{"id":218415,"date":"2020-05-18T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=218415"},"modified":"2023-04-14T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:17:08","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-may-18-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-18-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 18, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_218419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218419\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218419\" title=\"Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"May 18, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran-696x485.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran-603x420.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khorramabad-Lorestan-province-in-Iran-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province in western Iran, has recently seen an increase in patients with 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 42,600 Deaths, May 18, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218442\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218442\" title=\"Over-42600-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-42600-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 42,600 Deaths, May 18, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST\" width=\"601\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-42600-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-42600-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-42600-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-42600-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-42600-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-42600-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-42600-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 42,600 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MAY<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>18<\/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 18, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>42,600\u00a0<\/strong>in 319 cities across Iran.<br \/>\nThe death toll in various provinces include: 6970 in Tehran, 2915 in Khuzestan, 1630 in Alborz, 1195 in Hamedan, 1190 in Lorestan, 760 in Kurdestan, 473 in Kerman. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"style-scope ytd-expander\">\n<h3 id=\"description\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran: Mullahs&#8217; Judiciary Admits Arrest of Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, Sharif University of Technology Elite Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran: Mullahs&amp;#039; Judiciary Admits Arrest of Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_y17Hxf3TFOc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fy17Hxf3TFOc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y17Hxf3TFOc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M26S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-05-18T14:17:15Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_y17Hxf3TFOc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fy17Hxf3TFOc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran: Mullahs&#039; Judiciary Admits Arrest of Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y17Hxf3TFOc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fy17Hxf3TFOc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Mullahs&amp;#039; Judiciary Admits Arrest of Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran: Mullahs&#039; Judiciary Admits Arrest of Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, Sharif University of Technology Elite Students.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ahvaz, southwest Iran: Hospital waste is transferred to this site to be recycled<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Workers are told to separate the plastics, placing them at grave risk of coronavirus.<br \/>\nReports indicate the plastics are recycled to be sold again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ahvaz, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nHospital waste is transferred to this site to be recycled.<br \/>\nWorkers are told to separate the plastics, placing them at grave risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a>.<br \/>\nReports indicate the plastics are recycled to be sold again.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F07mSW1Kn7\">pic.twitter.com\/F07mSW1Kn7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1262321764777902080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 12:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_6c6 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_6c6\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\"><strong>Nobel Laureates Call for Release of Elite Iranian Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218422\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218422\" title=\"Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students.jpg\" alt=\"Nobel Laureates Call for Release of Elite Iranian Students\" width=\"601\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Letter-of-Nobel-Laureates-to-the-UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-on-two-arrested-elite-Iranian-students-742x420.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter of Nobel Laureates to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on two arrested elite Iranian students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>In a joint letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, nine Nobel laureates warned that the arrest of two elite Iranian students, Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali\u00a0Younesi, paves the way for widespread and brutal repression of dissidents and students in the months following the coronavirus outbreak.<br \/>\nThey stressed that the Iranian regime, in fear of another uprising, has no choice but to resort to intimidation and repression of its citizens.<br \/>\nThe letter also reads: \u201cWe, the Nobel Laureates signing this letter, urge you, to use your good offices in making every effort to ensure that political prisoners, in particular Ali\u00a0Younesi\u00a0and Amir Hossein Moradi, are released immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nobel-laureates-call-for-release-of-elite-iranian-students\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus death toll in 319 cities exceeds 42,400<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Cronavirus_NCRI\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cronavirus_NCRI-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Shops closed in Bazar dueto coronavirus\" width=\"401\" height=\"269\" \/><\/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<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI \/MEK) announced on Sunday, May 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 319 cities across Iran have exceeded <strong>42,400<\/strong>. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 2,985, Khuzestan 2,845, Mazandaran 2,615, Sistan and Baluchestan 1,300, Golestan 1,295, Lorestan 1,170, Central Province 595, North Khorasan 490, Ilam 290, Hormozgan 195, and South Khorasan 142.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-319-cities-exceeds-42400\/\" 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>Corruption in The Mullahs\u2019 Regime Ruling Iran Part 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Iran-Regime-Engulfed-in-Serious-Crisis-of-Corruption-and-Embezzlement-400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Iran-Regime-Engulfed-in-Serious-Crisis-of-Corruption-and-Embezzlement-400-300x188.jpg\" width=\"401\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0\u201cKerman Circle\u201d and the IRGC<\/h3>\n<p>A thorough understanding of the Iranian regime leads to an understanding that its ruling principle, Velayat-e-Faqih, or absolute rule by clerics, is the main source of that regime\u2019s widespread corruption.<span id=\"more-218385\"><\/span>Working from that principle, the clerics and the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26779-iran-s-regime-is-the-world-s-foremost-threat-to-peace-and-security\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a>\u00a0have developed institutions with the express purpose of building extremely reactionary views into the main support structure for the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-4-kerman-circle-and-the-irgc\/\" 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\u2019s Supreme Leader and the medicine mafia<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218416 alignnone\" title=\"Khamenei_signals_regime_s_weakness\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khamenei_signals_regime_s_weakness.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei_signals_regime_s_weakness\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khamenei_signals_regime_s_weakness.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khamenei_signals_regime_s_weakness-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Khamenei_signals_regime_s_weakness-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rapid spread of the coronavirus epidemic in Iran and the severe shortage of drugs and medical equipment has put Iran\u2019s Ministry of Health in the spotlight. In response, Iran\u2019s President Rouhani blamed the shortage of medicine on US sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/irans-supreme-leader-and-the-medicine-mafia\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, May 18, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 319 Cities Exceeds 42,400<br \/>\nIran: Protests Reported in Numerous Cities<br \/>\nIran: Defiant Youths Target Regime&#8217;s Centers of Plunder, Repression<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 18, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_eHGMC0GxDac\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FeHGMC0GxDac%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHGMC0GxDac\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-05-18T10:27:03Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_eHGMC0GxDac\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FeHGMC0GxDac%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 18, 2020<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eHGMC0GxDac\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FeHGMC0GxDac%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 18, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 18, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 319 Cities Exceeds 42,400 The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran announced on Sunday that the Coronavirus fatalities in 319 cities across Iran have exceeded 42,400. The state-run Mostaghel daily wrote on Sunday: \u201cThe formalistic reopening of schools means that if you go to school and get infected, don\u2019t blame us because attending school is optional. Even if you do not go to school and face educational problems, again, it is not our business. We had just reopened the schools.\u201d According to the state-run Arman daily&#039;s article on Sunday, \u201cPaying the wages of many workers and even the employees have been delayed for three months. Some have not even received their end of the year bonuses and benefits\u2026 More than 13,000 Coronavirus patients are hospitalized in social security hospitals.\u201d Iran: Protests Reported in Numerous Cities Despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Iran and reports of more deaths and cases across the country daily, people from all walks of life are reportedly holding checkered protests demanding better conditions. Municipal workers of District 3 in Karaj held a rally outside the municipality building on Wednesday demanding authorities to pay up for their delayed paychecks. On Tuesday, a group of military retirees in Shiraz, south-central Iran, held a rally protesting their land ownership certificates being revoked. In Tehran, a group of nurses and medical staff members from across the country rallied on Tuesday protesting poor work and living conditions, low paychecks, and delays in paychecks and pensions. Iran: Defiant Youths Target Regime&#039;s Centers of Plunder, Repression On Saturday defiant youths in Shahrekord targeted the mullahs center of plunder in the city. At the same time, the repressive Bassij center in Karaj was targeted and its entrance was set alight. The defiant youths also targeted the mullahs\u2019 so-called seminaries, used for recruiting and training terrorists and export of extremism, in various cities including Mashhad and Shiraz, setting fire the entrance and other parts of the sites.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/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 18, 2020, marks the 186<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-17-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- May 17, 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 42,600 Deaths, May 18, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":218419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":["post-218415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news-in-brief","tag-coronavirus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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