{"id":217133,"date":"2020-04-24T09:03:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T08:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217133"},"modified":"2023-04-14T19:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:43:55","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – April 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April 24, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 6:45 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 34,700 Deaths, April 24, 2020, 6:00 PM
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NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL\u00a0<\/strong>2<\/strong>4, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI)\u00a0announced this afternoon, April 24, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a03<\/strong>4<\/strong>,<\/strong>7<\/strong>00<\/strong>\u00a0in 297 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 34,700 Deaths, April 24, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reports indicate the number of COVID-19 victims in Sistan and Baluchistan Province of southeast Iran has increased significantly. The true death toll is not known as of yet while at least 90 individuals lost their lives in the past 24 hours alone. The death toll in various provinces include: 5,870 in Tehran, 2,775 in Khorasan Razavi, 1,348 in East Azerbaijan, 1,130 in West Azerbaijan, 886 in Hamedan, 795 in Lorestan, 590 in Kurdistan, 575 Semnan, 475 in Zanjan, and 375 in North Khorasan. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n

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

Iranian healthcare workers fell victim to the coronavirus due to the regime’s incompetence<\/strong><\/h3>\n
While many governments attempt to reduce the magnitude of the coronavirus impacts, Iran’s regime was crippled to save medical staff. In this respect, death toll among doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers is an untold story in Iran.<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Regime Pays Terrorist Quds Force Mercenaries Five Times More Than Iranian Nurses<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A simple comparison: The $200 monthly salary paid to an Iranian nurse is a fifth of the $1,000 average salary of IRGC mercenaries in Syria.<\/p>\n

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Iranian nurses even in the face of the outbreak of coronavirus despite high sacrifice, have received five times less than the mercenaries of the IRGC in Syria for a monthly salary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The mullahs\u2019 regime claims that it is unable to provide medicine and medical facilities to the Iranian people due to cash shortage caused by international sanctions. But information from within the regime shows that over the past three months, as\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0has spread across Iran and killed many people, the regime continues to send cash to pay its foreign mercenaries in Syria and Lebanon in order to continue its terrorism and war in the region<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exclusive report: Hospital nurses silenced about coronavirus infections<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hazmat suits are taken away from nurses, and they must treat COVID-19 patients with regular uniforms<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Irans-Angels\"<\/p>\n

A shocking report from inside Iran revealed that hospital nurses are not allowed to talk about patients with coronavirus and have been instructed to register the disease as \u201cacute respiratory distress syndrome\u201d instead of\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to an eyewitness from Milad Hospital in Tehran, the prevalence of coronavirus is much higher than before, but hospital nurses are not allowed to mention that the patient has coronavirus. Two nurses at Milad Hospital were discharged from the hospital after telling some patients and their accompanies that they had the disease.<\/p>\n

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

MEK resistance units rebel against Tehran\u2019s efforts to spread despair across Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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MEK resistance units rebel against Tehran\u2019s efforts to spread despair across Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ruling mullahs believe coronavirus will cause the people to lose heart for protest, therefore the Iranian people\u2019s organized resistance, which is active both inside the country and across the world, is poised to prevent the regime from making the coronavirus outbreak another excuse to continue its rule.<\/p>\n

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

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women Prisoners Sent to Qarchak Prison Amid Coronavirus Chaos<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Three women political prisoners were transferred from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison, despite several reports of coronavirus chaos there.
\nThe three women, Forough Taghipour, Parasto Moeini, and Zahra Safaei were sent to Qarchak last week.<\/div>\n
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Under-reported News abt #Iran<\/a>: Three women #politicalprisoners<\/a> were transferred from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison to #QarchakPrison<\/a>, despite several reports of #coronavirus<\/a> cases there. https:\/\/t.co\/CppdPRn7Ys<\/a><\/p>\n

— Women's Committee NCRI (@womenncri) April 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n