{"id":216250,"date":"2020-04-15T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T07:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=216250"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:15:22","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – April 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April 15, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 29,000 Deaths, April 15, 2020, 6:00 PM
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Over 29,000 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 15, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, April 15, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a029,000<\/strong>\u00a0in 278 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The death in various provinces includes: 4,700 in Tehran, 2750 in Qom, 2120 in Isfahan, 1,190 in Khuzestan, 1030 in Golestan, 880 in East Azerbaijan, 775 in West Azerbaijan , 770 in Fars, 660 in Lorestan, 490 in Semnan, 470 in Markazi (Central), 170 in Bushehr, and 85 in Hormozgan. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEK Supporter, Former Political Prisoner, Exposes Poor Conditions at Iran Regime\u2019s Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in a webinar held by the\u00a0Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations<\/a>\u00a0(ACANU), the condition of Iran\u2019s prisons and especially the political prisoners were discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mr.\u00a0Shahin Gobadi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr.\u00a0<\/strong>Shahin Gobadi<\/a>, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, along with a former political\u00a0prisoner<\/a>\u00a0who recently left\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u00a0were the speakers of the webinar. The speakers elaborated on how Iranian authorities have covered up the real scope of the spread of\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0inside the prisons.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian Regime Sends People Back to Work Amidst the World\u2019s Worst Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By: Alejo Vidal-Quadras<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Iranian regime Sends People Back to Work Amidst the World\u2019s Worst Coronavirus Outbreak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Across Europe, North America, and Asia, a number of countries have begun to get their\u00a0coronavirus outbreaks<\/a>\u00a0under control. Conditions vary from place to place, but one thing that is common to almost every government response is a recognition of the fact that there is still a long fight to come. A slower growth rate for new infections doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s appropriate to let down one\u2019s guard or return to business as usual.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran coronavirus news: Death toll reports are false, a member of Tehran City Council Haghshenas says<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Mohammad Javad Haghshenas, Tehran City Council Member:
\n“The death toll that at least we know about in Tehran does not match up with the stats being reported [for the country]. I believe the municipality and the Tehran HQ should provide us separate reports about Tehran. At least, if the government is not thinking about the people of Tehran, if the [administration] is portraying everything as normal, at least the people themselves should know about their situation and take care of themselves.”<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran coronavirus news:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Workers protest Khamenei & Rouhani for their situation in COVID-19 crisis<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Iranian regime and explicitly Khamenei and Rouhani closed many carriers without providing workers any financial help. Now after two months, bus drivers cannot afford their life.
\nOn the other hand, vendors held a protest in front of the municipality of Tehran for being deprived of any support during the coronavirus outbreak in Iran.<\/p>\n

Popular Councils sanitize Tuyserkan city in absence of official efforts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mismanagement in Iran under mullahs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A man report about his loved one’s seat due to the coronavirus:
\n“Today is April 11 & this is the coronavirus section of Beheshte Zahra Cemetery. A few words of advice to my dear my dear compatriots. We took one of our loved to the doctors three times since February. . Then on April 2 when he\/she went into shock they placed him\/her in the ICU & said it is the coronavirus. Think about your loved ones.”<\/p>\n

Workers struggle to make money for their families<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The workers must struggle during the coronavirus outbreak for their families to make them some money. The regime has not provided workers with any support to ease their lives during the COVID-19 crisis in Iran.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d: MEK Resistance Units during Iran coronavirus outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n
While the Iranian regime’s failure during the coronavirus crisis has caused public outrage in Iran, the Iranian people. PMOI\/MEK network inside Iran highlights the solution for Iran which is the overthrow of mullahs’ rule in Iran.
\nThey took to graffiti in public places writing massages of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI President Maryam Rajavi:
\nBehbahan\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cThe mullahs do not want Iran, and Iran and all Iranians do not want the mullahs.\u201d
\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cMassoud Rajavi: The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.\u201d
\nKermanshah\u2014 \u201cDown with the principal of absolute rule of the Supreme leader\/
\nHail to Rajavi \/ Down with Khamenei\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cThe choice of the brave Iranian generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule.\u201d \/ \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d
\nKermanshah\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cRebellion, freedom, down with dictator.\u201d
\nMassoud Rajavi: \u201cRebellion, freedom, down with the principal of absolute rule of the Supreme leader.\u201d
\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cThe choice of the brave Iranian generation is the overthrow of Khamenei\u2019s rule.\u201d \/ \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d
\nMassoud Rajavi: \u201cYou have to rebel to take back your rights.\u201d
\nShiraz\u2014 \u201cDown with Ali Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi\u201d
\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cCoronavirus outbreak is the guilt of the Iranian regime & mullahs.\u201d
\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei.\u201d<\/div>\n

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UPDATE: 11:20 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The army of the poor must rebel and rise up”: MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members took to graffiti against the Iranian Regime and its incompetence during the coronavirus outbreak. They also wrote messages of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi in public places in Tehran and Isfahan.
\nThey wrote:
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cMassoud Rajavi: The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cMassoud Rajavi: We must rebel and fight more and more to take back Iran.\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cMassoud Rajavi: The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.\u201d
\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cCoronavirus outbreak is the guilt of the Iranian regime & mullahs.\u201d
\nDehloran\u2014 \u201cThe mullahs pocket our wealth, while we get the coronavirus\u201d
\nLahijan\u2014 \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d
\nGolestan\u2014 \u201cWe will fight against the Coronavirus and Khamenei\u2019s inhuman clerical regime.\u201d
\n\u201cKhamenei the sinister mullah, you are the real virus\u201d
\nKaraj\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei\u201d \/ \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 11:15 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 15, 2020- Khoram Abad, Western Iran: Social media video shows locals hurling rocks at security forces<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Reports indicate that state forces were trying to demolish their homes with bulldozers and loaders because they could not afford to pay their property tax.<\/p>\n

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Apr. 15 – Khoram Abad, W #Iran<\/a>
Social media video shows locals hurling rocks at security forces. Reports indicate that state forces were trying to demolish their homes with bulldozers and loaders because they could not afford to pay their property tax. #IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LmrmmZPAYi<\/a><\/p>\n

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n