{"id":216010,"date":"2020-04-12T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T07:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=216010"},"modified":"2023-03-30T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T19:55:58","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-12-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-12-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; April 12, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216065\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216065\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Tehran, coronavirus outbreak -April 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7-696x492.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus7-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Tehran, 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: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_4b6 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_4b6\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 26,200 Deaths, April 12, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 1<\/strong><strong>2<\/strong><strong>, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):<\/strong><br \/>\nThe\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 12, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>26,200<\/strong>\u00a0in 266 cities across Iran.<span id=\"more-216089\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_67_5b1 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_67_5b1\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_216090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216090\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-216090\" title=\"Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Over 26,200 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-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1068x610.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-26200-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 26,200 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The death in various provinces include: 4,050 in Tehran, 2,630 in Qom, 2,320 in Razaiv Khorasan, 1,070 in Khuzestan, 990 in Alborz, 920 in Golestan, 730 in West Azerbaijan, 675 in Hamedan, 530 in Ardabil, 530 in Fars, 420 in Kurdistan, 420 in Zanjan, 395 in Yazd, 140 in Bushehr, and 65 in South Khorasan. The latest reports indicate a major spike in the number of people killed in the city of Shiraz, south-central Iran, and the pace of people dying in Tehran Province has increased.\u00a0This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"at-below-post addthis_tool\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-update-over-26200-deaths-april-12-2020-600-pm-cest\/\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Resistance\u2019s Leadership Calls on Iranians to Revolt and Join the National Solidarity, Underscores Mullahs\u2019 Role Coronavirus Spread<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Khamenei and the IRGC are the cause of the spread of Coronavirus<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Iranian people\u2019s choice: \u200cKhamenei and his regime must be overthrown<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216073\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-216073\" title=\"Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities.jpg\" alt=\"Resistance Units Activities in Iranian Cities\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Resistance-Units-Activities-in-Iranian-Cities-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resistance Units Activities in Iranian Cities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In recent days, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-oh-iran-ncris-official-anthem-played-in-tehran-other-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>, and supporters of 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>\u00a0in Tehran, Shiraz, and Karaj distributed the messages of Mr.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>, the Leader of the Iranian Resistance, and the calls by Mrs.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajvi<\/a>, the President-elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran, for national solidarity with the victims of the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/resistances-leadership-calls-on-iranians-to-revolt-and-join-the-national-solidarity-underscores-mullahs-role-coronavirus-spread\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alireza Jafarzadeh interview with One America News:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>COVID-19 anger could spark regime change in Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COVID-19 anger could spark regime change in Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PMck1E6944\">https:\/\/t.co\/PMck1E6944<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OANN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OANN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; One America News (@OANN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OANN\/status\/1248799075383660545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alireza Jafarzadeh: Joined Philippe Nassif of Amnesty International for interview on alhurra news about the condition of Iranian prisons, murder of political prisoners in Iran, and the revolt in over a dozen prisons in the midst of COVID-19<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ptnassif?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ptnassif<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amnesty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amnesty<\/a> for interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alhurranews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alhurranews<\/a> about the condition of Iranian prisons, murder of political prisoners in Iran, and the revolt in over a dozen prisons in the midst of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DLaH3oGqoM\">https:\/\/t.co\/DLaH3oGqoM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1249039635919110144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 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: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Coronavirus Crisis in Iran: Assessment of Response to COVID-19 and Pre-emptive Measures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Panel discussion by Iranian Physicians and Medical Staff from across Europe, North America and Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> Crisis in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: Assessment of Response to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID<\/a>-19 &amp; Pre-emptive Measures, Panel discussion by Iranian Physicians and Medical Staff from across Europe, North  America &amp; Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yI4N5qNdDC\">https:\/\/t.co\/yI4N5qNdDC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1249330227211370496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 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: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Once again, I call for the dispatch of an international fact-finding mission to Iran to visit prisons and inquire about the situation of prisoners particularly those who have disappeared, the wounded and the sick<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once again, I call for the dispatch of an international fact-finding mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> to visit prisons and inquire about the situation of prisoners particularly those who have disappeared, the wounded and the sick. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L97WwPhbDT\">pic.twitter.com\/L97WwPhbDT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1249273231141408768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 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: 2:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Malgr\u00e9 le coronavirus, ce gar\u00e7on iranien tente de gagner de l&#8217;argent dans la rue: \u00abNous mourons de faim \u00e0 la maison\u00bb<\/strong> <em>(Despite the coronavirus, this Iranian boy tries to earn money on the street: &#8220;We are starving at home&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-216068\" title=\"Limportant\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limportant.jpg\" alt=\"Limportant\" width=\"873\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limportant.jpg 873w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limportant-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limportant-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limportant-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limportant-739x420.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Malgr\u00e9 le coronavirus, ce gar\u00e7on iranien tente de gagner de l&#39;argent dans la rue: \u00abNous mourons de faim \u00e0 la maison\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cOO5NKKqZO\">https:\/\/t.co\/cOO5NKKqZO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IranNW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHKQSJsdhK\">pic.twitter.com\/aHKQSJsdhK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; L&#39;important (@Limportant_fr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Limportant_fr\/status\/1248616529517670402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 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: 10:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: For Khamenei and Rouhani, the lives and well-being of the people are worthless<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>They only want to protect their regime from the threat of uprising. The criminal decision to send people to work is a crime against humanity and will cause countless number of victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For Khamenei and Rouhani, the lives and well-being of the people are worthless. They only want to protect their regime from the threat of uprising. The criminal decision to send people to work is a crime against humanity and will cause countless number of victims <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> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BQ7ANf7jkq\">pic.twitter.com\/BQ7ANf7jkq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1248965380086943745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 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 CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran coronavirus news: A child laborer has to come out and sell goods as his family is starving<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re starving,&#8221; a child laborer says and he has to risk his life, coming out to the street to make some money for his family.<br \/>\nHere is the conversation:<br \/>\n-Hey big fella, what are you doing?<br \/>\n-I\u2019m working.<br \/>\n-Aren\u2019t you worried about coronavirus and that you might get sick?<br \/>\n-I am.<br \/>\n-Then why are you out?<br \/>\n-I\u2019m trying to sell some goods.<br \/>\n-Please go home and be careful not to get infected.<br \/>\n-We have nothing at home. We don\u2019t have rice or cooking oil. We\u2019re starving.<br \/>\n-You\u2019re hungry?<br \/>\n-We\u2019re starving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;The choice of the brave Iranian generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule&#8221;: PMOI\/MEK network<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units install banners of Massoud Rajavi, the leader of the Iranian Resistance, and Maryam Rajavi, the President of NCRI. While the Iranian people are fighting both coronavirus and the mullahs, they wrote:<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Banner of Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThose innocent lives lost will have consequences for the regime, we must rise up, fight against it and take back Iran.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Banner of Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThose innocent lives lost will have consequences for the regime.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cIran is blazing. The people of Iran want neither the coronavirus nor the mullahs.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cWe salute the nurses &amp; doctors who are pride for the Iranian nation.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cSupporters of the MEK: In dedication to medical cadres who give their own lives to save patients\u201d<br \/>\nMashhad\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cWe must rise up and fight to get back Iran. The choice of the brave Iranian generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule.\u201d<br \/>\nMashhad\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cWe must rise up and fight to get back Iran.\u201d<br \/>\nArak\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;The choice of Iran\u2019s brave generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule&#8221;: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">\n<p>PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units took to graffiti in Iran&#8217;s cities. They installed banners of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President Maryam Rajavi. They wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Tehran\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cThe mullahs sow the seeds of hopelessness and passivity. We must rebel against it.\u201d<br \/>\nMassoud Rajavi: \u201cThe choice of Iran\u2019s brave generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule.\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cWe will resist and fight the virus and the ruling theocracy.\u201d<br \/>\nSemnan\u2014 \u201cCoronavirus outbreak is the guilt of the Iranian regime &amp; mullahs.\u201d<br \/>\nBorujerd\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cRevolt, Freedom, Revolt, Freedom\u201d. \u201cDown with Khamenei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;The mullahs do not want Iran, and Iran and all Iranians do not want the mullahs&#8221;: PMOI\/MEK network<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members install banners of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President Maryam Rajavi. They took to graffiti and wrote:<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cThe mullahs do not want Iran, and Iran and all Iranians do not want the mullahs.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe looted money of the Iranian people must be confiscated in favor of the people.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_ebf tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_ebf\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 25,000 in 263 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>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 \/ MEK) announced today, April 11, 2020, that the death toll for the Coronavirus has exceeded\u00a0<strong>25,000<\/strong>\u00a0in 263 cities across Iran.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214323\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-214323\" title=\"Iran-Coronavirus-outbreak-March-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-Coronavirus-outbreak-March-2020.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-outbreak-March-2020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-Coronavirus-outbreak-March-2020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-Coronavirus-outbreak-March-2020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-Coronavirus-outbreak-March-2020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran-Coronavirus-outbreak-March-2020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran &#8211; Coronavirus outbreak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>The number of victims in Tehran is 3,200, Qom 2,480, Khorasan Razavi 2,270, Gilan 2,150, Isfahan 1,910, Khuzestan 1050, Alborz 970, Kermanshah 695, Hamedan 650, East Azerbaijan 610, Lorestan 590, Fars 515, Kurdistan 405, Kerman 380, Qazvin 375, Central Province 345, Sistan and Baluchestan 255, North Khorasan 250, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 204, and Hormozgan 55.<\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-25000-in-263-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:15 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_94f tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_94f\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Infection of Prisoners in Fashafouyeh and Evin Prisons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><strong>(Fifth series of documents)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A record of Crime Against Humanity by the supreme leader Khamenei and head of the judiciary Ebrahim Raisi.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Call on the international community to force the regime to release prisoners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215211\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-215211\" title=\"The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"The National Council of Resistance of Iran \u2013 Committee on Security and Counterterrorism\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Council of Resistance of Iran \u2013 Committee on Security and Counterterrorism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Upon the receipt of the news of infection in prisons in March 2020, Maryam Rajavi called for the immediate and unconditional release of the prisoners; otherwise, there will be a catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-infection-of-prisoners-in-fashafouyeh-and-evin-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_eca tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_eca\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iranian Communities in Nordic Countries Held a Unique Online Conference Over Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Participants: Mullahs are hiding the real scope of Coronavirus pandemic in Iran, not allocating resources to save people\u2019s lives, trying to exploit the crisis to get sanctions relief.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Communities in Nordic Countries Held a Unique Online Conference Over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> Outbreak <br \/>Mullahs are hiding the real scope of the pandemic, not allocating resources to save people\u2019s lives, trying to exploit the crisis to get sanctions relief <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLDCkQSdXJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLDCkQSdXJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1249053980531048449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a unique online conference, Iranians residing in Nordic countries, from 235 locations said that there was growing evidence that the ruling theocracy was engaged in a major campaign to cover up the actual scope of the coronavirus pandemic the number of fatalities in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iranian-communities-in-nordic-countries-held-a-unique-online-conference-over-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 27px;\">***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong> INSIDE SOURCE REPORTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The new page on NCRI\u2019s website.<br \/>\n<\/strong>The news items in this page are obtained through the Iranian regime\u2019s inner sources or different entities inside the regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INSIDE SOURCE REPORTS <br \/>The new page on NCRI\u2019s website <br \/>The news items in this page are obtained through the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s inner sources or different entities inside the regime <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IbYjdpFSTR\">https:\/\/t.co\/IbYjdpFSTR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAGuVAnvyQ\">pic.twitter.com\/DAGuVAnvyQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1249048976894107648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 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><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>Sunday, April 12, 2020, marks the 150<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-10-2020-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News in Brief- April 11, 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 26,200 Deaths, April 12, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":216065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-216010","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Latest News in Brief - April 12, 2020 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST Iran: Coronavirus 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