{"id":215182,"date":"2020-04-01T08:04:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T07:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=215182"},"modified":"2023-03-05T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T18:12:00","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-1-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-1-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 April 1, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, April 1, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h2>\n
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 1, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/div>\n
The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI) announced this afternoon, April 1, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a015,500<\/strong>\u00a0in 237 cities across Iran.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Over 15,500 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
The death count in different provinces include: 200 in East Azerbaijan, 620 in Alborz, 1560 in Isfahan, 50 in Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari, 1205 in Khorasan Razavi, 660 in Khuzestan, 260 in Fars, 260 in Gazvin, 1650 in Qom, 260 in Kurdistan, 180 in Kerman, 415 in Kermanshah, 750 in Golestan, 1460 in Gilan, 420 in Lorestan, 250 in Central province and 315 in Hamedan. This is in addition to the death toll in other provinces.<\/div>\n
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Maryam Rajavi: Long prison sentences for political activists, prime example of regime\u2019s brutality<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Call on OHCHR and UN Special Rapporteur to take immediate action to release these prisoners<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Maryam Rajavi: Long prison sentences for political activists, prime example of regime\u2019s brutality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The regime\u2019s criminal judiciary in Mashhad has brutally sentenced Mr. Hashem Khastar, the freedom-loving teacher and activist to 16 years in prison and two years of internal exile. Three other activists, Mr. Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, Mr. Mohammad Nourizad, and Ms. Fatemeh Sepehri, also received heavy prison sentences and ordered internally exiled. They had called for the resignation of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units continue their activities in Iran.\u00a0 They play the forbidden National Anthem of Iran in many cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n
They also took to graffiti against the Iranian regime during the coronavirus outbreak writing: Tehran\u2014University of Medical Sciences: \u201cIran is ablaze. The Iranian people do not want corona or mullahs.\u201d Isfahan\u2014 \u201cDemocracy and Freedom with Maryam Rajavi\u201d<\/div>\n
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Q&A With Ali Safavi from NCRI foreign affairs committee on the cause of the coronavirus spread in Iran- April 1, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Iran: Second Series of Documents about Iranian regime’s cover-up<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Iran: Contrary to the lies of regime Supreme Leader and president, National Emergency Organization documents show several Iranian employees worked at the Chinese embassy in Tehran had Coronavirus. \u00a0 And at least one had returned from China<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Regime\u2019s Interior Minister, February 1: \u201cWe have no case of Coronavirus in Iran right now.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\nKhamenei, March 2,\u201d Our officials have been transparent and honest since day one.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\nRouhani, March 18, \u201cWe learned about the first case of Coronavirus in Iran on February 19 and informed the public immediately. We did not delay for a day.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Rise to 14,700 in 237 Cities<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, March 31, 2020, the death toll for Coronavirus in 237 cities across Iran has risen to more than\u00a014,700<\/strong>. The number of victims in Isfahan is 1500, Ilam 135, Tehran 1900, Khorasan Razavi 1120, Khuzestan 635, Zanjan 280, Fars 240, Kurdistan 240, Kerman 180, Kermanshah 400, Golestan 705, Mazandaran 1060, Central Province 230, and Hamadan 300.<\/div>\n
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Video- Iran coronavirus news<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iran coronavirus outbreak Head of Ardabil Hospital depict how the Iranian re<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Iran\u2019s prison riots amid coronavirus outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Popular Councils distribute sanitizers in absence of governmental help<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Volunteers make mask and protective clothes for Hospitals of Isfahan<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Iran: Teacher Condemned to 16 Years in Prison for Asking Khamenei to Step Down<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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NCRI\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0President-elect\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0qualified such brutal verdicts, especially at a time when all prisoners have to be immediately released because of the coronavirus infection, clear examples of the atrocity of the religious supreme leader and his chief justice. She urged the UN High Commissionaire for Human Rights as well as the UN Special rapporteur for Iran to intervene to demand the release of these prisoners whose lives are in danger.<\/div>\n
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The Iranian Judiciary handed down a 16-year sentence and 2-year exile to freedom-loving teacher, Hashem Khastar. Other political activists received long prison terms for calling for Khamenei\u2019s resignation and expressing their political views. #Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n