{"id":215693,"date":"2020-04-08T06:49:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T05:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=215693"},"modified":"2023-04-14T21:43:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:43:53","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-8-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-8-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; April 8, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_215694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215694\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215694\" title=\"Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2.jpg\" alt=\"April, 8, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2-696x412.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-Iran-2-710x420.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April, 8, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 22,000 Deaths, April 8, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 8, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-over-22000-deaths-April-8-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-update-over-22000-deaths-April-8-2020-300x200.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"268\" \/><\/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<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI) announced this afternoon, April 8, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>22,000<\/strong>\u00a0in 246 cities across Iran.<span id=\"more-215725\"><\/span><br \/>\nThe death count in different provinces includes:800 in Alborz, 1720 in Isfahan, 2900 in Tehran, 240 in North Khorasan, 940 in Khuzestan, 390 in Zanjan, 420 in Fars, 350 in Gazvin, 2200 in Qom, 880 in Golestan, 2000 in Gilan, 1720 in Mazandaran, and 370 in Yazd. This is in addition to the death toll in other provinces.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">LIVE<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> STREAM Briefing: Iran COVID-19 Crisis<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LIVE<\/a> STREAM Briefing: Iran COVID-19 Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lFBP6zshsU\">https:\/\/t.co\/lFBP6zshsU<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1247917197789483011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 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: 5:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_451 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_451\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iranian Dictatorship Unwittingly Admits Hoarding Money, But Demands More During Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>By: Alejo Vidal-Quadras<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Dr-Alejo-Vidal-Quadras\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dr-Alejo-Vidal-Quadras.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Alejo Vidal Quadras\" width=\"601\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a surprising number of European voices were calling for the US to grant sanctions relief to the Iranian regime amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Iranian officials repeatedly indicated that they don\u2019t really need this relief in order to address the crisis. At times, they have explicitly declared that they are handling the situation well on their own.<\/p>\n<div><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/iranian-dictatorship-unwittingly-admits-hoarding-money-but-demands-more-during-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Documents prove the Iranian Regime lies on coronavirus outbreak in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Criminal cover-up to enable the regime to hold the February 11 Revolution anniversary and the February 21 sham parliamentary election played a critical role in the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Iran and to the Middle East region and the catastrophic number of the victims.<\/div>\n<div>See more in the below video:<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:15 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surges to 20,400 in 245 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Regime parliament blocks emergency motion for a month-long nationwide lockdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a> announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 245 cities in Iran is at least <strong>20,400<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215704\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-215704\" title=\"Coronavirus-Iran-20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus in Iran\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Iran-20-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Coronavirus death toll surges to 20,400 in 245 cities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of victims who have lost their lives in Qom is 2,050, Khorasan Razavi 1,800, Kermanshah 630, Hamedan 560, Lorestan 510, West Azerbaijan 430, Ardabil 445, Semnan 350, Kerman 345, Kurdistan 340, Central Province 300, East Azerbaijan 335, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 122, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 82, Bushehr 40.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-surges-to-20400-in-245-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: The Coronavirus death toll is rising by the hour in cities across Iran as the clerical regime has abandoned millions of Iranians defenseless in the face of the deadly virus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> death toll is rising by the hour in cities across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> as the clerical regime has abandoned millions of Iranians defenseless in the face of the deadly virus. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Canalhy3AR\">pic.twitter.com\/Canalhy3AR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1247539137034326023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 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: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who&#8217;s to blame for the coronavirus outbreak? Sanctions or the Iranian regime?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran\u2019s people are left helpless against the coronavirus.<br \/>\nThe regime claims sanctions are to blame.<br \/>\nBut sanctions have never targeted food and medicine.<br \/>\nIn 2019, the regime bought $6.5 million in medicine via INSTEX.<br \/>\nThe regime refuses U.S. aid<br \/>\nIt has expelled Doctors Without Borders.<br \/>\nThe regime recently allocated \u20ac200 million to the IRGC Quds Force.<br \/>\nBut it allocated just $35 million to confront COVID-19.<br \/>\nKhomeini\u2019s tomb is worth over $2 bn. The regime still spends millions of dollars on it every year, equal to 100,000 ventilator system.<br \/>\nThe regime has spent at least $20 billion in Syria, equal to building 200 fully equipped hospitals with 1,000 beds.<br \/>\nAre sanctions to blame for Iran\u2019s coronavirus crisis?<br \/>\nYou be the judge.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>***<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Virtual Press Briefing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Iran COVID-19 Crisis: Sanctions and Tehran\u2019s Response to the Pandemic<\/strong><br \/>\nHow Iran\u2019s Duplicitous Diplomacy, Callous Policies Cost Lives<br \/>\nWed, April 8, 11:00 AM EDT, (5 PM CEST)<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215696 alignnone\" title=\"VIRTUAL-PRESS-BRIEFING\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VIRTUAL-PRESS-BRIEFING.jpg\" alt=\"VIRTUAL-PRESS-BRIEFING\" width=\"570\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VIRTUAL-PRESS-BRIEFING.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VIRTUAL-PRESS-BRIEFING-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VIRTUAL-PRESS-BRIEFING-283x420.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrius.org\/press-briefing-on-iran-corona-crisis-how-irans-duplicitous-diplomacy-callous-policies-cost-lives.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Details\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong> Iran news in brief, April 8, 2020 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surges to 20,400 in 245 Cities<br \/>\nIran: Elderly Political Prisoner Remains Incarcerated Amid Coronavirus Threat<br \/>\nCovid-19 Infection Rate Is Rising Among Iranian Medical Staff<\/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>Wednesday, April 8, 2020, marks the 146<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\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi\u00a0<\/a>the 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<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-7-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News in Brief- April 7, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 22,000 Deaths, April 8, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":215694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-215693","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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