{"id":223844,"date":"2020-08-13T09:51:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223844"},"modified":"2023-01-25T07:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T06:19:11","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 13, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_223851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223851\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Semnan\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan.jpg\" alt=\"Semnan\" width=\"900\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-696x516.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-567x420.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Semnan-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Semnan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 09:20 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Families of political prisoners in Iran speak out for their loved ones<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mother of Majid Assadi urges international human rights organizations to take action to secure immediate release of this resistant political prisoner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"political-prisoners-in-Mashhad-13082020\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-223893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/political-prisoners-in-Mashhad-13082020.jpg\" alt=\"political-prisoners-in-Mashhad-13082020\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/political-prisoners-in-Mashhad-13082020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/political-prisoners-in-Mashhad-13082020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/political-prisoners-in-Mashhad-13082020-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Families of political prisoners in Iran undertook various acts of protest over the past days to restore freedom and rights of their loved ones in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>The protest gathering of the families of political prisoners in Mashhad, an interview by the mother of political prisoner Majid Assadi, and the publication of a video clip by the wife of the Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani after his death verdict was upheld, were among these protests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/02\/09\/1979-revolution-iranian-women-take-a-stride-forward\/\">Mothers, spouses, and relatives<\/a>\u00a0of political prisoners have always had a leading and significant role in defending the trampled human rights in Iran under the rule of dictatorships.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/08\/13\/families-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-speak-out-for-their-loved-ones\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nurses in Mashhad protest overdue wages <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>August 13 &#8211; Mashhad, northeast Iran: Hospital nurses protested unfair practices in paying their paychecks and officials\u2019 refusal to implement nursing laws. This gathering was held outside the Razavi Khorasan province governorate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 13 &#8211; Mashhad, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Hospital nurses protesting unfair practices in paying their paychecks &amp; officials refusing to implement nursing laws.<br \/>This gathering was held outside the Razavi Khorasan province governorate.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R9hJOeDIg4\">pic.twitter.com\/R9hJOeDIg4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1293941985225523200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 373 Cities Exceeds 87,300<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Over-87300-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-223838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Over-87300-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"Over-87300-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"696\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Over-87300-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-87300-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-87300-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-87300-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-87300-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-87300-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-87300-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on August 12, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 373 cities across Iran had passed 87,300. The number of victims in Tehran is 21,470, Khorasan Razavi 6,388, Khuzestan 6,042, Mazandaran 4,099, Isfahan 3,828, Gilan 3,677, East Azerbaijan 2,500, Central Province 1,043, Semnan 1,090, Bushehr 1,050, Ardabil 1,025, Yazd 990, Zanjan 821, Qazvin 736, Ilam 690, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 577, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 485, and South Khorasan 444.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-373-cities-exceeds-87300\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>Iran\u2019s Regime Corruption, and the Way to Reverse It<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Regimes_Corruption\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-223801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Regimes_Corruption.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_Regimes_Corruption\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Regimes_Corruption.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Regimes_Corruption-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Regimes_Corruption-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Regimes_Corruption-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Regimes_Corruption-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recent years, Iran\u2019s most far-reaching protest movements have all begun with the expression of economic grievances. In late December 2017, organizers staged a protest in the city of Mashhad which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">condemned the national government\u2019s economic policy in the wake of a series of alarming indicators. Somewhat unexpectedly, that local demonstration quickly sparked others all across the country, resulting in a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nationwide uprising<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-corruption-and-the-way-to-reverse-it\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>Defiant Youth in Tehran and Provinces Target Repression Centers<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_223821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223821\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MEK-01\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MEK-01.jpg\" alt=\"MEK-01\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MEK-01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MEK-01-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran- Torching the entrance to the center of repression \u2013 July 30, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In recent days,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-defiant-youth-target-centers-of-repressive-basij-in-various-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defiant youth<\/a>\u00a0have targeted regime centers responsible for repressing the public, plundering the nation\u2019s resources, and exporting terrorism. These activities took place in Tehran and various cities, including Khorramabad, Zahedan, Shahinshahr, Karaj, Hormozgan, Neyshabur, Sonqor, Mashhad, Shahr-e-Rey, Gorgan, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Javanrud, Kashan, Masjed Soleyman and Shiraz.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/defiant-youth-in-tehran-and-provinces-target-repression-centers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>******<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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 noreferrer\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, August 13, 2020, marks the 271st 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 noreferrer\">\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 noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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-12-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more: Latest News in Brief- August 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>******* THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 09:20 PM CEST Families of political prisoners in Iran speak out for their loved ones Mother [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":223851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[129,184,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-223844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","11":"tag-mek-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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