{"id":220513,"date":"2020-06-16T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T06:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=220513"},"modified":"2023-04-14T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T22:55:32","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-june-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-june-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 June 16, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abadan, old water tower – President of Abadan University of Medical Sciences: The situation is much worse than people think. We have passed the red state in Abadan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

TOMORROW: IRAN VIRTUAL EVENT
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT 220 MC from 41 states and 12 Committees\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To Unveil H. Res. 374 to offer Solution for a Free Iran 2020 <\/strong>
\nSPEAKERS: Members of Congress.<\/h3>\n
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TOMORROW: #IRAN<\/a> VIRTUAL EVENT, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT 220 MC from 41 states & 12 Cmte. to Unveil H.Res. 374 to offer Solution for a #FreeIran2020<\/a> SPEAKERS: Members of Congress. @AP<\/a>@thehill<\/a>@rollcall<\/a> @WTOP<\/a>@AFP<\/a>@ReutersPolitics<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/5jTnR2NiQy<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BW25TmzW7A<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OIAC (@OrgIAC) June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Struan Stevenson- Corrupt Iranian Runaway Judge Exposes Deep Fractures in Iranian Regime<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Struan Stevenson: Corrupt Iranian Runaway Judge Exposes Deep Fractures in Iranian Regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In\u00a0an article<\/a>\u00a0on the United Press International (UPI) website, Mr. Struan Stevenson, a former Member of the European Parliament, and coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change how the case of Gholamreza Mansouri, a runaway and corrupted Iranian regime\u2019s judge, shows the increasing infighting within the mullahs\u2019 regime and shows the deep fractures in this regime.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 52,400 Deaths, June 16, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Iran:
Over 52,400 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF June\u00a016, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, June 16, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a052,400\u00a0<\/strong>in 332 cities across Iran. 10,800 in Tehran, 4280 in Khuzestan, 1810 in Lorestan, 1470 in West Azerbaijan, 1360 in Kermanshah, 1115 in Kurdistan, and 670 in Kerman. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISJ Urge Swiss Government to Hold Iran\u2019s Regime to Account for the Assassinating Professor Rajavi in 1990<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Over 4,000 lawmakers urge Swiss government to hold Iran\u2019s regime to account for the assassinating Professor Rajavi in 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ<\/a>), which enjoys the support of over 4000 parliamentarians on both sides of the Atlantic, in a letter to Simonetta Sommaruga, President of the Swiss Confederation, while condemning the recent decision by Switzerland to close the assassination case of\u00a0Professor\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Kazem<\/span>\u00a0Rajavi, demanded that \u201cthe assassins of\u00a0Professor Kazem Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0must be put on trial in Switzerland without leniency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

EDITORIAL: Swiss Send Wrong Message to Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"EDITORIAL:
Dr. Kazem Rajavi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the 1980s and the 1990s, Iranian operatives carried out a number of brutal assassinations of opponents across Europe and North America. The perpetrators and overseeing officials have escaped justice ever since. And if the public prosecutor for Vaud Province in Switzerland moves forward with his current plans, it seems that the perpetrators will escape justice forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prosecutor announced last week that charges against 14 individuals, involved in the assassination of\u00a0Dr. Kazem Rajavi,<\/a>\u00a0a prominent law professor and democracy activist, will exceed the statute of limitations on June 17, and later changed the date to July 31. If none of the 14 is apprehended before that time, they can never be held accountable for their murderous actions in the country where they were carried out.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iran uprising will continue\u201d : MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The Iranian Resistance Units, a network of the activists of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) across Iran, have been organizing various activities that are louder calls for regime change. The Resistance Units bravely took to graffiti in public places with the slogan \u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, hail to freedom,\u201d \u201cDown with the principle of the Supreme leader\u2019s rule,\u201d and \u201cViva Rajavi, down with Khamenei.\u201d
\nThey wrote :
\nIsfahan\u2014 \u201cThe Iranian regime\u2019s fear of being overthrown spells its end\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cThe uprising continues; the only answer for the mullahs is fire\u201d
\nBabolsar\u2014 \u201cThe uprising will continue\u201d
\nAleshtar (Lorestan)\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn Khomeini\u201d
\nYazd\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, Viva Rajavi\u201d
\nTehran\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, hail to freedom\u201d \/ \u201cDown with the principle of the Supreme leader\u2019s rule \/ \u201cViva Rajavi, down with Khamenei\u201d<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shourabad district, south of Tehran, Iran: 10,000 sq. meter lumber warehouse burns in flames<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Many across Iran are blaming the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) for an ongoing series of fires throughout the country.<\/p>\n

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Shourabad district, south of Tehran, #Iran<\/a>
\n10,000 sq. meter lumber warehouse burns in flames.<\/p>\n

Many across Iran are blaming the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) for an ongoing series of fires throughout the country. pic.twitter.com\/HN5HikmSLD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: IRGC\u2019s Intelligence Organization Trying to Send a Private Plane to Return Gholam Reza Mansouri to Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Iran:
Romania, Bucharest Palace of Justice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, former political prisoner Mohammad Hooshyar Emami files a complaint against him in Bucharest<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC<\/a>) is reportedly working on a plan to send a private plane to Bucharest, via Sofia, Bulgaria to return the criminal cleric, Gholam Reza Mansouri, to Tehran as part of the scheme by the Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi to use him for political purposes.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

UK Lawmakers Condemn Swiss Decision to Close File Into Assassination of Prof. Kazem Rajavi by Iran\u2019s Regime<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Statement of the UK Lawmakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF)\u00a0<\/span>in a\u00a0<\/span>statement<\/span><\/a>\u00a0condemned\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span>by Switzerland\u00a0<\/span>to close the assassination case of Prof. Kazem\u00a0<\/span>Rajavi<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor\u00a0Kazem\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Rajavi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was the<\/span>\u00a0older brother of Iranian Resistance Leader\u00a0<\/span>Massoud<\/span>\u00a0Rajavi<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\u00a0<\/span>(NCRI<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span>in Switzerland<\/span>. He was also<\/span>\u00a0Iran\u2019s first ambassador to the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva<\/span>. Prof.\u00a0<\/span>Rajavi<\/span>\u00a0was assassinated on\u00a0<\/span>August<\/span>\u00a024, 1990 while returning home in the suburbs of Geneva. He is known as the \u201cGreat Martyr for the Cause of Human Rights.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The BCFIF is made up<\/span>\u00a0of members of the United Kingdoms\u2019 lawmakers from both\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House of Lords and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House of Common<\/span>s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi: The closure of the file on the assassination of Professor Kazem Rajavi in Switzerland, scheduled for June 17, has been postponed until July 31<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Iranian Resistance\u2019s campaign in this regard will continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The closure of the file on the assassination of Professor Kazem Rajavi in Switzerland, scheduled for June 17, has been postponed until July 31. The Iranian Resistance\u2019s campaign in this regard will continue. #Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) June 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 332 Cities Exceeds 52,100<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Iran:
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 332 Cities Exceeds 52,100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n