{"id":217685,"date":"2020-05-04T07:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217685"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T12:36:58","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-may-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217690\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217690\" title=\"Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden.jpg\" alt=\"May 4, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"1000\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden-696x421.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Tehran-Deh-Vanak-tulips-garden-694x420.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Tehran, Deh Vanak tulips garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 39,000 Deaths, May 4, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217715\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217715\" title=\"iran-coronavirus-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/iran-coronavirus-2.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 39,000 Deaths, May 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/iran-coronavirus-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/iran-coronavirus-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/iran-coronavirus-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/iran-coronavirus-2-696x462.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/iran-coronavirus-2-633x420.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 39,000 Deaths, May 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MAY<\/strong><strong>\u00a04, 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, May 4, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>39,000<\/strong>\u00a0in 312 cities across Iran.<br \/>\nThe death toll in various provinces include: 6470 in Tehran, 1200 in West Azerbaijan, 1520 in Alborz, 312 in Chaharmahal &amp; Bakhtiari, 1970 in Khuzestan, 960 in Kermanshah, 925 in Lorestan, 152 in Hormozgan, 970 in Hamedan. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>May 4 &#8211; Tehran, Iran: Teachers rallying outside the regime&#8217;s Majlis (parliament) and protesting the mullahs&#8217; policies that are resulting in the expulsion of many in their field of work<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May 4 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Teachers rallying outside the regime&#39;s Majlis (parliament) &amp; protesting the mullahs&#39; policies that are resulting in the expulsion of many in their field of work.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BhTfVF2O7v\">pic.twitter.com\/BhTfVF2O7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1257336279970336768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri calls for justice, end to mullahs\u2019 rule<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217709\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217709\" title=\"Political-prisoner-Fatemeh-Sepehri\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Political-prisoner-Fatemeh-Sepehri.jpg\" alt=\"Political-prisoner-Fatemeh-Sepehri\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Political-prisoner-Fatemeh-Sepehri.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Political-prisoner-Fatemeh-Sepehri-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Political-prisoner-Fatemeh-Sepehri-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_subtitle\"><strong>Fatemeh Sepehri: Enough with 41 years of rule worse than Stalin\u2019s<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a message from prison disseminated on May 3, 2020, political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri called on the people of Iran to join and support political prisoners in their demand for justice.<\/p>\n<p>Rejecting her charges, Ms. Sepehri emphasized, \u201cIn prisons and courts of the Islamic Republic, they have behaved worse than Stalin, and worse than any other regime the world has ever experienced, (what they have done) with the lives and properties of people. And they do not feel any shame. They understand neither humanity nor Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/04\/political-prisoner-fatemeh-sepehri-calls-for-justice-end-to-mullahs-rule\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Atena Daemi Refuses to Appear in Court; Protests Fabricated Case<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217711\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217711\" title=\"Atena-Daemi-Refuses-to-Appear-in-Court\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atena-Daemi-Refuses-to-Appear-in-Court.jpg\" alt=\"Atena-Daemi-Refuses-to-Appear-in-Court\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atena-Daemi-Refuses-to-Appear-in-Court.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atena-Daemi-Refuses-to-Appear-in-Court-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atena-Daemi-Refuses-to-Appear-in-Court-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atena Daemi Refuses to Appear in Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Political prisoner\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2019\/11\/28\/medical-treatment-denied-to-political-prisoners-zeinab-jalalian-atena-daemi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Atena Daemi<\/a>, a child rights activist, refused to appear in court on May 2, 2020. She was protesting a verbal summons and a case being filed against her.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 32-year-old prisoner, she refused to appear in court for several reasons: the spread of coronavirus in the country; her lack of access to a lawyer; and the insufficient time between receiving the formal notification and the trial date.<\/p>\n<p>Atena had refused to appear in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/01\/27\/new-cases-filed-against-atena-daemi-by-the-irgc-and-prison-authorities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">court previously<\/a>, on March 11, 2020 and again on April 18, 2020, for similar reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/03\/atena-daemi-refuses-to-appear-in-court-protests-fabricated-case\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report, April 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Iranian authorities have executed 32 individuals including juvenile offenders, members of ethnic minorities and drug related convicts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> regime started a wave of executions in April, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> has spread to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s prisons. The authorities executed at least 32 individuals in 14 cities. The hanged include juvenile offenders &amp; members of ethnic minorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavaidRehman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JavaidRehman<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VqZQoqrqIA\">https:\/\/t.co\/VqZQoqrqIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1257063594392530947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 310 Cities Exceeds 38,700<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217682\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217682\" title=\"Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Over 38,700 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1068x610.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-38700-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 38,700 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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, May 3, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded\u00a0<strong>38,700<\/strong>\u00a0in 310 cities across Iran. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 2,920, Khuzestan 1,920, Alborz 1,460, Golestan 1,235, Sistan and Baluchestan 1,055, Hamedan 955, Lorestan 910, and Semnan 895<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> prisoners are being threatened by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> and the clerical regime that issues oppressive verdicts and refuses to release them. I once again call for an urgent visit by human rights rapporteurs to the Prison of Mashhad to save the prisoners<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rRaeBSIYqq\">https:\/\/t.co\/rRaeBSIYqq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1257215488905687041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-310-cities-exceeds-38700\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran\u2019s IRGC taking control over hospitals during coronavirus crisis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217687\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217687\" title=\"Tehran-Sina-Hospital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Sina-Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran-Sina-Hospital\" width=\"601\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Sina-Hospital.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Sina-Hospital-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran, Sina Hospita<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As senior regime officials in Iran are decreasing\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0restrictions and announcing various cities and towns as \u201cwhite\u201d areas, there are reports indicating\u00a0quarantine measures\u00a0being lifted even in some hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>One employee in Sina Hospital of the Iranian capital Tehran said on Saturday, May 2, \u201cThere are orders now that coronavirus patients should be hospitalized in all sections throughout the hospital and there will be no quarantine measures!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-covid19-irgc-hospitals-20200503\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: The only path to salvation and freedom is for the Iranian people to take their destiny in their own hands<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The people of Iran and their valiant children will rebel against the Coronavirus, and they shall overcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The only path to salvation and freedom is for the Iranian people to take their destiny in their own hands. The people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> and their valiant children will rebel against the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> and they shall overcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gzEV4zqYNk\">pic.twitter.com\/gzEV4zqYNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1257215365345611777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, May 4, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 310 Cities Exceeds 38,700<br \/>\nIran Regime&#8217;s Courts Sentence Protesters to Prison and Lashes<br \/>\nIran: Female Political Prisoner Transferred to Notorious Prison<\/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, May 4, 2020, marks the 172<sup>nd<\/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-may-3-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News in Brief- May 3, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 39,000 Deaths, May 4, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":217687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-217685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news-in-brief","8":"tag-coronavirus"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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