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Iran News in Brief – August 16, 2021

Activities by MEK Resistance Units in Iran - August 2021

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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST

A Pandemic Unleashed on the Population

Terrified of determined Iranians to take their fate into their own hands, the regime welcomed the Covid-19 virus into Iran’s borders and deliberately failed to take any preventive measures to curb the deadly pandemic. And now, 18 months into the crisis, the fourth variant is claiming at least 2,000 thousand lives on a daily basis, and Iranians in every city have to cope with its consequences in an already miserable state of life.


UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST

Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 362,400

Infographic-PMOI-MEK reports over 362,400 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, August 14, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 362,400. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 85,246, Isfahan 24,350, Khorasan Razavi 22,935, Khuzestan 22,751, Mazandaran 14,040, East Azerbaijan 13,688, Lorestan 13,260, West Azerbaijan 12,973, Fars 12,642, Gilan 11,935, Sistan and Baluchestan 10,695, Alborz 10,628, Kerman 9,138, Golestan 8,625, Kermanshah 6,598, Yazd 6,333, Hormozgan 6,255, North Khorasan 4,909, Ardabil 4,405, Zanjan 3,800, Ilam 3,668, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,749.

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Iranian Resistance Units Carry Out Nationwide Campaign Against Murderous Regime President Ebrahim Raisi

MEK Resistance Units in Iran: Khuzestan uprising will continue until regime collapse

In recent days the network of the Iranian opposition movement the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has continued its vast anti-regime campaign across the country. Anti-regime slogans such as “Down with Khamenei and hail to Rajavi” were spread in various cities by the MEK’s internal network, known as the Iranian Resistance Units.

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With Cabinet Appointments, Iran’s President Continues Boasting the Regime’s Impunity

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There were never such many questions about the type of administration that Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, would oversee. But the picture became clearer recently when Raisi submitted to the Iranian parliament his list of names for prospective government ministers and heads of executive organizations. The list is a roster of some of the regime’s most hardline figures, many of whom have been implicated in human rights abuses, foreign terrorism, and schemes to enrich themselves through the coordinated theft of national wealth.

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Iran Arrests Lawyers for Plans to Sue Officials for COVID-19 Negligence

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Seven lawyers and civil activists were detained by security forces yesterday in Tehran and transferred to an unknown location. According to the Human Rights News Agency, they were identified as Arash Kikhsarvi, Mostafa Nili, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Mohammadreza Faqihi, Mohammad-Hadi Arefian Kaseb, Maryam Afrafaraz, and Leila Heidari. Their personal belongings including their smartphones were confiscated. Mehdi and Mostafa were detained in their office.

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Read more: Iran News in Brief – August 15, 2021 

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