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Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 121
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Saturday, January 14, 2022 – 8 PM GMT+1
- Days: 121
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 627 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s nationwide uprising is entering its fifth month following a day of major rallies and demonstrations against the mullahs’ regime in various cities of Sistan & Baluchestan Province, especially the provincial capital of Zahedan. A large number of locals took to the streets on Friday in the Baloch cities of Zahedan, Rask, and Khash, chanting slogans specifically targeting regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the paramilitary Basij forces, and other units of the regime’s vast crackdown apparatus.
January 14 – Tehran, #Iran
Around 500 family members of various inmates rallied outside the regime's judiciary building. Children were seen holding placards reading:
"Don't execute my father!"#IranRevolution2023 pic.twitter.com/TC9ndlLNYr— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 14, 2023
At around 9 am local time on Saturday morning, approximately 500 members of ordinary inmates held in the regime’s prison rallied outside the mullahs’ so-called judiciary building protesting the conditions of their jailed loved ones.
These family members had traveled to the Iranian capital from different and faraway cities. Some children were seen holding placards reading: “Don’t execute my father!”
Authorities dispatched security forces to disperse the crowd in this gathering based on the bogus pretext that the judiciary is closed today.
Mallard, Tehran Province, #Iran
Protesters set fire to the office of the local representative of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.#IranRevoIution #FreeIran2023 pic.twitter.com/JxMwrtpigq— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 14, 2023
In Mallard, a town in Tehran Province Protesters set fire to the office of the local representative of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Last night In Sarableh, Ilam Province, western Iran Protesters chanted: “We vow on the blood of our fallen compatriots that we will stand to the end!”
January 13 – Sarableh, Ilam Province, western #Iran
Protesters were chanting: "We vow on the blood of our fallen compatriots that we will stand to the end!"#IranRevolution2023 #FreeIran2023 pic.twitter.com/sDUSkHA5Af— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 14, 2023
In Zanjan, northwest Iran Employees of the Jahan Vegetable Oil Company held a protest rally outside the regime’s governorate office.
In Karaj, west of Tehran, Protesters set fire to the entrance of a local IRGC paramilitary Basij base.
In Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province courageous youths blinded the surveillance camera of Khamenei’s repressive forces which was installed in the city’s Madar square.
In capital Tehran’s Abazar district locals protested against the regime’s repressive forces and chanted: Death to the shameful army death to Khamenei death to Basijis.
In the Qeshm island Sothern Iran brave protesters shot red paint on the forehead of Khamenei’s large propaganda poster which was installed next to the regime’s public prosecutor’s office.
Also in Tehran’s Phase 3 Andisheh district the entrance of Khamenei’s Friday Prayer leader’s office was turned red color by locals.
Ex-deputy defense minister #AlirezaAkbari abhorrent execution, in his own words among IRGC commanders in the #Iran-Iraq war & of Badr Brigade, showed the savagery of Khamenei & Raisi toward even their closest operatives. UK must shut down regime’s embassy & cut off ties with it.
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 14, 2023
Reacting to the execution of a former Iran regime official Mrs. Maryam Rajavi NCRI president stated: Ex-deputy defense minister #AlirezaAkbari abhorrent execution, in his own words among IRGC commanders in the Iran-Iraq war & of Badr Brigade, showed the savagery of Khamenei & Raisi toward even their closest operatives. UK must shut down the regime’s embassy & cut off ties with it.
UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET
UK Sanctions Iranian Prosecutor General Following Execution of Alireza Akbari
The UK has sanctioned with immediate effect Iran’s Prosecutor General, following the execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari.
Alireza Akbari was executed by the Iranian regime earlier today – a politically motivated act which underlines this regime’s complete disregard for human life. Iran’s use of the death penalty accelerated in 2022, with a growing number of individuals put to death often after deeply flawed legal processes
Iran’s Prosecutor General, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, is one of the most powerful figures in Iran’s judiciary and responsible for the trial process and the use of the death penalty.
Canadian Firm Unearths New Details on How Its Engine Ended Up Powering Iranian Drone in Ukraine
A Canadian firm says it has dug up new intelligence on how one of its engines ended up powering an Iranian drone used by Russia against Ukraine — and now government authorities are also investigating.
With a partner in Ukraine, Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it traced at least a portion of the journey the motor took from its factory in Austria. They determined that the part was not sold to Iran or Russia by any of BRP’s authorized distributors, suggesting a more shadowy supply chain.
The Quebec-based company says it has passed on the results of its probe to the relevant authorities, who are now looking into the matter.
Iran Executions Are ‘State Sanctioned Killing’ – UN Rights Chief
GENEVA, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran’s government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to “state sanctioned killing”.
“The weaponization of criminal procedures to punish people for exercising their basic rights – such as those participating in or organizing demonstrations – amounts to state sanctioned killing,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said, adding the executions violated international human rights law.
UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET
EU Mulls Adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to List of Terrorist Groups
The European Union (EU) is moving closer to a decision. The 27 member states are considering putting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard on their list of terrorist groups at a time when the Iranian regime is increasing the number of death sentences and executions to suppress the current uprising. While a similar proposal exists in the United Kingdom, the discussion in Brussels marks the desire of European states to increase their pressure on Tehran four months after the start of the bloody repression of the movement sparked by the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini while in custody. Four men were hung in Iran in December 2022 and early January in connection with the protests. Another 50 or so risk the same fate.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Iran Finalizes 4th Month of Protests as Baloch Rally Once Again
Protests in Iran are entering their 120 consecutive day on Friday as the country’s Baloch minority take to the streets yet again in Sistan & Baluchestan Province in further anti-regime rallies. People in the provincial capital of Zahedan and other Baloch cities have long been under heavy oppression by Iran’s ruling regimes and have courageously been protesting the mullahs’ atrocities for decades, especially in the past four months.
Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 282 cities. Over 750 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime’s forces, according to sources of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Fatemeh Harbi Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison, 2 Years of Exile
The Revolutionary Court of Karaj sentenced Fatemeh Harbi to five years of imprisonment and two years of exile. Judge Asef Al-Hosseini, known as “the Death Judge,” sentenced Fatemeh Harbi to five years of prison time and two years of exile on January 12, 2023. The verdict was communicated to her orally, not officially. For this reason, her family cannot appeal the case.
Fatemeh Harbi, 38, and mother of two children, 17 and 8 years old, is a visitor of a cosmetic company. Fatemeh Harbi has a heart condition but was beaten and tortured during the interrogation.
How MEK’s Diplomacy Has Succeeded for Decades
The Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s mouthpiece, Kayhan daily published an article on Sunday 25 December titled, “The USA has recognized the presidency of Maryam Rajavi.”
They wrote, “‘I want to begin by recognizing President-Elect Maryam Rajavi. Under her leadership, the National Council of Resistance of Iran is laying the groundwork for a free, sovereign, and democratic republic in Iran.’ This was part of Mike Pompeo’s speech at a bi-partisan conference on December 18 in Washington, D.C., which was held in solidarity with the Iranian people’s democratic revolution and their organized Resistance movement.
Stockholm—January 12, 2023: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Front of the Swedish Court, Seeking Justice for the 1988 Massacre Victims
Stockholm, Sweden—January 12, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a rally on the second day of the appeal trial of the executioner Hamid Noury in front of the court. They are seeking justice for more than 30,000 martyrs of the 1988 massacre.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – January 13, 2023