{"id":223033,"date":"2020-07-27T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T07:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223033"},"modified":"2023-03-30T00:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T23:35:34","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-july-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-july-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 July 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_223037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223037\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223037\" title=\"Iran-Isfahan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Isfahan.jpg\" alt=\"Latest News in Brief \u2013 July 27, 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Isfahan.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Isfahan-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Isfahan-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Isfahan-696x425.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Isfahan-689x420.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, Isfahan &#8211; Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: [Due to lack of ICU beds] in Khorshid Hospital, we had to choose between a 50-year-old patient to be transferred to the ICU, and a 70-year-old to stay and die.<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>MEK Resistance Units<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>install banners of Maryam Rajavi &amp; Massoud Rajavi across Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Iranian Resistance Units, a network of activists of the People&#8217;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 slogans: \u201cHail to Massoud Rajavi, hail to the National Liberation Army,\u201d \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn Khomeini, hail to Rajavi,\u201d and \u201cDown with Khamenei, hail to Rajavi.\u201d<br \/>\nThey wrote:<br \/>\nAsaluyeh\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nKerman\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, damn Khomeini, hail to Rajavi. I announce my readiness for the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 regime.\u201d<br \/>\nRasht\u2014 \u201cHail to Massoud Rajavi, hail to the National Liberation Army\u201d<br \/>\nTabriz\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nKaraj\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nMashhad\u2014 \u201cHail to Massoud Rajavi, hail to the National Liberation Army\u201d<br \/>\nMashhad\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nYasuj\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nTehran\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nAhvaz\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nAbadan\u2014 \u201cHail to Massoud Rajavi, hail to the National Liberation Army\u201d<br \/>\nBabol\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nBehbahan\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nQom\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nArdabil\u2014 \u201cDown with Khamenei, hail to Rajavi\u201d<br \/>\nKermanshah\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nKermanshah\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<br \/>\nKermanshah\u2014 \u201cCommemoration of the Eternal Light Operation\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>At least 22 executions in Iran in June 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">According to Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM), the Iranian regime executed 22 people throughout June 2020.<br \/>\nHedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish political prisoner and father of two, was on death row based on false charges.<br \/>\nAbdollahpour&#8217;s family was informed in June that he was executed in secret a few weeks before.<br \/>\nThe mullahs&#8217; Supreme Court has upheld death sentences issued for political prisoners Amir Hossein Moradi, 26, Saied Tamjidi, 28, and Mohammad Rajabi, 26, all arrested for taking part in the November 2019 uprising.<br \/>\nAccording to the Iran HRM report, the regime flogged five political prisoners and dissidents in June.<br \/>\nA court sentenced 42 workers in the city of Arak to lashes &amp; prison time for demanding their delayed wages in a protest.<br \/>\nAt least two prisoners have been tortured to death in June.<br \/>\nDuring Hassan Rouhani&#8217;s presidency, at least 3,800 people have been executed, twice as many as during Ahmadinejad\u2019s tenure.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 77,600 Deaths, July 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223066\" title=\"\u0645\u0648\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0633\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u0645\u0648\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0633\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646-4.jpg\" alt=\"\u0645\u0648\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0633\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646-4\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u0645\u0648\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0633\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646-4.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u0645\u0648\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0633\u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646-4-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">\u202fPeople\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI-MEK)\u202fannounced this afternoon, July 27, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u202f77,600\u202fin 347 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 19250 in Tehran, 5833 in Khorasan Razavi, 4230 in Qom, 3040 in Lorestan, 3530 in Mazandaran, 2435 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 2340 in West Azerbaijan, 2280 in East Azerbaijan, 2048 in Golestan, and 1955 in Fars. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type1-2 aligncenter wp-image-219239\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:45 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran\u2019s Regime Tries to Spread Despair Among People With COVID-19, NCRI\u2019s Free Iran Global Summit Foiled This \u2013 Remarks by Rudy Giuliani<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_223052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223052\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-223052\" title=\"RUDY-G2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Iran\u2019s Regime Tries to Spread Despair Among People With COVID-19, NCRI\u2019s Free Iran Global Summit Foiled This \u2013 Remarks by Rudy Giuliani\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-1392x783.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RUDY-G2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudy Giuliani in the Free Iran Global Summit &#8211; July 17, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to information tallied by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">People\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mojahedin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">over 77,000 people have lost their lives to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The high mortality rate in Iran is indeed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">the direct result of the Iranian regime\u2019s deliberate inaction and cover-up of the novel coronavirus since\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its outbreak.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime is engulfed with crisis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">country\u2019s economy is collapsing due to the regime\u2019s misuse of funds and institutionalized\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">corruption. People are grappling with COVID-19, economic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hardship,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and oppression.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Fearing the eruption of a new uprising, and to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">legitimize its rule, the regime and its apologists try to discredit their viable alternative.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Mayor Rudy G<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">iuliani, former\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">N<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ew York City<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mayor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, made important remarks\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on the first day of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the \u201cFree Iran Global Summit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223051\" title=\"Rudi-Giuliani\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rudi-Giuliani.jpg\" alt=\"Rudi-Giuliani\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rudi-Giuliani.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rudi-Giuliani-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rudi-Giuliani-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rudi-Giuliani-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rudi-Giuliani-756x420.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/irans-regime-tries-to-spread-despair-among-people-with-covid-19-ncris-free-iran-global-summit-foiled-this-remarks-by-rudy-giuliani\/#.Xx757jORUGs.twitter\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:15 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Former Foreign Minister of Canada John Baird&#8217;s remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Remarks by Rama Yade, former French Minister of Human Rights, to the Free Iran Global Summit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maryam Rajavi: By his fatwa for the 1988 Massacre, Khomeini intended to annihilate the PMOI\/MEK generation to guarantee his rule.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In those very days, Montazeri wrote him that the Mojahedin were a type of logic which could not be annihilated by killing, but would further propagate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">By his fatwa for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a>, Khomeini intended to annihilate the PMOI\/MEK generation to guarantee his rule. In those very days, Montazeri wrote him that the Mojahedin were a type of logic which could not be annihilated by killing, but would further propagate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xo1ySS2YGw\">pic.twitter.com\/xo1ySS2YGw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1287456426659655680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>International support for the Iranian Resistance (MEK &amp; NCRI) in online Free Iran Global Summit 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">July 2020\u2014Iranians and supporters of the Iranian opposition movement the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) and coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held the largest online summit of the Iranian Resistance. The gathering linked simultaneous rallies in major cities in Europe, the United States, and Australia with more than 30,000 points connected, and it is the largest gathering of its kind in support of a free Iran.<br \/>\nDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year\u2019s annual \u201cFree Iran Summit\u201d was held virtually. The event brought together supporters of a free Iran from more than 100 countries in five continents, including both in Iran and Ashraf 3, Albania, home to members of the MEK.<br \/>\nNearly 1,000 prominent figures, politicians, and parliamentarians from five continents took part in the rally in solidarity and support of the Iranian people\u2019s quest for freedom. Speakers included Mayor Rudy Giuliani; Senator Joe Lieberman; Mich\u00e8le Alliot-Marie; Giulio Terzi; John Baird; Anna Fotyga; former Foreign Ministers of France, Italy, Canada, and Poland; former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey; former French Minister of Human Rights Rama Yade; Ambassadors Robert Joseph, Lincoln Bloomfield, and Kenneth Blackwell; dignitaries such as Ingrid Betancourt and Linda Chavez; and representatives from the European, German, French, and Italian parliaments.<br \/>\nThe keynote speaker of the event was Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI.<br \/>\nMrs. Rajavi started her speech by saying, \u201cThis summit echoes the voice of the Iranian people\u2019s 40-year Resistance against religious dictatorship and fascism and for freedom and democracy. This is the voice of the largest, the longest, most sophisticated, and most serious organized resistance in Iran\u2019s history\u2026This summit echoes the calls for the clerical regime\u2019s overthrow in the successive uprisings from December 2017 and January 2018 to November 2019 and January 2020\u2026This summit is the voice of Resistance Units and rebellious cities across Iran who have put an end to a history of despair, incredulity, and inaptitude, and replace it with the pledge of \u2018we can and we must.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Exceeds 77,000<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_223029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223029\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-223029\" title=\"Over-77000-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\/07\/Over-77000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Exceeds 77,000\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Over-77000-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\/07\/Over-77000-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\/07\/Over-77000-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\/07\/Over-77000-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\/07\/Over-77000-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\/07\/Over-77000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Over-77000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 77,000 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2022 Iraj Harirchi, regime\u2019s Deputy Health Minister: The situation is not good at all. Almost, the entire country is red. Tehran serves as the epicenter of transmitting the virus to the whole country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Director of Imam-Reza Hospital in Islamshahr: We have a lot of patients in the emergency ward; we have no place to hospitalize them. We have a lot of critically ill patients, which no other hospital in Tehran accepts them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: [Due to lack of ICU beds] in Khorshid Hospital, we had to choose between a 50-year-old patient to be transferred to the ICU, and a 70-year-old to stay and die.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The number of Coronavirus patients in Babol has surged six times the figure for two months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Masih Mohajeri, chief editor of the state-run daily, Jomhuri-Eslami, and former aide to Rafsanjani and Khatami (Ex-regime Presidents): Rouhani\u2019s decision to hold the holy month of Moharram\u2019s ceremonies will bring about disastrous autumn.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-347-cities-exceeds-77000\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\"><strong>The Iranian regime\u2019s fear of MEK&#8217;s growing influence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_223035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223035\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-223035\" title=\"The-Iranian-regimes-hysterical-reaction-to-the-MEKs-Free-Iran-rally-shows-Tehrans-fear-of-the-Iranian-opposition\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Iranian-regimes-hysterical-reaction-to-the-MEKs-Free-Iran-rally-shows-Tehrans-fear-of-the-Iranian-opposition.jpg\" alt=\"The-Iranian-regimes-hysterical-reaction-to-the-MEKs-Free-Iran-rally-shows-Tehrans-fear-of-the-Iranian-opposition\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Iranian-regimes-hysterical-reaction-to-the-MEKs-Free-Iran-rally-shows-Tehrans-fear-of-the-Iranian-opposition.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Iranian-regimes-hysterical-reaction-to-the-MEKs-Free-Iran-rally-shows-Tehrans-fear-of-the-Iranian-opposition-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Iranian regime&#8217;s hysterical reaction to the MEK&#8217;s Free Iran rally shows Tehran&#8217;s fear of the Iranian opposition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">In the last 41 years, there has never been a single day that the Iranian regime hasn\u2019t spread propaganda and psychological warfare against the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>). But the wave of slander that the regime has been directing toward the main opposition in the past week has reached an unprecedented scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">During the Friday prayers of July 24, regime authorities expressed their fear for the growing support of the MEK which the annual meeting of the Iranian Resistance, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/free-iran-2020-historic-achievement-20200719\">Free Iran Global Summit 2020<\/a>,\u201d which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-opposition-pmoi-mek-ncir-maryam-rajavi-resistance-units-20200717\">connected 30,000 places in 102 countries<\/a>, including Iran and Ashraf 3, the headquarters of MEK members in Albania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The Friday prayer imam of Natanz said: \u201c[The MEK] want to harm our social wealth such as the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] and the Guardian Council, and the [MEK] are seeking public protests.\u201d Khamenei, the top leader of the regime, has the final say on all critical manners. The Guardian Council, whose 12 members are all directly or indirectly selected and approved by the office of the supreme leader, oversees all branches of the government.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-demonization-campaign-mek-free-iran-20200726\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\"><strong>Iran concerned over trial of diplomat terrorist Assadollah Assadi in Belgium<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_223034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223034\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-223034\" title=\"Asadollah-Assadi-a-diplomat-terrorist-of-the-Iranian-regime-is-on-trial-in-Belgium-facing-terrorism-charges\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Asadollah-Assadi-a-diplomat-terrorist-of-the-Iranian-regime-is-on-trial-in-Belgium-facing-terrorism-charges.jpg\" alt=\"Asadollah-Assadi-a-diplomat-terrorist-of-the-Iranian-regime-is-on-trial-in-Belgium-facing-terrorism-charges\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Asadollah-Assadi-a-diplomat-terrorist-of-the-Iranian-regime-is-on-trial-in-Belgium-facing-terrorism-charges.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Asadollah-Assadi-a-diplomat-terrorist-of-the-Iranian-regime-is-on-trial-in-Belgium-facing-terrorism-charges-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asadollah Assadi, a diplomat-terrorist of the Iranian regime, is on trial in Belgium facing terrorism charges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Kayhan daily, the known mouthpiece of Iranian regime Supreme Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/imposes-new-sanctions-iran-targeting-khamenei\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, published a piece on July 25 expressing grave concerns over the trial of the mullahs\u2019 diplomat-terrorist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/assadollah-assadi-terrori-plot-mek-free-iran-rally-20200703\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>\u00a0and three other operatives facing bombing\/terrorism charges in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">\u201cFinally, following Mr. Assadi\u2019s illegal detention for the past two years, he and three other defendants in this case, each being ordinary individuals living in Europe and have no legal acquaintance with this diplomat, appeared before court for their supposed arraignment hearing. The court was held behind closed doors in the city of Antwerp of Belgium and several senior [opposition People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>)] officials and members separately presented their remarks and claims against Mr. Assadi to the court. It is worth noting that even holding a court trial and prosecuting an Iranian diplomat during his mission abroad is unprecedented in the Foreign Ministry\u2019s history and anywhere in the world. Despite having a diplomatic passport, Mr. Assadi has been illegally detained for over two years, first in Germany and then Belgium. His court hearings have begun in the past few days,\u201d the piece wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Kayhan daily, the known mouthpiece of Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, published a piece on July 25 expressing grave concerns over the trial of the mullahs\u2019 diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi and three other operatives facing bombing\/terrorism charges in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, following Mr. Assadi\u2019s illegal detention for the past two years, he and three other defendants in this case, each being ordinary individuals living in Europe and have no legal acquaintance with this diplomat, appeared before court for their supposed arraignment hearing. The court was held behind closed doors in the city of Antwerp of Belgium and several senior [opposition People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)] officials and members separately presented their remarks and claims against Mr. Assadi to the court. It is worth noting that even holding a court trial and prosecuting an Iranian diplomat during his mission abroad is unprecedented in the Foreign Ministry\u2019s history and anywhere in the world. Despite having a diplomatic passport, Mr. Assadi has been illegally detained for over two years, first in Germany and then Belgium. His court hearings have begun in the past few days,\u201d the piece wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-kayhan-khamenei-assadollah-assadi-terrorism-ncri-pmoi-mek-20200726\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Gilbert Mitterrand\u2019s remarks the Free Iran Global Summit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Ingrid Betancourt\u2019s remarks the Free Iran Global Summit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong>Canadian MP Judy Sgro&#8217;s remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type1-2 aligncenter wp-image-219239\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran news in brief, July 27, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Five Protesters<br \/>\nIran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Exceeds 77,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday, July 27, 2020, marks the 254<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>:<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-july-26-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<strong>Latest News in Brief- July 26, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST MEK Resistance Units install banners of Maryam Rajavi &amp; 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