UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET
Ahvaz, southwest Iran
Inmates have reportedly launched a riot in the city’s Sepidar Prison. Smoke is seen from the facility
Ahvaz, southwest #Iran
Inmates have reportedly launched a riot in the city's Sepidar Prison. Smoke is seen from the facility.pic.twitter.com/UZ8ZuzAxIW— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 30, 2020
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UPDATE: 6:45 PM CET
Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 30, 2020, 6:00 PM CET
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MARCH 30, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, March 30, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 14,200 in 236 cities across Iran.
The number of victims in Ardebil is 400, in Alborz 600, in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari 38, Khorasan Razavi 1120, North Khorasan 190, Zanjan 250, Gilan 1370 and in Yazd is 305. This is in addition to the figures in other provinces.
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UPDATE: 3:45 PM CET
Fox News, Eric Shawn: The Iran regime ‘coronavirus cover up’
The National Council of Resistance of Iran says Tehran is not telling the truth about COVID-19.
They knew it long before they told the public and # of dead is now over 13,600 and counting.
Eric Shawn: The Iran regime 'coronavirus cover up' https://t.co/roXavfRuOo
The National Council of Resistance of Iran says Tehran is not telling the truth about COVID-19. They knew it long before they told the public and # of dead is now over 13,600 and counting.— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) March 30, 2020
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6145588492001#sp=show-clips
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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET
Riot in Adel Abad Prison of Shiraz (Fars Province), South Central Iran
Reports indicate a riot by inmates of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-central Iran
-Many inmates are infected with coronavirus
-No medical care provided by authorities
-Numerous inmates have fled the facility
-Local sources reporting gunfire, authorities blocking main roads and encircling the prison
Reports indicate a riot by inmates of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-central #Iran pic.twitter.com/7zSLNGmSrb
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 29, 2020
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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET
“We’ll fight both the coronavirus and Khamenei the monster”: MEK Resistance Units
Mashhad—Installing of huge posters of Iranian Resistance leaders Maryam and Massoud Rajavi on the streets with the slogan “Maryam Rajavi: aim your anger at the regime instead.”
Tehran—Installing posters and handwritten slogans: “Maryam Rajavi: We will fight the corona monster and the supreme leader”
Tehran—installing handwritten posters – “Maryam Rajavi: The mullahs don’t care about Iran, and the Iranians do not want the mullahs”
Andimeshk—Installing posters and handwritten slogans: “Down with Khamenei. His downfall is near. You are the real virus. Hail to Massoud Rajavi”
“The Persian New Year is the year of the downfall of criminal mullahs. Khamenei is the real virus. “Ali Khamenei is the reason for people’s death” “We’ll answer fire with fire” “hail to Massoud Rajavi”
Shiraz—Handwritten slogans on the walls: “Military Maneuvers are pretexts; they want to maintain their unstable regime”
Fassa (Fars Province)—Handwritten slogans on the walls: “We’ll answer fire with fire”
Fassa (Fars Province)—Handwritten slogans on the walls: “Down with Khamenei”
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UPDATE: 9:45 AM CET
MEK Resistance Units and the Iranian people play the forbidden National Anthem of Iran
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
MEK Resistance Units put flowers on martyrs’ graves
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UPDATE: 9:15 AM CET
Rebellion in prisons against regime’s criminal conduct in Coronavirus catastrophe, clashes, and prisoners’ mass escapes
Rebellion in Hamedan, Mahabad and Greater Tehran prisons follow rebellions in Saqqez, Tabriz, Aligudarz, Khorramabad Prisons
Judiciary issues orders for crackdown
Rebellion in Iran prisons- Mahabad prisonOn Saturday night, March 28, 2020, prisoners in the Mahabad Central Prison rebelled and fled in protest against the mullahs’ mismanagement in dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak. The suppressive forces fired on prisoners, killing or wounding some prisoners, as parts of the prison were set on fire. The sound of gunshots and sirens was heard until well after the dark. Ali Akbar Grossi, Regime’s notorious prosecutor in West Azerbaijan, trying to prevent the spread of rebellion to other prisons in the province, claimed, “Thanks to the vigilance of prison guards, and inmates not joining the fugitives, calm restored very quickly.” “Prisoners benefit from all the facilities they need,” he insisted.
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Maryam Rajavi: I call on the UN Secretary General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women to compel the clerical regime to release the female prisoners who are on hunger strike in the Central Prison of Urmia
The women imprisoned in the Central Prison of Urmia are seriously threatened by covid-19 infection and likely to die en masse.#COVID19#Iran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 29, 2020
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UPDATE: 8:45 AM CET
Defiant youth target security forces in Tehran, Khomeini’s so-called Relief Committee, a center of plunder in Qom
Defiant youth in Tehran targeted a center of the suppressive forces in Tehran’s Sohrevardi Street on Saturday evening, March 28, 2020. This is while the regime’s security forces are on full alert to prevent the outbreak of any protest under the pretext of combating Coronavirus.
The same day, defiant youth also set fire to one of the main centers of plunder of people’s wealth, Khomeini’s so-called Relief Committee in the city of Qom.
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UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 13,600 in 232 Cities
Hassan Rouhani hastily retreats from his previous claims, “The virus may last for a couple of years and security is our priority”
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced this afternoon, March 29, 2020, that the death toll for Coronavirus has risen to 13,600 in 232 cities across Iran. The number of victims in Ardabil has increased to 235, Tehran 1800, Qom 1480, Khuzestan 610, Lorestan 360, Zanjan 220, and in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad 90.
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UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Maryam Rajavi: The clerical regime must free all prisoners and stop arrests, torture and executions in Iran. It must particularly refrain from preventing national solidarity efforts and the aid provided by rebellious youth to our compatriots
The clerical regime must free all prisoners and stop arrests, torture and executions in #Iran. It must particularly refrain from preventing national solidarity efforts and the aid provided by rebellious youth to our compatriots #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/IXvco3VzjR
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 29, 2020
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UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Iranian people sanitize their cities in the absence of the government’s efforts
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Iran news in brief, March 30, 2020
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 13,600 in 232 Cities
Iran: Rebellion in Prisons Against Regime’s Criminal Conduct in Coronavirus
Iran: Defiant Youth Target Security Forces in Tehran
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Monday, March 30, 2020, marks the 137th 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- March 29, 2020