{"id":218738,"date":"2020-05-25T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T07:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=218738"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:50:06","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-may-25-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-25-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 25, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_218739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218739\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218739\" title=\"Qom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qom.jpg\" alt=\"May 25, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"900\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qom.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qom-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qom-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qom-696x426.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qom-686x420.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, Coronavirus Outbreak &#8211; The death toll from Corona in Qom has so far exceeded 3,435<\/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 44,300 Deaths, May 25, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218759\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218759\" title=\"Iran-cronavirus25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-cronavirus25.jpg\" alt=\"May 25, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 44,300 in 320 cities across Iran\" width=\"601\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-cronavirus25.jpg 981w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-cronavirus25-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-cronavirus25-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-cronavirus25-696x446.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Iran-cronavirus25-656x420.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 25, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 44,300 in 320 cities across Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MAY 25, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iran-coronavirus-crisis1\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, May 25, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 44,300 in 320 cities across Iran.<br \/>\nThe death toll in various provinces include: 7180 in Tehran, 3390 in Khuzestan, 2755 in Gilan, 1402 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 1365 in Lorestanand, 1010 in Kermanshah, 545 in Kerman, 525 in North Khorasan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Emphasizing the need for international campaigns to release detained students and other arrestees, I call on international missions to visit Iranian jails, and the UNSR to visit political prisoners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Emphasizing the need for international campaigns to release detained students and other arrestees, I call on international missions to visit Iranian jails, and the UNSR to visit political prisoners <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGncCXjO1p\">pic.twitter.com\/JGncCXjO1p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1264914270145388545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran\u2019s Regime Arrests Youth and MEK Supporters in Fear of Uprising<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218749 alignnone\" title=\"arrest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest.jpg\" alt=\"arrest\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest-696x485.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest-603x420.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arrest-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/a-new-wave-of-arrests-of-youth-families-and-supporters-of-mek-across-the-country\/\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a>\u00a0by the Iranian Resistance from Iran indicate the Iranian regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has started a new wave of arrests of youth and supporters of 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>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"more-218748\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports from prisons indicate the regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is using physical and psychological torture to break detainees and force them\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">make\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">TV<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">confessions.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-arrests-youth-and-mek-supporters-in-fear-of-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shocking Statistics: 10,000 Medical Staff in Iran Infected with Covid-19<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218746 alignnone\" title=\"Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff.jpg\" alt=\"Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff-696x472.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shocking-Statistics_-10000-Medical-Staff-619x420.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shocking statistics released by an official of the regime\u2019s Ministry of Health indicate that more than 10,000 medical staff in Iran are infected with the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Qassem Jan Babaei revealed these shocking statistics on May 21, 2020, during a ceremony honoring Iranian\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/18\/another-nurse-dies-in-khuzestan-covid-19-hits-like-a-bomb\/\" rel=\"noopener\">doctors and nurses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/24\/shocking-statistics-10000-medical-staff-infected-with-covid-19\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 1:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Ali Khamenei calls for hardline government, voices concern over Mojahedin MEK popularity in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Time codes:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=0s\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">00:00<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Justifying the regime&#8217;s approach to the coronavirus<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=39s\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">00:39<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Ali Khamenei&#8217;s fear of students joining the PMOI\/MEK in Iran<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=84s\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">01:24<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Khamenei&#8217;s fear of protests<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=197s\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">03:17<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Seeking a Hezbollahi and hardline administration in Iran <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=282s\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">04:42<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Khamenei&#8217;s concern about MEK<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=302s\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">05:02<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Ordering more suppression under the pretext of Hijab in Iran&#8217;s universities<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;t=349s\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">05:49<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> Khamenei fears MEK&#8217;s growing ranks<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fi%2Firan-elite-students-regime-change-khamenei-remarks-20200520&amp;redir_token=xiE-f3kn4M5l4tl2Ij0F90ZTx198MTU5MDQ3NTk5NkAxNTkwMzg5NTk2&amp;v=Ieh8WcutlOM&amp;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\">https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>MEK Resistance Units mark the memory of PMOIMEK founders<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> internal network, known as Resistance Units, continued their activities across the country on Friday. They took to graffiti in public places writing messages of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and NCRI President Maryam Rajavi and remembered the founders and heroes of the MEK who were executed on May 25, 1972, by the Shah\u2019s regime.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:15 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Subscribe to NCRI&#8217;s weekly Newsletter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The NCRI website brings you the latest updates, analysis, inside source reports, and feature articles on the most important political and social issues in Iran<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Subscribe to NCRI&#8217;s weekly Newsletter<br \/>\nThe NCRI website brings you the latest updates, analysis, inside source reports, and feature articles on the most important political and social issues in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid_19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid_19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/War7b1kLc4\">https:\/\/t.co\/War7b1kLc4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AwLFbQCkrw\">pic.twitter.com\/AwLFbQCkrw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1263517594268688384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>More: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/099fe27a07ae\/introducing-ncri-newsletter\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/099fe27a07ae\/introducing-ncri-newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 44,000 in 320 Cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218730\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-218730\" title=\"Over-44000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-44000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Over 44,000 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-44000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-44000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 44,000 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran<\/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 24, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 320 cities across Iran exceeded <strong>44,000<\/strong>. The number of victims in Qom is 3,435, Khuzestan 3,325, East Azerbaijan 1,556, Sistan and Baluchestan 1,385, Lorestan 1,330, North Khorasan 512, and Zanjan 510.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-44000-in-320-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:45 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>A New Wave of Arrests of Youth, Families, and Supporters of MEK Across the Country<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217721 alignnone\" title=\"Prison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prison.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Regime\u2019s Treating Prisoners Alone Debunks Mullahs\u2019 Effort to Depict U.S. Sanctions for Coronavirus Epidemic\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prison-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prison-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prison-696x408.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prison-716x420.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, terrified of the expansion of the activities of the Resistance Units and the new wave of popular uprisings, the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the IRGC Intelligence Organization have begun arresting and summoning large numbers of young activists, especially the families and supporters of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojahedin-e Khalq<\/a>\u00a0(MEK). Many have been sent to prisons, and some have been temporarily released on bail while signing a form pledging not to participate in any anti-regime activities.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/a-new-wave-of-arrests-of-youth-families-and-supporters-of-mek-across-the-country\/\" 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 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Remarks by Soona Samsami, US Rep. of the NCRI, at OIAC 5\/21\/20 Nationwide Virtual Conference on Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">On May 21, 2020, Soona Samsami, the U.S. Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) delivered a speech as a guest speaker at the nationwide virtual conference, entitled &#8220;IRAN: Global Threat, Domestic Repression, Prospects for Change,&#8221; organized by the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Alireza Jafarzadeh discusses Iran&#8217;s growing regional aggression &amp; terrorism on Alhurra TV, 5\/23\/20<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">On May 23, 2020, Alireza Jafarzadeh, the deputy director of the U.S. Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US), and Matthew Brodsky, Senior Fellow at the Security Studies Group, appeared on Alhurra TV to discuss Iran&#8217;s growing regional aggression and terrorism. Jafarzadeh also detailed the list of terror operations conducted by Iran&#8217;s intelligence ministry and the Quds Force, in tandem with the foreign ministry, targeting the leadership and the rank-and-file of the main opposition, the MEK, and the democratic coalition and Iran&#8217;s parliament-in-exile, the NCRI, in recent years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, May 25, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A New Wave of Arrests of Youth and MEK Supporters Across Iran<br \/>\nIran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 44,000 in 320 Cities<br \/>\nIran: Regime Forces Open Fire on Villagers Asking for Drinking Water<\/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 25, 2020, marks the 193<sup>rd<\/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-24-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- May 24, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/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 44,300 Deaths, May 25, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":218739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-218738","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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