{"id":214715,"date":"2020-03-25T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=214715"},"modified":"2023-03-05T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T17:56:10","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-25-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief-march-25-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 25, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214716\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus5-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus5-1.jpg\" alt=\"March 25, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"1000\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus5-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus5-1-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus5-1-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus5-1-696x368.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus5-1-794x420.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">March 25, 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: 6:20 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 25, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MARCH 25, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, March 25, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>11,500<\/strong>\u00a0in 222 cities across Iran.<!--more--> The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 980, in North Khorasan 59, in Khuzestan 500, in Isfahan 1360, in Kermanshah 280, in Yazd 230, in Lorestan 230, in Hamadan 240, in Zanjan 150, and Sistan and Baluchistan 70.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus-Fatalities\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-Fatalities-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus outbreak\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>As Pandemic\u2019s Impact Becomes More Obvious, So Does Iran Regime\u2019s Efforts to Manipulate It<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Tuesday,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani said that half of all government workers were staying home as part of an effort to slow the spread of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">coronavirus. But this statement came just days after Rouhani downplayed the need for social distancing and a reduction in economic activity. While the regime\u2019s Health Ministry has warned of the potential for a spike in cases which could ultimately lead to more than three million deaths, Rouhani insisted that changes to daily life would only last between two and three weeks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As Pandemic\u2019s Impact Becomes More Obvious, So Does Iran Regime\u2019s Efforts to Manipulate It<br \/>The regime is willing to hold its own people, hostage, in hopes of circumventing sanctions that are irrelevant to the country\u2019s medical needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3kFpOaULSj\">https:\/\/t.co\/3kFpOaULSj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1242871077153509377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/as-pandemics-impact-becomes-more-obvious-so-does-iran-regimes-efforts-to-manipulate-it\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>As Coronavirus Death Toll Rises, Iran\u2019s Regime Tries to Shift the Blame via Speaking of Conspiracy Theory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Sunday, regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reiterated his rejection of US offers to assist with the response, citing unfounded conspiracy theories portraying COVID-19 as an American bioweapon. His position was amid a parallel campaign led by the regime\u2019s lobbies and apologists that the U.S. sanctions are the reason for the increasing death toll of the coronavirus.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> Death Toll Rises, Iran\u2019s Regime Tries to Shift the Blame via Speaking of Conspiracy Theory <br \/>The regime only seeks to prolong its life and has no intention of helping the Iranian people. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5gcZD4xxVN\">https:\/\/t.co\/5gcZD4xxVN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1242869298617552896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-irans-regime-tries-to-shift-the-blame-via-speaking-of-conspiracy-theory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Defiant Youth Attack on Ministry of Information and Communications Technology \u2013 Center of Filtering, Censorship, and Repression<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Torching banners, signs, and the entrances of centers of oppression and looting of the regime-Khamenei and Soleimani\u2019s posters<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ministry-of-Information-and-Communications-Technology-March-22-2020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ministry-of-Information-and-Communications-Technology-March-22-2020-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ministry-of-Information-and-Communications-Technology-March-22-2020-1\" width=\"412\" height=\"235\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ministry of Information and Communications Technology-March 22, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the early hours of Sunday, March 22, 2020, defiant youths in Tehran, targeted the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the mullahs, responsible for shutting down the internet, spying, and filtering in the clerical regime.<span id=\"more-214751\"><\/span>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/targeting-the-mullahs-ministry-of-justice-in-tehran-office-of-the-alireza-avaei-member-of-the-death-commission-during-the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defiant youths<\/a>\u00a0set fire to its door and the main sign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-defiant-youth-attack-on-ministry-of-information-and-communications-technology-center-of-filtering-censorship-and-repression\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 12:10 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Italian Lawmakers Express Their Solidarity With Iran\u2019s People, Condemn Regime\u2019s Cover-Up of Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The-Italian-Committee-of-Parliamentarians-for-a-Free-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Italian-Committee-of-Parliamentarians-for-a-Free-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"The Italian Committee of Parliamentarians for a Free Iran\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Italian Committee of Parliamentarians for a Free Iran, in a letter to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed its concerns over the growing number of the coronavirus fatalities in Iran, because of the regime\u2019s inaction and cover-up. The Italian lawmakers also expressed their full support of the Iranian resistance, and their solidarity with the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/italian-lawmakers-express-their-solidarity-with-irans-people-condemn-regimes-cover-up-of-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 12:05 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Struan Stevenson \u2013 Iran\u2019s Economy in Free Fall as Corrupt Mullahs Deny People Virus Protection<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 106px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Struan-Stevenson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Struan-Stevenson.jpg\" alt=\"Struan-Stevenson\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Struan Stevenson is the Coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Struan Stevenson, a former member of the European Parliament, in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/Voices\/2020\/03\/24\/Irans-economy-in-free-fall-as-corrupt-mullahs-deny-people-virus-protection\/6551585050687\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an article<\/a>\u00a0published on the United Press International (UPI) on Tuesday, elaborated the issue of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, which has so far claimed lives of nearly 11,000 people, due to the regime\u2019s cover-up and inaction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/struan-stevenson-irans-economy-in-free-fall-as-corrupt-mullahs-deny-people-virus-protection\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Under-equipped health workers become victims of Iran\u2019s COVID-19 outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dozens of Iranian health workers in under equipped hospitals across the country have passed away in Iran\u2019s COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Health-workers-victims-of-Iran\u2019s-COVID-19-outbreak\" class=\"wp-image-214733 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Health-workers-victims-of-Iran\u2019s-COVID-19-outbreak.jpg\" alt=\"Health-workers-victims-of-Iran\u2019s-COVID-19-outbreak\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Health-workers-victims-of-Iran\u2019s-COVID-19-outbreak.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Health-workers-victims-of-Iran\u2019s-COVID-19-outbreak-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Health-workers-victims-of-Iran\u2019s-COVID-19-outbreak-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Health workers, including doctors and nurses at the front lines of the fight against the deadly virus, lack basic protective equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/under-equipped-health-workers-become-victims-of-irans-covid-19-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:45 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 10,900 in 219 Cities<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Expelling Doctors Without Borders from Isfahan is to continue cover-up of Coronavirus casualties<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian regime\u2019s expulsion of M\u00e9decines sans Fronti\u00e8res indicates the mullahs\u2019 insistence to continue their criminal cover up particularly of the death toll due to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1242489306394091520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 24, 2020, that the number of fatalities in 219 cities across Iran has risen to more than\u00a0<strong>10,900<\/strong>. The number of victims in Gilan has increased to at least 1,050, in Khorasan Razavi 900, in Mazandaran 820, in Golestan 570, in Yazd 152, and North Khorasan 28.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-March-2020\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-March-2020-218x150.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-10900-in-219-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: It is imperative that international bodies stand up to the regime\u2019s criminal policies.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is imperative that international bodies stand up to the regime\u2019s criminal policies <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:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NirUcpMfhZ\">pic.twitter.com\/NirUcpMfhZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1242453827057594375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 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: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran coronavirus outbreak: Tehran is murdering political prisoners with COVID-19<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:030 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Human rights lawyer Soheila Hejab sentenced to 18 years in prison<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Human rights lawyer Soheila Hejab was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, by the 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran presided by Mohammad Moghisseh.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights lawyer Soheila Hejab is from Kermanshah. She was arrested at home on June 6, 2019, by agents of the IRGC Intelligence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jailed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/civilactivist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#civilactivist<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegime<\/a>\u2019s officials: \u201cThe oppressive regime must be toppled,\u201d and \u201cwhen a pen does not write about injustices, it must be broken.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZL3i3sD7Bl\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZL3i3sD7Bl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile intl media\/leaders blame others &amp; ignore regime&#8217;s injustices\/incompetencies<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI Women&#8217;s Committee (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1242546013899915264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/03\/24\/human-rights-lawyer-soheila-hejab-sentenced-to-18-years-in-prison-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran news in brief, March 25, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 10,900 in 219 Cities<\/p>\n<p>Iran Regime Expels MSF Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/p>\n<p>Online Conference Over Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" 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 noreferrer\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, March 25, 2020, marks the 132<sup>nd<\/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 noreferrer\">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 noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\/latest-news-in-brief-march-24-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- March 24, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 6:20 PM CET Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 25, 2020, 6:00 PM CET NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF&nbsp;MARCH [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":214716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-214715","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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