{"id":214219,"date":"2020-03-15T06:14:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T06:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/enwp\/?p=214219"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:03:23","slug":"27559-latest-news-in-brief-march-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27559-latest-news-in-brief-march-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – March 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 15, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 7:40 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 4,900 people across 182 cities in Iran
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are dead of coronavirus, per Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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-Hundreds dead in the city of Babol alone<\/p>\n

-Mashhad mayor: “We lost a golden opportunity.”<\/p>\n

-Regime officials concerned of protests<\/p>\n

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More than 4,900 people across 182 cities in Iran are dead of coronavirus, per Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n

-Hundreds dead in the city of Babol alone
\n-Mashhad mayor: “We lost a golden opportunity.”
\n-Regime officials concerned of protests#Iran<\/a>#COVID\u30fc19<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/3g5rPL8Flc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior regime officials are making troubling remarks about the coronavirus spread across Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The coronavirus outbreak has claimed the lives of 4,900 people across Iran as the virus continues to spread to more cities. After weeks of denial and secrecy, Iranian officials acknowledge that the situation has spun out of control.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing a strange and difficult coronavirus crisis. We should put aside our political difference. On the other hand, we are facing sanctions and low oil prices,\u201d Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam, a member of the regime\u2019s Expediency Council, an advisory board to Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Seyed Hashem Bathaie Golpaygani, a member of the regime\u2019s Assembly of Experts, has been diagnosed with COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The regime is also preparing to counter potential protests as the public outrage over the regime\u2019s mishandling of the situation continues to rise.<\/p>\n

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Senior regime officials are making troubling remarks about the coronavirus spread across Iran#Iran<\/a>#COVID\u30fc19<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/IR8xvHRU2j<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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International Panel of Medical\u00a0and Public Health Experts weigh on responses to coronavirus in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Public Health Initiatives or Building Burial Pitts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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International Panel of Medical & Public Health Experts weigh on responses to coronavirus in Iran<\/p>\n

Public Health Initiatives or Building Burial Pitts#Iran<\/a>#COVID\u30fc19<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/v5LnSk2wgz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Coronavirus center in Iran [mullahs’ center] must be destroyed”: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coronavirus fatalities in 175 cities exceeded 4,500<\/h3>\n

Mrs. Rajavi: Not releasing prisoners is a great crime against humanity for which Khamenei is responsible, the world should intervene<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The international community\u2019s intervention to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the Iranian regime\u2019s prisons is necessary more than any other time. #Iran<\/a> #COVID\u30fc19<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The clerical regime\u2019s failure to release prisoners, esp. political prisoners, in the present conditions in #Iran<\/a> is tantamount to a major crime against humanity, and Khamenei and other regime leaders must be held accountable for it. #CoronaOutbreak<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) announced this afternoon Saturday, March 14, that the number of Coronavirus victims in 175 cities across Iran is more than 4,500. The number of victims in Qom is at least 700 and in Tehran at least 650. In Gilan 577, in Mazandaran 350, in Isfahan 450, in Khorasan Razavi 427, in Khuzestan 144, in Kurdistan province 151, in Lorestan 138, in Qazvin 121, in Yazd 62, in Sistan and Baluchistan 48, and in Kerman 32 people have lost their lives for Coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Targeting the Mullahs\u2019 Ministry of Justice in Tehran, Office of the Alireza Avaei, Member of the Death Commission During the 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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On Friday, March 13, 2020, at 7 pm local Tehran time, the\u00a0defiant youth<\/a>, targeted the mullahs\u2019 Ministry of Justice in Vali-e Asr street in Tehran, where the office of Alireza Avaei, the criminal Justice Minister, is located.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI issued a message to the Iranian people regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/h3>\n

I urge you to strengthen our national solidarity to prevent further spread of the infection, to protect the lives of our compatriots, and to protest and confront the detested ruling regime<\/p>\n

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I urge you to strengthen our national solidarity to prevent further spread of the infection, to protect the lives of our compatriots, and to protest and confront the detested ruling regime #Covid_19<\/a> #CoronaOutbreak<\/a> #Iran<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9UuUtHWILb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Iranian people want neither the coronavirus nor the mullahs”: MEK Resistance Units<\/h3>\n

Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units took to graffiti against the regime accusing Khamenei and Rouhani of corrupt policy resulting in the spread of coronavirus outbreak in Iran.<\/p>\n

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, March 15, 2020, marks the 122nd<\/sup> day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\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

Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of\u00a0the 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

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of uprising cities:\u00a0191<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of martyrs: At least\u00a01500<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of injured: More than\u00a04,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of detainees: More than\u00a012,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0Latest News in Brief- March 14, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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