{"id":217637,"date":"2020-05-03T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T08:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217637"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T08:41:38","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-may-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 3, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran: Rural children in an out-of-school classroom in Avaj County, Qazvin province due to coronavirus outbreak- April 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 38,700 Deaths, May 3, 2020, 6:00 PM
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Iran: Tehran April 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF\u00a0<\/strong>MAY<\/strong>\u00a03<\/strong>, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, May 3, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a03<\/strong>8<\/strong>,<\/strong>7<\/strong>00<\/strong>\u00a0in 310 cities across Iran.
\nThe death toll in various provinces include: 2920 in Khorasan Razavi, 1920 in Khuzestan, 1460 in Alborz, 1235 in Golestan, 1055 in Sistan and Baluchestan, 955 in Hamedan, 910 in Lorestan, 895 in Semnan. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHail to the rebels of freedom\u201d MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Behbahan\u2014 Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe looted money of Iranian people, in the hands of the IRGC and Basij, must be seized in the interest of the people.\u201d
\nNishapur\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe\u202farmy of\u202fthe\u202fpoor\u202fmust\u202frebel and rise up.\u201d
\nShiraz\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe\u202farmy of\u202fthe\u202fpoor\u202fmust\u202frebel and rise up.\u201d
\nKaraj\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cWe will resist and fight the virus and the ruling theocracy.\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 Maryam Rajavi: \u201cThis regime only understands the language of firmness.\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cThe regime is in a fragile situation which will end with its downfall.\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cThe downfall of the oppressor regime is near\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cHail to the rebels of freedom\u201d
\nTehran\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe\u202farmy of\u202fthe\u202fpoor\u202fmust\u202frebel and rise up.\u201d
\nQaemshahr\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cWe remember thousands of victims of the coronavirus which is caused by the supreme leader.\u201d
\nUrmia\u2014 \u201cDown with the principal of supreme religious rule, hail to Rajavi\u201d
\nUrmia\u2014 \u201cDamn Khomeini, Hail to the Mojahedin\u201d
\nUrmia\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi\u201d
\nTonekabon\u2014Maryam Rajavi: \u201cWe will resist and fight the virus and the ruling theocracy.\u201d
\nTonekabon\u2014Massoud Rajavi: \u201cThe\u202farmy of\u202fthe\u202fpoor\u202fmust\u202frebel and rise up.\u201d
\nSomesara\u2014 \u201cThe mullahs must get lost, in order to handle the coronavirus.\u201d
\nIlam\u2014 \u201cDown with the cursed Khamenei\u201d<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 4:15 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian transferred to Qarchak Prison<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian\"
Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian transferred to Qarchak Prison: \u00a0Reports on Saturday, May 2, 2020, indicated that the Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian has been transferred to the quarantine ward of\u00a0Qarchak Prison<\/a>\u00a0in Varamin.<\/p>\n

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

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

Iran Judiciary keeps summoning civil activists sending them to jail<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Soha-Mortezaii\"
Soha Mortezaii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Student activist Soha Mortezaii was summoned to serve her jail sentence; another student activist, Ashraf Fanari, was sent to Qarchak Prison<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ashraf-Nafari\"
Ashraf Nafari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Video – An important reminder of the deliberate violation the JCPOA by the head of the Atomic Energy Agency of the Iranian regime<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iran\u2013 Head of Atomic Energy Agency Ali Akbar Salehi admits to breaching JCPOA (January 22, 2019)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On January 22, 2019, in an interview broadcast on the Iranian state-run T.V. Channel Four, Ali Akbar Salehi admitted to breaching Iran’s obligations under the Iran nuclear deal 2015, formally known the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
\n\u201cWhen our team was in the midst of the negotiations, we knew that [the Westerners] would ultimately renege on their promises,\u201d Iran’s head of Atomic Agency said.
\n\u201cThe leader [Khamenei] warned us that they were violators of agreements. We had to act wisely. Not only did we avoid destroying the bridges that we had built, but we also built new bridges that would enable us to go back faster if needed,\u201d he added.
\nSalehi also affirmed that the supreme leader Ali Khamenei was involved in the details of the accord and Khamenei was leading the negotiations on behalf of Iran. \u201cThere are tubes where the fuel goes. We had bought similar tubes, but I could not declare this at the time. Only one person in Iran knew this. We told no one but the top man of the regime [Khamenei],\u201d Salehi said.
\n\u201cWe had bought the same quantity of similar tubes,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen they told us to pour cement into the tubes\u2026 we said: \u2018Fine. We will pour.\u2019 But we did not tell them that we had other tubes. Otherwise, they would have told us to pour cement into those tubes as well. Now we have the same tubes,\u201d Salehi admitted.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Village in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest Iran:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the absence of systematic government support during the coronavirus pandemic, young teacher goes door to door to teach his students who do not have access to the internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A village in East Azarbaijan Province, NW #Iran<\/a>
In the absence of systematic government support during the #coronavirus<\/a> pandemic, young teacher goes door to door to teach his students who do not have access to the internet. pic.twitter.com\/ErEpMkZI5T<\/a><\/p>\n

— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) May 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n