{"id":213600,"date":"2020-03-05T13:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncriranlive.wpengine.com\/en\/?p=213600"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:46:26","slug":"27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 5, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213601\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213601\" title=\"Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: COVID19 Outbreak Across the Country\" width=\"796\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country-696x365.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: COVID19 Outbreak Across the Country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">-MEK Resistance Units<\/h3>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p>Mar 3, 2020\u2014Iranian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK<\/a> Resistance Units inside Iran took to graffiti in public places against the Iranian regime&#8217;s policies on coronavirus outbreak in Iran. They also spread the messages of the Iranian Resistance leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a> and<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\"> NCRI president Maryam Rajavi<\/a>. They wrote: \u201cAli Khamenei is the reason for people\u2019s death\u201d \u201cThe Iranian regime has imposed coronavirus on the nation\u201d \u201cThe solution is the overthrow of the regime.\u201d \u201cCoronavirus is the mullahs\u2019 gift to us\u201d \u201cThe mullahs pocket our wealth, while we get the coronavirus\u201d \u201cWe must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus\u201d \u201cKhamenei the sinister mullah, you are the real virus\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 12:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><br \/>\nCoronavirus Outbreak in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>-MEK\u2019s Revelation of 1,300 Death Toll Infuriates the Regime<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"COVID-19_Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran MEK\u2019s Revelation of 1,300 Death Toll Infuriates the Regime \" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a> announced on Wednesday that over 1300 people in Iran had lost their lives due to the deadly COVID-19, which has spread across Iran due to the regime\u2019s inaction. These revelations have infuriated the Iranian regime\u2019s officials who have been trying to cover up the true dimensions of this crisis<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27503-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran-mek-s-revelation-of-1-300-death-toll-infuriates-the-regime\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Struan Stevenson \u2013 Iran&#8217;s Regime Hides the Truth About the Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mr.\u00a0Struan Stevenson,\u00a0the coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change\u00a0and a former Member of the European Parliament, in\u00a0an\u00a0article published on\u00a0United Press International (UPI) on Wednesday,\u00a0decried\u00a0the Iranian regime\u2019s lies and deception over the Coronavirus outbreak in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27504-struan-stevenson-iran-s-regime-hides-the-truth-about-the-coronavirus\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#8216;s mullahs are liars &amp; have duped the world for past 4 decades on D nuclear issue. But now they&#8217;re putting their 80 million citizens at risk &amp; in so doing, are endangering the international community from the spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oUeCsav3lS\">https:\/\/t.co\/oUeCsav3lS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 STRUAN (@STRUANSTEVENSON) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STRUANSTEVENSON\/status\/1235298795707125764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:10 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Over 100 More Victims in 18 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Coronavirus death toll exceeds 1,300<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>After weeks of lies, Rouhani admits the virus has spread to all provinces<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus_Outbreak_in_Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption>Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">people\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a> announced that at least 100 more people have lost their lives from Coronavirus in various cities, including Mashhad, Tehran, Kashan, Anzali, Qom, Rasht, Arak, Ahvaz, Isfahan, and Aran and Bidgol. Additionally, s more people have died in Semnan, Razan (Hamedan), Shahr\u2014e Kord, Marivan, Bijar, Agh-Qala, and Bukan. These bring the number of fatalities to more than 1,300 so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/27501-over-100-more-victims-in-18-cities\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Driver collapses out of his truck\u00a0 and falls to the ground with coronavirus symptoms<\/h4>\n<p>Over 1,300 people have died of COVID-19 and the regime&#8217;s official stats are nothing but lies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">March 4 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nDriver collapses out of his truck and falls to the ground with coronavirus symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,300 people have died of COVID-19 and the regime&#8217;s official stats are nothing but lies.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid_19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid_19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/smvvZN80ql\">pic.twitter.com\/smvvZN80ql<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1235286417833488384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Amnesty International: 23 Children Murdered by Regime\u2019s Security Forces During November Iran Protests<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests in Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/At_least_23_children_killed_by_security_forces_in_November_protests_in_Iran.jpg\" alt=\"At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests in Iran\" width=\"400\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>At least 23 children were murdered by the Iranian regime\u2019s security forces during the November 2019 uprising, according to Amnesty International.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/27500-amnesty-international-23-children-murdered-by-regime-s-security-forces-during-november-iran-protests\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, March 5, 2020, marks the 112th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0has identified 755 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener\">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<\/strong>: <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27497-latest-news-in-brief-march-4-2020\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News in Brief- March 4, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":213601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-213600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-coronavirus"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Latest News in Brief - March 5, 2020 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Latest News in Brief - March 5, 2020 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-05T13:40:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-26T13:46:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"796\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"418\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hamideh Taati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\"},\"headline\":\"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 5, 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-05T13:40:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-26T13:46:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":676,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran News Now\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/\",\"name\":\"Latest News in Brief - March 5, 2020 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-05T13:40:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-26T13:46:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg\",\"width\":796,\"height\":418,\"caption\":\"Iran: COVID19 Outbreak Across the Country\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 5, 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8\",\"name\":\"Hamideh Taati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hamideh Taati\"},\"description\":\"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/hamideh-taati\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Latest News in Brief - March 5, 2020 - NCRI","description":"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Latest News in Brief - March 5, 2020 - NCRI","og_description":"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2020-03-05T13:40:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-26T13:46:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":796,"height":418,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hamideh Taati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hamideh Taati","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/"},"author":{"name":"Hamideh Taati","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8"},"headline":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 5, 2020","datePublished":"2020-03-05T13:40:28+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-26T13:46:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/"},"wordCount":676,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg","keywords":["Coronavirus"],"articleSection":["Iran News Now"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/","name":"Latest News in Brief - March 5, 2020 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-05T13:40:28+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-26T13:46:26+00:00","description":"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:20 PM CET We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-_COVID19_Outbreak_Across_the_Country.jpg","width":796,"height":418,"caption":"Iran: COVID19 Outbreak Across the Country"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27502-latest-news-in-brief-march-5-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 5, 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6c5146100e16824f35892a237b1b5da8","name":"Hamideh Taati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/986e7768d08998e3acca6660182a58731c8c36dca678f830d9fdf2f0d94cce82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hamideh Taati"},"description":"Hamideh Taati is a writer, philanthropist, and women rights activist. She has been a member of the Board of Editors for NCR-Iran.org 2006-present.","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/hamideh-taati\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}