{"id":341335,"date":"2026-01-08T07:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=341335"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:01:32","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran Orders Shutdown as Crowds Chant \u2018Death to the Dictator!\u2019 During Economic Crisis<\/h3>\n

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Businesses, universities, and government offices\u00a0closed<\/a>\u00a0their doors in 21 provinces for one day, Fox News reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cVideo footage circulating online and shared by the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows intense clashes between protesters and security forces in cities, including Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah and Tehran,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n

People were reportedly seen and heard chanting \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran.<\/p>\n

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America\u2019s Founding Promise Belongs to Iran: The Right to Revolution<\/h3>\n

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In 1776, a band of colonists declared a truth that altered the trajectory of human history: when a government becomes destructive of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, it is the right of the people to throw it off and provide new guards for their future security. We celebrate this principle every Fourth of July. We teach it to our children as the bedrock of civic virtue. We have carved it into the very stone of our national monuments. Yet today, as the Iranian people rise against a theocracy that has murdered, tortured, and terrorized them for nearly half a century, the international community\u2014and too often our own leadership\u2014hesitates to affirm the very right we hold sacred. This contradiction does more than stall diplomacy; it diminishes our own moral standing.<\/p>\n

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Uprising in Iran Enters Ninth Day with Mass Protests and Intensified Repression<\/h3>\n

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Demonstrations resume\u00a0in\u00a0several cities\u00a0as the\u00a0regime launches mass arrests\u00a0in Ilam.\u00a0Night-time protests\u00a0took place in Tehran, Arak, Isfahan and other cities, with slogans such as \u2018It’s the year of blood, Khamenei will be overthrown\u2019. The nationwide uprising against\u00a0Iran’s religious dictatorship\u00a0entered its ninth consecutive day on Monday, 5 January 2026. Following a bloody Sunday marked by the regime’s attack on a hospital in Ilam and violent clashes in Tehran, the protests show no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n

Reports from across the country\u00a0indicate that demonstrations have resumed in\u00a0Tehran’s commercial districts\u00a0and have spread significantly to the western provinces, especially\u00a0Kermanshah. What began as a reaction to economic collapse has consolidated into a political movement demanding the overthrow of the ruling theocracy. The\u00a0PMOI, Iran’s main organised opposition force, published on Monday 5 January the verified names of 13 additional martyrs of the uprising, bringing the total number of identified martyrs of freedom to 31.<\/p>\n

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Live report: Day 11 of Iran Uprising; Strikes paralyze Shiraz, Tehran, and Kermanshah markets<\/h3>\n

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The nationwide uprising against the religious dictatorship in Iran has entered its eleventh day on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. What began on December 28, 2025, as a protest against economic collapse has firmly transformed into a political revolution. Following a historic tenth day, which saw the people of Abdanan (Ilam Province) temporarily liberate their city and occupy a police station while Tehran\u2019s Grand Bazaar resembled a \u201cwar zone,\u201d the momentum has only accelerated. On Wednesday, reports indicate that the spirit of resistance has spread further, with students, market merchants, and even political prisoners uniting in their call for the downfall of the regime.<\/p>\n

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Soheila Azizi, the Second Woman Executed in Iran in 2026<\/h3>\n

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Soheila Azizi had previously been arrested on charges related to drug-related offenses and, following judicial proceedings in the Revolutionary Court, was sentenced to death. No official statement or public notification has been issued by the authorities of Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad or by relevant judicial and executive bodies regarding the execution. Under the mullahs\u2019 rule in Iran, the operatives of the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 network, who traffic vast quantities of narcotics and addict the youth of Iran and the Middle East, openly supply prisoners in the regime\u2019s jails with drugs to break their resistance. Those responsible not only face no punishment but enjoy lives of extreme luxury, while vulnerable individuals such as Soheila Azizi, driven by extreme poverty and unemployment, are sentenced to death and executed.<\/p>\n

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Iranians in Oslo Rally to Support Iran Protests, Calling for a Free and Democratic Republic<\/h3>\n
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