{"id":312242,"date":"2023-09-30T05:59:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T04:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=312242"},"modified":"2023-09-30T18:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:52:03","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 September 30, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 7:30 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Wicker, Colleagues Demand Accountability on Iran-Linked DOD Official<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a letter signed<\/a> by 30 of his Senate Republican colleagues demanding a full accounting of actions taken by a senior Pentagon official who has close links to the Iranian government.<\/p>\n

Ariane Tabatabai, the chief of staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, was reportedly engaged in an Iranian government-linked initiative to bolster the Iranian government\u2019s image and reinforce Tehran\u2019s national security views. Leaked emails show Tabatabai asking the Iranian government for input on her speaking engagements and offering to consult with the Iranian government on a congressional briefing that she was invited to give.<\/p>\n

In the letter, the senators suggested that it is \u201cunconscionable\u201d for Tabatabai to continue holding a sensitive national defense-related position and called for the immediate suspension of her security clearance.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Death Sentence Sparks Uprising and Unrest Erupts in Ramhormoz Prison, Iran<\/h3>\n

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Iranian state media reported on the uprising and unrest in Ramhormoz Prison in Khuzestan province following the issuance of a death sentence for a prisoner on September 29.<\/p>\n

According to Mehr News Agency<\/a>, “Following the death sentence for a prisoner in Ramhormoz Prison, several inmates revolted by setting a fire. Gunshots were also heard from outside the prison.”<\/p>\n

Following this report, the Public Relations of the Khuzestan Prisons Department stated in a release, “Due to the clash among the prisoners in one of the blocks of Ramhormoz Prison, the situation in this county’s prison became turbulent for a short period.”<\/p>\n

In this statement, it was added, “Prison authorities immediately intervened to end the clash, and now the situation in Ramhormoz Prison is back to normal.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Hagerty, Hern, Wilson Seek Answers From the White House on Sensitive Documents Leaked to Tehran Times<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON\u2014United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Representatives Kevin Hern (R-OK-01), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), and Joe Wilson (R-SC-02), Chairman of the RSC National Security Task Force, yesterday sent a letter to President Joe Biden following publication of sensitive documents in the Iranian regime-controlled Tehran Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is shocking that the Tehran Times, a propaganda arm of Iran\u2019s terror-sponsoring regime, somehow obtained sensitive internal State Department documents about the suspension of Special Envoy Rob Malley\u2019s security clearance,\u201d said Senator Hagerty. \u201cThe Biden Administration must explain how this happened, especially after recent news reports about how current Administration officials and those close to them were directly involved in the so-called \u2018Iran Experts Initiative,\u2019 an Iranian regime-run foreign influence network that operated in the United States and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hold Iran Accountable for Expelling Nuclear Inspectors<\/h3>\n

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The Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s nuclear provocations continue to mount.\u00a0The clerical regime on Sept. 16\u00a0barred\u00a0one-third of all International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from the country\u2019s nuclear facilities. The organization\u2019s director general, Rafael Grossi, said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0that Tehran\u2019s move is \u201cdisproportionate and unprecedented\u201d and \u201caffects in a direct and severe way the ability of the IAEA to conduct effectively its inspections in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

World powers must rectify their feckless approach and hold Tehran accountable for its nuclear misconduct. They must censure Iran at the next IAEA Board of Governors meeting on Oct. 2, and provide a deadline for Tehran to reinstate the inspectors. If the regime fails to comply, the West should enact the snapback of UN sanctions on Iran.<\/p>\n

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US Identifies Iran, North Korea as ‘Persistent Threats’ in WMD Strategy<\/h3>\n

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The US Defense Ministry described Iran and North Korea as \u201cpersistent threats\u201d in its Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction released on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea, Iran, and violent extremist organizations remain persistent threats as they continue to further pursue and develop WMD (weapons of mass destruction),\u201d the Pentagon said in the document.<\/p>\n

Also, Russia has been seen as an \u201cacute threat,\u201d and China has remained a \u201cpacing challenge\u201d in the new strategy report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PRC (People’s Republic of China) has expanded and modernized nearly every aspect of the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), with a focus on offsetting US military advantages,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it added that China has posed the “most comprehensive and urgent challenge” to the US.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n

Conference in Berlin \u201cIran, One Year After the Popular Uprising\u201d<\/h3>\n

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On Thursday, September 28, 2023, a conference entitled \u201cIran: One Year after the Popular Uprising\u201d was held in Berlin. The conference featured several members of the Federal and State parliaments. At the beginning of this conference, Maryam Rajavi addressed the participants in a video message in which she said: “I sincerely thank you for your support of the Iranian people\u2019s resistance and uprising for a democratic Iran. We recently marked the\u00a0anniversary of the 2022 uprising<\/strong><\/a> in Iran. In the past year, Khamenei used all the regime\u2019s military, intelligence, and political resources in an attempt to control the society, but he failed. The society continues to resist the regime, and any small incident could trigger another nationwide uprising. The regime was unable to stop the relentless actions of the Resistance Units. During the brief anniversary period of the uprising, these units conducted 400 anti-repression operations. In addition, the regime could not reduce its fundamental instability.”<\/p>\n

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Baluch People Mark the Anniversary of Zahedan\u2019s Bloody Friday With Anti-Regime Rallies<\/h3>\n
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