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Former MEPs slam Iran’s terror campaign across Europe
A group of former Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have slammed Iran for its campaign of terror across Europe.
A cross-party panel of former European policymakers and experts on Tehran’s use of terrorism criticized the regime for using intelligence assets as terrorists.
The panel, hosted by the International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ), gathered amid a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the EU, with an Iranian diplomat currently on trial for planning to bomb an anti-Tehran rally in Paris.
Former MEPs slam #Iran’s terror campaign across Europe https://t.co/0edo7JgvCf @GlobalCRL @UANI @rod_gian @JasonMBrodsky @GabrieleCarrer @guidoolimpio @NirensteinF @zamparutti @PolimenoBottai
— Giulio Terzi (@GiulioTerzi) January 29, 2021
UPDATE: 7:30 PM CET
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights “strongly” condemns the series of executions – at least 28 – since mid-December
🇮🇷#Iran: We strongly condemn the series of executions – at least 28 – since mid-December, including of people from minority groups. We urge the authorities to halt the imminent execution of Javid Dehghan, to review his and other death penalty cases in line with human rights law.
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) January 29, 2021
Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes on January 28
On Thursday, January 28, Iranian citizens from different walks of life held at least five rallies and strikes in various cities. They protested the regime’s irresponsible and profiteering policies, which have led people’s lives into enormous dilemmas in different fields.
Iran Has No Plans to Import COVID Vaccine
Various Iranian officials are now admitting – following the ban by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on importing the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines earlier this month – that the regime doesn’t plan on bringing in any vaccine that is approved by the World Health Organisation.
“The entry of American and British Covid-19 vaccines into the country is banned. I have told this to our officials and now I am saying it publicly,” said Khamenei on January 8.
UPDATE: 12:00 PM CET
Iran: Suicide of two teenage girls
News from Iran indicate that two 13 years old girls committed suicide in Dezful, southwest Iran. Their family members said the cause of their suicide was being expelled from school. Iran under the mullahs’ regime has one of the highest rates of suicides in the world.
UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET
Iran: More Than 207,800 Deaths From Coronavirus in 478 Cities
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on January 28, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities in Iran had surpassed 207,800.
The death toll in the provinces are as follows: Tehran 50,316, Khorasan-Razavi 14,055, Isfahan 13,175, Khuzestan 10,355, Mazandaran 8,432, Lorestan 8,403, East Azerbaijan 7,913, West Azerbaijan 7,643, Fars 6,292, Golestan 5,290, Hamedan 4,888, Kurdistan 3,561, Qazvin 2,214, Hormozgan 2,175, and Bushehr 2,089.
Member of Iran’s COVID-19 Taskforce criticizes regime’s decision to use Russian vaccine
A member of Iran’s COVID-19 Taskforce criticized the regime’s decision to import Russian vaccines and said it was “unfortunate” for the people of Iran.
This came after Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on January 25 that the country hoped to begin purchases of the Gam-COVID-Vac, trade-named Sputnik V, and start joint production of the shot “in the near future”.
IRGC announces formation of 300 new groups of “religious” patrols in Tehran
In a conference on Monday, Tehran’s Social Deputy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps announced the formation of 300 groups of religious patrols.
According to the state-run IRNA News Agency, Tehran’s IRGC Social Deputy Vahid Amirian said each member of the new “Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong” groups will give 12 verbal warnings a day.
Maryam Rajavi: It is necessary to form an international investigative delegation to visit Iranian regime’s prisons and prisoners
Risky conditions of political prisoners in #Iran make it imperative to form an international investigative delegation to visit Iranian regime’s prisons and prisoners, particularly political prisoners and women. #FreePoliticalPrisoners pic.twitter.com/3k2uK2n6Ob
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 28, 2021
Political prisoner Mohammad Ashtiani almost suffocated in Central Prison of Karaj
Low oxygen levels in the blood of political prisoner Mohammad Ashtiani was leading to his suffocation due to lack of medical treatment. Despite the low oxygen level in his blood, prison authorities refrained from providing him medical care and taking him to the hospital.
Construction in ward 7 of the Central Prison of Karaj created a lot of dust in the prison aggravating Mr. Ashtiani’s asthma condition and deteriorating his health.
Political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz under continued pressure in Karaj Prison
Political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz was relocated from ward 6 to the quarantine of the Central Prison of Karaj in late November, for chanting against the clerical regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the religious dictatorship. He was deprived of phone calls and visitations. After more than two months, he has just had an opportunity to call his family. He has been permitted to call his family only once a week and only in the presence of a prison guard.
Women’s rights and student activists detained with uncertain status
Despite passage of 50 days since the arrest and detention of Nazanin Mohammad-Nejad, she is still held in solitary confinement at Ward 2A of Evin Prison with uncertain status. Intelligence agents arrested her at her home in Tehran on December 8, 2020. Ms. Mohammad-Nejad, 32, is a master’s student of Russian language at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabaii University. There is no information available on the charges for which she has been detained.
Online Panel – Experts Discuss Iran’s State Terrorism, EU Policy on Tehran
Giulio Terzi: “I and around 20 former members of European governments from 12 governments signed a letter of proposals to the President of European Commission, to EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell and other leaders in the EU, and urged them to take firm measures against the terrorist activities of the Iranian regime.”
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI welcomed this letter and said that it is very effective and significant on the eve of Antwerp Court ruling on Tehran’s terrorist diplomat & his three accomplices.
The clerical regime is wrong in thinking that the time for its accountability on the international level has come to an end. The Iranian people and Resistance will not relent. #Iran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 28, 2021
Iran news in brief, January 29, 2021
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