{"id":224680,"date":"2020-08-27T08:12:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=224680"},"modified":"2023-03-22T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:12:32","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran, Isfahan – Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: In Isfahan, the trend for the Coronavirus outbreak has spiked dramatically since August 19. (Aftab-news, August 25)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 95,500 Deaths, August 27 2020, 6:00 PM
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Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 95,500 Deaths, August 27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF Aug 27, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u202fPeople\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/a><\/u>\u202fannounced this afternoon, August 27, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than\u202f95,500<\/strong>\u202fin 404 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 6741 in Khorasan Razavi, 6414 in Khuzestan, 4623 in Mazandaran, 4535 in Qom, 4295 in Isfahan, 4072 in Lorestan, 3973 in Gilan, 3006 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 2753 in Alborz, 2283 in Kermanshah, 1522 in Kerman, 1274 in Hormozgan, 1172 in Bushehr, 909 in Zanjan, 819 in Qazvin and 815 in Ilam. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dominique Attias speaks to conference calling for 1988 massacre accountability<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dominique Attias, President of European Law Society Federation from October 2020, and former vice-batonniere of Paris from January 2016, addressed a virtual conference on August 22, 2020: Call on the UN for the 1988 Massacre Accountability.
\nIn her speech she said: This is a serious matter and one that needs to be addressed and finally answered. It is unacceptable that such a massacre should go unmentioned. It is not possible that in the twenty-first century for such crimes to go unpunished.<\/p>\n

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Iran News on Coronavirus\u2013August 26, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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UPDATE: 5:15 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi: I hail the residents of Abolfazl village (in Kianshahr of Ahvaz) who defended their lives and homes with empty hands and defied the repressive forces. I call on all youths of Ahvaz to rush to their assistance<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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I hail the residents of Abolfazl village (in Kianshahr of #Ahvaz<\/a>) who defended their lives and homes with empty hands and defied the repressive forces. I call on all youths of Ahvaz to rush to their assistance. #Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Civil activist Farangis Mazloum appears before Tehran Court<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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#Iran<\/a> #Civilactivist<\/a> Farangis Mazloum, #mother<\/a> of #politicalprisoner<\/a> Soheil Arabi, appeared before the Revolutionary Court of Tehran on Aug 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

She is accused of \u201cassembly and collusion to commit crime thru making contacts with the PMOI.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/gI9b0qKADU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Women’s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Iran Contends With Unrest, the World Must Contend With the Regime\u2019s Disinformation Against the MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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MEK supporters rally in Brussels- File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Iranian regime is currently facing unprecedented challenges from the Iranian people. The year 2018 began with a nationwide uprising already underway, and its enduring social influence led by the\u00a0NCRI<\/a>\u00a0President-elect\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0to call that year a \u201cyear full of uprisings.\u201d Scattered local demonstrations helped to keep anti-government slogans like \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d in popular circulation, and in\u00a0November 2019<\/a>\u00a0they returned to national prominence with another nationwide uprising, this one even larger than its predecessor.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

European Policymakers Have Willfully Embraced Increased Danger of Iranian Attack<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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European Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By: Alejo Vidal-Quadras<\/strong><\/p>\n

As someone who has long recognized and worked to counter the global threat posed by the Iranian regime, I am extremely disappointed that so many of my European colleagues have joined in standing against American efforts to re-impose multilateral sanctions and prevent the expiration of a UN\u00a0arms embargo<\/a>\u00a0in October.<\/p>\n

The sanction critics have offered little explanation for why they seem not to share the relevant concerns about advanced weapons falling into the hands of terrorist groups. This is exactly what will happen if states like Russia and China are able to freely sell weapons to the Iranian regime, as they intend to.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Iran: Message by Massoud Rajavi, August 26, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Masoud-Rajavi\"
Mr. Massoud Rajavi Iranian Resistance Leader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the assassins of my brother, Kazem, the perpetrators and the masterminds of all assassinations and crimes committed inside and outside Iran by the ruling religious fascism must be sanctioned and punished for their actions. They include the assassins of Qassemlou in Vienna, Bakhtiar and Boroumand in Paris, Fereydoun Farrokhzad in Bonn, Akbar Ghorbani in Istanbul, Sharafkandi in Berlin, Naghdi in Rome, Zahra Rajabi and Ali Moradi in Istanbul, Mohammad Hassan Arbab in Karachi, and dozens of others. These crimes are in addition to hundreds of other terrorist crimes perpetrated by Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy against the Iranian Resistance, the Peshmargas and our Kurdish brothers in Iraqi territory and Iraqi Kurdistan.<\/p>\n

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Maryam Rajavi: The religious fascism ruling Iran must be strongly condemned and expelled from the international community for its continued use of torture and arbitrary executions, especially of political prisoners, and its brutal and systematic Human Rights violations<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The religious fascism ruling #Iran<\/a> must be strongly condemned and expelled from the international community for its continued use of torture and arbitrary executions, especially of political prisoners, and its brutal and systematic #HumanRights<\/a> violations. pic.twitter.com\/I2AA5EQURS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 404 Cities Exceeds 95,000<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Over 95,000 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n