{"id":341920,"date":"2026-01-27T07:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=341920"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:25:59","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-27-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 27, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: 01:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian Security Forces Gun Down Amateur Boxer as Father Searches Morgues for Missing Son<\/h3>\n

\"Fox-News\"<\/p>\n

An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag.<\/p>\n

Harrowing footage circulating online shows his distraught father desperately searching among piles of bodies covered with black body bags, crying out for his missing son.<\/p>\n

Sepehr Ebrahimi, 19, was killed on Jan. 11 in the Andisheh area, approximately 19 miles west of Tehran\u2019s city center, according to Iranian opposition sources.<\/p>\n

“Sepehr was shot and killed in Tehran,” Ali Safavi, a senior official with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran Protests: Regime Officials Admit to Being at \u2018War\u2019 with the People and Thousands of Deaths<\/h3>\n

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As the courageous people of Iran continue their protests despite a brutal crackdown and an 18-day internet blackout, top regime officials are openly admitting that they are facing a \u201cterrorist war\u201d and a \u201ccoup.\u201d In a shocking admission of the scale of the bloodshed, senior regime figures have cited death tolls in the thousands, confirming the intensity of the confrontation between the people and the repressive forces. Meanwhile, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has released the names of 69 additional martyrs, bringing the confirmed number of those killed by the regime to 700.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Doctor Arrested for Treating Protesters<\/h3>\n

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Dr. Ameneh Soleimani, an Iranian doctor and director of a dermatology and cosmetic clinic in Ardabil, was arrested in recent days by security forces for admitting and treating individuals injured during protests in the city. The arrest of Dr. Ameneh Soleimani is widely viewed as part of a deliberate campaign to pressure the medical community into refusing treatment of protesters. According to reports from Iran, at least four Iranian doctors have so far been detained for assisting the injured, and no information is available regarding their whereabouts or conditions of detention. Additionally, Khosrow Minaei, a 45-year-old volunteer first responder who had turned his private residence into a shelter for treating the wounded, was arrested on January 14 following a raid by security forces.<\/p>\n

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Iranians in Hamburg Voice Support for Iran Uprising and a Free, Democratic Republic<\/h3>\n
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Iranians in Hamburg Voice Support for Iran Uprising and a Free, Democratic Republic - Jan 24, 2026<\/div><\/div>
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