{"id":214375,"date":"2020-03-09T10:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/enwp\/?p=214375"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:06:45","slug":"27523-latest-news-in-brief-march-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27523-latest-news-in-brief-march-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 9, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214376\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214376\" title=\"Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak.jpg\" alt=\"March 9, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_-_Coronavirus_outbreak-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">March 9, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Breaking<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>More than 2,600 people across 127 cities of 30 provinces in Iran have died of the coronavirus, according to Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p>MP: Climax is in the next two weeks<\/p>\n<p>Regime insider: More than 2,000 have died<\/p>\n<p>Official stats: 237 dead<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More than 2,600 people across 127 cities of 30 provinces in Iran have died of the coronavirus, according to Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>MP: Climax is in the next two weeks<br \/>\nRegime insider: More than 2,000 have died<br \/>\nOfficial stats: 237 dead<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESzZuJ2rUW\">pic.twitter.com\/ESzZuJ2rUW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1237071378597040134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;The main disaster is the regime\u2019s response to the Iran coronavirus outbreak&#8221;: MEK network in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members say the main problem in Iran is the Iranian regime which put the country in danger of coronavirus.<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:15\u00a0PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Condolences to the people and grieving families of Gilan\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>I urge Gilan\u2019s courageous youth to rush to the aid of those who have contracted the virus while taking all the necessary safety measures for themselves<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Condolences to the people and grieving families of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gilan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gilan<\/a>.<br \/>\nI urge Gilan\u2019s courageous youth to rush to the aid of those who have contracted the virus while taking all the necessary safety measures for themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronaOutbreak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronaOutbreak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YqnFkHrmMD\">https:\/\/t.co\/YqnFkHrmMD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nBdNjfegry\">pic.twitter.com\/nBdNjfegry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1236982098092797952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-horrific-coronavirus-death-gilan-408-fatalities-including-six-physicians\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 1:45\u00a0PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\">Annual Report 2020 of NCRI Women\u2019s Committee<\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">On the eve of the International Women\u2019s Day 2020, the Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran published its Annual Report 2020 providing an overall picture of the status of Iranian women in the year spanning from March 2019 to February 2020.<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Annual-Report-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Annual-Report-2020.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">As Iranian women are taking the final steps in their quest for freedom and equality, the situation is becoming more polarized in the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/03\/07\/annual-report-2020-of-ncri-womens-committee\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Annual-Report-2020.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download English Version<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\">International Women\u2019s Day 2020, Day of women Martyred in Iran Uprising<\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iranian women have experienced gender discrimination for 40 years under the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship. Thousands of women have sacrificed their lives in the struggle against the mullahs. Today, a new generation of women have entered the fight against dictatorship. Women\u2019s role in the November 2019 protests compelled the regime to acknowledge their role. Women paid a heavy price in the uprising. 400 of 1,500 killed in the protests were women.<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\">2019 November uprising \u2013 Incarceration of women activists continues<\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">\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> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Humanrights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Humanrights<\/a> News: 2019 November uprising \u2013 Incarceration of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/women?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#women<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/activists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#activists<\/a> continues <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WjfkYjJbFk\">https:\/\/t.co\/WjfkYjJbFk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI Women&#8217;s Committee (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1236918918930821122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 12:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Iranian nurses and doctors at serious risk of coronavirus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Iranian nurses and doctors are at risk in hospitals from the\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0and some have lost their lives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-nurses_coronavirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iranian-nurses_coronavirus.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/03\/07\/iranian-nurses-and-doctors-at-serious-risk-of-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Horrific Coronavirus Death Toll in Gilan<\/h3>\n<h3>408 fatalities, including six physicians<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Increase_in_death_by_corona_outbreak__in_Iran\" src=\"images\/stories\/2020\/March\/b\/Increase_in_death_by_corona_outbreak__in_Iran.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani, the Parliament\u2019s Health Commission Deputy Chairman, appointed as the Health Minister\u2019s representative in Gilan Province two days ago, sent a confidential report to Khamenei\u2019s office in which he wrote that\u00a0<strong>408<\/strong>, including six physicians, had died in the Province because of virus infection.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/27521-horrific-coronavirus-death-toll-in-gilan\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>People forced to bury coronavirus COVID-19 victims with their own hands in Gilan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While the Iranian regime cover-ups the real number of victims of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, people of Gilan should bury their loved ones (passed away due to the coronavirus) with their own hands. The Iranian government cannot manage to bury all victims of the Iran coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Weak government response to COVID-19 outbreak pushes Iranians to take matters into their own hands<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As the Iranian regime fails to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Iranian citizens are engaging in popular efforts to help their fellow citizens and prevent the spread of the virus. In this video, the people of Baneh are creating homemade sanitizer solutions because of supply shortages. It is noteworthy that several reports indicate the government and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are hoarding sanitary materials and selling them at very high prices that people can&#8217;t afford.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran Coronavirus outbreak: COVID-19 patients pass out in streets, government takes no measures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While the Iran coronavirus crisis deteriorates in the country, the regime has lost its control on the virus outbreak. Emergency numbers fail to respond to the infected people and emergency cases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fake sanitizing measures by Iranian regime during coronavirus outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The video shows that the Iranian regime&#8217;s claim in sanitizing public places in Zahedan is just some propaganda measures to mislead media and public opinion that the regime cares about the people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Revolutionary Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Tehran\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> District targeted<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 8, 2020, the Revolutionary Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Sa\u2019adat Abad, in Tehran\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> District, was targeted by defiant youth. This office plays an active role in the suppression of dissidents, especially those arrested during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019 uprising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/imageEn.mojahedin.org\/Attachments\/?id=7fd036e6-215e-48f9-b864-57013617c642&amp;width=690\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p class=\"subtitles\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitles\"><strong>Iran news in brief, March 9, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 2,300<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Horrific Coronavirus Death Toll in Gilan<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">IRGC Hoards Health Masks and Disinfectants Amid Iran\u2019s COVID-19 Crisis<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\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>Monday, March 9, 2020, marks the 116th 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>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27518-latest-news-in-brief-march-8-2020\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- March 8, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 7:30 PM CET Breaking More than 2,600 people across 127 cities of 30 provinces in Iran have [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":214376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-214375","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 v27.3 - 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