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Ahvaz is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province – According to regime’s officials, Ahvaz has one of the highest COVID-19 death tolls in Iran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 6:45 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 90,100 Deaths, Aug 17, 2020, 6:00 PM
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NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF Aug 17, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, Aug 17, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 90,100<\/strong> in 392 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 4278 in Mazandaran, 3951 in Isfahan, 3772 in Gilan, 3732 in Lorestan, 2886 in Sistan and Baluchistan,2670 in Alborz, 2543 in Fars, 2304 in Hamedan, 1794 in Kurdestan, 1388 in Kerman, 1189 in Hormozgan,1110 in Bushehr, 725 in Ilam, 510 in Kohgiluyehn and Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Monday, August 17 continue their protests and strike for the 64th day in Shush, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on Monday, August 17 continue their protests and strike for the 64th day in Shush, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.#IranProtests<\/a>#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3qFztbAlL0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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MEK network in Iran installs a poster of Maryam Rajavi<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The network of Mojahedin Khalgh Iran known as MEK in Iran installs a poster of Maryam Rajavi.
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\nTehran\u2014 \u201cThe mullahs must go, and the sovereignty belongs to the Iranian people\u201d<\/div>\n
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Women and children are the first victims of drought in Khuzestan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Drought in Khuzestan has become an acute problem for this region\u2019s people, leading to repeated protests by local residents.\u00a0Women and children<\/a>\u00a0suffer from multiple health problems, which have multiplied during the Covid-19 crisis.<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran Regime Is Unable to Quell Society Despite Taking Criminal Decisions<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Tehran, Karaj, and Isfahan \u2013 Activities of the Resistance Units in support of Maryam Rajavi \u2013 August 11, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Officials of Iran\u2019s regime and state media outlets have been growing increasingly worried about the threat that the Iranian people pose the regime\u2019s existence. The clerical regime has been deeply unpopular for its entire existence, but that unpopularity has become uniquely difficult to deny in recent years. There are two basic reasons for this. Firstly, public expressions of dissent reached nearly unprecedented levels of intensity after 2017. And secondly, the conditions of life in Iran have grown worse while Tehran has resisted all changes of policy or behavior that might alleviate the situation. Such as funding terrorist organization and mullahs\u2019 institutionalized corruption.<\/p>\n

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Maryam Rajavi: The abnormal surging trend of the number of coronavirus victims in Iran is a product of the criminal policies of Khamenei and Rouhani<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The abnormal surging trend of the number of #coronavirus<\/a> victims in #Iran<\/a> is a product of the criminal policies of Khamenei and Rouhani. pic.twitter.com\/TnCBCiRZEc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Mullahs Send Iran\u2019s People to COVID-19 Minefield, They Try Not to Contract Virus Themselves<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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MEK announced on Sunday, August 16, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 392 cities across Iran had passed 89,600<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A glance at the Iranian regime\u2019s approach toward people during the COVID-19 outbreak alone shows how the mullahs are using this virus to achieve their sinister goals. Meanwhile, the mullahs are careful not be infected by this virus.
\nThe Iranian regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani refused to go the parliament and accepted the risk of not being able to gather enough votes for his proposed Minister of Industry and Mines. In another development, the regime\u2019s Assembly of Experts postponed its session last week due to the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 2:45 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi: The workers who are on strike, the nurses, teachers, educators, and retirees who hold protests, and courageous women and youth of Iran have risen up for freedom and their most basic rights<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The workers who are on strike, the nurses, teachers, educators, and retirees who hold protests, and courageous women and youth of #Iran<\/a> have risen up for freedom and their most basic rights #FreeIran2020<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yzrE4ABfyc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Executions, Means to the Mullahs\u2019 Survival<\/strong>
\nCall on UN for the 1988 Massacre Accountability<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Executions, Means to the Mullahs\u2019 Survival
\nCall on UN for the 1988 Massacre Accountability#1988Massacre<\/a> #NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/WcXaZC5l18<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) August 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Iran News on Coronavirus Update\u2013August 16, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 16th Day of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Workers and Employees Strike in 23 Cities and 12 Provinces<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Strikes and protests by Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers, Arak Hepco and the railway workers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protest rally of temporary contract teachers in front of the regime parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Sunday, August 16, oil, gas, petrochemical refineries, and power\u00a0plant workers<\/a>\u00a0in 23 cities in 12 provinces continued their strike for the 16th day. Fearing the continuation and spread of the\u00a0strikes<\/a>, officials, and contractors, affiliated with IRGC and other regime agencies, have attempted to get workers back to work by making hollow promises to break the\u00a0nationwide strike<\/a>. But the workers, maintaining unity and solidarity, insisted on continuing the\u00a0strike<\/a>\u00a0until all their demands were met fully.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 392 Cities Surpasses 89,600<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(PMOI \/ MEK<\/a>) announced on Sunday, August 16, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 392 cities across Iran had passed 89,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 21,985, Khorasan Razavi 6,475, Khuzestan 6,190, Mazandaran 4,245, Lorestan 3,682, East Azerbaijan 2,566, Golestan 2,525, Hamedan 2,254, Kermanshah 2,170, North Khorasan 1,427, Semnan 1,122, Central Province 1,101, Ardabil 1,053, Yazd 1,040Qazvin 751, and South Khorasan 464.<\/p>\n

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The Only Way to End Iran Regime\u2019s Ongoing Human Rights Violations Is Regime Change<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Young Iranians want regime change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last November,\u00a0<\/span>the Iranian regime\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered the\u00a0Revolutionary Guard\u00a0<\/a><\/span>(IRGC)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to \u201cdo whatever it takes\u201d to end the nationwide protests that sprang up spontaneously after Tehran announced sudden hikes in the government-set price of gasoline. The result was a series of mass shootings across dozens of Iranian cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iran news in brief, August 17, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 392 Cities Surpasses 89,600
\nIran: 72 Political Prisoner Go on Hunger Strike Over Coronavirus Fears<\/p>\n

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, August 17, 2020, marks the 275th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n

The\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

Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of the\u00a0National 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

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of uprising cities: 191<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of martyrs: At least 1500<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of injured: More than 4,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of detainees: More than 12,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more: Latest News in Brief- August 16, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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