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Latest News in Brief – July 22, 2020

Latest News in Brief – July 22, 2020
Mahmoudabad city in Mazandaran province, northern Iran: In Mahmoudabad Hospital (Mazandaran), there is no capacity to accept new patients, and the number of patients is increasing every minute.

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UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 74,700 Deaths, July 22, 2020, 6:00 PM

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 74,700 Deaths, July 22, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 74,700 Deaths, July 22, 2020

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF July 22, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced this afternoon, July 22, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 74,700 in 347 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 5505 in Khuzestan, 4185 in Qom, 3450 in Isfahan, 3345 in Gilan, 2305 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 2185 in East Azerbaijan, 1865 in Kermanshah, 1854 in Fars, 1515 in Kurdestan, 1020 in North Khorasan, 795 in Bushehr, 795 in Markazi (Central), 390 in Kohgiluyehn and Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.

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Just The News: Free Iran Global Summit 2020 – Resistance Units are the Key to Victory – July 17th, 2020

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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST

Iran Regime’s Years of Demonization Against MEK and NCRI Underlined Resistance Impact on the Iranian Society

Iran Regime’s Years of Demonization Against MEK and NCRI Underlined Resistance Impact on the Iranian Society
Free Iran Global Summit – Day 2, Call for Justice Conference – July 19, 2020

Demonizing dissidents, especially the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and Its umbrella coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), as the regime’s main alternative, has been the objective of a conglomerate of regime entities. This includes state TV and radio, the film industry, publishing hundreds of newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines, hundreds of websites in various languages on the internet, publishing thousands of books to distort Iran’s modern history and even go as far as distorting history in history books taught in classes in order to brainwash the minds of millions of kids. 

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UPDATE: 6:20 PM CEST

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit – July 17, 2020

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York, addresses the Free Iran Global Summit that was held online on July 17, 2020. The online summit, organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), linked participants at more than 30,000 connection points in Iran and around the world – the largest online gathering of its kind in support of a free Iran.

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Senator Martha McSally remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit – July 17, 2020

Senator Martha McSally, addresses the Free Iran Global Summit that was held online on July 17, 2020. The online summit, organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), linked participants at more than 30,000 connection points in Iran and around the world – the largest online gathering of its kind in support of a free Iran.

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST

Former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit – July 17, 2020

Former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman , addresses the Free Iran Global Summit that was held online on July 17, 2020. The online summit, organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), linked participants at more than 30,000 connection points in Iran and around the world – the largest online gathering of its kind in support of a free Iran.

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Iran Regime Is Beyond Its Sell-By Date

Iran Regime Is Beyond Its Sell-By Date
Iran Regime Is Beyond Its Sell-By Date

By Struan Stevenson 

In a recent article in the UPI, Mr. Struan Stevenson provides an overview of 41 years of tyranny and repression of the mullah regime inside Iran. Including the execution of 120,000 members and supporters of the MEK/PMOI and political opponents of the regime, especially the execution of 30,000 political prisoners in the 1988 massacre. Also, the regime’s policy of hatred, warmongering and terrorism outside Iran, from Syria and Iraq to Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries. In this article, Mr. Stevenson, referring to the uprisings of the Iranian people and the leading role of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) or Mojahedin -e- Khalq (MEK) Resistance Units in these uprisings, stressed the need to recognize the Iranian resistance led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). 

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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST

July 22 – Shush, southwest Iran: Employees of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company protesting & continuing their strike for the 38th consecutive day, demanding delayed paychecks & answers to outstanding issues

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST

Video – Maryam Rajavi: Terrorism is the essence of religious fascism;the only way to confront it is firmness

The third session of the Free Iran Global Summit was held on Monday, July 20, 2020. The conference entitled “Iranian regime’s terrorism; Shut down Tehran’s embassies, expel its agents and operatives,” was held online in connection with PMOI members in Ashraf 3. Hundreds of political personalities from the U.S. and Europe, including the PMOI host country of Albania, and a number of members of the US Congress were in attendance and addressed the conference.
Maryam Rajavi elaborated in this conference on the history of the Iranian regime’s terrorist activities.

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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Surpasses 74,200

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Surpasses 74,200
Over 74,200 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources
  • In its state-controlled statistics, the Health Ministry put the number of Coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours at 229 and the number of critically ill patients at 3,589, the highest in the past five months
  • Deputy Health Minister: We do not know when the peak of the virus outbreak in Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran, and Fars provinces will end?
  • Assistant of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences: During the last 48 hours, the number of fatalities in Fars has reached 31
  • In Mahmoudabad Hospital (Mazandaran), there is no capacity to accept new patients, and the number of patients is increasing every minute.

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Free Iran 2020 Conference on Iranian Regime’s Terrorism

Free Iran 2020 Conference on Iranian Regime’s Terrorism
Free Iran 2020 Conference on Iranian Regime’s Terrorism

Monday, July 20 – was the third and final day of the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) Free Iran Global Summit 2020, which had to be held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. It featured a conference on the terrorism of the Iranian regime abroad, The conference and its panellists urged foreign governments to shut down Iranian embassies and consulates in their countries,  as well as expel the agents and operatives of the regime.

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Online opposition rally widely viewed and welcomed inside Iran

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The Iranian Resistance Free Iran Global Summit 2020 annual meeting followed by Iranian across the country

The Iranian Resistance “Free Iran Global Summit 2020” annual meeting, held online on July 17, was widely supported and viewed inside the country.

The event was held in the exceptional and special circumstances imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed the world into social distancing rules and lockdown. The online rally connected more than 30,000 locations in 102 countries of the world, including Iran, where internet access is very limited.

More than 1,000 of personalities, political leaders, human rights activists, and other dignitaries from around the world attended the “Free Iran Global Summit 2020,” and some of them described it as “unimaginable,” and “an exciting technological achievement.”

Many Iranians inside the country and across the globe sent videos and personal messages on the social media, announcing their participation and support for the struggle of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) to overthrow the clerical regime.

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Iran news in brief, July 22, 2020

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Surpasses 74,200
Iranian Political Prisoners Face New Fabricated Charges
Iran Regime’s Police Chief Vows Heavy-Handed Crackdown on Protests

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, marks the 249th 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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