{"id":214428,"date":"2020-03-19T13:42:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/enwp\/?p=214428"},"modified":"2023-04-14T21:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:24:05","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief-march-19-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214436\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214436\" title=\"Iran_Tehran_Metro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_Metro.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus outbreak, Tehran Metro\" width=\"800\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_Metro.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_Metro-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_Metro-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Tehran_Metro-696x358.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Coronavirus outbreak, Tehran Metro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:20\u00a0PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 40px 0px 10px; font-family: 'varela round', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 30px; color: #3a4c60; text-rendering: auto; font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong>OVER 7,000 PEOPLE ACROSS 199 CITIES IN IRAN HAVE DIED OF CORONAVIRUS, PER IRANIAN OPPOSITION PMOI\/MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>-Reports indicate more than 1,000 deaths in Qom.<br \/>\n-Senior regime medical official: &#8220;Actual numbers are far higher than stats delivered by Health Ministry.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 7,000 people across 199 cities in Iran have died of coronavirus, per Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>-Reports indicate more than 1,000 deaths in Qom.<br \/>-Senior regime medical official: &quot;Actual numbers are far higher than stats delivered by Health Ministry.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jzgLiGXEBg\">https:\/\/t.co\/jzgLiGXEBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1240686041247313920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 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><strong>UPDATE: 4:45 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"margin: 40px 0px 10px; font-family: 'varela round', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 30px; color: #3a4c60; text-rendering: auto; font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong>&#8220;WE\u2019LL ANSWER FIRE WITH FIRE KHAMENEI ON FIRE&#8221;, MEK NETWORK WROTE DURING THE IRANIAN FIRE FESTIVAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">These activities take place while the Iranian regime\u2019s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has so far resulted in more than 6,400 deaths across 196 cities in Iran and it has caused widespread outrage among the Iranian population.<\/div>\n<div><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&amp;quot;We&rsquo;ll answer fire with fire Khamenei on fire&amp;quot;, MEK Network wrote during the Iranian Fire Festival\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_zWwFkImRfsM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzWwFkImRfsM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWwFkImRfsM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M50S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-19T15:30:58Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_zWwFkImRfsM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzWwFkImRfsM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">&quot;We\u2019ll answer fire with fire Khamenei on fire&quot;, MEK Network wrote during the Iranian Fire Festival<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zWwFkImRfsM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzWwFkImRfsM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"&amp;quot;We&rsquo;ll answer fire with fire Khamenei on fire&amp;quot;, MEK Network wrote during the Iranian Fire Festival\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units March 17, 2020\u2014These activities take place while the Iranian regime\u2019s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has so far resulted in more than 6,400 deaths across 196 cities in Iran and it has caused widespread outrage among the Iranian population. Iranian Resistance Units, a network of People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) activists, and the rebellious youths carried out activities in various cities of Iran such as Kerman, Tehran, Behbahan, Semnan, Shiraz, Behshahr, Kermanshah, Khash, Naghadeh, Darab Fars, Qom, Zahedan, Ilam, Qazvin, Bandar Abbas, Gachsaran, Ahvaz, Khorasan Razavi Province, Semnan, Karaj, Tonkabon, Mashhad, Tabriz, Dezful and Khorramabad. Resistance Units in Kerman chanted: \u201cKhamenei on fire. We will answer fire with fire.\u201d In various Iranian cities, the Resistance Units celebrated the Fire Festival while also reiterating the desire of the Iranian people to get rid of the mullahs and live in freedom. Tehran Resistance Units wrote handwritten slogans: Tehran\u2014 \u201cThis is an example of fire of the anger of Iranian people against the lethal virus, Khamenei\u201d, \u201cWe will answer fire with fire. Down with Khamenei, Viva Rajavi, Viva freedom\u201d, \u201cThe Iranian regime has imposed the coronavirus on the nation\u201d, \u201cKhamenei, the 40-year-old virus\u201d, \u201cYou are the virus Khamenei\u201d and \u201cKhamenei is the culprit of Iranian people\u2019s death\u201d\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>***<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:45\u00a0AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Every 10 minutes, one person &#8220;dies of coronavirus in Iran&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Almost every hour in Iran, 50 people would infect with COVID-19.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p>A spokesman for the Iranian regime&#8217;s Ministry of Health warned about traffic and sightings of Nowruz, saying that every 1 minute one Iranian citizen dies from the consequences of the coronavirus infection. Kianoush Jahanpour tweeted, &#8220;Almost every hour in Iran, 50 people would infect with COVID-19.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"fa\">?\u0633\u0631\u062a\u06cc\u062a\u0631 \u062a\u0627\u0632\u0647\u200c\u062a\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u062e\u0628\u0631\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646:<br \/>\n?\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0641 \u0633\u062e\u0646\u06af\u0648\u06cc \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u062a \u0628\u0647\u062f\u0627\u0634\u062a \u0631\u0698\u06cc\u0645: \u0647\u0631 \u06f1\u06f0\u062f\u0642\u06cc\u0642\u0647 \u06cc\u06a9\u0646\u0641\u0631 \u0628\u0647\u200c\u062f\u0644\u06cc\u0644 \u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627 \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u062f\u0647\u062f<br \/>\n?\u06a9\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0634 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646\u067e\u0648\u0631: \u0645\u0637\u0627\u0628\u0642 \u0622\u062e\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0627\u062f\u0647\u200c\u0647\u0627\u060c \u062a\u0642\u0631\u06cc\u0628\u0627 \u0647\u0631 \u0633\u0627\u0639\u062a\u060c \u06f5\u06f0 \u0646\u0641\u0631 \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0647 \u0628\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u0628\u062a\u0644\u0627 \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u0634\u0648\u0646\u062f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627_\u0639\u06cc\u062f\u06cc_\u0622\u062e\u0648\u0646\u062f\u0627<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0633\u067e\u0627\u0647_\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644_\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062a\u062c\u0647\u06cc\u0632_\u06a9\u0627\u062f\u0631_\u062f\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0647\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u062e\u0644\u0642 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 (@PMOIRAN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIRAN\/status\/1240555988857413633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Iran&#8217;s government spokesperson: On January 24 we issued a letter to the President about the possibility of coronavirus spreading<\/strong><\/h3>\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> government spokesperson:<br \/>\nOn Jan. 24 we issued a letter to the President about the possibility of coronavirus spreading. The President issued orders in this regard on Jan. 26.<\/p>\n<p>This further proves that the mullahs&#8217; regime has been concealing reports about COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VdJE6kuOaD\">https:\/\/t.co\/VdJE6kuOaD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1240558035887476736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Coronavirus in Iran&#8217;s Mazandaran province<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The Iranian regime\u2019s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak expedited its spread in many cities.<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Coronavirus in Iran&amp;#039;s Mazandaran province\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_CsPj4pZiwJQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCsPj4pZiwJQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CsPj4pZiwJQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-19T09:11:49Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_CsPj4pZiwJQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCsPj4pZiwJQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Coronavirus in Iran&#039;s Mazandaran province<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CsPj4pZiwJQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCsPj4pZiwJQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus in Iran&amp;#039;s Mazandaran province\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iran-coronavirus-crisis1 #coronavirus #coronavirusiniran #Iran #Irannews The Iranian regime\u2019s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak expedited its spread in many cities. According to the MEK reports, 3650 people have passed away due to the coronavirus outbreak. The regime claims the death tally is 354. Mazandaran province, northern Iran, has turned into an epicenter of this deadly virus. The regime\u2019s cover-up and denying the truth has turned Mazandaran province into an epicenter of the coronavirus in Iran. Now innocent people pay with their lives for the rulers\u2019 deception. After the coronavirus outbreak in Qom, yet not being quarantined, so many mullahs in Qom ran away to mansions in Mazandaran and infected the area. The regime\u2019s criminal officials, even after the coronavirus outbreak in Mazandaran, refused to close the city\u2019s entrances, prompting people to do that by themselves. The situation and people\u2019s anger have forced the head of the so-called \u201cMazandaran Assembly of Representatives\u201d to write a letter to the regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani, saying \u201cHelp Mazandaran. The casualties are rising.\u201d Weeks after the coronavirus outbreak in Iranian provinces, the Iranian regime has not taken any serious measures to combat this virus, turning Iran under the mullahs\u2019 rule into an important epicenter of COVID-19 around the world.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:15\u00a0AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Four women\u2019s rights activists summoned to prison following coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fatemeh Kohanzadeh, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and 50 lashes for participating in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">November uprising<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"four-womens-rights-activists\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/four-womens-rights-activists.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four women\u2019s rights activists were summoned to prison to carry out their sentences. The four women\u2019s rights activists had previously been sentenced to a total of 16 years and eight months in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.<\/p>\n<p>The four women\u2019s rights activists,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2019\/05\/16\/nahid-shaqaqi-womens-rights-activist-was-violently-arrested-at-home\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nahid Shaqaqi<\/a>, Akram Nasirian, Maryam Mohammadi, and Esrin Derkaleh, must introduce themselves to the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office and the Tehran Revolutionary Court by March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/03\/18\/four-womens-rights-activists-summoned-to-prison-following-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bi-Partisan U.S. Senate Focus on Change in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SRes539_-_A_resolution_supporting_the_rights_of_the_people_of_Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SRes539_-_A_resolution_supporting_the_rights_of_the_people_of_Iran.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There were two\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">recent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">development<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the U.S. Senate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">advancing the cause of a democratic and free Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">was a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">briefing on the prospect of change in Iran,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">during which<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">four\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enators,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">including\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">three Democrats<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0called for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fundamental\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">change in Iran while expressing support for the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian people<\/a><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s\u2019<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0uprising<\/a>\u00a0for freedom and democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The second\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">development was the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">filing of a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Resolution introduced by four Democratic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enators\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">condemns the Iranian regime\u2019s serious human rights abuses against\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Iranian people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as well as<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0its\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pervasive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">corruption, and destabilizing activities abroad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/27577-bi-partisan-u-s-senate-focus-on-change-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 6,400 in 196 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Confusion, chaos within the regime, local officials absent in Qom, Isfahan, no one to respond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus_outbreak_in_Iran_-_Medical_staff_-_March_2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus_outbreak_in_Iran_-_Medical_staff_-_March_2020.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 18, that the death toll for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27509-the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\">Coronavirus disaster<\/a>\u00a0in 196 cities across Iran has exceeded\u00a0<strong>6,400<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/27576-iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-6-400-in-196-cities\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Victims of Coronavirus in Iran reach 6,400 as shown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iranians urge the Int&#8217;l Community to demand truth from the regime and help protect innocent lives.<br \/>\nQom 790<br \/>\nTehran 800<br \/>\nGilan 763<br \/>\nIsfahan 620<br \/>\nKhorasan 581<br \/>\nMazandaran 530<br \/>\nGolestan 393<br \/>\nKhuzestan 207<br \/>\nHamedan 204<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronaVirusUpdate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronaVirusUpdate<\/a><br \/>\nVictims of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> in Iran reach 6,400 as shown.<br \/>\nIranians urge the Int&#8217;l Community to demand truth from the regime and help protect innocent lives.<br \/>\nQom 790<br \/>\nTehran 800<br \/>\nGilan 763<br \/>\nIsfahan 620<br \/>\nKhorasan 581<br \/>\nMazandaran 530<br \/>\nGolestan 393<br \/>\nKhuzestan 207<br \/>\nHamedan 204 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S2CjbpduGr\">pic.twitter.com\/S2CjbpduGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1240397747360055297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran state daily: Coronavirus was discovered far before officials announced<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"March_18_Coronavirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/March_18_Coronavirus.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus was discovered 12 days prior to the February 11 rally in Iran marking the 1979 revolution, according to the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily. However, this was kept a secret due to the fact that the February 11 rally was on schedule. The government could have initiative quarantine measures in Qom and prevent the coronavirus spread, the piece adds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-news-20200318\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Deadly coronavirus takes lives of min 100 Iranian medical personnel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">Deadly coronavirus takes lives of min 100 Iranian medical personnel. This is while nurses and staff at medical universities are facing delays in their payments for about 8 to 14 months!<\/div>\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><br \/>\nDeadly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> takes lives of min 100 Iranian medical personnel. This is while <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nurses?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nurses<\/a> and staff at medical universities are facing delays in their payments for about 8 to 14 months! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K3VwCknmey\">https:\/\/t.co\/K3VwCknmey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI Women&#8217;s Committee (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1240264920773431298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 40px 0px 10px; font-family: 'varela round', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 30px; color: #3a4c60; text-rendering: auto; font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong>IRAN NEWS IN BRIEF, MARCH 19, 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 6,400 in 196 Cities<\/p>\n<p>US Slaps New Sanction on Iran Regime<\/p>\n<p>Jailed Iranian Protester Starts Hunger Strike Demanding to Be Released<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9YbVxUR_FPU\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9YbVxUR_FPU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9YbVxUR_FPU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-19T11:24:09Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_9YbVxUR_FPU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9YbVxUR_FPU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, March 19, 2020<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9YbVxUR_FPU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9YbVxUR_FPU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 6,400 in 196 Cities The Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran announced on March 18, that the death toll for the coronavirus disaster in 196 cities across Iran has exceeded 6,400. The reports from the city of Qom indicate that contrary to the regime\u2019s propaganda, there is an upward trend in the number of victims. While the outlook of the Coronavirus crisis worsens due to the regime\u2019s incompetence and weak infrastructure, Hassan Rouhani, who had previously suggested that the crisis will be over by March 7, ridiculously claimed: &quot;We have now passed the peak in Qom and Gilan, our two most difficult cities\u2026 In Gilan 20% of hospital beds are empty.\u201d This is while, Alireza Zali, head of Operations to Counter Coronavirus in Tehran, said: &quot;Officials do not have a correct picture of our hospitals. They would realize the depth of the crisis only if they saw the number of hospitalized patients and those in critical condition.&quot; US Slaps New Sanction on Iran Regime On Tuesday, the Unites States imposed new sanctions on the Iranian regime. These sanctions were announced by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, during a press conference on March 17, blacklisting nine entities based in South Africa, Hong Kong and China, as well as three Iranian individuals, for engaging in \u201csignificant transactions\u201d to trade in the Iranian regime\u2019s petrochemicals. Referring to the regime\u2019s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Secretary Pompeo said: \u201cI also want to call attention to the Iranian regime\u2019s misinformation campaign surrounding the origination of the Wuhan virus. Instead of focusing on the needs of the Iranian people and accepting genuine offers of support, senior Iranians lied about the Wuhan virus outbreak for weeks.\u201d Jailed Iranian Protester Starts Hunger Strike Demanding to Be Released Abolfazl Karimi started a hunger strike on Monday, to protest his continued detention under undetermined status. Mr. Karimi was arrested during the protests in November 2019. Abolfazl Karimi was deprived of contacting his family when held in the detention center of the IRGC Intelligence. Agents of the IRGC Intelligence brutalized him during interrogations, beating him with shockers and pulling out his nails. They threatened to arrest his sick father and mother.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/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 19, 2020, marks the 126<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day 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<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27572-latest-news-in-brief-march-18-2020\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News in Brief- March 18, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 6:20&nbsp;PM CET OVER 7,000 PEOPLE ACROSS 199 CITIES IN IRAN HAVE DIED OF CORONAVIRUS, PER IRANIAN OPPOSITION [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":214429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-214428","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 v27.4 - 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