{"id":219132,"date":"2020-05-28T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=219132"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:43:22","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-may-28-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-28-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 28, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219135\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219135\" title=\"Zahedan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan.jpg\" alt=\"Latest News in Brief \u2013 May 28, 2020\" width=\"850\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-696x480.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-609x420.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zahedan-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zahedan: The Coronavirus death toll in Sistan and Baluchestan is 1,420<\/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 47,500 Deaths, May 28, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219196\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219196\" title=\"Over-47500-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-47500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 47,500 Deaths, May 28, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Over-47500-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-47500-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-47500-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-47500-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-47500-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-47500-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-47500-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-219196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 47,500 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><strong>\u00a02<\/strong><strong>8<\/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 28, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>47,500\u00a0<\/strong>in 323 cities across Iran. 10000 in Tehran, 3550 in Khuzestan, 2710 in Mazandaran, 1975 in Kermanshah, 1660 in Alborz, 1430 in Lorestan and, 1275 in Hamedan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran &#8211; IRGC\u2019s Aerospace Force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran- IRGC\u2019s Aerospace Force commander Amir-Ali Hajizadeh:<br \/>\n\u201cI have to testify today, the person who made our missile program move forward to the actual point,<br \/>\nalthough nobody ever mentioned his name, and I have the pleasure to announce it now,<br \/>\nis Dr. Ghalibaf.<br \/>\nDuring the period he was our commander, he planned to have a missile base in every city and every province of the country, which is the case now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219214 aligncenter\" title=\"Signe-up-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Signe-up-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Signe-up-logo-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Signe-up-logo.png 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>MEK Resistance Units sworn to fight the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Iranian Resistance Units which is an internal network of the main opposition movement the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) continued its activities across the country on Tuesday. They bravely took to graffiti in public places with the slogan Down with Khamenei.<br \/>\nThey wrote:<br \/>\nArak\u2014 \u201cThe brave Resistance Units have sworn to fight the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cThe destruction of the Supreme Leader\u2019s palace of oppression is near\u201d<br \/>\nMashhad\u2014 \u201cDown with the principle of the Supreme Leader\u2019s rule\u201d<br \/>\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cRouhani and Khamenei are the cause of the coronavirus outbreak\u201d<br \/>\nBabolsar\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Damn Khomeini\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is an IRGC club wielder suppressing MEK and protesters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>IRGC commander Qalibaf, topping the list in Tehran must face justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity.<br \/>\nThose making it to the Parliament after the sham election are a band of IRGC commanders and criminals who must face justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>U.S. Slaps New Sanctions on Iran\u2019s Regime, Terminating JCPOA Sanctions Waiver<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219156\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219156\" title=\"Department-of-State\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Department-of-State.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Slaps New sanctions on Iran\u2019s regime, terminating JCPOA sanctions waiver\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Department-of-State.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Department-of-State-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Department-of-State-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Department-of-State-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Department-of-State-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n Wednesday\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">announced\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/keeping-the-world-safe-from-irans-nuclear-program\/\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he has ended the sanction<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0wai<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">v<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">er related to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will be effective in 60 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/u-s-slaps-new-sanctions-on-irans-regime-terminating-jcpoa-sanctions-waiver\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:15 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: Qalibaf, Regime\u2019s New Parliament Speaker, Has Murdered Members of the PMOI\/MEK, is an Accomplice of Ebrahim Raisi, the Judiciary Chief<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219139\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219139\" title=\"Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi: Qalibaf, regime's new parliament speaker, has murdered members of the PMOI\/MEK, is an accomplice of Ebrahim Raisi, the Judiciary Chief\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-and-Qalibaf-748x420.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Khamenei and Qalibaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mullahs\u2019 parliament is the flipside of, and indispensable to, the Hezbollahi government, Khamenei called for.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Terrified of the uprising, Khamenei had purged candidates from the rival factions to plan for the formation of such a parliament and government. But this is a serious step towards working to end the regime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(NCRI), described\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC<\/a>\u00a0Brig. Gen.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/irgc-commanders-criminals-sent-to-the-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf<\/a>, the regime\u2019s new Parliament Speaker, as the murderer of the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0members, and an accomplice to Ebrahim Raisi, the regime\u2019s Judiciary Chief.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the new speaker of the mullahs&#8217; parliament, is a murderer of the PMOI\/MEK and an accomplice to Ebrahim Raisi, the ruthless Chief of Judiciary. A former IRGC commander, he now heads the regime\u2019s Legislative Branch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tDSMkSjqwz\">https:\/\/t.co\/tDSMkSjqwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1265929687278194689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/maryam-rajavi-qalibaf-regimes-new-parliament-speaker-has-murdered-members-of-the-pmoi-mek-is-an-accomplice-of-ebrahim-raisi-the-judiciary-chief\/\" 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>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 323 Cities Exceed 44,800<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219126\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219126\" title=\"Tehran-Hospital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus death toll in 323 cities exceed 44,800\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Hospital.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Hospital-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Hospital-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Hospital-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tehran-Hospital-672x420.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From February 19 to May 5, 2020, five out of 138 hospitals in Tehran Province that are accepting Coronavirus patients have received 52,570 patients out of whom 1,501 have died.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>52,750 Coronavirus patients admitted to only five of 138 hospitals in Tehran, 1,501 died<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <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 Wednesday, May 27, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll in 323 cities across Iran is at least\u00a0<strong>44,800<\/strong>\u00a0people. The number of victims in Khuzestan is 3,495, Qom 3,470, East Azerbaijan 1,610, Sistan and Baluchestan 1,420, Lorestan 1,405, and West Azerbaijan 1,280.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-323-cities-exceed-44800\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: People, Farmers in Farokhshahr Stage Protest Against Seizure of Agricultural Lands, Diversion of Karoun River\u2019s Water<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219117\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219117\" title=\"Farokhshahr-farmers-and-people-gathering-outside-the-Chaharmahal-and-Bakhtiari-Governors-office-May-26-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Farokhshahr-farmers-and-people-gathering-outside-the-Chaharmahal-and-Bakhtiari-Governors-office-May-26-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: People, farmers in Farokhshahr stage protest against seizure of agricultural lands, diversion of Karoun River's water\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Farokhshahr-farmers-and-people-gathering-outside-the-Chaharmahal-and-Bakhtiari-Governors-office-May-26-2020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Farokhshahr-farmers-and-people-gathering-outside-the-Chaharmahal-and-Bakhtiari-Governors-office-May-26-2020-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farokhshahr farmers and people gathering outside the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Governor&#8217;s office-May 26, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, a large number of people and farmers in Farokhshahr staged a gathering outside the Governor\u2019s Office in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province to voice protest against the seizure of their agricultural lands by the regime\u2019s agencies. These lands are the main source of livelihood for a large segment of the population in that region. The deprived farmers and residents also staged a protest against the regime plan to divert the Karoun River water in that region. They chanted, \u201cWe will die, but will not accept a compromise\u201d and \u201cShame to our Energy Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-people-farmers-in-farokhshahr-stage-protest-against-seizure-of-agricultural-lands-diversion-of-karoun-rivers-water\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read\u00a0 more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Great March towards Freedom<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s messages and speeches to the annual gatherings of Iranian Resistance at Ashraf 3 &#8211; Albania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-219134\" title=\"Great-March-towards-Freedom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Great-March-towards-Freedom.jpg\" alt=\"Great-March-towards-Freedom\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Great-March-towards-Freedom.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Great-March-towards-Freedom-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Great-March-towards-Freedom-280x420.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beginning on July 11, the Iranian Resistance&#8217;s gatherings this year were held for five days at Ashraf 3, the seat of the Iranian Resistance in Albania.<br \/>\nAshraf 3 is an exceptional city. Twenty months before the gatherings, it was a bare piece of land. The city was built by the Mojahedin, with great effort.<br \/>\nDuring the five-day meetings and conferences, the freedom fighters of the main opposition People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) at Ashraf 3 hosted political dignitaries and international personalities as well as their countrymen and citizens from Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>This book has compiled the speeches made by Maryam Rajavi in the meetings and conferences held during the 2019 annual gatherings of the Iranian Resistance.<br \/>\nIn addition to the gatherings at Ashraf 3, freedom loving Iranians held major rallies in five capitals of the world. Mrs. Rajavi sent video messages to the participants in these demonstrations. Excerpts of these messages are also included in this book.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-March-towards-Freedom-gatherings\/dp\/2491615010\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Great+March+towards+Freedom&amp;qid=1590226265&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"noopener\">Details<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Great March towards Freedom compiles a selection of Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s messages and speeches to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> rallies and the Resistance\u2019s gatherings at Ashraf 3 in June and July 2019 \u2013 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g7mtGDpGSC\">https:\/\/t.co\/g7mtGDpGSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gkygkQutbH\">https:\/\/t.co\/gkygkQutbH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1265709760994783238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Iran\u2019s regime chooses survival over public health amid coronavirus outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iran\u2019s regime chooses survival over public health amid coronavirus outbreak<br \/>\nIranian regime President Hassan Rouhani: COVID-19 spread reduced in some provinces following the Smart Social Distancing Plan.<br \/>\nRouhani claimed no spike in cases, and a decrease in the number of critical patients and deaths.<br \/>\nThis is while regime officials &amp; members of the Coronavirus Control Task Force provide a completely contrasting image.<br \/>\nAlireza Zali, head of Tehran&#8217;s Coronavirus Task Force: Tehran&#8217;s hospitals witnessing a 7% increase in ICU patients<br \/>\nRegime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: Production must resume \u201cat any cost\u201d<br \/>\nKhamenei uses the crisis to safeguard his regime at the price of many lives.<br \/>\nThe regime has stationed IRGC units in hospitals &amp; cemeteries to prevent people from taking footages.<br \/>\nThe regime is increasingly concerned over continuous revelations made by the opposition MEK of the COVID-19 death toll.<br \/>\nMohsen Hashemi, Tehran City Council chairman: Number of coronavirus victims in the country is far higher than official stats.<br \/>\nIranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi: For Khamenei &amp; Rouhani, people&#8217;s lives &amp; well-being are dispensable. They only seek to protect their regime from protests.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Two female prisoners of conscience in Iran viciously tortured<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219146 alignnone\" title=\"viciously-tortured\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/viciously-tortured.jpg\" alt=\"viciously-tortured\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/viciously-tortured.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/viciously-tortured-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/viciously-tortured-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">Female prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Iran go through\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2019\/01\/25\/women-pursuit-justice-arbitrary-illegal-trends-iran-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\">vicious tortures<\/a>\u00a0and interrogations. Following are the cases of <strong>Sahba Hemadi<\/strong> and <strong>Fahimeh Esmaili Badvi<\/strong>, a small part of the atrocities done to female prisoners of conscience in Iran.<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 49.7971%; height: 192px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_219148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219148\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219148\" title=\"Sahba-Hemadi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sahba-Hemadi.jpg\" alt=\"Sahba-Hemadi\" width=\"144\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahba Hemadi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_219147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219147\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219147 \" title=\"Fahimeh-Esmaili-Badvi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fahimeh-Esmaili-Badvi.jpg\" alt=\"Fahimeh-Esmaili-Badvi\" width=\"198\" height=\"154\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fahimeh Esmaili Badvi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/05\/27\/two-female-prisoners-of-conscience-in-iran-viciously-tortured\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><br \/>\nRead more<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>***<\/strong><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, May 28, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 323 Cities Exceed 44,800<br \/>\nU.S. Ends Iran Regime&#8217;s Sanctions Waiver<br \/>\nIran: Defiant Youth Target Centers of Plunder and Repression<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219214 aligncenter\" title=\"Signe-up-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Signe-up-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Signe-up-logo-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Signe-up-logo.png 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200cThursday, May 28, 2020, marks the 196<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\">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 href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\">Maryam Rajavi\u00a0<\/a>the President-elect of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\">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>:<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-may-27-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<strong>Latest News in Brief- May 27, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/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 47,500 Deaths, May 28, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":219135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":["post-219132","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 v27.5 - 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