{"id":328697,"date":"2025-02-16T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T09:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=328697"},"modified":"2025-02-17T07:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:08:19","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-328704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran-751x420.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stueden-Protests-in-Tehran-Iran-696x389.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Demonstrators Hope to Bring World Leaders&#8217; Attention to Opposition to Tehran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-243080 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Newsweek-Logo-e1707396234101-300x120.png\" alt=\"Newsweek-Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Newsweek-Logo-e1707396234101-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Newsweek-Logo-e1707396234101-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Newsweek-Logo-e1707396234101.png 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around the corner from where global leaders are meeting in Munich, dozens of people are blasting music and waving Iranian flags to bring the attention of senior world figures to the government in Tehran, and, crucially, the opposition to it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With high-profile U.S. figures like Vice President JD Vance in attendance, Sahar said she hoped political heavyweights would &#8220;recognize the right of resistance of the people of Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shahin Gobadi, a member of the foreign affairs committee of the National Council, said the &#8220;missing link&#8221; in Western policy towards for many years had been a lack of attention paid to internal opposition to the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/munich-jd-vance-zelensky-ukraine-russia-2031059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline speakable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">FOX NEWS: Students in Iran continue protests over 19-year-old\u2019s murder on campus for second day<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328680 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025-696x393.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-tehran-student-protest-14022025.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Iran<\/a>\u00a0continued to protest the fatal robbery of a 19-year-old student on campus last week on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, 19, a business student at Tehran University, was killed in a robbery near a campus dormitory on Wednesday, sparking protests on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The protesters<\/a>\u00a0are accusing school officials of failing to keep students safe on campus, according to local media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrators clashed with police on Friday near where Khaleghi was killed outside a university dormitory by two unknown robbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/majidrafizadeh\/2025\/02\/15\/iranian-democratic-activism-is-on-the-rise-but-can-benefit-from-the-west-on-their-side-n2652142\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Iranian regime leaders view negotiations as surrender<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328700 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Iran-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Iran-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Iran-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Iran-regime-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Wednesday, February 12, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei staged a ridiculous claim, using the state-run demonstrations of February 10 to assert that the situation in his crisis-ridden regime was more stable than ever in history. Meanwhile, social media was flooded with embarrassing scenes from the February 10 rallies, including footage of plainclothes regime agents chanting \u201cmercenary\u201d and \u201cshameless\u201d at former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, forcing him to be quickly escorted into a car and removed from the rally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/message-to-protesters-in-munich-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Passing of long-standing PMOI member Alireza Madanchi<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328701 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PMOI-member-Alireza-Madanchi-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PMOI-member-Alireza-Madanchi-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PMOI-member-Alireza-Madanchi-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PMOI-member-Alireza-Madanchi.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Long-standing PMOI member Alireza Madanchi passed away due to a brain aneurysm, leaving behind a shining legacy marked with 50 years of relentless struggle for freedom against both the Shah\u2019s and the clerical regime\u2019s dictatorships in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alireza Madanchi, born in 1949 in Hamedan, was also a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran-ncri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/passing-of-long-standing-pmoi-member-alireza-madanchi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ongoing Student Protests at Tehran University<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports from Iran indicate that students in Tehran University have continued their protests for the second consecutive time. Their protests feature anti-regime slogans, such as &#8220;Death to Khamenei&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reports from Iran indicate that students in Tehran University have continued their protests for the second consecutive time. Their protests feature anti-regime slogans, such as &quot;Death to Khamenei&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WmdBfKwDa4\">pic.twitter.com\/WmdBfKwDa4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1890877458020221167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alarming Increase in Executions in Iran \u2013 49 Executions Since January 20th<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328702 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/February-1-750x375-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/February-1-750x375-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/February-1-750x375-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/February-1-750x375-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/February-1-750x375-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Since January 20, 2025, at least 49 prisoners have been executed in Iran. This means that, on average, nearly two people have been executed per day\u2014one execution every 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports indicate that executions have taken place in prisons in Dezful, Isfahan, Malayer, Borujerd, Tabriz, and Zanjan<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_ads \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-right \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ad_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ad_300x250.jpg\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/02\/15\/alarming-increase-in-executions-in-iran-49-executions-since-january-20th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reissuance of the Death Sentence for Sharifeh Mohammadi<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328703 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IranHRM-Sharifeh-Mohammadi-750x375-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IranHRM-Sharifeh-Mohammadi-750x375-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IranHRM-Sharifeh-Mohammadi-750x375-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IranHRM-Sharifeh-Mohammadi-750x375-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IranHRM-Sharifeh-Mohammadi-750x375-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Revolutionary Court of Rasht has once again issued the death sentence for Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labor activist imprisoned in Lakan Prison, Rasht. According to the ruling, issued by Judge Darvish Goftar, the head of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht, and communicated to her lawyers, Sharifeh Mohammadi has been sentenced to death on the charge of \u201crebellion through membership in one of the opposition groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/02\/14\/minoo-rouzedar-ongoing-detention-in-evin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-february-15-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 15<\/strong><strong>, 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET Demonstrators Hope to Bring World Leaders&rsquo; Attention to Opposition to Tehran Around the corner from where global [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":328704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-328697","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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