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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET
Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Envoy in Yemen
and University Facilitating Recruitment for Qods Force
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Hasan Irlu, an official in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Iranian regime’s envoy to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF. Iranian support to the Houthis, spearheaded by the IRGC-QF, continues to foment instability in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. OFAC is also taking action against Iran’s Al-Mustafa International University for facilitating IRGC-QF recruitment efforts and one individual, Yusuf Ali Muraj, who supported the terrorist group’s operations. Al-Mustafa International University, which has branches around the world, is used as a recruitment platform by the IRGC-QF for intelligence collection and operations, including recruitment for the IRGC-QF-led foreign militias fighting on behalf of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria.
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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET
Online studying in Iran: Giran Villange, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, SE Iran
Students have to climb mountains to get internet services for their online classes. The regime spends billions on suppression, spreading its hateful ideology and terrorism while depriving Iranians of basic facilities.
Giran Villange, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, SE #Iran
Students have to climb mountains to get internet services for their online classes.
The regime spends billions on suppression, spreading its hateful ideology and terrorism while depriving Iranians of basic facilities. pic.twitter.com/idzzoGfNbE
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) December 8, 2020
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Iran’s ‘Censorship’ Minister Tells Students to ‘Enjoy’ Their Youth
Every year, the Iranian people commemorate Student Day on 16 Azar in the Iranian calendar, which coincides with December 6 or 7. Citizens, particularly youths, pay homage to three students at Tehran University who were killed by the Shah’s regime for taking part in a peaceful protest in 1953.
This year, Iranian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi tried his chance to mend relations with fed-up youths. On Twitter—which is filtered in Iran by his ministry—, Azari-Jahromi advised students not to take their youth for granted. “Dear students, enjoy your day. A small piece of advice: ‘enjoy your youth,’” he tweeted on December 6.
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IRGC attacked homes in Sayadak Village, Zahedan, SE Iran
Voice says the IRGC attacked homes in Sayadak Village, Zahedan, SE #Iran, demolishing them. Locals are searching in the rubble for their belongings.
Instead of trying to shelter impoverished Iranians during winter & the #COVID19 pandemic, the regime destroys shelters. pic.twitter.com/a9SlUlS7Dp
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) December 7, 2020
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Iran: Flood disaster continues in southern provinces
In recent days, heavy rains and floods have hit Bushehr province and officials have alerted people not to travel on roads. The state-run media reported that some roads in the province have been blocked by the flood. The roads from Deyam county to Behbahan and Hendijan, Borazjan to Genaveh, and Borazjan to Kazeroun have been flooded. Also, the heavy wind has caused power outages in Genaveh. The flood caused severe damage to a part of the roads and homes in Shabankareh and Vahdatiyeh counties.
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Maryam Rajavi: European countries must shut down Iran regime’s embassies
Mayam Rajavi, the NCRI’s President-elect, mentioned in a Twitter message that European countries must shut down the clerical regime’s embassies and its so-called cultural and religious centers. She added that these centers are in reality hubs to coordinate terrorism and espionage.
European countries must shut down the clerical regime’s embassies and the so-called cultural and religious centers, which are in reality centers to coordinate #terrorism and espionage. #ShutdownIranTerrorEmbassies #Iran pic.twitter.com/5T8c5K39gm
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) December 7, 2020
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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 465 Cities Exceeds 178,900
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Monday, December 7, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 465 cities had exceeded 178,900. The number of victims in Tehran is 44,161, Khorasan Razavi 12,470, Isfahan 10,350, Khuzestan 9,345, Mazandaran 6,792, West Azerbaijan 6,708, Gilan 5,921, Fars 5,267, Alborz 4,770, Hamedan 4,400, Kerman 3,699, Central Province 3,598, Yazd 3,162, Kurdistan 3,126, North Khorasan 2,793, Ardabil 2,122, South Khorasan 1,641, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,390.
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European lawmakers call on governments to take firm stance on Tehran’s terrorism
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Mother of death-row political prisoner Hamed Ghareh Oghlani: I appreciate your support which vanished my suffering. I miss my son. I write a letter to my Hamed every day. I expect my son to respond to my letters. I urge you to be the voice of Hamed to release him.
Mother of death-row political prisoner #HamedGharehOghlani:
I appreciate your support which vanished my suffering. I miss my son. I write a letter to my Hamed every day. I expect my son to respond to my letters. I urge you to be the voice of Hamed to release him.#SaveHamed pic.twitter.com/PFARj7dHy7— Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) December 7, 2020
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Iran news in brief, December 8, 2020
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