{"id":217293,"date":"2020-04-27T08:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217293"},"modified":"2023-03-30T02:22:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T01:22:24","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-april-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-april-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief &#8211; April 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217297\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217297\" title=\"April-27-2020-Latest-News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News.jpg\" alt=\"April 27, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-696x479.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-610x420.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/April-27-2020-Latest-News-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 27, 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: 7:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 36,200 Deaths, April 27, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL\u00a0<\/strong><strong>27<\/strong><strong>, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/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)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, April 27, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>3<\/strong><strong>6<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong>2<\/strong><strong>00<\/strong>\u00a0in 301 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217337\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217337\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 36,200 Deaths, April 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2-696x371.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coronavirus-outbreak-hospital-2-789x420.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 36,200 Deaths, April 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The death toll in various provinces include: 6,060 in Tehran, 930 in Kermanshah, 835 in Lorestan, 660 in Semnan, 615 in Kurdistan, 590 in Yazd, 525 in Markazi, 360 in Bushehr, and 261 in Ilam. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran\u2019s Regime Desperate yet Criminal Decision to Reopen Religious Sites and Sermons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217320\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217320\" title=\"Criminal-Decision-to-Reopen-Religious-Sites-by-Iranian-Regime-Amid-Coronavirus-Outbreak\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Criminal-Decision-to-Reopen-Religious-Sites-by-Iranian-Regime-Amid-Coronavirus-Outbreak.jpg\" alt=\"Iran\u2019s regime desperate yet criminal decision to reopen religious sites and sermons amid coronavirus outbreak\" width=\"601\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Criminal-Decision-to-Reopen-Religious-Sites-by-Iranian-Regime-Amid-Coronavirus-Outbreak.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Criminal-Decision-to-Reopen-Religious-Sites-by-Iranian-Regime-Amid-Coronavirus-Outbreak-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Criminal-Decision-to-Reopen-Religious-Sites-by-Iranian-Regime-Amid-Coronavirus-Outbreak-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Criminal-Decision-to-Reopen-Religious-Sites-by-Iranian-Regime-Amid-Coronavirus-Outbreak-696x351.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Criminal Decision to Reopen Religious Sites by Iranian Regime Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/actual-number-of-coronavirus-fatalities-compared-with-iran-regimes-figures\/\" rel=\"noopener\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">claims more lives in Iran, the Iranian regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani, announced on Sunday, that all the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">holy shrines<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, mosques, Friday prayers sermons<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and other religious sites will open starting early May. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Like<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the regime\u2019s criminal decision to send people back to work amid the coronavirus outbreak,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reopening religious sites, particularly in the month of Ramadan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, will result in more coronavirus cases and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0casualties.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/irans-regime-desperate-yet-criminal-decision-to-reopen-religious-sites-and-sermons-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Posting Banners and Messages of Iranian Resistance Leadership in the Capital and Other Cities of Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217327\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217327\" title=\"Tehran-Peace-and-security-in-the-region-and-overcoming-natural-disasters-hinges-on-regime-change-in-Iran-April-24-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tehran-Peace-and-security-in-the-region-and-overcoming-natural-disasters-hinges-on-regime-change-in-Iran-April-24-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran-Peace-and-security-in-the-region-and-overcoming-natural-disasters-hinges-on-regime-change-in-Iran-April-24-2020\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tehran-Peace-and-security-in-the-region-and-overcoming-natural-disasters-hinges-on-regime-change-in-Iran-April-24-2020.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tehran-Peace-and-security-in-the-region-and-overcoming-natural-disasters-hinges-on-regime-change-in-Iran-April-24-2020-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran &#8211; Peace, and security in the region, and overcoming natural disasters hinges on regime change in Iran &#8211; April 24, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Not only freedom but also the health, livelihood of the people, and the salvation of the economy as well as the preservation of Iran\u2019s existence depends on the overthrow of the regime<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent days, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-posting-banners-messages-of-resistances-leadership\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>\u00a0and the youth supporters of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0posted banners of, and messages of solidarity with the Corona-stricken people of Iran, by Mrs.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, and the Iranian Resistance\u2019s leader, Mr.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>, in the capital, Tehran, and many other cities, including Shiraz, Torbat Heydariyeh, Hamedan, Lahijan, Kerman, Rafsanjan, and Isfahan. They also wrote graffiti and slogans in various locations across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/posting-banners-and-messages-of-iranian-resistance-leadership-in-the-capital-and-other-cities-of-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll In 298 Cities Exceeds 35,800<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217282 alignnone\" title=\"Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-coroanvirus-fatalities-758x420.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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>\u00a0announced on Sunday, April 26, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll in 298 cities in Iran has exceeded <strong>35,800<\/strong>.\u00a0<span id=\"more-217280\"><\/span>The number of victims in Tehran is 5,950, Khorasan Razavi 2,860, Gilan 2,590, Isfahan 2,350, Mazandaran 2,350, East Azerbaijan 1450, Sistan and Baluchestan 750, Ardabil 670, and Yazd 530.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-298-cities-exceeds-35800\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong> Online Conference by Iranian Communities in Europe Over Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran and Regime\u2019s Fear of New Series of Iran Protests<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217286 alignnone\" title=\"Online-conference\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Online-conference.jpg\" alt=\"Online-conference\" width=\"601\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Online-conference.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Online-conference-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Online-conference-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Online-conference-696x388.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Online-conference-753x420.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Online Conference by Iranian communities in Europe over coronavirus outbreak in Iran and the regime\u2019s fear of a new series of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran protests<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"more-217284\"><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0held a virtual conference on Sunday, over the coronavirus epidemic in Iran, and the mullahs\u2019 regime cover-up and its fear of new series of the Iran protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/online-conference-by-iranian-communities-in-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran-and-regimes-fear-of-new-series-of-iran-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran mid-level health officials question official coronavirus figures as death toll surpasses 35,800<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217294 alignnone\" title=\"Irans-coronavirus-figures-lower-than-real-figures\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Irans-coronavirus-figures-lower-than-real-figures.jpg\" alt=\"Irans-coronavirus-figures-lower-than-real-figures\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Irans-coronavirus-figures-lower-than-real-figures.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Irans-coronavirus-figures-lower-than-real-figures-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Irans-coronavirus-figures-lower-than-real-figures-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two mid-level Iranian health officials implied that the regime was covering up coronavirus figures with one saying that the real stats were 20 times higher than official figures.<br \/>\nAn epidemiology professor at Tehran\u2019s Medical Sciences University told a state-run daily that he believed the figures being announced by Iran\u2019s Ministry of Health were \u201csystematically much lower than reality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-mid-level-health-officials-question-official-coronavirus-figures\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, April 27, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 298 Cities Exceeds 35,800<br \/>\nCOVID-19 Cases on the Rise in Northwest Iran Prison<br \/>\nIran: Farmers Rally in Isfahan, Protest Regime\u2019s Destructive Policies<\/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 27, 2020, marks the 165<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-26-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News in Brief- April 26, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 7:30 PM CEST Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 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