{"id":216629,"date":"2020-04-17T07:11:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T06:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=216629"},"modified":"2023-03-29T17:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:06:32","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-17-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – April 17, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April, 17, 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 30,700 Deaths, April 17, 2020, 6:00 PM
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NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 17, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, April 17, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a030,700<\/strong>\u00a0in 294 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n

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Over 30,700 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The death toll in various provinces include: <\/span>2,470 in Razavi Khorasan, 2,460 in Gilan, 1,260 in Khuzestan, 1,195 in Alborz, 1,070 in Eastern Azerbaijan, 825 in Hamedan, 800 in Western Azerbaijan, 485 in Yazd, and 355 in Sistan and Baluchestan.This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Q&A with Shahin Ghobadi from the NCRI foreign affairs committee on the dangers facing prisoners especially political prisoners during Coronavirus crisis in Iran -15 April 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Protest in each place, Iran is blazing in coronavirus”: PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iranian opposition group PMOI\/MEK network members in Iran took to graffiti against the Iranian regime’s crimes within the coronavirus outbreak.
\nThey install posters of Massoud Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance leader, and Maryam Rajavi, President of the NCRI.<\/p>\n

Mashhad\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cIran\u2019s generation will not give in to the coronavirus caused by the mullahs\u201d
\nIsfahan\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cIran\u2019s generation will not give in to the coronavirus caused by the mullahs\u201d
\nMaryam Rajavi: \u201cThe mullahs do not want Iran, and Iran and all Iranians do not want the mullahs.\u201d
\nTehran\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cPopular Councils should control services and medical facilities in each neighborhood\u201d
\n\u201cProtest in each place, Iran is blazing!\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule must be overthrown\u201d
\nTehran\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cYou have to rebel to take back your rights.\u201d
\nQazvin\u2014 \u201cMassoud\u202fRajavi: The\u202farmy of\u202fthe\u202fpoor\u202fmust\u202frebel and rise up. \/ You have to rebel to take back your rights.\u201d
\nKermanshah\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cRebellion, unity and sympathy for the overthrow of the Supreme leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Khamenei and Rouhani\u2019s greed is taking its toll on the Iranian population<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Khamenei-and-Rouhani\u2019s-greed-is-taking-its-toll-on-the-Iranian-population\"<\/p>\n

Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani, who is responsible for the cancelation of quarantines and sending people back to work while the spread of COVID-19 has not been contained, seeks to follow two contradictory lines in justifying this criminal and horrific decisions.<\/p>\n

First, he claims to have controlled the COVID-19 disease and was more\u00a0successful than the European countries and the U.S.<\/a>, which are still in lockout. He also says that by relying on the country’s powerful healthcare system, it can both ensure people’s health and drive the wheel of the economy and production.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Coronavirus outbreak in Qarchak women’s prison<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Amid the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, the situation in the women’s prison in Qarchak, Varamin is catastrophic. “The situation is not very good,” said a prisoner who has been released from prison for two weeks. Female prisoners, sick and non-sick women were all kept in their cells together, the price of toilet liquid was sold up to 75 or sometimes up to 100,000 tomans, disinfectants such as masks and gloves were not available to prisoners and … Some inmates with fever symptoms have been referred to prison staff, but prison guards have told them to go to bed and use their headscarves as masks.” The State-run news site Khabar Online wrote in its April 17 issue.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Varamin, Qarchak Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“About 2,000 female prisoners are being held in Qarchak,” said a lawyer representing several women prisoners at Qarchak Prison. There are not many masks and gloves in prisons, and even the lives of prison guards, personnel and soldiers are in danger. “Soldiers don’t even have gloves and masks.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 294 Cities Exceed 30,000<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cover-up in fear of a popular uprising.<\/strong>
\nCivil Registration website shutdown and medical universities banned from giving statistics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI \/ MEK) announced on Thursday, April 16, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll had surpassed the figure of\u00a030,000<\/strong> in 294 cities.<\/p>\n

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Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, said, the\u00a0massacre of the brave MEK<\/a>\u00a0and rebellious youth by the religious theocracy has now been extended to the mass murder of this nation\u2019s children amid the Coronavirus tragedy.<\/p>\n

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The clerical regime\u2019s massacre of young political prisoners in 1988 has now extended to the massacre of innocent children and the general public during the pandemic. The only solution for #Iran<\/a> is regime change by removing the filthy mullahs. #COVID19<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n