{"id":223946,"date":"2020-08-15T08:16:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T07:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223946"},"modified":"2023-01-25T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:18:11","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_223947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223947\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kermansheh_15082020\" class=\"size-large wp-image-223947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"kermansheh_15082020\" width=\"696\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-696x542.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-1068x832.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020-539x420.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kermansheh_15082020.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kermanshah is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located in the western part of Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 03:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran Protests:<\/h2>\n<p>Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Saturday, August 15, continue their protests and strike for the 62nd day in Shush, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Saturday, August 15, continue their protests and strike for the 62nd day in Shush, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8N9ltQNEhU\">pic.twitter.com\/8N9ltQNEhU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1294590607831130112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_6P-Y4CPwnAQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6P-Y4CPwnAQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6P-Y4CPwnAQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-08-15T11:25:40Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_6P-Y4CPwnAQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6P-Y4CPwnAQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6P-Y4CPwnAQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6P-Y4CPwnAQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 379 Cities Exceeds 88,400 Over 88,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 379 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Friday afternoon local time. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 19,331 around a fifth of the actual figure. This was a \u201cstrategic mistake that in the past few months we solely blamed the people for the spread of Covid-19. Hasty measures in reopening the economy can lead public opinion into thinking that the illness has silenced,\u201d said Tehran Covid-19 Task Force chief Alireza Zali on Friday. Iran: Nurses and Teachers Hold Protests in Several Cities Simultaneous with the nationwide strikes of the Iranian oil worker, women and other sectors of society have also held protests across the country. Nurses, teachers, workers, and defrauded clients of corrupt financial institutes held protest gatherings and strikes in recent days in Tehran, Mashhad, Rasht, Urmia, Ahvaz, Shush, Yazd, and Khomein. Nurses and healthcare workers hired by private companies staged a chain of protests in at least seven provinces on August 10. The protesting nurses and healthcare workers called for interference of the Health Ministry to hire them directly. On August 9, a group of teachers and educators of the Literacy Movement held a protest gathering outside the mullahs\u2019 parliament in Tehran. The protests by Iran nurses, teachers, and workers in various parts of the country is because they have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 01:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Further Reports of Ongoing Labor Protests and Strikes in Iran<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Oil-strikes\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Oil-strikes-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Oil-strikes\" width=\"699\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Oil-strikes-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Oil-strikes.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, August 13, employees and workers of Iran\u2019s oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries continued their strike for the thirteenth consecutive in cities checkered across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Employers have reportedly contacting them the striking workers and promised a small wage increase. Some workers were offered up to 10 million tomans (\u2243435$), but the workers did not accept it.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-labor-protests-update-oil-gas-petrochemical-20200814\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Political prisoners say regime lies about health accommodations in its jails<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-prisons-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-prisons\" width=\"679\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-prisons-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-prisons.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/>The Iranian regime launched a television campaign claiming to provide excellent health services and protection against Covid-19 in its prisons, especially the notorious Evin prison in the Iranian capital Tehran. The reason behind this latest effort by the mullahs\u2019 propaganda machine has been the impact of revelations made by the Iranian opposition People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) on the novel coronavirus spreading across the country and especially the regime\u2019s prison, threatening the life of ordinary and especially political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-covid19-evin-prison-television-show-20200814\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n*****<\/p>\n<h2>Iran Protests:<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Saturday, August 15, continue their protests and strike for the 62nd day in Shush, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8N9ltQNEhU\">pic.twitter.com\/8N9ltQNEhU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1294590607831130112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">August 15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nRetirees demanding fair pension policies in protest rallies held in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Mashhad, Ahvaz, Karaj and Sari.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PjHAJXgYND\">pic.twitter.com\/PjHAJXgYND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1294553353750368257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Workers of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#8216;s oil, gas and petrochemical industries continue their strike for the 14th consecutive day.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uB7MmQyBvy\">pic.twitter.com\/uB7MmQyBvy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1294367942117691394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 09:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll in 379 Cities Exceeds 88,400<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Over-88400-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-223943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Over-88400-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"Over-88400-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-88400-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-88400-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-88400-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-88400-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-88400-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-88400-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-88400-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 14, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus death toll in 379 cities across Iran had reached more than 88,400. The number of victims in Tehran is 21,735, Khuzestan 6,102, Mazandaran 4,180, Fars 2,494, Golestan 2,484, Kermanshah 2,155, Hormozgan 1,148, Semnan 1,107, Central Province 1,091, Ardabil 1,040, and Ilam 710.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-the-staggering-coronavirus-death-toll-in-379-cities-exceeds-88400\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<h2>Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI president-elect, said:<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">An a<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">rms embargo<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> against the religious fascism ruling <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Iran<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is indispensable to regional and global peace and security. The regime\u2019s unimpeded purchase and sale of weapons will have no result other than <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">terrorism<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> , warmongering and export of fundamentalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ArmsEmbargo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ArmsEmbargo<\/a> against the religious fascism ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is indispensable to regional &amp; global peace &amp; security. The regime\u2019s unimpeded purchase &amp; sale of weapons will have no result other than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/terrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#terrorism<\/a> , warmongering &amp; export of fundamentalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1294419516135485440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Saturday, August 15, 2020, marks the 273rd 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-14-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more: Latest News in Brief- August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 03:30 PM CEST Iran Protests: Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Saturday, August 15, continue [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":223947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[129,130,184,197,198,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-223946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news-in-brief","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-iran-protests","10":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","11":"tag-mek-iran","12":"tag-ncri","13":"tag-maryam-rajavi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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