{"id":223543,"date":"2020-08-07T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T08:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223543"},"modified":"2023-02-15T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:58:18","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 7, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_223545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223545\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-223545\" title=\"Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran\" width=\"678\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tabatabaei-Historical-House-Kashan-Iran.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kashan is located in the north of Isfahan (218 km) between the Karkas Mountains in Natanz and Kavir Desert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 18:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Bahrain seizes two vehicles from Iran loaded with explosives<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223569\" title=\"Bahrain-seizes-two-vehicles-from-Iran-loaded-with-explosives\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bahrain-seizes-two-vehicles-from-Iran-loaded-with-explosives-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Bahrain-seizes-two-vehicles-from-Iran-loaded-with-explosives\" width=\"678\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bahrain-seizes-two-vehicles-from-Iran-loaded-with-explosives-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bahrain-seizes-two-vehicles-from-Iran-loaded-with-explosives.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>Bahrain authorities on Thursday seized two vehicles from Iran containing arms and explosives, according to the Bahrain Interior Ministry. Security forces had identified the two vehicles and were able to confiscate the explosives. \u201cThe individuals detained confessed that Hezbollah forces were involved in smuggling arms and explosives to Lebanon,\u201d the Lebanese Interior Ministry statement added, according to Al Arabiya.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-bahrain-terrorism-explosives-arms-meddling-20200807\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Former U.N. official calls for investigation into 1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223570\" title=\"Commemoration-of-the-victims-of-the-1988-massacr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Commemoration-of-the-victims-of-the-1988-massacr-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Commemoration-of-the-victims-of-the-1988-massacr\" width=\"692\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Commemoration-of-the-victims-of-the-1988-massacr-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Commemoration-of-the-victims-of-the-1988-massacr.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>In the summer of 1988, the United Nations had the chance to prevent a genocide in Iran, Tahar Boumedra, a former chief of the Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and a legal expert, warns in an article recently published in Town Hall.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/tahar-boumedra-1988-massacre-iran-20200807\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Political prisoners in 1988 rose up and defended their identity and emancipating cause with the utmost pride<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Political prisoners in 1988 rose up and defended their identity and emancipating cause with the utmost pride <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xKJULmUdc5\">pic.twitter.com\/xKJULmUdc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1291753939478749184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>MEK Resistance Units&#8217; activities<\/h3>\n<p>August 6, 2020\u2014 In the aftermath of Free Iran Global Summit 2020 where The President-elect of the main Iranian opposition group Maryam Rajavi delivered her speech, Mojahedin Khalgh Iran (PMOI\/MEK) network and Resistance Units began spreading Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s quotes and her commitments for establishing justice in Iran in the opposite of Ali Khamenei&#8217;s rule.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Monthly Report July 2020: Iran medical staff fight the virus without pay<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223571\" title=\"Monthly-July-2020_EN-750-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Monthly-July-2020_EN-750-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Monthly-July-2020_EN-750-min\" width=\"690\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Monthly-July-2020_EN-750-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Monthly-July-2020_EN-750-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Monthly-July-2020_EN-750-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/>Iran medical staff fighting the virus without pay, 15,000 infected<\/p>\n<p>The number of people dying of the coronavirus has exceeded 82,000 in Iran, as the Iranian Resistance\u2019s sources inside Iran say.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/08\/04\/monthly-report-july-2020-iran-medical-staff-fight-the-virus-without-pay\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran coronavirus update: Over 83,800 deaths, officials warning of medical staff fatigue<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223546\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-August-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-August-6-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavirus-August-6\" width=\"686\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-August-6-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-coronavirus-August-6.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Over 83,800 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 369 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) as of Thursday afternoon local time, August 6. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 17,976 around a fifth of the actual figure.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-news-83800-deaths-20200806\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>On the Sixth Day, the Strike by Oil Refinery Workers and Employees Spreads to 11 Provinces<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223537\" title=\"Striking-workers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Striking-workers\" width=\"691\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Striking-workers.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/>Thursday, August 6, 2020, on its sixth day, the strike by workers and employees of oil and gas facilities and refineries spreads to 18 cities in 11 provinces. The strike began in the provinces of Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, and Fars on Saturday, August 1, and spread to the provinces of Isfahan, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ilam, Khorasan Razavi, Sistan and Baluchestan and Markazi in the following days.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/on-the-sixth-day-the-strike-by-oil-refinery-workers-and-employees-spreads-to-11-provinces\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Mujahedin-E Khalq (Mek) Supporters and Resistance Units Commemorate the Fallen Heroes of the 1988 Massacre<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223541\" title=\"ehran-1988-massacre-is-the-biggest-unpunished-crime-against-humanity-\u2013-July-31-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ehran-1988-massacre-is-the-biggest-unpunished-crime-against-humanity-\u2013-July-31-2020-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"ehran-1988-massacre-is-the-biggest-unpunished-crime-against-humanity-\u2013-July-31-2020\" width=\"683\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ehran-1988-massacre-is-the-biggest-unpunished-crime-against-humanity-\u2013-July-31-2020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ehran-1988-massacre-is-the-biggest-unpunished-crime-against-humanity-\u2013-July-31-2020.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>Marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI \/ MEK<\/a>) supporters and the Resistance Units, commemorated the fallen heroes of this crime, and called for the perpetrators of this heinous crime to be prosecuted. These activities took place in Tehran and most other cities including Semnan, Shiraz, Rudsar, Rasht, Isfahan, Mashhad, Iranshahr, Zanjan, Ahvaz, Ilam, Khorramabad, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah, Dezful, Shahriyar, Kerman, Mazandaran, Babol, Zahedan, Borujerd, Hamedan, Neyshabur, Tabriz and Hashtgerd.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-mujahedin-e-khalq-mek-supporters-and-resistance-units-commemorate-the-fallen-heroes-of-the-1988-massacre\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Albania extradites Iran terror cell member to Germany for prosecution<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223547\" title=\"Albanian-flag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Albanian-flag-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Albanian-flag\" width=\"676\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Albanian-flag-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Albanian-flag.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/>Albania has extradited a Tajik native accused of membership in a terrorist cell of the Islamic State to Germany for prosecution, according to the Associated Press citing German prosecutors on August 4. German federal prosecutors issued a statement saying this individual was apprehended immediately after entering Frankfurt airport.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/albania-iran-terrorism-pmoi-mek-germany-20200806\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/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>Thursday, August 6, 2020, marks the 264th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0People\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<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener\">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>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/p>\n<p>Number of uprising cities: 191<\/p>\n<p>Number of martyrs: At least 1500<\/p>\n<p>Number of injured: More than 4,000<\/p>\n<p>Number of detainees: More than 12,000<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-6-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more: Latest News in Brief- August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 18:00 PM CEST Bahrain seizes two vehicles from Iran loaded with explosives Bahrain authorities on Thursday seized [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":223545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[129,186,198,200],"class_list":["post-223543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news-in-brief","tag-iran","tag-coronavirus","tag-ncri","tag-mek-in-albania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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