{"id":214673,"date":"2020-03-24T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T08:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=214673"},"modified":"2023-03-05T18:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T17:57:41","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief-march-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – March 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran: coronavirus outbreak – March 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 6:15 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 24, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The\u00a0Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 24, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll has passed the number of\u00a010,900<\/strong>\u00a0in 219 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n

\"Iran:<\/p>\n

The number of victims in the province of Gilan is at least 1,050, in Khorasan Razavi 900, in Mazandaran 820, in Golestan 570, in Yazd 152, and in northern Khorasan 28. This is in addition to the fatalities in the other provinces.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:45 PM CET<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran: Regime Expels MSF While Increasing Suppression<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Medecins<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime\u00a0<\/span>on Monday\u00a0<\/span>expelled<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>M\u00e9decin<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0Sans\u00a0<\/span>Frontier<\/span>es<\/span>\u00a0(MSF or Doctors Without Borders) wh<\/span>ich\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>there to help the coronavirus victims.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is while Alireza\u00a0<\/span>Vahhabzadeh<\/span>, an advisor to the regime\u2019s minister of health announced on his Twitter account that, since the\u00a0<\/span>so-called\u00a0<\/span>national mobilization for confronting the novel\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0is underway, and \u201cthe Iranian [regime\u2019s] Armed Forces\u2019 medical capabilities are entirely at its\u00a0<\/span>service;<\/span>\u00a0Iran did not need hospitals established by foreigners. [Therefore], the MSF presence in Iran is irrelevant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Prisoners Revolt Against Regime\u2019s Inaction Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Iran:<\/p>\n

Reports from Iran\u00a0<\/span>indicate\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been at<\/span>\u00a0least two riots\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Iranian\u00a0prisons in<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Lorestan province, north<\/span>west Iran,\u00a0<\/span>with pr<\/span>isoners\u00a0<\/span>trying to escape amid\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0coronavirus outbreak<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>O<\/span>n March 20, 2020, prisoners at the\u00a0<\/span>Aligudarz<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Central Prison, who were in danger of being exposed to the Coronavirus, rebelled and disarmed some of the prison officials, and tried to escape. In a\u00a0<\/span>similar development<\/span>\u00a0on March 19, 2020, prisoners at the\u00a0<\/span>Parsilon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Prison in Khorramabad, Lorestan province, who were at risk of being infected by the coronavirus infection, rebelled, disarmed the guards, and collectively escaped.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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UPDATE: 1:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Detailed Information on the Spread of Coronavirus in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On Monday, March 23, 2020, in a web conference held by the Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations (ACANU), Mr.\u00a0Mohammad Mohaddessin<\/a>, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>\u00a0elaborated on the spread of\u00a0coronavirus in Iran<\/a>, and the reasons behind the fast spread of the virus in Iran and the high fatality rates.<\/p>\n

He also explained how the Iranian authorities\u2019 cover-up and lack of transparency turned Corona into a human catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\"Mohammad
Mohammad Mohaddessin Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: 12:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

PMOI\/MEK network in Iran celebrate the Persian new year Nowruz<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members celebrate the Iranian New Year Nowruz. They celebrate Nowruz while they are watching Iranian opposition TV (INTV) and while they are listening to the message of the NCRI President Maryam Rajavi. Some of those put images of Maryam Rajavi and the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi in their Haft Sin ( is an arrangement of seven symbolic items whose names start with the letter “\u0633” pronounced as “seen” the 15th letter in the Persian alphabet. It is traditionally displayed at Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, which is celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox, marking the beginning of spring on the Northern Hemisphere).<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 10,500 in 212 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The wave of arrests for rumormongering about the death toll. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Khamenei orders military to hold biological warfare exercise a day after blaming the U.S. of Coronavirus production.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Coronavirus<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 23, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll has passed the shocking number of\u00a010,500<\/strong>\u00a0in 212 cities across Iran.\u00a0The number of victims in the city of Isfahan exceeds 600; in Kashan 500, in Isfahan province, it has surpassed 1,262. In Khorasan Razavi 872, in Zanjan 83, in Ardebil 160, in Golestan 536, in Khuzestan 369, in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 41, and Semnan 40 people have lost their lives so far.<\/p>\n

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

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

Another selfless nurse dies in Iran due to Coronavirus infection<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Another selfless nurse died in Iran due to Coronavirus infection. Head of the Nursing Organization of Qom announced the death of Tahereh Esmaili, a nurse working at Beheshti Hospital of Qom.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>
Another selfless nurse dies in Iran due to #Coronavirus<\/a> infection https:\/\/t.co\/eh49wbhLLn<\/a>#COVID19<\/a><\/p>\n

— Women's Committee NCRI (@womenncri) March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n