{"id":219951,"date":"2020-06-05T08:03:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T07:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=219951"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T08:17:32","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-june-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-june-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 June 5, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219953\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219953\" title=\"ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"June 5, 2020: Latest News\" width=\"850\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge-696x369.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ahvaz-attracions-white-bridge-792x420.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, Ahvaz, Khuzestan: The regime\u2019s officials and state media outlets describe the situation as: \u201cthe tip of the disease iceberg in Khuzestan.\u201d<\/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 49,500 Deaths, June 5, 2020, 6:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219997\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219997\" title=\"Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 49,500 Deaths, June 5, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133-696x437.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iran-Qom-Kamkar-Hospital-e1591375081133-670x420.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, Qom- Kamkar Hospital, Coronavirus has taken the lives 3585 in Qom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF\u00a0<\/strong><strong>June 5<\/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, June 5, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a0<strong>49,500\u00a0<\/strong>in 325 cities across Iran. 3860 in Khuzestan, 3585 in Qom, 1650 in Lorestan, 1640 in East Azerbaijan, 1635 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 1360 in West Azerbaijan, 450 in Bushehr. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Counselor to Mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice Attacks the West and the MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219991\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219991\" title=\"Ali-Bagheri-Kani\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Counselor to Mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice Attacks the West and the MEK\" width=\"601\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-696x417.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-701x420.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Counselor to Mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice, Ali Bagheri Kani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi-should-face-justice-for-role-in-1988-massacre-express-co-uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0lamented, two days ago, that the young generation \u201cdoes not know the truth about the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK<\/a>.\u201d He tried to heap accusations on the opposition.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-counselor-to-mullahs-chief-justice-attacks-the-west-and-the-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: The clerical regime has adopted the strategy of mass human casualties to build a barrier against the danger of being overthrown by popular uprisings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>But this barrier will one day collapse and come down on its head.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The clerical regime has adopted the strategy of mass human casualties to build a barrier against the danger of being overthrown by popular uprisings. But this barrier will one day collapse and come down on its head. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BrRuZmEnJj\">https:\/\/t.co\/BrRuZmEnJj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1268650065159217155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:45 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>When Iranian regime and its fully equipped IRGC don&#8217;t take any action to stop fires burning forests and killing wildlife, brave Iranian Bakhtiari women rush to save Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Another example of regime&#8217;s incompetence and another reason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When Iranian regime &amp; its fully equipped IRGC don&#8217;t take any action to stop fires burning forests &amp; killing wildlife, brave Iranian Bakhtiari women rush to save <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>.<br \/>\nAnother example of regime&#8217;s incompetence &amp; another reason <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a> is urgent.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldEnvironmentDay2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldEnvironmentDay2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S3RoZXChe8\">pic.twitter.com\/S3RoZXChe8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI Women&#8217;s Committee (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1268865383383158784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:40 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Several fires in Tehran and Shiraz, Karaj and Kazerun<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jun 4 Tehran <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nAnother fire last night in the green area near Chitgar Lake in the capital. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ILGQeoEb33\">pic.twitter.com\/ILGQeoEb33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1268811204379607041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Fires in Karaj and Kazerun<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jun 5, Kazerun, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nAnother fire early morning today in Kazerun&#8217;s mountains. Voice says locals couldn&#8217;t put out the fire because they didn&#8217;t have any facilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oEVQbmnZXo\">pic.twitter.com\/oEVQbmnZXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1268812708595429376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>On World Environment Day: Fire Continues to Rage Across Iranian Forests Due to Regime\u2019s Inaction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_54d tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_54d\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219969 alignnone\" title=\"Fire-rage-Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fire-rage-Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fire-rage-Iran-1\" width=\"601\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fire-rage-Iran-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fire-rage-Iran-1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fire-rage-Iran-1-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fire-rage-Iran-1-696x337.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fire-rage-Iran-1-868x420.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports and footages from Iran indicate that hundreds of acres of forests<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in several Iranian provinces\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">burning in fire<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for nearly two\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span id=\"more-219968\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the regime has not taken any action to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0control it.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s World Environment Day<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0comes and goes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has not taken any serious action addressing this crisis.\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><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/on-world-environment-day-fire-continues-to-rage-across-iranian-forests-due-to-regimes-inaction\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Struan Stevenson \u2013 Iran\u2019s New Parliament Speaker Built Career on Suppression<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219965\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219965\" title=\"Qalibaf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf.jpg\" alt=\"Struan Stevenson - Iran's new parliament speaker built career on suppression\" width=\"601\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-696x403.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-725x420.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qalibaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/Voices\/2020\/06\/04\/Irans-new-speaker-built-career-on-suppression\/4761591273094\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on the United Press International (UPI)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0website<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Mr. Struan Stevenson,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0former Member of the European Parliament,\u00a0elaborated\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s new move of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">appointing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/editorial-the-power-struggle-in-the-final-phase-of-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Bagher\u00a0<\/a><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/editorial-the-power-struggle-in-the-final-phase-of-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qalibaf<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a Revolutionary Guards (<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>) Brigadier General and one of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0leading figures of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oppression<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and corruption, as the new Parliament Speaker. Mr. Stevenson pointed to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qalibaf\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0career which is filled with corruption and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oppression<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/struan-stevenson-irans-new-parliament-speaker-built-career-on-suppression\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 27px;\">Simultaneous With Khomeini\u2019s Death Anniversary, Defiant Youth Target Centers of Plunder and Repression in Tehran and Other Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219947\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219947\" title=\"Tehran-and-various-other-cities-Setting-alight-Khomeini-and-Khameneis-photos-on-the-anniversary-of-Khomeinis-death-May-31-to-June-3-2020-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tehran-and-various-other-cities-Setting-alight-Khomeini-and-Khameneis-photos-on-the-anniversary-of-Khomeinis-death-May-31-to-June-3-2020-4.jpg\" alt=\"Simultaneous with Khomeini's death anniversary, defiant youth target centers of plunder and repression in Tehran and other cities\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tehran-and-various-other-cities-Setting-alight-Khomeini-and-Khameneis-photos-on-the-anniversary-of-Khomeinis-death-May-31-to-June-3-2020-4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tehran-and-various-other-cities-Setting-alight-Khomeini-and-Khameneis-photos-on-the-anniversary-of-Khomeinis-death-May-31-to-June-3-2020-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran and various other cities- Setting alight Khomeini and Khamenei&#8217;s photos on the anniversary of Khomeini&#8217;s death- May 31 to June 3, 2020-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the security situation in the cities has increased these days due to Khomeini\u2019s death anniversary, and at the height of public discontent against the regime\u2019s incompetence, plunder, and repression, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/call-for-revolt-and-uprising-by-the-resistance-units-and-mujahedin-e-khalq-mek-supporters-installing-banners-and-distributing-iranian-resistance-leaderships-messages\/\" rel=\"noopener\">defiant youth<\/a>, outraged over the current situation, set fire to the centers of repression and plunder of the clerical regime in various cities, demonstrating to the regime the prospects of protests and the mullahs\u2019 downfall.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/simultaneous-with-khomeinis-death-anniversary-defiant-youth-target-centers-of-plunder-and-repression-in-tehran-and-other-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>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 325 Cities Exceeds 49,300<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219923\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219923\" title=\"Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus death toll in 325 cities exceeds 49,300\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-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\/06\/Over-49300-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-219923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 49,300 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 Thursday, June 4, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 325 cities across Iran has risen above\u00a049,300. The number of victims in Khuzestan is 3,835, Gilan 2,790, Mazandaran 2,763, Alborz 1,675, Lorestan 1,605, Hamedan 1,289, Kermanshah 1165, Kurdistan 970, North Khorasan 553, Ilam 315, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 305, Hormozgan 260, and South Khorasan 150.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-325-cities-exceeds-49300\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Suppressive Forces Terrified of Resistance Units Activities Torching Khomeini\u2019s Posters on His Death Anniversary<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-%E2%80%93-Committee-on-Security-and-Counterterrorism\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-%E2%80%93-Committee-on-Security-and-Counterterrorism.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The suppressive forces\u2019 fear of the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/call-for-revolt-and-uprising-by-the-resistance-units-and-mujahedin-e-khalq-mek-supporters-installing-banners-and-distributing-iranian-resistance-leaderships-messages\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Resistance Units<\/a>\u00a0and valiant young Iranians joining the relentless campaign to break the atmosphere of repression on Khomeini\u2019s death anniversary reached a peak.<span id=\"more-219920\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, many arrests are being made in Tehran and other cities, which reflect the regime\u2019s concern about the eruption of uprisings amid the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/suppressive-forces-terrified-of-resistance-units-activities-torching-khomeinis-posters-on-his-death-anniversary\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\"><strong>Iran\u2019s judiciary chief acknowledges regime\u2019s involvement in crimes against humanity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219952\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219952\" title=\"Iranian-regime-judiciary-chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-known-for-his-role-in-the-summer-1988-massacre-of-over-30000-political-prisoners\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iranian-regime-judiciary-chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-known-for-his-role-in-the-summer-1988-massacre-of-over-30000-political-prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-regime-judiciary-chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-known-for-his-role-in-the-summer-1988-massacre-of-over-30000-political-prisoners\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iranian-regime-judiciary-chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-known-for-his-role-in-the-summer-1988-massacre-of-over-30000-political-prisoners.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Iranian-regime-judiciary-chief-Ebrahim-Raisi-known-for-his-role-in-the-summer-1988-massacre-of-over-30000-political-prisoners-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, known for his role in the summer 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Iranian regime judiciary chief\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-judiciary\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, known for his role in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iranians-across-the-world-commemorate-30th-anniversary-the-1988-massacre-political-prisoners\" rel=\"noopener\">summer 1988 massacre<\/a>\u00a0of over 30,000 political prisoners, defending the mullahs\u2019 crimes against humanity while marking the death of regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">\u201cIn fact, [Khomeini] was the hero of the struggle against the [Iranian opposition People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>)]. He knew them well. They should not be provided any opportunity at all,\u201d Raisi said in his remarks on Tuesday, June 2.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-human-rights-violations-opposition-MEK-20200604\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>\u201cAll the promises by the mullahs in Iran are hollow\u201d : MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The internal network of the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), known as the Iranian Resistance Units, continued its activities across the country on Wednesday. They bravely took to graffiti in public places with the slogan \u201cThere is a single solution for poverty, and the end of tyranny. That solution is establishing democracy in Iran,\u201d \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn to Khomeini, Viva Rajavi.\u201d<br \/>\nThey wrote:<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cNationwide uprisings will overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 &#8220;The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.\u201d<br \/>\nShiraz\u2014 \u201cAll the promises by the mullahs to the deprived and calamity-stricken people of Iran are hollow and worthless.\u201d<br \/>\nShiraz\u2014 \u201cThere is a single solution for poverty, and the end of tyranny. That solution is establishing democracy in Iran.\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Viva Rajavi\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn to Khomeini\u201d \/ \u201cKhamenei\u2019s rule will be overthrown.\u201d<br \/>\nHamadan\u2014 \u201cDamn to Khomeini\u201d<br \/>\nSabzevar\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn to Khomeini, Viva Rajavi\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/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=\" wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, June 5, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 325 Cities Exceeds 49,300<br \/>\nIran\u2019s Judiciary Chief Admits to Regime\u2019s Crimes Against Humanity<br \/>\nIran Regime&#8217;s Security Forces Kill an Innocent Man<\/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>Friday, June 5, 2020, marks the 204<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\/latest-news-in-brief-june-4-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- June 4, 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 49,500 Deaths, June 5, 2020, 6:00 PM NUMBER OF VICTIMS [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":219953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-219951","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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