{"id":301220,"date":"2023-02-10T08:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T07:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=301220"},"modified":"2023-03-01T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:27:09","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 10, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301224\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301224\" title=\"iran javanrud merchants strike 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-javanrud-merchants-strike-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran javanrud merchants strike 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-javanrud-merchants-strike-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-javanrud-merchants-strike-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-javanrud-merchants-strike-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-javanrud-merchants-strike-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-javanrud-merchants-strike-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On February 9, merchants went on strike in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, western Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">France Urges Stronger International Response to Iran\u2019s Missile Program<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) &#8211; There must be a stronger &#8220;international response&#8221; to the threat posed by Iran&#8217;s ballistic missiles program, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told her U.S. counterpart Anthony Blinken, France&#8217;s Foreign Ministry said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The French Foreign Ministry said Colonna and Blinken had spoken by phone on Thursday, during which they discussed an array of topics, including Ukraine and Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">&#8220;The minister mentioned Iran&#8217;s destabilizing activities and the increasing threat posed by the increase of its ballistic missiles arsenal, the proliferation of missiles including towards non-state actors (&#8230;) and the need to strengthen the international response to this threat,&#8221; said the ministry, regarding Colonna&#8217;s talks with Blinken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/frances-foreign-minister-discussed-ukraine-iran-with-us-counterpart-blinken-2023-02-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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 148<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Friday, February 10, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 148<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 10 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>More footage of protesters chanting:<br \/>&quot;Political prisoners must be released!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yWHuClOOPd\">pic.twitter.com\/yWHuClOOPd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1624000233246978048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 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\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 148<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day as people in different cities across Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The MEK-affiliated Resistance Units carried out 44 anti-regime actions to mark the 44<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution. (We will have a complete report in tomorrow\u2019s brief.)<\/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 are torching pro-regime posters, banners, and billboards across the country&#39;s capital.<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\/W4jyjGJF9o\">pic.twitter.com\/W4jyjGJF9o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623971282621706241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 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 Tehran, Iran protesters set fire to pro-regime posters, banners, and billboards across the capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Sistan &amp; Baluchistan province, southeast Iran, residents continued their anti-regime protests following weekly prayers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623991414660157441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1623991414660157441%7Ctwgr%5Eb73f805ee2b4c4532b33a9ad97fa4b4c55841476%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-irans-balochis-relaunch-anti-regime-protests-as-uprising-continues%2F\">Zahedan<\/a>, the capital of this restive province, alongside cities in Iran\u2019s Kurdish regions, have become a beacon for protesters across the country and a symbol of the ongoing Iran revolution protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 10 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are in the streets chanting:<br \/>&quot;Death to the oppressor! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to the Basij!&quot;<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%DB%95_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%95_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%DB%95_%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\u06d5_\u0634\u0627\u06d5_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u06d5_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VTmQMdSx74\">pic.twitter.com\/VTmQMdSx74<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623991414660157441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 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\">Protesters including brave <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/begoonah1\/status\/1624067146367082499\" rel=\"noopener\">women<\/a> in various Baluch cities today chanted anti-regime slogans targeting the entire regime apparatus, from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), to the paramilitary Basij units. The protesters were particularly vocal in their chants of \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623991414660157441\" rel=\"noopener\">Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader<\/a> (Khamenei). They also chanted, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1624001481342091266\" rel=\"noopener\">No to a monarchy! No to the [mullahs&#8217; regime<\/a>]! Democracy and equality!,&#8221; \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1624000233246978048\" rel=\"noopener\">Free all political prisoners<\/a>\u201d and \u201cFrom <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623996448122576898\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahedan to Tehran<\/a>, I give my life for Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 10 &#8211; Galikesh, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Footage of this area&#39;s Baloch community taking to the streets during today&#39;s anti-regime demonstration and in support of their local leaders.<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\/psgQffdpGO\">pic.twitter.com\/psgQffdpGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1624073203500089344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 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 the northeastern city of Galikesh\u00a0in Golestan province, residents chanted anti-regime slogans including,<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDeath to the oppressor! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNo to a monarchy! No to the [mullahs\u2019 regime]! Democracy and equality!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cFrom Zahedan to Tehran, my life for Iran!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There were also similar reports of protests in the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623988898555912195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1623988898555912195%7Ctwgr%5Eb73f805ee2b4c4532b33a9ad97fa4b4c55841476%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-irans-balochis-relaunch-anti-regime-protests-as-uprising-continues%2F\">Sanandaj<\/a>, the capital of Kurdistan Province. They chanted: \u201cDeath to the dictator!\u201d and \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 10 &#8211; Sanandaj, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>People are in the streets rallying in support of their local religious leaders.<br \/>They&#39;re chanting:<br \/>&quot;Death to the dictator!&quot;<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei!&quot;<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%DB%95_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%95_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%DB%95_%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\u06d5_\u0634\u0627\u06d5_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u06d5_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EgnEbUocGy\">pic.twitter.com\/EgnEbUocGy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623988898555912195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 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\/1624088303002865665\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, northeast Iran, protesters tore down pro-regime propaganda banners and posters in the country&#8217;s second-largest city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623987639719284738\" rel=\"noopener\">Kish Island<\/a>, southern Iran, protesters tore down pro-regime propaganda banners and posters across the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Bushehr, southern Iran, protesters torched pro-regime posters, banners, and billboards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bushehr, southern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are torching pro-regime 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\/JsmV8VF2SA\">pic.twitter.com\/JsmV8VF2SA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1623972540220571649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 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: 10:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Tyrant Ayatollahs\u2019 Grip on Iran Is Not Strong, a Push From UK and They Are History Comment<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255663 size-medium\" title=\"daily-express-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daily-express-logo-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"daily-express-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This week marks the anniversary of the Shah&#8217;s dictatorship and despotic rule being overthrown by the Iranian people in 1979.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Threats of mass execution are looming in the wake of state reprisals that have killed more than 750 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s most organised pro-democracy opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), has through its network inside Iran determined that over 30,000 protesters have been arrested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Many of them could face execution for vaguely-defined national security charges. The regime\u2019s Judiciary has said as much in public, and members of the Parliament have requested it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Various Western entities have discussed that possibility, and their hesitation has presumably been influenced by a number of factors including a tendency to overestimate the strength of the Iranian regime\u2019s grip on power, and a comparable tendency to disregard the potential for real democratic change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But that potential has consistently been represented to the world by Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), who has already presented a 10-point plan for Iran\u2019s democratic future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mrs Rajavi has spent years calling upon Western powers to proscribe the IRGC and to thus empower the Iranian people to stand up in the face of its brutality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The current uprising has seen them doing just that, despite the relative absence of support from the international community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/comment\/expresscomment\/1732739\/Iran-Iranian-protests-Ayatollah-Khamenei-Shah-of-Iran-revolution-how-many-dead\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">House Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Backing Iranian Protesters, Calling For Secular, Non-nuclear Republic<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301242 alignleft\" title=\"breitbart logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/breitbart-logo.jpg\" alt=\"breitbart logo\" width=\"322\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During a press conference honoring the introduction of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-118hres100ih\/html\/BILLS-118hres100ih.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"x5l\">H. Res.<\/a>\u00a0100 on Wednesday, Congressman McClintock\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclintock.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/mcclintock-introduced-house-resolution-with-over-160-co-sponsors-in-support\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"x5l\">said<\/a>\u00a0it \u201cexpresses our united support for the Iranian people in their struggle for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran\u201d while condemning the \u201cviolations of human rights and the state-sponsored terrorism\u201d of the Islamic regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The resolution recognizes that the Iranian people \u201care rejecting monarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny\u201d and opting \u201cto establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear\u201d state in its stead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It also urges the U.S. to \u201cbe involved in any establishment of an international investigation into the 1988 extrajudicial killings\u201d of thousands of political prisoners in Iran, while calling on relevant U.S. government agencies to \u201cwork with European allies, including those in the Balkans where Iran has expanded its presence, to hold Iran accountable for breaching diplomatic privileges, and to call on nations to prevent the malign activities of the Iranian regime\u2019s diplomatic missions, with the goal of closing them down and expelling its agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">McClintock pointed to Iranian opposition MEK (Mujahadin-e Khalq) political leader and President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Maryam Rajavi\u2019s \u201cTen Point Plan\u201d to ensure Iranians\u2019 freedom of expression and assembly, as well as the right to choose their elected leaders, as the \u201cpath toward a free, secular, Democratic and non-nuclear Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/09\/house-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-backing-iranian-protesters-calling-secular-non-nuclear-republic\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Dual Citizen Sentenced for Sending Electronics To Iranian, Lebanese Terrorist Groups<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301242 alignleft\" title=\"breitbart logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/breitbart-logo.jpg\" alt=\"breitbart logo\" width=\"322\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Feb. 9 (UPI) \u2014 A dual citizen of the United States and Iran will serve a 30-month prison sentence for illegally conspiring to send electronic goods to Iranian and Lebanese terrorist groups.\u00a0The Justice Department announced the sentence of 44-year-old Kambiz Attar Kashani of Brooklyn, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Kashani allegedly conspired with others to send technology from several U.S. companies to the Lebanese terrorist organization Hizballah, and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Both organizations are designated terrorist groups by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThis is a sobering reminder that illegally exporting material is not an abstract economic concern \u2014 it is a crime with a direct impact on the safety of the American people,\u201d said Alan E. Kohler Jr., assistant director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/dual-citizen-sentenced-for-sending-electronics-to-iranian-lebanese-terrorist-groups\/\" 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\">US Lawmakers Pledge Support for Iran\u2019s Nationwide Uprising<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-301221 size-medium\" title=\"us congress\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-congress-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"us congress\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-congress-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-congress-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-congress.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Members of the U.S. Congress introduced a new resolution on Wednesday, expressing their support for \u201cthe Iranian people\u2019s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran\u201d and condemning the Iranian regime\u2019s human rights violations and sponsorship of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The resolution,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-resolution\/100\/text\">H. RES. 100<\/a>, was introduced by Congressman Tom McClintock and has already garnered the support of 166 members of the Congress. In addition to the current round of uprisings, which began in September, the resolution acknowledges the longtime efforts of the people of Iran obtain their freedom, including the recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/irans-november-2019-protests-how-gasoline-price-hikes-triggered-a-nationwide-uprising\/\">nationwide uprisings in 2017 and 2019<\/a>, and the protest movements in 1999 and 2009. It also highlights the massacre of \u201cthousands political prisoners in 1988,\u201d in which the regime\u2019s current president Ebrahim Raisi played a key role. The lawmakers further draw attention to the regime\u2019s human rights abuses against religious and ethnic minorities, including \u201cIranian Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs, Christians, Jews, Baha\u2019is, Zoroastrians, and even Sunni Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/us-lawmakers-pledge-support-for-irans-nationwide-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Neda Faragari Fined and Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-301222 size-medium\" title=\"Neda Faragari sentenced to 2 years in prison min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neda-Faragari-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Neda Faragari sentenced to 2 years in prison min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neda-Faragari-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neda-Faragari-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neda-Faragari-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neda-Faragari-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Neda Faragari, one of the detained protesters of the 2022 nationwide uprising, has been fined and sentenced to 2 years in prison by the Amol Revolutionary Court. Ms. Faragari remains incarcerated in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/12\/09\/the-conditions-of-women-iran-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Prison of Amol<\/a>.\u00a0Amol security police arrested Neda Faragari on November 3, 2022, during the 40-day memorial ceremony for the slain protester Ghazaleh Chelavi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After undergoing an interrogation, she was transferred to Amol prison.\u00a0Neda Faragari is accused of chanting \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d during the 40-day memorial ceremony for Ghazaleh Chelavi. The court considered the chant an example of \u201cinsulting the leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/09\/neda-faragari-sentenced\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Shah, the Foundation of Foreign Domination and Fascism in Iran!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-301223 size-medium\" title=\"Shah the foundation of foreign domination\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shah-the-foundation-of-foreign-domination-300x150.webp\" alt=\"Shah the foundation of foreign domination\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shah-the-foundation-of-foreign-domination-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shah-the-foundation-of-foreign-domination-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shah-the-foundation-of-foreign-domination-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shah-the-foundation-of-foreign-domination.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 1878, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, in order to maintain his monarchy, borrowed a ruthless brigade called the Cossack Brigade from the Russian army, and paid all their expenses from the government\u2019s treasury, i.e. the pockets of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Among the famous leaders of this force, we can mention the notorious Russian colonel Liakhov, who bombarded the first Iranian constitutional assembly, and later on Reza Khan the Ghazagh (Cossack) with help from dominant colonial powers staged a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat and Reza Khan was installed as king. A king who, when his expiration date was over, his masters kicked him out of Iran in disgrace and appointed his son in his place. And in turn, when the expiration date of \u201cson\u201d was over, General Robert E. Huyser came and arranged for the Shah\u2019s departure and handed the country to the mullahs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/shah-the-foundation-of-foreign-domination-and-fascism-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Zurich, Switzerland\u2014February 7, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Zurich&mdash;February 7, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally (Book Exhibition) in Support of the Iran Revolution.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_GCxTLil3fzc\" 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%2FGCxTLil3fzc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCxTLil3fzc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-09T06:24:50Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_GCxTLil3fzc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGCxTLil3fzc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Zurich\u2014February 7, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally (Book 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\/GCxTLil3fzc\" 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%2FGCxTLil3fzc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Zurich&mdash;February 7, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally (Book 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\u2014February 7, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally (Book 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\u2014February 7, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-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>) held a rally and book exhibition in solidarity with the nationwide\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.\u00a0The Iranian community in Zurich has expressed its support for their rising compatriots and pledged to continue to call for freedom and democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/zurich-switzerland-february-7-2023-mek-supporters-held-a-rally-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/42676\/\" 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\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-9-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 9,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET France Urges Stronger International Response to Iran&rsquo;s Missile Program PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) &ndash; There must be [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":301224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-301220","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-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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