{"id":302054,"date":"2023-02-17T09:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302054"},"modified":"2023-03-01T17:14:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:14:58","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-17-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-17-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 17, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302058\" title=\"iran uprising 16022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-16022023.jpg\" alt=\"iran uprising 16022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-16022023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-16022023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-16022023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-16022023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iran-uprising-16022023-696x391.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;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 155<\/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 17, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 155<\/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 made its 155<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day, today, following an intense night of massive anti-regime protests by people across the country who were marking the 40<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day of the executions of two protesters Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, also thousands of courageous Baluchis in different cities of Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeast Iran took to the streets in a continuation of anti-regime protests and chanted: &#8220;Death to the oppressor! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 17 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are chanting: &quot;Death to the oppressor! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/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\/pxoqAVlfy5\">pic.twitter.com\/pxoqAVlfy5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626568744310038529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Zahedan, southeast Iran, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, thousands of protesters rallied in today&#8217;s anti-regime demonstration. They were chanting &#8220;Basij and IRGC, you are our ISIS!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 17 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Thousands of protesters are rallying in today&#39;s anti-regime demonstration.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/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\/OC2MwtYcIy\">pic.twitter.com\/OC2MwtYcIy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626567819713458183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, people at the weekly Friday prayer in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626528458674438145\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahedan<\/a>, held placards, one calling for the release of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626523321964855296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1626523321964855296%7Ctwgr%5Eac5e09160f5e06d388ce4250641fab946cbe348b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fnews%2Flive-report-irans-protesters-maintain-revolution-push-against-the-mullahs%2F\" rel=\"noopener\">Khash<\/a> also in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, began their weekly Friday protests today by taking to the streets and chanting \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members of the Baluch community in the city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626545745871478786\" rel=\"noopener\">Galikesh<\/a>\u00a0in northeast Iran also rallied and demonstrated today, and continued to protest the regime\u2019s oppression and apprehension of their local religious leaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrators braved all odds for today\u2019s protests, especially as the regime dispatched a large number of security forces\u00a0missioned to prevent anti-regime protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 17 &#8211; Zahedan, southeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Regime authorities dispatched a large number of security units and still people have taken to the streets for more anti-regime protests.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/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\/dczDU2Hgac\">pic.twitter.com\/dczDU2Hgac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626552037214126082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 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;\">A similar protest rally was held in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626538262604177409\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>, the capital of Kurdistan Province in western Iran on Friday where demonstrators in the streets were chanting \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d People are angry as regime security forces have apprehended a number of their local religious leaders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 17 &#8211; Sanandaj, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters are chanting: &quot;Death to the dictator!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/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\/1axgoq6Sfi\">pic.twitter.com\/1axgoq6Sfi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626538262604177409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 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\/1626538262604177409\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanandaj<\/a>, south-central <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> at 1:45 am local time Intense scenes of anti-regime protests was reported. Activists say authorities used bleach and other acidic liquids in the water trucks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, protesters torched a base of the regime&#8217;s IRGC paramilitary Basij units.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bandar Abbas, southern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters torched a base of the regime&#39;s IRGC paramilitary Basij units.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/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\/ForAhL7MDP\">pic.twitter.com\/ForAhL7MDP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626656475501236231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 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;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 7:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Admitting to Regime&#8217;s Failures, Khamenei&#8217;s Senior Advisor Says Tehran is Struggling with Convergence of Wars<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-297315 size-medium\" title=\"yahya rahim safavi 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yahya-rahim-safavi-1-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"yahya rahim safavi 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yahya-rahim-safavi-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yahya-rahim-safavi-1-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yahya-rahim-safavi-1-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yahya-rahim-safavi-1-696x485.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yahya-rahim-safavi-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Admitting to the Iranian regime&#8217;s failure to influence the youth, Yahya Rahim Safavi, a former IRGC commander-in-chief and senior advisor to the regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader, said today: &#8220;We have failed in the media as well as the virtual space wars&#8221; and warned that &#8220;the target audience of those who seek to oust us are under 40 years old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comparing the regime&#8217;s failure to the military defeats the regime suffered during the war with Iraq, Rahim Safavi added: &#8220;Not only are we trailing in the media, virtual, and cognitive wars, but we can declare that we have failed in these wars, similar to the operations of Badr and Khaybar during the Sacred Defense era.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to what he called a &#8220;combined war&#8221;, the Supreme Leader&#8217;s advisor said that during the uprising, the enemy has &#8220;spread a lot of information against the state among billions of people in a time span of just a few minutes&#8221;, which has &#8220;turned into a social and ideological threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, &#8220;The enemy&#8217;s goal is the collapse of the system from within and the imposition of its political will. Hence, cognitive warfare is the main complement to the combined war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On February 2, Sadegh Amoli Larijani, the head of the Expediency Discernment Council, also said, &#8220;The enemy is ready to destroy our implementation at the slightest defect and question the principle of the system. In their media and on the internet, they highlight the defects and inefficiencies of our system, which is not effective at all&#8230; The enemies think they can subdue the system through sedition and division&#8230; We must stop this deceitful and very dangerous line of action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 4:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">UK Counter-terrorism Police Turn Focus to China, Russia and Iran<\/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\">LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Britain&#8217;s counter-terrorism police chief said on Thursday his officers are increasingly dealing with threats from hostile states such as Russia, China, and Iran in a shift in focus away from Islamist extremism.<\/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 Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and deadly incidents in Britain made tackling Islamist plots the priority for counter-terrorism police, with resources focused on the threat from home-grown and foreign-based militants.<\/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-5\">Iran has made at least 15 attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom regarded by Tehran as a threat, Jukes said.<\/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-6\">Last year, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly summoned Tehran&#8217;s most senior diplomat over alleged threats by Iranian security forces to journalists in Britain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/uk-counter-terrorism-police-turn-focus-china-russia-iran-2023-02-16\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">131 PMOI Political Prisoners: SAVAK\u2019s Parviz Sabeti, a Brutal Torturer<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302059 size-medium\" title=\"PMOI emblem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PMOI-emblem-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"PMOI emblem\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PMOI-emblem-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PMOI-emblem-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PMOI-emblem.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the anniversary of the Iranian people\u2019s anti-royalty revolution, February 11, a shocking incident took place at a demonstration in Los Angeles. After an absence of 44 years, Parviz Sabeti, the notorious head of the Third Directorate of Shah\u2019s secret police (SAVAK), suddenly appeared in public to voice his support for Shah\u2019s son. \u00a0Sabeti had fled Iran in the final months of Shah\u2019s rule in late 1978 and had not been seen since. His Directorate at SAVAK was responsible for internal security, and he directly oversaw hundreds of interrogators and torturers. The sudden emergence of such a criminal figure has sent shockwaves through Iranian society, both inside and outside the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-131-pmoi-political-prisoners-savaks-parviz-sabeti-a-brutal-torturer\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Cities Are Witnessing More Anti-regime Protests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302056 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests February 16 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-16-2023-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests February 16 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-16-2023-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-16-2023-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-16-2023.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People in Iran are marking the 40<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day of the executions of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini, two protesters arrested for their roles in the ongoing Iran revolution rallies against the regime. Throughout the country there are calls for protests on Thursday for people to come to the streets and continue voicing their hatred of the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People throughout the country are holding the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0directly responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\">IRGC<\/a>) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing the peaceful demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-cities-are-witnessing-more-anti-regime-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dismissal of Professors and Student Protesters: Iranian Regime\u2019s Crackdown on Universities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302055 size-medium\" title=\"dismissal of professors and suspension of students min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dismissal-of-professors-and-suspension-of-students-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"dismissal of professors and suspension of students min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dismissal-of-professors-and-suspension-of-students-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dismissal-of-professors-and-suspension-of-students-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dismissal-of-professors-and-suspension-of-students-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dismissal-of-professors-and-suspension-of-students-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent weeks, there have been numerous reports of the Iranian regime\u2019s dismissal of professors and suspension or expulsion of protesting students from universities across the country. The regime has been using these tactics to suppress dissent in response to the nationwide protests and uprisings of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime\u2019s actions are a clear violation of human rights and have raised concerns about the state of academic freedom in Iran. Professors who were dismissed were often targeted for exercising their right to free speech and questioning the regime\u2019s policies, including the harsh treatment of protesters, the use of death sentences, and the broadcasting of forced confessions on state television.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/16\/dismissal-of-professors\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Democratic Revolution Against Tyranny<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302057 size-medium\" title=\"Irans democratic revolution against tyranny\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny--300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Irans democratic revolution against tyranny\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny--300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny--768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny--150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny--696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny-.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marking the 1979 revolution has shed light on this issue for the new generations of Iran. Despite heavily mobilizing for the event, the Iranian regime claimed that the \u201cpassionate and admirable presence of millions of people\u201d would demonstrate their obedience to the rule. However, this still needs to come to fruition. Instead, the regime\u2019s propaganda and the lackluster show resulted in a disaster, adding to its already-existing political instability and turbulence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, some of the defectors of the Iranian regime\u2019s self-proclaimed reformist faction retain significant connections and cooperation with the administration. They have joined forces with the remnants of the overthrown\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iran-shah-and-mullahs-agree-on-one-thing-no-freedom\/\">Pahlavi dynasty<\/a>\u00a0to distract and divert people\u2019s protests from their primary goal of establishing a democratic republic. Their actions involve stealing and subverting these protests for their interests.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/irans-democratic-revolution-against-tyranny\/\" 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-16-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 16,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 155 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":302058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-302054","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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