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Latest News in Brief – August 15, 2020

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Kermanshah is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located in the western part of Iran

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UPDATE: 03:30 PM CEST

Iran Protests:

Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Saturday, August 15, continue their protests and strike for the 62nd day in Shush, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.

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Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020

Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020

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UPDATE: 01:00 PM CEST

Further Reports of Ongoing Labor Protests and Strikes in Iran

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On Thursday, August 13, employees and workers of Iran’s oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries continued their strike for the thirteenth consecutive in cities checkered across the country.

Employers have reportedly contacting them the striking workers and promised a small wage increase. Some workers were offered up to 10 million tomans (≃435$), but the workers did not accept it.

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Iran: Political prisoners say regime lies about health accommodations in its jails

Iran-prisonsThe Iranian regime launched a television campaign claiming to provide excellent health services and protection against Covid-19 in its prisons, especially the notorious Evin prison in the Iranian capital Tehran. The reason behind this latest effort by the mullahs’ propaganda machine has been the impact of revelations made by the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) on the novel coronavirus spreading across the country and especially the regime’s prison, threatening the life of ordinary and especially political prisoners.

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Iran Protests:

UPDATE: 09:00 AM CEST

Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll in 379 Cities Exceeds 88,400

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The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on August 14, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus death toll in 379 cities across Iran had reached more than 88,400. The number of victims in Tehran is 21,735, Khuzestan 6,102, Mazandaran 4,180, Fars 2,494, Golestan 2,484, Kermanshah 2,155, Hormozgan 1,148, Semnan 1,107, Central Province 1,091, Ardabil 1,040, and Ilam 710.

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Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI president-elect, said:

An arms embargo against the religious fascism ruling Iran is indispensable to regional and global peace and security. The regime’s unimpeded purchase and sale of weapons will have no result other than terrorism , warmongering and export of fundamentalism.

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?

Saturday, August 15, 2020, marks the 273rd 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

Read more: Latest News in Brief- August 14, 2020