{"id":216128,"date":"2020-04-13T08:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T07:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=216128"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:10:08","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; April 13, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216129\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216129\" title=\"corona-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-2.jpg\" alt=\"April 13, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"643\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-2.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-2-356x220.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 13, 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: 7:15 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_beb tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_beb\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 27,000 Deaths, April 13, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\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 13, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than <strong>27,000<\/strong> in 267 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216166\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216166\" title=\"Over-27000-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-27000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Over 27,000 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Over-27000-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-27000-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-27000-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-27000-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-27000-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-27000-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-27000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 27,000 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: 4,300 in Tehran, 1,120 in Khuzestan, 790 in East Azerbaijan, 720 in Hamedan, 577 in Ardabil, 570 in Fars, 300 in North Khorasan, 210 in Ilam, 300 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 2,220 in Gilan, 1860 in Mazandaran, and 390 in Markazi (Central). This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n<div><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Iran sacks health officials for exposing regime\u2019s COVID-19 cover-up<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">\n<p>The Iranian regime dismissed two health officials for making comments that exposed the regime\u2019s cover-up of the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> sacks health officials for exposing regime\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> cover-up <br \/>Read More:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7axym8cZuM\">https:\/\/t.co\/7axym8cZuM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1249409123877187584?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>State-run news agencies said that the regime dismissed the head of the Medical Sciences University in Ardebil, northwestern Iran and the head of the Medical Sciences University in Qom, the epicenter of the country\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/irans-rouhani-announces-end-of-covid-19-travel-ban-despite-26k-deaths\/\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 epidemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-sacks-health-officials-for-exposing-regimes-covid-19-cover-up\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>April 12 &#8211; Tehran, Iran: More reports of people collapsing due to coronavirus as regime officials order millions of people back to work despite ongoing pandemic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 12 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>More reports of people collapsing due to coronavirus as regime officials order millions of people back to work despite ongoing pandemic.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qanCCDTWZD\">pic.twitter.com\/qanCCDTWZD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1249672777121980416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Pandemic rise in domestic violence worsens plight of women in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stay-at-home lockdowns in response to the coronavirus crisis have led to a dramatic rise in domestic violence against women around the world so much that the UN calls it, \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/news\/stories\/2020\/4\/statement-ed-phumzile-violence-against-women-during-pandemic\" rel=\"noopener\">the shadow pandemic<\/a>.\u201d In Iran, however, lack of virtually any form of government support for low-income and impoverished families as well as the absence of any authority to attend to the victims of domestic violence have accentuated the impact of the shadow pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>:  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Childabuse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Childabuse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/domesticviolence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#domesticviolence<\/a> against women had been on a steep rise since the outbreak of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> pandemic in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HHwApHFFSB\">https:\/\/t.co\/HHwApHFFSB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1249590505953882112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/04\/12\/pandemic-rise-in-domestic-violence-worsens-plight-of-women-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\"><strong>Floods in northeast Iran devastates the lives of many villagers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Floodwaters have engulfed many parts of Iran during the past few days. Reports indicate 29 cities of 16 provinces are reporting floods and rising water levels. This includes Isfahan the provinces of Isfahan, Tehran, Alborz, South and North Khorasan, Semnan, Qom, Qazvin, Kerman, Kermanshah,\u00a0Golestan,\u00a0Gilan, Lorestan, and Yazd.\u00a0Recent rains are causing\u00a0water\u00a0levels to rise at a flood dam located west of the city of\u00a0Sabzevar,\u00a0Razavi\u00a0Khorasan Province in northeast Iran. Floodwaters are now entering parts of the city, locals say.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">April 12 &#8211; Salami, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Recent floods are devastating the lives of locals and regime authorities are not providing adequate aid.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qJ61SRyrR3\">https:\/\/t.co\/qJ61SRyrR3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJNNAXCHfF\">pic.twitter.com\/EJNNAXCHfF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1249631733072285696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-floods-sabzevar-razavi-khorasan-20200412\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tehran, Iran: Bus drivers and bus owners gathered amid the COVID-19 epidemic to demand their rights in Tehran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Protester: &#8211; Haven&#8217;t received wages for 2months and have no source of income &#8211; Gov. tell us to stay home W\/out providing livelihood &#8211; We want our rights!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Bus drivers and bus owners gathered amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> epidemic to demand their rights in Tehran. <br \/>Protester: <br \/>&#8211; Haven&#39;t received wages for 2months and have no source of income<br \/>&#8211; Gov. tell us to stay home W\/out providing livelihood<br \/>&#8211; We want our rights! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2w6mRB6zX\">pic.twitter.com\/B2w6mRB6zX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1249629726571819008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Member of Tehran&#8217;s City Council says Iran&#8217;s regime is covering up Tehran&#8217;s COVID-19 death toll<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The fatality figures that we&#8217;re aware of in Tehran don&#8217;t agree AT ALL with the officially announced figures&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Member of Tehran&#39;s City Council says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s regime is covering up Tehran&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> death toll. <br \/>&quot;The fatality figures that we&#39;re aware of in Tehran don&#39;t agree AT ALL with the officially announced figures&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qhhz20aL8v\">pic.twitter.com\/Qhhz20aL8v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1249624086839308288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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 CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>&#8220;Khamenei is the real coronavirus&#8221;: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>PMOI\/MEK network inside Iran herald the victory of the Iranian people against the dictatorship in Iran boosting morale during the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran.<br \/>\nThey install posters of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President Maryam Rajavi reading:<\/p>\n<p>Karaj\u2014Huge banner of Maryam Rajavi: \u201cThere is one solution for the Coronavirus, for poverty, for oppression and for tyranny. That solution is overthrowing the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship in its entirety.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014Banner of Massoud Rajavi: \u201cWe must take our rights back from the inhuman mullahs\u2019.\u201d<br \/>\nShiraz\u2014Banner of Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe lost lives are like ticking timebombs for the mullahs\u2019 overthrow.\u201d<br \/>\nKaraj\u2014Banner of Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe spring of Iran\u2019s freedom will be realized after this cold winter through more and more struggle against the mullahs\u2019 violence and crimes.\u201d<br \/>\nMahshahr\u2014 Image of Khamenei: \u201cKhamenei must be overthrown\u201d and \u201cCoronavirus outbreak is the guilt of the Iranian regime &amp; mullahs.\u201d<br \/>\nShiraz\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe lost lives are like ticking timebombs for the mullahs\u2019 overthrow\u201d and \u201cThe choice of the brave Iranian generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule.\u201d<br \/>\nKerman\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cWe must rebel and fight more and more to take back Iran.\u201d<br \/>\nShiraz\u2014 \u201cKhamenei is the real coronavirus. Khamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi.\u201d<\/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 CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>The regime incompetence exposes people to coronavirus threat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While the Iranian regime continues funding terrorism in the region, most of the Iranian people have nothing to eat and must leave their homes to make $6 a day for their families. This is what Ali Khamenei and Hassan Rouhani have imposed to the people: Risking to contract coronavirus just for $6!!!<br \/>\nThis is just one reason the Iranian people want the overthrow of mullahs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:40 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>How Khamenei-linked foundation funds Iran&#8217;s terror group Fatemiyoun in Syria<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In March 2020, the Iranian regime&#8217;s state-run TV channel, Ofogh, aired a program named &#8220;Javanmard,&#8221; in which the head of the Mostazafan Foundation (one of the richest foundations in Iran under Ali Khamenei) narrated his memories from Qassem Soleimani. Parviz Fattah said that Qassem Soleimani had asked him to pay the paycheck of regime&#8217;s proxies in Syria, the Fatemiyoun terror group. Parviz Fattah faced much criticism later from regime&#8217;s factions for revealing the regime&#8217;s secret issues.<br \/>\nThis fact proves how the entire regime is working to fund terrorism.<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_579 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_579\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran \u2013 Coronavirus: Over 26,200 Fatalities in 266 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>The<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI \/ MEK) announced on Sunday, April 12, 2020, that the coronavirus death toll has exceeded <strong>26,200<\/strong> in 266 cities in Iran.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran &#8211; Coronavirus: Over 26,200 fatalities in 266 cities <br \/>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK) announced on Sunday, April 12, 2020, that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> death toll has exceeded 26,200 in 266 cities in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V7EpmQ5tan\">https:\/\/t.co\/V7EpmQ5tan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1249455246730047489?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<div><span id=\"more-216121\"><\/span>The number of victims in Tehran province is 4,050, Qom 2,630, Khorasan Razavi 2,320, Khuzestan 1,070, Alborz 990, Golestan 920, West Azerbaijan 730, Hamedan 675, Ardabil 530, Fars 530, Zanjan 420, Kurdistan 420, Yazd 395, Bushehr 140, and South Khorasan 65. According to the latest reports, the death toll in Shiraz has risen sharply and is increasing rapidly in Tehran province.<\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-over-26200-fatalities-in-266-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_788 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_788\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Huge Financial Institutions Under the Control of Iran Regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Are No Help to People Amid Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Astan-Quds-Razavis-museum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Astan-Quds-Razavis-museum-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Astan Quds Razavi's museum\" width=\"399\" height=\"262\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astan Quds Razavi\u2019s museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The coronavirus entered Iran from China at the end of January 2020 and spread across Iran due to the Iranian regime\u2019s inaction, lying, and cover-up. It has so far claimed the lives of over\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-update-over-26200-deaths-april-12-2020-600-pm-cest\/\" rel=\"noopener\">26200<\/a>\u00a0people.\u00a0<span id=\"more-216113\"><\/span>The mullahs\u2019 regime, particularly the huge financials foundations affiliated with the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, despite having financial resources, have been no help to people and aimed to use the epidemic as an opportunity, and as a lever of pressure to lift international sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/huge-financial-institutions-under-the-control-of-iran-regimes-supreme-leader-are-no-help-to-people-amid-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_299 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_299\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Iran: Confidential Instructions by the Central Monitoring and Command of the State Security to Suppress Any Protests, Rebellions in Prisons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Take necessary preemptive measures, correct the information, use the capabilities of provincial security councils<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and prison guards<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Take preventive measures to prevent any riot or security issues in prisons.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Document-The-Central-Command-and-Monitoring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Document-The-Central-Command-and-Monitoring.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s Security Forces (SSF).<br \/>\nClassification: Confidential<br \/>\nDate: April 4, 2020<br \/>\nFrom: The Central Command and Monitoring<br \/>\nTo: Specialized unit of the police stations<br \/>\nSubject: Instructions for vigilance on the possibility of rebellion and riots in the country\u2019s prisons.<\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/iran-confidential-instructions-by-the-central-monitoring-and-command-of-the-state-security-to-suppress-any-protests-rebellions-in-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong> Iran: Coronavirus outbreak and the regime&#8217;s rule.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Despite the Coronavirus pandemic, the inhuman clerical regime is refusing to release prisoners, especially political prisoners.<br \/>\nMany prisoners in various prisons in the country have contracted Coronavirus and some have died.<br \/>\nThe NCRI President Maryam Rajavi warned of crimes against humanity being perpetrated in the regime&#8217;s prisons.<br \/>\nMaryam Rajavi urged the UNSG, the UNSC, the UNHRC, and the OHCHR as well as the EU to take immediate action to save the lives of the prisoners.<br \/>\nShe called for the release of all prisoners, especially political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong> Iran news in brief, April 13, 2020 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran \u2013 Coronavirus: Over 26,200 Fatalities in 266 Cities<br \/>\nIran Executes Kurdish Political Prisoner Following Prison Riot<br \/>\nIran: Female Psychologist Jailed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/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, April 13, 2020, marks the 151<sup>st<\/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 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