{"id":224210,"date":"2020-08-20T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T07:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=224210"},"modified":"2023-03-29T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:09:40","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran, Mazandaran Province – The spokesperson for the Health Ministry: The situation in Mazandaran is still problematic and fragile. All cities in the Province except one are red.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 6:50 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 91,700 Deaths, Aug 20, 2020, 6:00 PM
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Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 91,700 Deaths, Aug 20, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF Aug 20, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, Aug 20, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u00a091,700<\/strong>\u00a0in 394 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 22385 in Tehran, 6556 in Khorasan Razavi, 4358 in Mazandaran, 4046 in Isfahan, 3876 in Gilan, 2680 in Golestan, 1459 in North Khorasan, 1446 in Kerman, 1166 in Markazi (Central), 1163 in Semnan, 1120 in Bushehr, 859 in Zanjan. 766 in Gazvin. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n

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

Iran Regime Ordered Assassination of Rafic Hariri<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The information\u00a0<\/span>published<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by the Iranian resistance<\/span>\u00a0revealing the Iranian regime\u2019s role in the assassination of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Rafi<\/span>c<\/span>\u00a0Hariri,\u00a0<\/span>former Lebanese Pr<\/span>ime Minister,<\/span>\u00a0along with ongoing protests in Lebanon following the massive explosion in Beirut,\u00a0<\/span>underlines the need to stop the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorism.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:45 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Regime Declares \u201cEconomic Breakthrough\u201d as Futile Effort To Hide Looming Disaster<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Iran\u2019s Regime Economy: \u201cEconomic Breakthrough\u201d or Economic Disaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Iranian regime has a new scheme for fighting back against US sanctions. The regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani began heralding its own plans as an \u201ceconomic<\/a>\u00a0breakthrough\u201d even before those plans went into effect. But this scheme is not working as he expected.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:15 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q&A: National Council of Resistance of Iran President-elect Maryam Rajavi<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Maryam-Rajavi\"<\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of\u00a0Iran<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest Iranian dissident organization, which seeks to replace\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u2019s theocratic regime with a democracy, provided the following exclusive answers to questions from The Washington Times.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times: In what way is your organization\u2019s gathering this year different from the previous gatherings it has held over the past 17 years? What does the organization\u2019s leadership, and what do the participants in this year\u2019s convention hope to achieve and what message do they have for the International Community and the United States?<\/p>\n

Mrs.\u00a0Rajavi<\/a>: The annual gathering this year is taking place in the aftermath of major developments that unfolded over the course of the previous year. Among those are: the major uprising in November 2019, where the people demanded the regime\u2019s overthrow; the January 2020 uprising, in which in their slogans people rejected both the\u00a0Shah<\/a>\u2019s (monarchy) and the mullahs\u2019 regimes, and instead demanded the establishment of a republic based on universal suffrage; the regime\u2019s parliamentary elections were dismissed through a nationwide boycott; the coronavirus catastrophe has claimed the lives of 70,000 of our compatriots as a result of the regime\u2019s criminal policies; the deepening economic crisis has continued, with a 50% inflation rate and a 30% decline in the value of the national currency over the past few months alone.<\/p>\n

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

The Washington Times – Rudy Giuliani – Former Mayor of New York City: ‘Regime falls from the bottom up’<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“Most importantly, broadcasting it right into Iran so that the people who are oppressed can understand the single most important thing they need to accomplish regime change…”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.@RudyGiuliani<\/a>: “Most importantly, broadcasting it right into Iran so that the people who are oppressed can understand the single most important thing they need to accomplish regime change…” @iran_policy<\/a> #FreeIran2020<\/a> #sponsored<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/K09YXQhHz5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Washington Times (@WashTimes) August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lebanese Hezbollah Operatives Conviction Should Set the Stage for Action Against Iranian Handlers<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, Netherlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday, a special tribunal in The Hague finally brought some resolution to a 15-year-old terrorism case. The trial had been dogged by a variety of complications and obstructions, many of which were orchestrated by the Iranian regime in an effort to avoid accountability for its most longstanding foreign terrorist proxy, Lebanese Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi: We urge all governments and international bodies to stand with the people of Iran in this historic showdown against the religious dictatorship which is the greatest threat to world peace and security<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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We urge all governments and international bodies to stand with the people of #Iran<\/a> in this historic showdown against the religious dictatorship which is the greatest threat to world peace and security. #FreeIran2020<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pdETxrNvWd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Assassination of Rafic Hariri Was Ordered by Khamenei, Plotted by Qassem Soleimani, and Carried Out by the Lebanese Branch of the IRGC<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Rafigh-Hariri\"<\/p>\n

Ten years ago, Khamenei said this court would be a sham, and its verdict would be rejected<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After 15 years, the UN special court for Lebanon issued its ruling today, although the mullahs\u2019 regime, the IRGC\u2019s terrorist Quds Force<\/a>, and the Lebanese Hezbollah used all their diplomatic, economics and terrorist leverage and everything else in their power to cover up the evidence and disrupt the course of the court\u2019s investigation. For example, they hid the suspects and the perpetrators of the crime and refused to hand over the accused to the court and did not even allow them to be interrogated.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 394 Cities Exceeds 91,200<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Holding the university entrance exams without upholding minimum health protocols is sending the students to the Coronavirus killing field<\/p>\n