authority, it reinforces American support for the Iranian people and condemnation of the ongoing violations of human rights by the country\u2019s government. More than 165 members of Congress, from both main parties, co-sponsored the resolution, which is expected to easily pass when it comes up for a final vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the People\u2019s Mujahedin of Iran, an Iranian opposition group that advocates the overthrow of the ruling regime and the installation of a democratic government, addressed Wednesday\u2019s briefing through a video link. She thanked Congress for its continuing support but said more must be done to end the regime\u2019s ongoing use of violence to crack down on protesters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2247466\/middle-east\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">House Lawmakers Sharpen Message on Iran by Asking Europe To Cut Ties<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230384 size-medium\" title=\"Independent-30112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Independent-30112020-300x41.jpg\" alt=\"Independent-30112020\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Independent-30112020-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Independent-30112020-150x21.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Independent-30112020.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">House lawmakers joined together once again on Wednesday to unveil a resolution in support of Iranian protesters, but this time did so in a way that signaled a serious sharpening of the US Congress\u2019 tone towards the government in Tehran. A resolution unveiled the morning after Joe Biden addressed a joint session of the House and Senate for his State of the Union would once again declare the US Congress\u2019 support for a democratic government in Iran while also including language implicitly calling on the US\u2019s European allies to cut ties with Tehran by closing consulates and calling diplomats back to their home country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wednesday\u2019s announcement marks the second House resolution aimed at supporting Iranian protesters \u2014 and, by extension, delegitimising Tehran\u2019s government \u2014 that the 118th Congress has pursued in less than two months. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, was an invited guest at the event and addressed the lawmakers attending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/house-resolution-iran-europe-consulates-b2278517.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Treasury Sanctions Companies Involved in Production, Sale, and Shipment of Iranian Petrochemicals and Petroleum<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-246660 size-medium\" title=\"US treasury department (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/US-treasury-department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US treasury department\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nine entities across multiple jurisdictions that have played a critical role in the production, sale, and shipment of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum to buyers in Asia. Treasury is targeting six Iran-based petrochemical manufacturers or their subsidiaries, and three firms in Malaysia and Singapore involved in facilitating the sale and shipment of petroleum and petrochemicals on behalf of Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd., which OFAC designated on January 23, 2020, for facilitating the sale of Iranian petroleum products from the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1257\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Joining the Congressional Press Briefing at the U.S. House of Representatives<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-301077 alignleft\" title=\"congressional press briefing u s house representatives 1024x535 min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-min.jpg\" alt=\"congressional press briefing u s house representatives 1024x535 min\" width=\"274\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-min-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-min-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-min-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-min-696x363.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Washington, D.C., February 8, 2023 \u2013 one hundred and sixty-six members of the U.S. House of Representatives from both sides of the aisle sponsored a resolution submitted to Congress in support of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising and Resistance.<br \/>\nH. Res. 100 supports the Iranian people\u2019s desire for a democratically elected republic based on the separation of religion and state and a non-nuclear\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/a>. It condemns the Iranian regime\u2019s human rights abuses and state-sponsored terrorism.<br \/>\nSeveral members of Congress held a press briefing at the U.S. House of Representatives and announced the H. Res. 100. Maryam Rajavi joined the press conference and thanked the representatives who sponsored the initiative<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s People Are Voicing Their Rage by Burning the Regime\u2019s Symbols<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Protests-February-8-2023-696x395\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-8-2023-696x395.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests - February 8, 2023\" width=\"286\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Protests in Iran are continuing as more people across the country are burning the mullahs\u2019 propaganda billboards, posters, and banners. These symbols have been installed by the regime\u2019s propaganda apparatus prior to the upcoming anniversary of Iran\u2019s 1979 anti-monarchial revolution that was hijacked by the mullahs.<\/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 target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>). The names of 647 killed protesters have been\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-pmoi-mek-publishes-names-of-martyrs-of-the-iranian-peoples-nationwide-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">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-are-voicing-their-rage-by-burning-the-regimes-symbols\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">London, England\u2014February 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>London, England\u2014February 4, 2023:<\/strong> Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s uprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Members of the Iranian community in London 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\/02\/london-england-february-4-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-solidarity-with-the-iran-revolution\/42640\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally in Solidarity With the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Gothenburg, Sweden&mdash;February 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Ci381r2Nn5E\" 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%2FCi381r2Nn5E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ci381r2Nn5E\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-06T17:21:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Ci381r2Nn5E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCi381r2Nn5E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated 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\/Ci381r2Nn5E\" 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%2FCi381r2Nn5E%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Gothenburg, Sweden&mdash;February 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 4, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Demonstrated 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>Stockholm, Sweden\u2014February 7, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>) held a rally on the eighth day of the appeal trial of the executioner\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-stockholm-trial-begins-of-hamid-noury-over-1988-massacre\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Hamid Noury<\/a>\u00a0in front of the court. They are seeking justice for more than 30,000 martyrs of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/1988-massacre\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">1988 massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/stockholm-february-7-2023-mek-supporters-rally-in-front-of-the-swedish-court-seeking-justice-for-the-1988-massacre-victims\/42628\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shah-and-Khomeini\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shah-and-Khomeini.png\" alt=\"Pahlavi Monarchy Resurrected the Mullahs of Iran - Iran News Update\" width=\"288\" height=\"180\" \/>Pahlavi Monarchy Resurrected the Mullahs of Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 1953, absolute monarchy in Iran was waning into nothing more than a symbolic institution like those in certain European countries and making room for a democratic system with the guidance of political leaders such as Dr. Mohammad Mosadeq, who nationalized the huge British oil holdings in Iran, and almost succeeded in toppling the shah. As an outspoken advocate of nationalism, he\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iran-regimes-challenge-over-khameneis-successor-and-the-increasing-executions\/\" rel=\"noopener\">prevented<\/a>\u00a0the Soviet Union from an oil concession for northern Iran like the British concession in the south of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/pahlavi-monarchy-resurrected-the-mullahs-of-iran\/\" 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-8-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 8,<\/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 147 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":301078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[130],"class_list":{"0":"post-301076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"tag-iran-protests"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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