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Latest News in Brief – April 27, 2020

April 27, 2020: Latest News
April 27, 2020: Latest News

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UPDATE: 7:30 PM CEST

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 36,200 Deaths, April 27, 2020, 6:00 PM

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, April 27, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 36,200 in 301 cities across Iran.

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 36,200 Deaths, April 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 36,200 Deaths, April 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST

The death toll in various provinces include: 6,060 in Tehran, 930 in Kermanshah, 835 in Lorestan, 660 in Semnan, 615 in Kurdistan, 590 in Yazd, 525 in Markazi, 360 in Bushehr, and 261 in Ilam. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.

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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST

Iran’s Regime Desperate yet Criminal Decision to Reopen Religious Sites and Sermons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Iran’s regime desperate yet criminal decision to reopen religious sites and sermons amid coronavirus outbreak
Criminal Decision to Reopen Religious Sites by Iranian Regime Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

As the coronavirus outbreak claims more lives in Iran, the Iranian regime’s president, Hassan Rouhani, announced on Sunday, that all the holy shrines, mosques, Friday prayers sermons and other religious sites will open starting early May. Like the regime’s criminal decision to send people back to work amid the coronavirus outbreak, reopening religious sites, particularly in the month of Ramadan, will result in more coronavirus cases and casualties.   

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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST

Posting Banners and Messages of Iranian Resistance Leadership in the Capital and Other Cities of Iran

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Tehran – Peace, and security in the region, and overcoming natural disasters hinges on regime change in Iran – April 24, 2020

Not only freedom but also the health, livelihood of the people, and the salvation of the economy as well as the preservation of Iran’s existence depends on the overthrow of the regime

In recent days, the Resistance Units and the youth supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI / MEK) posted banners of, and messages of solidarity with the Corona-stricken people of Iran, by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the Iranian Resistance’s leader, Mr. Massoud Rajavi, in the capital, Tehran, and many other cities, including Shiraz, Torbat Heydariyeh, Hamedan, Lahijan, Kerman, Rafsanjan, and Isfahan. They also wrote graffiti and slogans in various locations across the country.

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll In 298 Cities Exceeds 35,800

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The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on Sunday, April 26, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll in 298 cities in Iran has exceeded 35,800The number of victims in Tehran is 5,950, Khorasan Razavi 2,860, Gilan 2,590, Isfahan 2,350, Mazandaran 2,350, East Azerbaijan 1450, Sistan and Baluchestan 750, Ardabil 670, and Yazd 530.

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST

Online Conference by Iranian Communities in Europe Over Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran and Regime’s Fear of New Series of Iran Protests

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Online Conference by Iranian communities in Europe over coronavirus outbreak in Iran and the regime’s fear of a new series of the Iran protestsThe National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a virtual conference on Sunday, over the coronavirus epidemic in Iran, and the mullahs’ regime cover-up and its fear of new series of the Iran protests.

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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST

Iran mid-level health officials question official coronavirus figures as death toll surpasses 35,800

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Two mid-level Iranian health officials implied that the regime was covering up coronavirus figures with one saying that the real stats were 20 times higher than official figures.
An epidemiology professor at Tehran’s Medical Sciences University told a state-run daily that he believed the figures being announced by Iran’s Ministry of Health were “systematically much lower than reality”.

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Iran news in brief, April 27, 2020

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 298 Cities Exceeds 35,800
COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in Northwest Iran Prison
Iran: Farmers Rally in Isfahan, Protest Regime’s Destructive Policies

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?

Monday, April 27, 2020, marks the 165th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 755 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:

Number of uprising cities: 191

Number of martyrs: At least 1500

Number of injured: More than 4,000

Number of detainees: More than 12,000

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