{"id":223389,"date":"2020-08-04T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T07:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223389"},"modified":"2023-02-15T13:55:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:55:54","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shiraz\"THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Exceeds 82,000<\/h3>\n

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\n\u00b7 In July, 1,500 Coronavirus patients were hospitalized at Khomeini Hospital in Tehran alone, 310 of whom died.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 In the past 20 days, 15 to 20 people have died in Shiraz, daily. The death toll will double if those \u201csuspected of Coronavirus\u201d are included.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Massoud Mardani, a member of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): The situation is much worse than in February and March; all hospitals are full of Coronavirus patients, and doctors and nurses are exhausted.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Kashmar Governor: The number of hospitalized Coronavirus patients in Moddares Hospital has increased by 14 times<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Yaftabad Hospital: Since June 21, hospital beds have been filled, and 15 patients in the emergency ward are waiting to be hospitalized daily.<\/p>\n

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Call on All Oil Workers to Support Striking Workers and Employees of Oil Refineries, Facilities<\/h3>\n

\"Strike\"NCRI Labor Committee urges the ILO, Trade Unions, and labor rights advocates to condemn the anti-labor clerical regime and support the protests and strikes of Iranian oil workers<\/p>\n

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\nIran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report \u2013 July 2020<\/h3>\n

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July 2020 was marked by the Iranian regime\u2019s pervasive use of the death penalty and torture, suppression of freedom of expression, and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities.<\/p>\n

Despite having to deal with a catastrophic outbreak of Covid-19, which has killed more than 80,000 people, the Iranian authorities have not stopped their horrendous executions.<\/p>\n

The clerical regime executed an average of one person per day in the month of July, to further step up the atmosphere of repression in society. Most notable were the executions of two Kurdish political prisoners and the hanging execution of a man, married with two children, for drinking alcohol. Death sentences issued for protesters arrested during the protests in December 2017 and November 2019 aroused public outrage in the country.<\/p>\n

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Tehran\u2019s contradictory statements on Free Iran rally highlight MEK\u2019s growing influence<\/h3>\n

\"0fd188f6-3723-47fa-90e7-ee2d8d62eef2_690-1\"Following the annual Free Iran Global Summit of the Iranian Resistance, this year held online, many Iranian regime officials made contradictory statements regarding the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n

On the one hand, the regime tried to portray the MEK as a small, ineffective, and unpopular group, while on the other, its officials are constantly warning about the threat of this \u201csmall forgotten cult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aug 4 – Isfahan, central Iran<\/strong>
\nEmployees and workers of the Isfahan refinery began their strike. Many other such facilities in Iran are also witnessing protests and strikes by their workers.<\/p>\n

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Aug 4 – Isfahan, central #Iran<\/a>
\nEmployees and workers of the Isfahan refinery began their strike. Many other such facilities in Iran are also witnessing protests and strikes by their workers.#IranProtests<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/UqQAqqaz4K<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Iranians from 30,000 online locations in 104 countries across the globe joined over 1,000 prominent dignitaries for the annual #FreeIran event on July 17, in a global call for regime change in Iran by the people of Iran.<\/p>\n

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Iranians from 30,000 online locations in 104 countries across the globe joined over 1,000 prominent dignitaries for the annual #FreeIran<\/a> event on July 17, in a global call for regime change in Iran by the people of Iran.<\/p>\n

Watch the full video herehttps:\/\/t.co\/3OTza5R2JV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Q5IFJrDG4C<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watch the full video here
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Free Iran Global Summit 2020 in breif<\/div><\/div>
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