{"id":223634,"date":"2020-08-09T10:37:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223634"},"modified":"2023-02-14T23:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T22:49:30","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 9, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_223635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223635\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223635\" title=\"Bandar-Abbas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bandar-Abbas.jpg\" alt=\"Bandar-Abbas\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bandar-Abbas.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bandar-Abbas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bandar-Abbas-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bandar-Abbas-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bandar-Abbas-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bandar Abbas or is a port city and capital of Hormozg\u0101n Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 373 Cities Surpassed 84,900<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223628\" title=\"Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Over-84900-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"674\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-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\/08\/Over-84900-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, August 8, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 373 cities across Iran had passed 84,900. The number of victims in Tehran is 21,000, Khorasan Razavi 6,288, East Azerbaijan 2,450, Fars 2,365, Kurdistan 1,715, Kerman 1,281, Hormozgan 1,080, Semnan 1,065, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 455, and South Khorasan 410.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-373-cities-is-more-than-84900\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Workers Strikes in 12 Provinces Enter Eight-Day Running<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223632\" title=\"Oil-Gas-and-Petrochemical-Workers-Strikes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Oil-Gas-and-Petrochemical-Workers-Strikes-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Oil-Gas-and-Petrochemical-Workers-Strikes\" width=\"679\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Oil-Gas-and-Petrochemical-Workers-Strikes-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Oil-Gas-and-Petrochemical-Workers-Strikes.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/>Saturday, August 8, 2020, the nationwide strike of oil, gas, and petrochemical workers and employees continued in 20 cities in 12 provinces. Workers and employees of 44 refineries, companies, and factories affiliated with the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry in Isfahan, Ardabil, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ilam, Bushehr, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, Fars, Sistan and Baluchestan, Central, and Hormozgan are on strike.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-oil-gas-and-petrochemical-workers-strikes-in-12-provinces-enter-eight-day-running\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Kurdish Political Prisoner Haidar Ghorbani Is at Risk of Execution<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223638\" title=\"Ee7FhxOWAAMhY2M\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ee7FhxOWAAMhY2M-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ee7FhxOWAAMhY2M\" width=\"692\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ee7FhxOWAAMhY2M-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ee7FhxOWAAMhY2M.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>On Thursday, August 6, 2020, Branch 27 of the clerical regime\u2019s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for political prisoner Haidar Ghorbani from Kamyaran (Kurdistan Province) and referred the case to the Sanandaj prosecution office responsible for carrying out the verdict.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/kurdish-political-prisoner-haidar-ghorbani-is-at-risk-of-execution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Iran protester Fatemeh Davand taken to jail to serve over 5 years<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223639\" title=\"Ms.-Fatemeh-Davand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Fatemeh-Davand-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ms.-Fatemeh-Davand\" width=\"686\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Fatemeh-Davand-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Fatemeh-Davand-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Fatemeh-Davand.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>Ms. Davand is sentenced to 30 lashes and 65 months in prison for taking part in November 2019 protests<br \/>\nAn Iran protester, Ms. Fatemeh Davand was transferred to the Central prison of Urmia on August 6, 2020, to start serving her jail sentence for taking part in the protests in Boukan in November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Davand was arrested during the November 2019 protests and sentenced to five years and five months and 30 lashes by the Revolutionary Court of Boukan, in Iranian Kurdistan.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/08\/08\/iran-protester-fatemeh-davand-taken-to-jail-to-serve-over-5-years\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>Compulsory Veiling Laws, Summer, and Renewed Crackdown on Women<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223640\" title=\"hejab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hejab-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"hejab\" width=\"672\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hejab-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hejab-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hejab.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/>Since seizing power in Iran, the mullahs\u2019 regime has institutionalized fundamentalist laws, including the compulsory veiling laws for women. The regime also added 27 official agencies, including armed security forces, to the judicial system to enforce these laws.<\/p>\n<p>By refusing to observe compulsory veiling laws, women are able to create cracks in the regime\u2019s pillars of power that are hidden behind the mask of religion. Thus, the mullahs in Iran see any breach of the compulsory veiling laws as a major security issue.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/08\/07\/compulsory-veiling-laws-summer-and-renewed-crackdown-on-women\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h3>MEK Resistance Units activities boost hope for Iran\u2019s society<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223641\" title=\"MEK-resistance-units\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MEK-resistance-units-300x165.png\" alt=\"MEK-resistance-units\" width=\"687\" height=\"380\" \/>In the current explosive state of Iranian society, the regime has taken every possible measure to prevent the emergence of a new round of uprisings. The recent weeks have seen an uptick in executions, arrests of activists, and other security measures across Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-mek-resistance-units-activities-20200808\" 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>Sunday, August 9, 2020, marks the 267th 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-8-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more: Latest News in Brief- August 8, 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: 10:30 AM CEST Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 373 Cities Surpassed 84,900 The&nbsp;People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran&nbsp;(PMOI\/MEK) [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":223635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[130,184,198,200],"class_list":["post-223634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news-in-brief","tag-iran-protests","tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","tag-ncri","tag-mek-in-albania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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