{"id":218114,"date":"2020-05-11T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=218114"},"modified":"2023-04-14T23:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T22:29:30","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-may-11-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-11-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 11, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_218116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218116\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218116\" title=\"Ahvaz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz.jpg\" alt=\"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 11, 2020\" width=\"960\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz-696x346.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz-845x420.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ahvaz-324x160.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Ahvaz city, the capital of Khuzestan province, was closed again due to the spread of coronavirus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 40,700 Deaths, May 11, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218133\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218133\" title=\"Tehran-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 40,700 Deaths, May 11, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST\" width=\"501\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Iran-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Iran-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Iran-696x583.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Iran-501x420.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran, Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MAY<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>11<\/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, May 11, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>40<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong>7<\/strong><strong>00<\/strong>\u00a0in 316 cities across Iran.<br \/>\nThe death toll in various provinces include: 6830 in Tehran, 2950 in Khorasan Razavi, 2260 in Khuzestan, 1615 in Alborz, 1261 in Golestan, 1100 in Hamedan, 560 in Markazi (Central), 280 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>Maryam Rajavi: The UN Security Council should condemn the Iranian regime\u2019s criminal cover-up of the spread of COVID-19, costing the lives of people in Iran and other countries<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The UN Security Council should condemn the Iranian regime\u2019s criminal cover-up of the spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>, costing the lives of people in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> and other countries <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vr6QAwBAcP\">pic.twitter.com\/Vr6QAwBAcP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1259841141903671296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran\u2019s Regime in Terminal Decline, Panicking About Losing Its Grip on Power<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218120 alignnone\" title=\"Rouhani-Madero\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rouhani-Madero.jpg\" alt=\"Rouhani-Madero\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rouhani-Madero.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rouhani-Madero-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By: Struan Stevenson<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the disintegrating socialist state of Venezuela, where the people are starving, starts flying planeloads of gold to the collapsing theocratic regime of Iran, the world should sit up and take notice. Due to their status as international pariahs, both of these oil-producing nations are under US sanctions, banning their ability to export oil.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/irans-regime-in-terminal-decline-panicking-about-losing-its-grip-on-power\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong> Iran: Coronavirus death toll exceeds 40,500 in 315 cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218110\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218110\" title=\"Iran-Cronavirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Cronavirus.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus death toll in 315 cities in Iran has exceeded 40,500\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Cronavirus.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-Cronavirus-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coronavirus death toll in 315 cities in Iran has exceeded 40,500<\/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<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI \/ MEK) announced on Sunday, May 10, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 315 cities in Iran has exceeded <strong>40,500<\/strong>. The number of victims in Tehran is 6,790, Gilan 2,720, Khuzestan 2,165, West Azerbaijan 1,230, Lorestan 1,070, Hamedan 1,065, Kermanshah 975, Semnan 925, and Kerman 446.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-40500-in-315-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Distressed Families of Sheiban Prison Inmates Hold Protest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Families of Sheiban Prison Inmates demand to have information about the fate of their loved ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distressed families of Sheiban Prison inmates gathered Saturday outside the prison gates to demand news on the fate of their loved ones.<br \/>\nA video shared on social media shows the mother of poltical prisoners Jaber and MokhtarAlboshokeh, sobbing and bewailing among the protesters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ahvaz, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nThe mother and family of 2 political prisoners at Sheiban Prison demand news on the fate of their loved ones outside the prison gates.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuApjbCwT4\">pic.twitter.com\/LuApjbCwT4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1259133580292300800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/09\/distressed-families-of-sheiban-prison-inmates-hold-protest\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out in northeastern Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218115 alignnone\" title=\"eyes-gouged-out\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eyes-gouged-out.jpg\" alt=\"eyes-gouged-out\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eyes-gouged-out.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eyes-gouged-out-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eyes-gouged-out-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A young Iranian woman was sentenced to have her eyes gouged out in northeastern Iran. Identified as F.M., the 30-year-old woman was tried by the 5th Branch of the Criminal Court of Khorasan Razavi Province.<br \/>\nAccording to the court ruling, she is to be blinded in both eyes, but her eye sockets should stay intact.<br \/>\nThis is not the first time that the mullahs\u2019 regime has issued inhumane sentences. Cruel and inhumane punishments are institutionalized in the laws of the mullahs\u2019 regime. Articles 269 to 293 of the Third Book of the Islamic Penal Code describe all the conditions for retribution.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/09\/young-woman-sentenced-to-have-eyes-gouged-out-in-northeastern-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, Tehran: Employees of the regime&#8217;s state-run TV gathered today to protest discrimination and express their economic woes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>They want their unpaid wages and paycheck raises. Reports indicate that Iran Protests by state-run TV employees are unprecedented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranians<\/a> say they don&#8217;t have cellphones and can&#8217;t afford internet packages to use the regime&#8217;s &#8220;Shad&#8221; app, used by teachers to teach students during the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> epidemic when schools are shut.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, the regime continues to steal their money to pay its proxies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DwKbv6VE5L\">pic.twitter.com\/DwKbv6VE5L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1259764181324070912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, May 11, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 40,500 in 315 Cities<br \/>\nIran&#8217;s Regime Shuts 147 Shops, Arrests 3 People for Eating in Ramadan<br \/>\nDefiant Youth Target IRGC and Bassij Centers<\/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 11, 2020, marks the 179<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<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief-may-10-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- May 10, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 40,700 Deaths, May 11, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":218116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-218114","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 v27.3 - 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