{"id":214804,"date":"2020-03-26T08:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T08:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=214804"},"modified":"2023-03-05T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T17:53:29","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-march-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 26, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214811\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1\" class=\" wp-image-214811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Corona outbreak in Iran\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1-696x393.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-outbreak-in-Iran-1.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Latest News, March 26, 2020 -Corona outbreak in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 26, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MARCH 26, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 26, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>11,900<\/strong>\u00a0in 224 cities across Iran.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Corona-in-Iran\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-in-Iran.jpg\" width=\"401\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of victims in Tehran is 1650, in Golestan is 670, Khuzestan is 540, in Kurdistan 225, in Kermanshah is 340, in Yazd is 230, in Ardabil is 185 and in South Khorasan is 12. This is in addition to the figures in other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Coronavirus Crisis in Iran: Dimensions, Causes as MEK Announced Exceeded 11,000 Deaths<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"819A0409-300x223\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/819A0409-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Mohaddessin Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Mohaddessin Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a webinar:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mohaddessin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohammad<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mohaddessin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, addresses the causes for the spread of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus in Iran<\/a>, Iranian regime\u2019s cover-up, mismanagement and politicizing the issue to get international sanctions lifted.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He also referred to the rising number of casualties, which according to the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">exceeded\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/coronavirus-crisis-in-iran-dimensions-causes-as-mek-announced-exceeded-11000-deaths\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:15 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: On behalf of the Iranian Resistance, its members and all Mojahedin at Ashraf-3, I extend our sincere condolences and sympathies to families who have lost their loved ones on the eve of the New Year.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On behalf of the Iranian Resistance, its members and all Mojahedin at Ashraf-3, I extend our sincere condolences and sympathies to families who have lost their loved ones on the eve of the New Year <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qqG51O6n3D\">pic.twitter.com\/qqG51O6n3D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1243190619989737477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 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: 12:05 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran coronavirus crisis: MEK network: &#8220;Medical supplies must be distributed among people&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>MEK Resistance Units intensify their activities during the Iran coronavirus outbreak by exposing the regime&#8217;s corruption and mismanagement during the coronavirus crisis. They also install images of the Iranian Resistance leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a> and the NCRI President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> in public places.<br \/>\nThey wrote:<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>: Medical supplies must be distributed among the Iranian people.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cDear God, save the Iranian people from the mullahs\u2019 coronavirus.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cNational unity is the key element for confronting the regime and the coronavirus.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cThe spring of Iran\u2019s freedom will be realized by us and by our own hands.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cAli Khamenei and the IRGC are responsible for the spread of the coronavirus. Aim your anger at the regime instead.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>: Hail to doctors and nurses who risk their lives to treat the coronavirus patients.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cExpressing hatred for the regime, protests, and strikes must be expanded as much as possible.\u201d<br \/>\nMashhad\u2014 \u201cThis Persian New Year is the year of approaching toward freedom and victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;The new Persian year is the year of approaching toward freedom&#8221;: MEK Units in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units in Iran continue their activities against the Iranian regime and the coronavirus.<!--more--> They continue the expose of the regime&#8217;s corruption in Iran during the coronavirus crisis in Iran which has resulted in the death of 10,900 coronavirus victims. They also herald the ultimate victory and the freedom in Iran in a close future.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>***<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>MEK Resistance Units install banners of Maryam Rajavi and Massoud Rajavi in Isfahan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members install banners of Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi in Isfahan, one of the biggest cities in Iran. They wrote under the banners: \u201cThe Iranian people won\u2019t surrender to the regime that has spread coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 11,500 in 222 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Medical facilities, financial resources of IRGC and Khamenei\u2019s Office\u00a0<\/strong><strong>must be made available to the destitute.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crona-Virus-report\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Crona-Virus-report-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Increase of the casualties of the COVID-19 Outbreak\" width=\"401\" height=\"255\" \/><\/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<\/a>) 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.\u00a0<span id=\"more-214795\"><\/span>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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The extensive medical and financial resources of the IRGC and Khamenei\u2019s office must be placed at the disposal of the public. <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><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1242909156497133573?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\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-11500-in-222-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: There is a single solution for Coronavirus, for poverty, for oppression and tyranny. That solution is overthrowing the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship in its entirety<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is a single solution for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a>, for poverty, for oppression and tyranny. That solution is overthrowing the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship in its entirety <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\/sG5FGWTqN1\">pic.twitter.com\/sG5FGWTqN1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1242845365189165058?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>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\"><strong>Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran, Voice Support of Iranian Prisoners Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The-leter-of-the-Canadian-Friends-of-a-Democratic-Iran-to-Javaid-Rehman\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-leter-of-the-Canadian-Friends-of-a-Democratic-Iran-to-Javaid-Rehman.jpg\" alt=\"The letter of the Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran to Javaid Rehman\" width=\"401\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran in a letter to Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, expressed concern over the plight of Iranian political prisoners during COVID-19, because of the regime\u2019s inaction and cover-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/canadian-friends-of-a-democratic-iran-voice-support-of-iranian-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran news in brief, March 26, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 11,500 in 222 Cities<\/p>\n<p>Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 18 Years in Jail<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Devastating Floods Cause Havoc in 19 Provinces, Dozens Killed and Injured<\/p>\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>Thursday, March 26, 2020, marks the 133<sup>rd<\/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-25-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- March 25, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 26, 2020, 6:00 PM CET NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":214813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-214804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news-in-brief","8":"tag-coronavirus"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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