{"id":214954,"date":"2020-03-28T08:12:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T08:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=214954"},"modified":"2023-03-05T18:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T17:50:07","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-28-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-march-28-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – March 28, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 28, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 28, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MARCH 28, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources-13000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI) announced this afternoon, March 28, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a013,000<\/strong> in 231 cities across Iran.\u00a0The number of victims in Alborz 520, in Gilan is 1300, in Mazandaran is 1030, in Hamadan is 290, in Semnan is 90, in Khorasan Razavi is 1070, in South Khorasan is 33, and in Hormozgan is 20. This is in addition to the figures in other provinces.<\/p>\n

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

Australian NGO Urges UN to Pressure Iran Regime to Release All Prisoners Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Australian\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>upporters of\u00a0<\/span>D<\/span>emocracy in Iran, in a letter to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), while expressing solidarity with the coronavirus victims in Iran, which according to the\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>surpassed\u00a012,400<\/strong><\/a>, urged the UN to put pressure on the Iranian regime in order to release all prisoners, particularly political prisoners<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0as the disease continues to spread across Iran because of the regime\u2019s inaction and cover-up.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran coronavirus news: situation in Iran’s hospitals is critical<\/strong><\/h3>\n

News from Iran’s hospitals indicate that the situation is complicated and critical.
\nMedical staff risk their lives to send their message to the world.<\/p>\n

Shariati Hospital nurse \u2013 Coronavirus section:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian people ask for more sanctions on Iran by the West & the U.S. during Iran coronavirus crisis<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An Internet taxi driver:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 12,400 in 228 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

NCRI\u2019s Committee on Security and Counterterrorism has obtained documents from the regime\u2019s Emergency Organization, making it palpably clear that Rouhani\u2019s claim about learning of the Coronavirus cases in Qom on February 19 and that he had immediately informed the public is utterly false. According to these documents, a significant number of infected patients had been hospitalized not only in Qom but also in Tehran in late January.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This afternoon, Friday, March 27, 2020, the\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced that the Coronavirus death toll has surpassed\u00a012,400<\/strong>\u00a0victims in 228 cities across the country.<\/p>\n

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

Iran: Rebellion in Saqqez Prison, Prisoners Escape<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Iran – Saqqez Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, March 27, 2020, prisoners in the Saqqez Prison in Kurdistan rebelled in protest against the mullahs\u2019 refusal to release them amid the Coronavirus outbreak. A large number of prisoners managed to escape after clashes with the IRGC forces and prison guards.<\/p>\n

The IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported that the 80 prisoners had escaped. Subsequently, repressive forces were deployed across the city to recapture fugitive prisoners. The regime was forced to dispatch forces from nearby towns to Saqqez to control the situation.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi: The regime must be pressured through protests and international pressure to put the medical resources presently monopolized by the IRGC at the disposal of physicians, hospitals and the public<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The regime must be pressured through protests and international pressure to put the medical resources presently monopolized by the IRGC at the disposal of physicians, hospitals and the public #Iran<\/a> #COVID19<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/64oB3qzCI3<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n