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Iran News in Brief – January 2, 2022

Hamideh Taati

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UPDATE: 08:00 PM CET

Iran: At Least 93,000 Women heads of household in Sistan and Baluchistan

The state-run Arman-e Meli daily reported on Sunday that at least 93,000 women heads of household hardly make ends meet in Sistan and Baluchistan.

“Official statistics report on female-headed households show that in recent decades the number of female-headed households has increased by about 26.8 percent, and Sistan and Baluchistan with 20.1 percent have the highest number. Sistan and Baluchistan province has 93,000 women heads of households,” wrote the state-run Arman-e Meli, quoting Director-General of the Office of Women and Family Affairs of Sistan and Baluchestan Governorate.

“The main reason for the expansion of the number of female-headed households is the widespread underdevelopment of the region. In fact, it is poverty that has made it difficult for female-headed households to cope with livelihood issues. Many women in the province lack financial security,” Zahra Ebrahimi told Arman-e Meli.

UPDATE: 05:00 PM CET

Round-up of Iran Protests on Sunday

Reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) indicate there have been dozen of protests across Iran on Sunday, January 2, 2021. Iran’s economic crunch, aggravated by the regime’s ineptitude and corruption, has plagued the lives of many Iranians, including pensioners and workers.

On Sunday, around 70 workers of the Safaroud Dam in Rezvanshahr, northern Iran, held a rally, protesting not receiving their paychecks for seven months and insurance pensions for four months.

On Sunday, “Rajal” petrochemical site employees in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, rallied for the seventh consecutive day, protesting neglect by company officials to their long-raised issues.

In Ahvaz, southwest Iran, Retired Khuzestan steel pensioners rallied, protesting officials’ refusal to see to their long-raised demands regarding their wages and deteriorating living conditions.

On Sunday, retired steelworkers and pensioners protested poor living conditions and demanded adequate pensions based on rising inflation.

On Sunday, retired steelworkers in Tehran rallied shoulder to shoulder with their colleagues in Isfahan and Ahvaz and demanded their delayed wages and pensions.

In addition, retired steelworkers and pensioners held a protest rally in Rasht, northern Iran, demanding their basic rights.

On Sunday, copper miners in Ahar, northwest Iran, held a protest gathering.

UPDATE: 03:00 PM CET

Iran: Four Prisoners Hanged in Urmia Central Prison

On Friday, December 31, 2021, four Kurdish prisoners, Hossein Abbaszadeh, Moghadam Alizadeh, Faizollah Ghorbani, and Hamdollah Alemi, were hanged in Urmia Central Prison. At least nine people have been executed in Iranian prisons during the last ten days.

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State-affiliated Experts Warn of Another Uprising if Official Exchange be Removed

A group of regime-affiliated experts warned officials of the possibility of another uprising. They warned about the consequences of removing the official exchange rate, saying, “Why did you begin your first step of combatting inflation by putting your hands in people’s pockets?”

“All experts, whether they agree with this plan [of removing official exchange rate] or disagree with it, believe that removing the official exchange rate would shock the society and increase prices of all basic goods, like what happened in November 2019,” they warned about another uprising like the November 2019 protests, according to the state-run Etemad Online on Sunday.

UPDATE: 08:30 AM CET

Iran: Call To Save Life of Political Prisoner Mehran Gharabaghi

Acting on orders by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the regime’s judiciary in Khuzestan filed new charges against the political prisoner Mehran Gharahbaghi, including “corruption on earth,” “propaganda against the state,” and “membership in the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI).” The IRGC arrested Mr. Gharabaghi on December 19, 2019, and transferred him to Behbahan Prison after interrogating and torturing him for a month.

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Iran’s Economic Instability and a Weak Economic Team

The situation in Iran has reached a critical point and any time, unexpected events can happen. In economic literature, this situation is called “economic instability.”

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Iran: COVID-19 Fatalities Surpass 494,200

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, January 1, 2022, that the COVID-19 fatalities in 547 cities across Iran have passed 494,200. In Tehran death toll has reached 115,540, Khorasan Razavi 39,885, Isfahan 34,195, Fars 18,675, Gilan 17,150, East Azerbaijan 17,083, Hamedan 9,163, Yazd 8,168, Ardabil 6,275, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 3,825.

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