NCR IRAN's video: Iran news in brief January 26 2021

Iran news in brief, January 26, 2021 Iran's Regime Executed Another Wrestler After Five Years in Prison Despite international outcries, the Iranian regime executed another Iranian wrestler, Mehdi Ali Hosseini, in southwest Iran, on Monday. Hosseini was imprisoned since 2015, and he is the second Iranian wrestler to be executed by the clerical regime in recent months. Earlier in September, the national hero, Navid Afkari, was executed for participating in the August 2018 protests in Shiraz, despite the global protests to prevent his execution. The Iranian Resistance reiterated its call on the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and all human rights defenders, as well as the European Union and its member states, to condemn the heinous execution of Mehdi Ali Hosseini and take immediate action to save the lives of prisoners on the death row. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 206,300 Over 206,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus across Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of January 25. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 57,481 around a third of the actual figure. “If in the previous period and peak it took ten to 14 days for our troubles to spread, today it may take just 48 hours and we will be witnessing a severe dilemma with the virus spreading at a very high speed,” said regime Health Minister Saied Namaki on Sunday. “Today, if God forbid, we are not able to manage Covid-19, it will be a major embarrassment for the entire Islamic Republic of Iran and not just for the Health Ministry,” he added, according to the state controlled Khabar Fouri website. Protests Continue Across Iran by All Walks of Life The drivers of Shahdab Company in the northern Anomaly, Kerman province, have been on strike for several days. On Saturday, after they were not allowed to enter the mine, they held a protest rally in front of Bafgh county’s governor's office. Nurses at Milad Hospital in Tehran held a rally on Sunday, protesting their working conditions. Nurses said that they have not been paid their coronavirus response bonus. They demanded the implementation of nursing laws. Contract workers of the Josh Gostar company who work in the railway company in the city of Arak, Markazi province, central Iran, went on strike on Sunday, protesting their delayed paychecks. Read More: https://www.ncr-iran.org https://www.facebook.com/IranNCR/ https://twitter.com/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly/MybJ