{"id":215074,"date":"2020-03-30T07:56:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T06:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=215074"},"modified":"2023-03-30T00:41:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T23:41:58","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-30-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-march-30-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; March 30, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_215075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215075\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215075\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus2.jpg\" alt=\"March 30, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus2-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">March 30, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ahvaz, southwest Iran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong> Inmates have reportedly launched a riot in the city&#8217;s Sepidar Prison. Smoke is seen from the facility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ahvaz, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Inmates have reportedly launched a riot in the city&#39;s Sepidar Prison. Smoke is seen from the facility.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UZ8ZuzAxIW\">pic.twitter.com\/UZ8ZuzAxIW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1244694067000168449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 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: 6:45 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, March 30, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MARCH 30, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/h3>\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)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 30, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>14,200<\/strong> in 236 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-8.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus Crisis in Iran\" width=\"400\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of victims in Ardebil is 400, in Alborz 600, in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari 38, Khorasan Razavi 1120, North Khorasan 190, Zanjan 250, Gilan 1370 and in Yazd is 305. This is in addition to the figures in other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:45 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fox News, Eric Shawn: The Iran regime &#8216;coronavirus cover up&#8217;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The National Council of Resistance of Iran says Tehran is not telling the truth about COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They knew it long before they told the public and # of dead is now over <strong>13,600<\/strong> and counting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eric Shawn: The Iran regime &#39;coronavirus cover up&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/roXavfRuOo\">https:\/\/t.co\/roXavfRuOo<\/a> <br \/>The National Council of Resistance of Iran says Tehran is not telling the truth about COVID-19. They knew it long before they told the public and # of dead is now over 13,600 and counting.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1244500847595270144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6145588492001#sp=show-clips\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6145588492001#sp=show-clips<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Riot in Adel Abad Prison of Shiraz (Fars Province), South Central Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Reports indicate a riot by inmates of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-central Iran<\/strong><br \/>\n-Many inmates are infected with coronavirus<br \/>\n-No medical care provided by authorities<br \/>\n-Numerous inmates have fled the facility<br \/>\n-Local sources reporting gunfire, authorities blocking main roads and encircling the prison<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reports indicate a riot by inmates of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7zSLNGmSrb\">pic.twitter.com\/7zSLNGmSrb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1244354311435333632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 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: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;ll fight both the coronavirus and Khamenei the monster&#8221;: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Fighting the coronavirus and the mullahs in Iran is now a same fight in Iran. The Iranian people and Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members say.<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">They wrote:<br \/>\n<strong>Mashhad<\/strong>\u2014Installing of huge posters of Iranian Resistance leaders Maryam and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a> on the streets with the slogan \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>: aim your anger at the regime instead.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>: \u201cShout against the regime in every corner of the country.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Tehran<\/strong>\u2014Installing posters and handwritten slogans: \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>: We will fight the corona monster and the supreme leader\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Tehran<\/strong>\u2014installing handwritten posters \u2013 \u201cMaryam Rajavi: The mullahs don\u2019t care about Iran, and the Iranians do not want the mullahs\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Andimeshk<\/strong>\u2014Installing posters and handwritten slogans: \u201cDown with Khamenei. His downfall is near. You are the real virus. Hail to Massoud Rajavi\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe Persian New Year is the year of the downfall of criminal mullahs. Khamenei is the real virus. \u201cAli Khamenei is the reason for people\u2019s death\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ll answer fire with fire\u201d \u201chail to Massoud Rajavi\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Shiraz<\/strong>\u2014Handwritten slogans on the walls: \u201cMilitary Maneuvers are pretexts; they want to maintain their unstable regime\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Fassa (Fars Province)<\/strong>\u2014Handwritten slogans on the walls: \u201cWe\u2019ll answer fire with fire\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Fassa (Fars Province)<\/strong>\u2014Handwritten slogans on the walls: \u201cDown with Khamenei\u201d<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:45 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>MEK Resistance Units and the Iranian people play the forbidden National Anthem of Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>MEK Resistance Units put flowers on martyrs\u2019 graves<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network inside Iran honors the memory of Iran&#8217;s martyrs fallen for freedom.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:15 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rebellion in prisons against regime&#8217;s criminal conduct in Coronavirus catastrophe, clashes, and prisoners&#8217; mass escapes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Rebellion in Hamedan, Mahabad and Greater Tehran prisons follow rebellions in Saqqez, Tabriz, Aligudarz, Khorramabad Prisons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Judiciary issues orders for crackdown \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-215065\" style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison.jpg\" alt=\"Rebellion in Iran prisons- Mahabad prison\" width=\"601\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison-696x381.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rebellion-in-Iran-prisons-Mahabad-prison-767x420.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rebellion in Iran prisons- Mahabad prisonOn Saturday night, March 28, 2020, prisoners in the Mahabad Central Prison rebelled and fled in protest against the mullahs&#8217; mismanagement in dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak. The suppressive forces fired on prisoners, killing or wounding some prisoners, as parts of the prison were set on fire. The sound of gunshots and sirens was heard until well after the dark. Ali Akbar Grossi, Regime&#8217;s notorious prosecutor in West Azerbaijan, trying to prevent the spread of rebellion to other prisons in the province, claimed, &#8220;Thanks to the vigilance of prison guards, and inmates not joining the fugitives, calm restored very quickly.&#8221; &#8220;Prisoners benefit from all the facilities they need,&#8221; he insisted.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/rebellion-in-prisons-against-regimes-criminal-conduct-in-coronavirus-catastrophe-clashes-and-prisoners-mass-escapes\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: I call on the UN Secretary General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women to compel the clerical regime to release the female prisoners who are on hunger strike in the Central Prison of Urmia<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The women imprisoned in the Central Prison of Urmia are seriously threatened by covid-19 infection and likely to die en masse.<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><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1244375734061281283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:45 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Defiant youth target security forces in Tehran, Khomeini&#8217;s so-called Relief Committee, a center of plunder in Qom<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215069\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-215069\" title=\"SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020.jpg\" alt=\"SSF center,Tehran - Khomeini's Relief Committee, Qom- March 2020\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020-696x377.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SSF-centerTehran-Khomeinis-Relief-Committee-Qom-March-2020-775x420.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSF center, Tehran &#8211; Khomeini&#8217;s Relief Committee, Qom- March 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Defiant youth in Tehran targeted a center of the suppressive forces in Tehran&#8217;s Sohrevardi Street on Saturday evening, March 28, 2020. This is while the regime&#8217;s security forces are on full alert to prevent the outbreak of any protest under the pretext of combating Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The same day, defiant youth also set fire to one of the main centers of plunder of people&#8217;s wealth, Khomeini&#8217;s so-called Relief Committee in the city of Qom.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/defiant-youth-target-security-forces-in-tehran-khomeinis-so-called-relief-committee-a-center-of-plunder-in-qom\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\"><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 13,600 in 232 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Hassan Rouhani hastily retreats from his previous claims,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201cThe virus may last for a couple of years and security is our priority\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215061\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-215061\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-death-toll\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-death-toll.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus outbreak, March 2020\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-death-toll.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-death-toll-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-death-toll-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-death-toll-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-coronavirus-death-toll-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Coronavirus outbreak, March 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 29, 2020, that the death toll for Coronavirus has risen to\u00a0<strong>13,600<\/strong>\u00a0in 232 cities across Iran.<span id=\"more-215060\"><\/span>\u00a0The number of victims in Ardabil has increased to 235, Tehran 1800, Qom 1480, Khuzestan 610, Lorestan 360, Zanjan 220, and in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad 90.<\/p>\n<h2>***<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: The clerical regime must free all prisoners and stop arrests, torture and executions in Iran. It must particularly refrain from preventing national solidarity efforts and the aid provided by rebellious youth to our compatriots<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The clerical regime must free all prisoners and stop arrests, torture and executions in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>. It must particularly refrain from preventing national solidarity efforts and the aid provided by rebellious youth to our compatriots <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IXvco3VzjR\">pic.twitter.com\/IXvco3VzjR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1244278559264432129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 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><strong>Iranian people sanitize their cities in the absence of the government&#8217;s efforts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, March 30, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 13,600 in 232 Cities<\/p>\n<p>Iran: Rebellion in Prisons Against Regime\u2019s Criminal Conduct in Coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>Iran: Defiant Youth Target Security Forces in Tehran<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Monday, March 30, 2020, marks the 137<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<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-march-29-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- March 29, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET Ahvaz, southwest Iran Inmates have reportedly launched a riot in the city&rsquo;s Sepidar Prison. 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