{"id":302121,"date":"2023-02-18T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302121"},"modified":"2023-03-01T17:56:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:56:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-18-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 18, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302129\" title=\"iranian rally munich 17022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iranian-rally-munich-17022023.jpg\" alt=\"iranian rally munich 17022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iranian-rally-munich-17022023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iranian-rally-munich-17022023-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iranian-rally-munich-17022023-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iranian-rally-munich-17022023-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iranian-rally-munich-17022023-696x433.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Number of Food-poisoned Students Increases, Regime Continues Its Negligence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to state media, with the recent account of additional students who have been diagnosed with food poisoning in Qom, the total number of victims has amassed to 400.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Twenty-five more people have been admitted to the hospital, and an additional five patients have recently been discharged. The number of poisoned students who sought hospital treatment now exceeds 412,&#8221; the state-run Entekhab website reported on February 16, quoting the deputy dean of Qom&#8217;s medical science university. Despite several protests by the parents of affected students, the Iranian regime has yet to investigate the incident and has attempted to cover it up. Footage posted shows serious protests of students and their families against local officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_wROZDWeTsP4\"><div id=\"lyte_wROZDWeTsP4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwROZDWeTsP4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/wROZDWeTsP4\" 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%2FwROZDWeTsP4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 156<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday, February 18, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 156<\/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 156<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day, today, following protests and demonstrations yesterday and last night by thousands of courageous Baluchis in different cities of Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeast Iran who 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;\">Also the early hours of Saturday morning, protests continued in more than <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IAICPl4qGJ8\" rel=\"noopener\">10 districts of Tehran and 20 cities<\/a> across Iran on the 40<sup>th<\/sup> day since two young protesters Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Mahdi Karami, were hanged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Tehran, locals in Apadana and\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626696873233862668\" rel=\"noopener\">Narmak<\/a> district people were chanting: &#8220;Death to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!&#8221; Also, the slogans &#8220;Death to Khamenei&#8221; and &#8220;Death to the dictator&#8221; echoed from the buildings in different areas, including Bagheri town, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NDkuLxB0tr8\" rel=\"noopener\">Niavaran neighborhood, and Narmak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 17 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals in Apadana district were chanting:<br \/>&quot;Death to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!&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\/qjBul5DGIK\">pic.twitter.com\/qjBul5DGIK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1626840330862731264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 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;\">Courageous youths in Mohammad Shahr Karaj west of Tehran targeted the Basij base of Homayun Villa by throwing cocktails.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NDkuLxB0tr8\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahabad<\/a>, the capital of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province,\u00a0 north-western Iran, the defiant youth lit a fire in the street and staged a night demonstration and chanted the slogans &#8220;Death to the dictator&#8221; and &#8220;Neither Mullah nor Shah, we want democracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last night, in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, defiant youth 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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Metropolitan Police: Officers continue to work in response to potential threats projected from Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302172 size-medium\" title=\"Metropolitan Police Service logo 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Metropolitan-Police-Service-logo-1-300x78.jpg\" alt=\"Metropolitan Police Service logo 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Head of Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes said: \u201c<\/strong>Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing alongside local officers and other specialists from the Metropolitan Police continue to work in response to potential threats projected from Iran against a number of UK-based individuals. At its sharpest, this has involved police and MI5 working together to foil 15 plots since the start of 2022 to either kidnap or even kill British or UK-based individuals perceived as enemies of the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThose affected continue to be given appropriate advice and support and a number of protective security measures have been put in place to mitigate against these threats. As was apparent late last year, this involved protective security measures including an overt armed policing presence focused around the west London offices of a Persian-language media company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/officers-continue-to-work-in-response-to-potential-threats-projected-from-iran-462271\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 7:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">United Nations Says Iran Is Harboring Al Qaeda\u2019s New Leader<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257222 size-medium\" title=\"washington-freebeacon-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-300x116.png\" alt=\"washington-freebeacon-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo.png 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran is harboring al Qaeda\u2019s new leader Saif al-Adel, according to intelligence collected by the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.N. member states overwhelmingly agreed that al-Adel is now the &#8220;uncontested leader&#8221; of the international terror group and is running operations from inside Iran, according to a report published Thursday by the U.N. Security Council\u2019s\u00a0Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Al Qaeda has not formally announced al-Adel\u2019s ascension, primarily due to his presence in Iran, which has historically been at odds with the terror group due to religious differences. The group\u2019s former leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in a U.S. strike last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/united-nations-says-iran-is-harboring-al-qaedas-new-leader\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amnesty International Report Alleges New Evidence in Mahallati Involvement in Cover-Up of 1988 Iran Mass Political Killings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302166 size-medium\" title=\"the oberlin review logo 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-oberlin-review-logo-1-300x196.png\" alt=\"the oberlin review logo 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-oberlin-review-logo-1-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-oberlin-review-logo-1-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-oberlin-review-logo-1-696x454.png 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-oberlin-review-logo-1.png 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Feb. 6, Amnesty International released a 17-page report condemning Professor of Religion Mohammad Jafar Mahallati\u2019s actions as Iran\u2019s former ambassador to the United Nations. The report alleges that Mahallati played an active role in covering up the 1988 mass killings of political prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recently released report claims that Mahallati worked to feed the United Nations misleading information in an effort to obstruct their investigation into the 1988 killings, which he continued to fend off in 1989 by slandering the victims of the executions. It alleges that Mahallati \u201cundertook efforts in late November and early December 1988 to block the adoption of a resolution by the U.N. General Assembly that expressed concern about the mass executions.\u201d Additional evidence cited in the report indicates that Mahallati misrepresented the executions as \u201cbattlefield killings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oberlinreview.org\/29170\/news\/amnesty-international-report-alleges-new-evidence-in-mahallati-involvement-in-cover-up-of-1988-iran-mass-political-killings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia Could Give Iran Highly Enriched Uranium, Zelensky Warns<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256599 \" title=\"Washington-Examiner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Washington-Examiner-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Washington-Examiner\" width=\"290\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian President\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"Link\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s burgeoning military partnership with\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"Link\">Iran<\/a>\u00a0could hasten the Middle Eastern regime\u2019s acquisition of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"Link\">nuclear weapons<\/a>, according to Ukrainian President\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"Link\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe result is not only lethal Iranian drones in Ukrainian skies but also something with which the Kremlin paid for it,\u201d Zelensky said Friday in a virtual address to the Munich Security Conference. \u201cAre you sure it&#8217;s just money? Or, maybe, the world will face the \u2018enriched Iranian regime&#8217;? And to what extent \u2014 90%, 92%, or 100%? I am sure none of us wants to let the region of Middle East and the Gulf taste it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/zelensky-russia-give-iran-enriched-uranium\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Protesters Maintain Revolution Push Against the Mullahs<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302124 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests February 17 2023 696x395 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-17-2023-696x395-1-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests February 17 2023 696x395 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-17-2023-696x395-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-17-2023-696x395-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Protests-February-17-2023-696x395-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising is marking its 155<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day 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 Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini, two protesters arrested for their roles in the ongoing Iran revolution rallies against the regime. Protesters in dozens of cities and towns took to the streets in major protests that continued well into the night as people were calling for overthrowing the mullahs\u2019 regime and establishing a new government based on freedom, democracy, and human rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-protesters-maintain-revolution-push-against-the-mullahs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Iranian Chorus from Zahedan to Munich: Death to the Oppressor, No to the Shah, No to the Mullahs<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302125 size-medium\" title=\"Munich 1 min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Munich-1-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Munich 1 min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Munich-1-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Munich-1-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Munich-1-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Munich-1-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday, February 17, 2023, freedom-loving Iranians from Zahedan to Munich chanted in unison, \u201cDeath to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the mullahs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance, including freedom-loving Iranian women, held a massive gathering and demonstration in front of the Munich Security Conference in Max-Jozef-Platz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iranians-grand-rally-in-munich-no-to-the-shah-no-to-the-mullahs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Political dignitaries<\/a>\u00a0and representatives of the German Parliament participated in this gathering and gave speeches in support of the Iranian people\u2019s desire for freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/18\/death-to-the-oppressor\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Breaking the Chains: The Role of Women in Iran\u2019s Resistance Movement<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302126 size-medium\" title=\"Norway Sarvnaz Chitsaz 1 min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Norway-Sarvnaz-Chitsaz-1-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Norway Sarvnaz Chitsaz 1 min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Norway-Sarvnaz-Chitsaz-1-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Norway-Sarvnaz-Chitsaz-1-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Norway-Sarvnaz-Chitsaz-1-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Norway-Sarvnaz-Chitsaz-1-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Norway Parliament hosted a meeting in solidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s uprising and their organized Resistance movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The February 10, 2023 event featured several distinguished speakers, including the keynote speaker, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Mrs. Rajavi provided\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/conference-parliament-norway-iran-democratic-revolution-uprising-freedom\/\" rel=\"noopener\">valuable insights<\/a>\u00a0into the current situation in Iran, while other notable attendees included former ministers, lawmakers, and politicians from Norway and other Nordic countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/17\/women-iran-resistance-movement\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rome: Inter-Parliamentary Committee of Friends of Free Iran in Italy Expressed Solidarity With Iran\u2019s Democratic Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302123\" title=\"FoFI Italy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFI-Italy-.jpg\" alt=\"FoFI Italy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFI-Italy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFI-Italy--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFI-Italy--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFI-Italy--150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFI-Italy--696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rome, February 9, 2023:<\/strong> Inter-Parliamentary Committee for a Free Iran issued a statement on the anniversary of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-1979-anti-monarchical-revolution-never-ended\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iran\u2019s 1979 anti-monarch revolution<\/a>\u00a0and expressed solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian nationwide protests<\/a>\u00a0against the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/supports\/2023\/02\/rome-inter-parliamentary-committee-of-friends-of-free-iran-in-italy-expressed-solidarity-with-irans-democratic-revolution\/42872\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris, France: Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran (CPID) Expressed Solidarity With Iran\u2019s Democratic Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302122\" title=\"FoFi France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFi-France.jpg\" alt=\"FoFi France\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFi-France.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFi-France-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFi-France-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFi-France-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FoFi-France-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Paris, Tuesday, February 7, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0On the eve of the anniversary of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-1979-anti-monarchical-revolution-never-ended\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iran\u2019s 1979 anti-monarch revolution<\/a>, the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran (CPID) organized a conference, entitled \u201cIran: Uprising for a Democratic Republic February 1979-2023\u201d. This event was held in the room (salle) Colbert of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/supports\/2023\/02\/paris-france-parliamentary-committee-for-a-democratic-iran-cpid-expressed-solidarity-with-irans-democratic-revolution\/42880\/\" 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-17-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 17,<\/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 The Number of Food-poisoned Students Increases, Regime Continues Its Negligence According to state media, with the recent [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":302129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-302121","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 v27.5 - 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