{"id":215414,"date":"2020-04-04T07:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T06:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=215414"},"modified":"2023-03-05T19:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T18:01:20","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; April 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_215415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215415\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus1-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus outbreak, April 2020\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus1-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus1-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus1-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Coronavirus outbreak, April 2020<\/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<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_5e8 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_5e8\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, April 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Corona_Iran_Hospital-4\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona_Iran_Hospital-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities, April 4, 2020\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" \/>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, April 4, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>17,500<\/strong>\u00a0in 240 cities across Iran.<\/div>\n<div><span id=\"more-215509\"><\/span>The death count in different provinces includes:240 in East Azerbaijan, 145 in Ilam, 2170 in Tehran, 225 in North Khorasan, 840 in Khuzestan, 340 in Zanjan, 120 in Semnan, 190 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 325 in Fars, 320 in Kurdistan, 1500 in Mazandaran, 280 in Central province, 440 in Hamadan, and 350 in Yazd. This is in addition to the death toll in other provinces.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:15 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran&#8217;s coronavirus news &#8211; Videos: <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>A little boy works in the hospital!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Little boy work in the most dangerous place during the coronavirus outbreak due to the Iranian regime&#8217;s incompetency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Eyewitness: The Iranian regime bring tourists to Iran&#8217;s coronavirus epicenter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>An eyewitness reports. The Iranian regime claims it is fighting the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. Ironically, it brings tourists from foreign countries to Iran&#8217;s coronavirus epicenter Qom! The eyewitness: &#8220;Busses of tourists have arrived from God knows where to visit the Hazrat Masoumeh Shrine. They have masks and are all foreigners. It&#8217;s interesting that [local and government officials] are denying these reports, saying we have no tourists at all. You see Pakistani and Indian tourists are boarding the busses. They are coronavirus hosts while [officials and the government] are telling us that all places should be closed, and everyone should stay home. They close people\u2019s shops. So, who are these people? We don\u2019t know where they have come from. This is how they want to defeat coronavirus!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Tehran sends medical aid to the U.S. &amp; says U.S. sanctions hinder Iran&#8217;s ability to fight coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While mullahs&#8217; propaganda try to induce the World that U.S. sanctions against Iran hinder the Iranian regime&#8217;s ability to fight the coronavirus in Iran, it sends medical aids for the &#8220;poor people of America&#8221;: &#8220;This package of medical supplies is being sent by the Iranian people for the poor American people to confront coronavirus in that country. Jihadi college students are donating this package to the Interest Section of the United States at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> seeks to deceive the international community through claims of U.S. sanctions hindering its ability to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> crisis in Iran, Tehran boasts about sending medical aid for the &quot;poor people of America.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lrm0SZSakO\">pic.twitter.com\/Lrm0SZSakO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1246381699170045952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 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: 10:15 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran coronavirus outbreak: People have to risk their lives due to the Iranian regime&#8217;s incompetence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">While the Iranian regime&#8217;s authorities spend Iran&#8217;s wealth in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc.<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">For waging war and terrorism, the Iranian people have nothing to eat during the coronavirus outbreak and have to go out for earning money instead of staying safe at home.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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;The Iranian regime will be overthrown together with the coronavirus&#8221;: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units appreciate Iranian doctors&#8217; efforts during the Iran coronavirus outbreak. They also motivate the Iranian people by heralding the last year of mullahs&#8217; rule.<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/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>Dr. Yousefpour from Saqqez, W Iran, reveals the government&#8217;s secrecy over the coronavirus outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On April 3, a video circulated on the social media uploaded by Dr. Yousefpour from Saqqez, western Iran. &#8220;Hi to those reject our posts in cyberspace, saying, &#8216;It is untrue and fake.&#8217; One month ago, I warned about the COVID-19 and because of my warning. I was summoned eight times during the [Nowruz] vacation period. and I have to stand trial because I said the truth. If I&#8217;m not alive tomorrow it&#8217;s not because of infection with COVID-19, accident, etc. For your information I am quite healthy and have no problem,&#8221; he said. Notably, the Iranian government definitely claimed that it had no info about the emergence of the coronavirus in the country. However, the &#8220;high tower of democracy,&#8221; according to President Hassan Rouhani not only neglected about warnings of doctors and physicians but also summoned and tried to draw them to the trail.<\/p>\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><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 16,800 in 238 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, April 3, 2020, that the death toll for Coronavirus in 238 cities across Iran exceeds\u00a0<strong>16,800<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215405\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1\" class=\" wp-image-215405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1.jpg\" alt=\"Over 16,800 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-16800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 16,800 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of victims in Qom is 1,720, Isfahan 1585, Gilan 1,510, Khorasan Razavi 1300, Golestan 810, Khuzestan 720, Lorestan 473, Kermanshah 435, Hamadan 405, West Azerbaijan 375, Fars 285, Kurdistan 285, Qazvin 275, Central Province 265, East Azerbaijan 215, Kerman 200, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 60, and South Khorasan 40.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-exceed-16800-in-238-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Role of Iranian women in combating coronavirus outbreak despite cover-up<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Monthly Report, February-March 2020 has a glance on the Iranian regime\u2019s treacherous policy towards the people of Iran by covering up the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in the country for a month before starting to inform the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The regime also refused to quarantine and lockdown the epicenter of the virus, Qom. It also continued its flights back and forth to China and did not stop travel abroad by Iranian citizens despite the outbreak. In this way, the Iranian regime helped spread the virus throughout the country and even abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See more in the below video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Iran is infuriated; people of Iran want neither the Coronavirus nor the mullahs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran is infuriated; people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> want neither the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> nor the mullahs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GuFfjN8PR6\">pic.twitter.com\/GuFfjN8PR6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1246076740864114691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 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>&#8220;We will fight the coronavirus and the ruling theocracy in Iran&#8221;: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members expose the Iranian regime&#8217;s corrupt policies toward the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. They also install posters of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President Maryam Rajavi in the streets. They also play the forbidden National Anthem of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote:<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cRemembering thousands of innocent victims of the coronavirus spread by the Supreme Leader.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe new year is the year of uprising &amp; advancing toward victory &amp; freedom.\u201d<br \/>\nGolpayegan\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cHail to 1500 martyrs of the November 2019 uprising who paved the way for freedom.\u201d<br \/>\nKermanshah\u2014 \u201cRemembering the devoted doctors &amp; nurses &amp; victims of the coronavirus disaster.\u201d<br \/>\nKermanshah\u2014 \u201cRemembering thousands of innocent victims of the coronavirus spread by the Supreme Leader.\u201d<br \/>\nUrmia\u2014 \u201cThe new year is the year of uprising and advancing toward victory and freedom.\u201d<br \/>\nBehbahan\u2014 \u201cThis year\u2019s Nowruz heralds the supreme leader\u2019s defeat and the coming of the spring of freedom.\u201d<br \/>\nBehbahan\u2014 \u201cHail to 1500 martyrs of the November 2019 nationwide protests who paved the way for freedom.\u201d<br \/>\nBehbahan\u2014 \u201cThe spring of Iran\u2019s freedom will be realized by us and by our own hands.\u201d<br \/>\nGorgan\u2014 \u201cWe will resist and fight the virus and the ruling theocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran news in brief, April 4, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Surpasses 16,800 in 238 Cities<br \/>\nIran: New Documents Reveal Regime Was Aware of the Coronavirus Outbreak in January<br \/>\nUN \u2018Horrified\u2019 as Young Man Dies in Iran Under Torture<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 4, 2020, marks the 142<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" 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 href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi\u00a0<\/a>the President-elect of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" 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 href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-3-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- April 3, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/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, April 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CET NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":215415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-215414","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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