{"id":224792,"date":"2020-08-29T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=224792"},"modified":"2023-03-22T23:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T22:52:37","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-august-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-august-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 August 29, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_224798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224798\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-224798 size-large\" title=\"Isfahan-chelsoton-1024x681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Isfahan is a major city in Iran and is the capital of Isfahan Province. According to a spokesperson for the Health Ministry Isfahan is in a red situation\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-1392x926.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-1068x711.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-1920x1277.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Isfahan-chelsoton-631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isfahan is a major city in Iran and is the capital of Isfahan Province. According to a spokesperson for the Health Ministry Isfahan is in a red situation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 96,500 Deaths, Aug 29, 2020, 6:00 PM<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-224821 td-animation-stack-type1-2\" title=\"Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784.jpg 925w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784-696x455.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784-642x420.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran-Rasht-e1598719864784-741x486.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced this afternoon, Aug 29, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 96,500 in 408 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 6875 in Khorasan Razavi, 6467 in Khuzestan, 4349 in Isfahan, 4167 in Lorestan, 3998 in Gilan, 3032 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 2820 in East Azerbaijan, 2773 in Alborz, 2649 in West Azerbaijan, 2458 in Hamedan, 1543 in Kerman, 1284 in Hormozgan, 1187 in Bushehr, 1142 in Ardabil, 919 in Zanjan, 677 in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\">PMOI \/ MEK reports: Railway workers protest in northwest Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New reports indicate protests continue by people in different parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jb9XguvUXE\">https:\/\/t.co\/jb9XguvUXE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1299733481396695040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\">Elderly Political Prisoner Arzhang Davoudi Held Incommunicado in SE Iran Prison<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224812\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-224812\" title=\"Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020.jpg\" alt=\"human rights, political prisoner, oppression\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arzhang-Davoodi-29082020-734x420.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political prisoner Arzhang Davoudi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Years after sending political prisoner Arzhang Davoudi to exile in the prisons of Zabol and Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province (SE Iran), the Intelligence Ministry is trying through various means to remove or conceal every trace of him, so that no one can disseminate any information about this long-time political prisoner.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/28\/elderly-political-prisoner-arzhang-davoudi-held-incommunicado-in-se-iran-prison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Oil-gas industry workers on strike<\/h3>\n<p>Oil-gas industry workers are protesting harsh working conditions, lack of minimum of security &amp; welfare facilities, &amp; months-overdue paychecks &amp; bonuses. The strikes have now spread to 12 provinces &amp; in over 55 sites &amp; centers. The regime has fired many of these protesting workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran: Oil-gas industry workers on strike\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_6Z_z_flsd24\" 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%2F6Z_z_flsd24%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Z_z_flsd24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-08-28T21:22:50Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_6Z_z_flsd24\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6Z_z_flsd24%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran: Oil-gas industry workers on strike<\/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\/6Z_z_flsd24\" 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%2F6Z_z_flsd24%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Oil-gas industry workers on strike\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"#Iran: Oil-gas industry workers are protesting harsh working conditions, lack of minimum of security &amp; welfare facilities, &amp; months-overdue paychecks &amp; bonuses. The strikes have now spread to 12 provinces &amp; in over 55 sites &amp; centers. The regime has fired many of these protesting workers. #IranProtests #IranStrikes Some workers expressed their demands in an open letter. They want: 1. To receive uninterrupted salaries &amp; benefits each month 2. The dismissal of contractors who pocket billions in profits &amp; do not pay workers&#039; wages 3. The elimination of illegal clauses in contracts, such as a clause stating that in the event of any objection to wages &amp; poor working conditions, the worker will be fired without pay 4. The right to form a legal trade union 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><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran Regime To Ban All Social Media Platforms: Will It Hinder an Uprising?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-224768 alignnone\" title=\"Filtring-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Filtring-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Filtring-Iran\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Filtring-Iran.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Filtring-Iran-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Filtring-Iran-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Filtring-Iran-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime\u2019s parliament is to ban and filter all the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/why-iran-regime-fears-social-media-and-free-information-exchange\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">social media applications<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This medieval action in the era of technology shows how terrified\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs are from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the population<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and their connection with the organized resistance movement.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> But will the regime get its desired security?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-regime-to-ban-all-social-media-platforms-will-it-hinder-an-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Activities of Resistance Units and MEK Supporters in the Last Week of August<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201cDisband the IRGC\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224750\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-224750\" title=\"Resistance_unit14_28082020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Resistance_unit14_28082020.jpg\" alt=\"Resistance_unit14_28082020\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Resistance_unit14_28082020.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Resistance_unit14_28082020-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiraz \u2013 Posting Massoud Rajavi (the leader of the Iranian Resistance)&#8217;s banner \u2013 August 22, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Resistance Units and supporters of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/PMOI)<\/a>\u00a0launched a nationwide campaign to break the atmosphere of terror and repression of the clerical regime, by writing graffiti and distributing leaflets and posting banners in Tehran and other cities including, Karaj, Sanandaj, Qazvin, Rasht, Isfahan, Shiraz, Neyshabur, Sistan and Baluchestan, Mashhad, Behshahr, Qods town, Dezful, Ahvaz, Birjand, Dehdasht, Tabriz, and Khorramabad.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-activities-of-resistance-units-and-mek-supporters-in-the-last-week-of-august\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Criminal Sentences of Death, Flogging, and Imprisonment for Three Brothers for Participating in the Kazerun and Shiraz Uprisings<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-224800 alignnone\" title=\"Prison-716x420-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prison-716x420-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prison-716x420-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prison-716x420-1.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prison-716x420-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prison-716x420-1-696x408.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clerical regime\u2019s judiciary has sentenced three brothers to death, imprisonment, and flogging for participating in the Kazerun and Shiraz uprisings.<\/p>\n<p>Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old National wrestling champion was sentenced to two executions, in addition to six and a half years in prison and 74 lashes. His brothers, Vahid Afkari, 35, and Habib Afkari, 29, were sentenced to 54.5 years in prison and 74 lashes, and 27 years and three months imprisonment and 74 lashes, respectively. They have been subjected to severe torture in prison since 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/criminal-sentences-of-death-flogging-and-imprisonment-for-three-brothers-for-participating-in-the-kazerun-and-shiraz-uprisings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 408 Cities Exceeds 96,000<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-224779 alignnone\" title=\"Over-96000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Over-96000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"MEK announced on Friday, August 28, that over 96,000 people have lost their lives due to the novel coronavirus\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Over-96000-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-96000-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-96000-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-96000-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-96000-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-96000-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-96000-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/ MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Friday, August 28, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 408 cities in Iran had exceeded 96,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 23,355, Khorasan Razavi 6,775, Mazandaran 4,668, Khuzestan 6,447, Isfahan 4,320, Lorestan 4,117, Golestan 2,766, Fars 2,698, Kurdistan 1,946, North Khorasan 1,519, Semnan 1,242, Central Province 1,231, Ardabil 1,132, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 657, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 595, and South Khorasan 514.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-408-cities-exceeds-96000\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219239 aligncenter td-animation-stack-type1-2 td-animation-stack-type1-1\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" 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=\"249\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Iran news in brief, August 29, 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 408 Cities Exceeds 96,000<\/p>\n<p>Ahvaz Municipality Workers Hold Protest Rally<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 29, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tiLfqI0wCwg\" 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%2FtiLfqI0wCwg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tiLfqI0wCwg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-08-29T08:16:10Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tiLfqI0wCwg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtiLfqI0wCwg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 29, 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\/tiLfqI0wCwg\" 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%2FtiLfqI0wCwg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 29, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 29, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 408 Cities Exceeds 96,000 Over 96,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 408 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 21,249, around a fifth of the actual figure. \u201cWe all need to know that we probably will need to live with the Covid-19 virus for another two years. Currently, we are in critical conditions. Most of the country\u2019s provinces, especially the northern provinces and Tehran, are considered red zones,\u201d said Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi on Friday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Ahvaz Municipality Workers Hold Protest Rally On Thursday, a group of District 7 municipality workers in the city of Ahvaz, southwest Iran, held a protest rally. Workers of the Ahvaz Municipal Executive Unit gathered in front of the District Municipality building demanding their delayed paychecks and authorities to address their problems. \u201cThe contractor has not paid our paychecks for six months,\u201d the workers said. In addition, on Wednesday, a group of workers in Abadan, southwest Iran, gathered in the municipality courtyard protesting delayed paychecks for several months and seeking answers to other demands. According to one of the workers, their demands range in three areas and entities affiliated to the Abadan Municipality have not been paid since December 2018. This includes overtime, holiday working and night shifts. 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