{"id":213576,"date":"2020-02-16T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=213576"},"modified":"2023-01-22T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T10:21:20","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-february-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-february-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; February 16, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213577\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Latest-News-February-16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Latest-News-February-16.jpg\" alt=\"February 16: Latest News\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Latest-News-February-16.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Latest-News-February-16-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Latest-News-February-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Latest-News-February-16-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 16: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS OF THE IRAN PROTESTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>IRAN PROTESTS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>FEBRUARY 16 &#8211; TEHRAN, IRAN:<\/h3>\n<p>Amir Kabir University students protesting the regime&#8217;s upcoming sham Majlis (parliamentary) elections on February 21 and in support of Iran Protests.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 16 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Amir Kabir University students protesting the regime&#39;s upcoming sham Majlis (parliamentary) elections on February 21 &amp; in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RuvIIq65FN\">pic.twitter.com\/RuvIIq65FN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1229004142540029953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>FEBRUARY 16 &#8211; TEHRAN, IRAN: AMIR KABIR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CHANTING:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Be afraid, we&#8217;re all together&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People are in poverty, they&#8217;re seeking votes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From Iran to Baghdad &#8211; Poverty, cruelty and dictatorship&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;1,500 were killed in our November 2019 protests&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 16 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Amir Kabir University students chanting:<br \/>&quot;Be afraid, we&#39;re all together&quot;<br \/>&quot;People are in poverty, they&#39;re seeking votes&quot;<br \/>&quot;From Iran to Baghdad &#8211; Poverty, cruelty &amp; dictatorship&quot;<br \/>&quot;1,500 were killed in our November 2019 protests&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/onT2ExeQ2G\">pic.twitter.com\/onT2ExeQ2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1229007591432278016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>MARYAM RAJAVI THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE NCRI WROTE ON TWITTER:<\/h3>\n<p>On the 40th-day memorial of those who lost their lives in the IRGC\u2019s downing of the Ukrainian passenger airliner, we honor their memory and express sympathy with their families.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the 40th-day memorial of those who lost their lives in the IRGC\u2019s downing of the Ukrainian passenger airliner, we honor their memory and express sympathy with their families. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkrainianPlane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkrainianPlane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E5DThfqhYC\">https:\/\/t.co\/E5DThfqhYC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ujcL3OiC3i\">pic.twitter.com\/ujcL3OiC3i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1228986319487016960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, February 16, 2020, marks the 94th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0has identified 724 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of uprising cities:\u00a0<strong>191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of martyrs: At least\u00a0<strong>1500<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of injured: More than\u00a0<strong>4,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of detainees: More than\u00a0<strong>12,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/27393-latest-news-in-brief-february-15-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latest News in Brief- February 15, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS OF THE IRAN PROTESTS. 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