{"id":225182,"date":"2020-09-04T10:49:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=225182"},"modified":"2023-03-04T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T13:54:40","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-september-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-september-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 September 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225186\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Yasuj1\" class=\"wp-image-225186 size-full\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1.jpg\" alt=\"Yasuj1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasuj is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad: This Province has the most critical condition among all provinces. The ICUs are filling up, and there will be no room for patients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Jailed Activist Starts Hunger Strike After Abrupt Prison Transfer<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225206\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Behnam-Mousivand-04092020\" class=\"wp-image-225206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020.jpg\" alt=\"Behnam-Mousivand-04092020\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-696x399.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-733x420.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behnam Mousivand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jailed human rights defender Behnam Mousivand, has started on a hunger strike following his abrupt transfer to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.<\/p>\n<p>Behnam Mousivand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/prison-authorities-incite-attacks-on-political-prisoners-in-iran-jails\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was held<\/a> at ward 8 of Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison. He was taken to the prison\u2019s infirmary on Saturday, August 29, after showing symptoms of COVID-19 including fever and chills.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/jailed-activist-starts-hunger-strike-after-abrupt-prison-transfer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>IRAN: New Book Lays Out Grounds to Reinstate UN Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIRAN: The Imperative to Reimpose UN Sanctions\u201d explores the nature of the Iran regime, its methods of advancing its doctrine of expansion, and how best to respond to the threat that it poses to Iranians, the Middle East, and the international community at large.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrius.org\/iran-new-book-lays-out-grounds-to-reinstate-un-sanctions.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IRAN: New Book Lays Out Grounds to Reinstate UN Sanctions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranSanctions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranSanctions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNSC<\/a> <br \/>It explores the nature of the Iran regime, its methods of advancing its doctrine of expansion, and how best to respond to the threat that it poses.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxSmDSoGa9\">https:\/\/t.co\/cxSmDSoGa9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JrhSbF0XYW\">https:\/\/t.co\/JrhSbF0XYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1301654365854478336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 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<h3>Maryam Rajavi: Iran&#8217;s enlightened students and youths rise up in the name of freedom<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maryam_Rajavi_04092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi, MEK, NCRI\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Message on the new school year 2020-2021<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents,<br \/>\nAcademicians, educators, and freedom loving teachers of Iran,<br \/>\nGreetings to all of you in the beginning of the new school year.<br \/>\nMy particular salutes to the brave students who led and pioneered the protests and uprisings.<br \/>\nAnd hail to the honorable and freedom loving teachers who held nationwide strikes against the regime over the past two years.<br \/>\nFor more than 40 years, Iran\u2019s leading generation has been fighting the clerical regime to gain freedom.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-message-new-academic-year-2020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A turbulent year coupled with deadly crises for the clerical regime is ahead of us. The ring of bells at the start of school year promises happiness &amp;progress for all children. But in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, it means only captivity, violence &amp;poverty for the youth under the mullahs\u2019 rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnaGRhefw8\">pic.twitter.com\/AnaGRhefw8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1301887120169218049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 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: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>To End Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism and Oppression, Hold It To Account and Reimpose All Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IRGC3_03092020-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"IRGC3_03092020-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-741x486.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amid the rising discussion about re-imposing sanctions on the Iranian regime, it is necessary to understand why it is important for the United Nations to reimpose all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal held their joint commission in Vienna amid the rising issue of re-imposing sanctions on the Iranian regime. Iranians in Austria <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iranians-abroad-and-over-100-lawmakers-urge-un-to-reimpose-sanctions-on-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held a protest<\/a> outside of the building and called for re-imposing all sanctions on the regime. In addition, in a statement, over 100 lawmakers from European and Arab countries urged the UN to reimpose all six Security Council resolutions on the regime. But why is it important.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/to-end-iran-regimes-terrorism-and-oppression-hold-it-to-account-and-reimpose-all-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s State Media Admit Oppression Will No Longer Quell Society<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225126\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Uprising2_03092020\" class=\"wp-image-225126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, NCRI, IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">November 2019 protests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more than four decades, the Iranian regime has used oppression to quell the society and hold its grip on power. Now, state-run media and officials acknowledge even their brutal oppression cannot stop people from overthrowing the regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-state-media-admit-oppression-will-no-longer-quell-society\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Romanian Lawmakers Urge EU To Stop Appeasing Iran\u2019s Regime, Reimpose Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Romanian_Declaration2_03092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI, MEK, Sanctions, Iran, U.S., IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of the Romanian lawmakers, all members of the Romanian Parliamentarian Committee for Free Iran, in a statement, urged the European Union to end its appeasement policy toward the mullahs\u2019 regime and to support the reimposition the arms embargo on the terrorist regime ruling Iran. They described this action as an indispensable step in restoring peace and security in the Middle East and the entire world.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/romanian-lawmakers-urge-eu-to-stop-appeasing-irans-regime-reimpose-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 410 Cities Exceeds 98,600<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Death_Toll_03092020-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, Coronavirus Iran, Covid-19 Iran, death toll\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-737x420.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 3, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 410 cities in Iran had passed 98,600. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,029, Khuzestan 6,572, Mazandaran 4,776, Lorestan 4,330, Gilan 4,082, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,069, Fars 2,764, Kermanshah 2,336, Kerman 1,573, Central Province 1,283, Ardabil 1,202, Semnan 1,272, Zanjan 944, and South Khorasan 567.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-410-cities-exceeds-98600\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/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-e1598946307486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-e1598946307486.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-e1598946307486\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/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>Friday, September 4, 2020, marks the 293<sup>rd<\/sup> day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\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\u00a0<\/a>the President-elect of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 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><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of uprising cities:\u00a0<strong>191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of martyrs: At least\u00a0<strong>1500<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of injured: More than\u00a0<strong>4,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of detainees: More than\u00a0<strong>12,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-september-3-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 3, 2020<\/strong><\/a><figure id=\"attachment_225186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225186\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Yasuj1\" class=\"wp-image-225186 size-full\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1.jpg\" alt=\"Yasuj1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasuj is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad: This Province has the most critical condition among all provinces. The ICUs are filling up, and there will be no room for patients<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Jailed Activist Starts Hunger Strike After Abrupt Prison Transfer<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225206\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Behnam-Mousivand-04092020\" class=\"wp-image-225206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020.jpg\" alt=\"Behnam-Mousivand-04092020\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-696x399.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-733x420.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behnam Mousivand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jailed human rights defender Behnam Mousivand, has started on a hunger strike following his abrupt transfer to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.<\/p>\n<p>Behnam Mousivand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/prison-authorities-incite-attacks-on-political-prisoners-in-iran-jails\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was held<\/a> at ward 8 of Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison. He was taken to the prison\u2019s infirmary on Saturday, August 29, after showing symptoms of COVID-19 including fever and chills.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/jailed-activist-starts-hunger-strike-after-abrupt-prison-transfer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>IRAN: New Book Lays Out Grounds to Reinstate UN Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIRAN: The Imperative to Reimpose UN Sanctions\u201d explores the nature of the Iran regime, its methods of advancing its doctrine of expansion, and how best to respond to the threat that it poses to Iranians, the Middle East, and the international community at large.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrius.org\/iran-new-book-lays-out-grounds-to-reinstate-un-sanctions.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IRAN: New Book Lays Out Grounds to Reinstate UN Sanctions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranSanctions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranSanctions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNSC<\/a> <br \/>It explores the nature of the Iran regime, its methods of advancing its doctrine of expansion, and how best to respond to the threat that it poses.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxSmDSoGa9\">https:\/\/t.co\/cxSmDSoGa9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JrhSbF0XYW\">https:\/\/t.co\/JrhSbF0XYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1301654365854478336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 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<h3>Maryam Rajavi: Iran&#8217;s enlightened students and youths rise up in the name of freedom<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maryam_Rajavi_04092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi, MEK, NCRI\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Message on the new school year 2020-2021<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents,<br \/>\nAcademicians, educators, and freedom loving teachers of Iran,<br \/>\nGreetings to all of you in the beginning of the new school year.<br \/>\nMy particular salutes to the brave students who led and pioneered the protests and uprisings.<br \/>\nAnd hail to the honorable and freedom loving teachers who held nationwide strikes against the regime over the past two years.<br \/>\nFor more than 40 years, Iran\u2019s leading generation has been fighting the clerical regime to gain freedom.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-message-new-academic-year-2020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A turbulent year coupled with deadly crises for the clerical regime is ahead of us. The ring of bells at the start of school year promises happiness &amp;progress for all children. But in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, it means only captivity, violence &amp;poverty for the youth under the mullahs\u2019 rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnaGRhefw8\">pic.twitter.com\/AnaGRhefw8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1301887120169218049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 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: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>To End Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism and Oppression, Hold It To Account and Reimpose All Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IRGC3_03092020-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"IRGC3_03092020-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-741x486.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amid the rising discussion about re-imposing sanctions on the Iranian regime, it is necessary to understand why it is important for the United Nations to reimpose all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal held their joint commission in Vienna amid the rising issue of re-imposing sanctions on the Iranian regime. Iranians in Austria <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iranians-abroad-and-over-100-lawmakers-urge-un-to-reimpose-sanctions-on-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held a protest<\/a> outside of the building and called for re-imposing all sanctions on the regime. In addition, in a statement, over 100 lawmakers from European and Arab countries urged the UN to reimpose all six Security Council resolutions on the regime. But why is it important.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/to-end-iran-regimes-terrorism-and-oppression-hold-it-to-account-and-reimpose-all-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s State Media Admit Oppression Will No Longer Quell Society<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225126\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Uprising2_03092020\" class=\"wp-image-225126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, NCRI, IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">November 2019 protests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more than four decades, the Iranian regime has used oppression to quell the society and hold its grip on power. Now, state-run media and officials acknowledge even their brutal oppression cannot stop people from overthrowing the regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-state-media-admit-oppression-will-no-longer-quell-society\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Romanian Lawmakers Urge EU To Stop Appeasing Iran\u2019s Regime, Reimpose Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Romanian_Declaration2_03092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI, MEK, Sanctions, Iran, U.S., IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of the Romanian lawmakers, all members of the Romanian Parliamentarian Committee for Free Iran, in a statement, urged the European Union to end its appeasement policy toward the mullahs\u2019 regime and to support the reimposition the arms embargo on the terrorist regime ruling Iran. They described this action as an indispensable step in restoring peace and security in the Middle East and the entire world.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/romanian-lawmakers-urge-eu-to-stop-appeasing-irans-regime-reimpose-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 410 Cities Exceeds 98,600<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Death_Toll_03092020-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, Coronavirus Iran, Covid-19 Iran, death toll\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-737x420.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 3, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 410 cities in Iran had passed 98,600. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,029, Khuzestan 6,572, Mazandaran 4,776, Lorestan 4,330, Gilan 4,082, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,069, Fars 2,764, Kermanshah 2,336, Kerman 1,573, Central Province 1,283, Ardabil 1,202, Semnan 1,272, Zanjan 944, and South Khorasan 567.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-410-cities-exceeds-98600\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/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-e1598946307486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-e1598946307486.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-e1598946307486\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/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>Friday, September 4, 2020, marks the 293<sup>rd<\/sup> day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\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\u00a0<\/a>the President-elect of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 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><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of uprising cities:\u00a0<strong>191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of martyrs: At least\u00a0<strong>1500<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of injured: More than\u00a0<strong>4,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of detainees: More than\u00a0<strong>12,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-september-3-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 3, 2020<\/strong><\/a><figure id=\"attachment_225186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225186\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Yasuj1\" class=\"wp-image-225186 size-full\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1.jpg\" alt=\"Yasuj1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yasuj1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasuj is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad: This Province has the most critical condition among all provinces. The ICUs are filling up, and there will be no room for patients<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Jailed Activist Starts Hunger Strike After Abrupt Prison Transfer<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225206\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Behnam-Mousivand-04092020\" class=\"wp-image-225206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020.jpg\" alt=\"Behnam-Mousivand-04092020\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-696x399.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Behnam-Mousivand-04092020-733x420.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behnam Mousivand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jailed human rights defender Behnam Mousivand, has started on a hunger strike following his abrupt transfer to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.<\/p>\n<p>Behnam Mousivand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/prison-authorities-incite-attacks-on-political-prisoners-in-iran-jails\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was held<\/a> at ward 8 of Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison. He was taken to the prison\u2019s infirmary on Saturday, August 29, after showing symptoms of COVID-19 including fever and chills.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/jailed-activist-starts-hunger-strike-after-abrupt-prison-transfer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>IRAN: New Book Lays Out Grounds to Reinstate UN Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIRAN: The Imperative to Reimpose UN Sanctions\u201d explores the nature of the Iran regime, its methods of advancing its doctrine of expansion, and how best to respond to the threat that it poses to Iranians, the Middle East, and the international community at large.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrius.org\/iran-new-book-lays-out-grounds-to-reinstate-un-sanctions.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IRAN: New Book Lays Out Grounds to Reinstate UN Sanctions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranSanctions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranSanctions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNSC<\/a> <br \/>It explores the nature of the Iran regime, its methods of advancing its doctrine of expansion, and how best to respond to the threat that it poses.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxSmDSoGa9\">https:\/\/t.co\/cxSmDSoGa9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JrhSbF0XYW\">https:\/\/t.co\/JrhSbF0XYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1301654365854478336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 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<h3>Maryam Rajavi: Iran&#8217;s enlightened students and youths rise up in the name of freedom<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maryam_Rajavi_04092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi, MEK, NCRI\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_04092020-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Message on the new school year 2020-2021<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents,<br \/>\nAcademicians, educators, and freedom loving teachers of Iran,<br \/>\nGreetings to all of you in the beginning of the new school year.<br \/>\nMy particular salutes to the brave students who led and pioneered the protests and uprisings.<br \/>\nAnd hail to the honorable and freedom loving teachers who held nationwide strikes against the regime over the past two years.<br \/>\nFor more than 40 years, Iran\u2019s leading generation has been fighting the clerical regime to gain freedom.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-message-new-academic-year-2020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A turbulent year coupled with deadly crises for the clerical regime is ahead of us. The ring of bells at the start of school year promises happiness &amp;progress for all children. But in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, it means only captivity, violence &amp;poverty for the youth under the mullahs\u2019 rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnaGRhefw8\">pic.twitter.com\/AnaGRhefw8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1301887120169218049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 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: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>To End Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism and Oppression, Hold It To Account and Reimpose All Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IRGC3_03092020-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"IRGC3_03092020-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IRGC3_03092020-1-741x486.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amid the rising discussion about re-imposing sanctions on the Iranian regime, it is necessary to understand why it is important for the United Nations to reimpose all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal held their joint commission in Vienna amid the rising issue of re-imposing sanctions on the Iranian regime. Iranians in Austria <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iranians-abroad-and-over-100-lawmakers-urge-un-to-reimpose-sanctions-on-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held a protest<\/a> outside of the building and called for re-imposing all sanctions on the regime. In addition, in a statement, over 100 lawmakers from European and Arab countries urged the UN to reimpose all six Security Council resolutions on the regime. But why is it important.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/to-end-iran-regimes-terrorism-and-oppression-hold-it-to-account-and-reimpose-all-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s State Media Admit Oppression Will No Longer Quell Society<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225126\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Uprising2_03092020\" class=\"wp-image-225126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, NCRI, IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_Uprising2_03092020-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">November 2019 protests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more than four decades, the Iranian regime has used oppression to quell the society and hold its grip on power. Now, state-run media and officials acknowledge even their brutal oppression cannot stop people from overthrowing the regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-state-media-admit-oppression-will-no-longer-quell-society\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Romanian Lawmakers Urge EU To Stop Appeasing Iran\u2019s Regime, Reimpose Sanctions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Romanian_Declaration2_03092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI, MEK, Sanctions, Iran, U.S., IRGC, Khamenei\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Romanian_Declaration2_03092020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of the Romanian lawmakers, all members of the Romanian Parliamentarian Committee for Free Iran, in a statement, urged the European Union to end its appeasement policy toward the mullahs\u2019 regime and to support the reimposition the arms embargo on the terrorist regime ruling Iran. They described this action as an indispensable step in restoring peace and security in the Middle East and the entire world.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/romanian-lawmakers-urge-eu-to-stop-appeasing-irans-regime-reimpose-sanctions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 410 Cities Exceeds 98,600<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Death_Toll_03092020-1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"MEK, Coronavirus Iran, Covid-19 Iran, death toll\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Death_Toll_03092020-1-737x420.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 3, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 410 cities in Iran had passed 98,600. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,029, Khuzestan 6,572, Mazandaran 4,776, Lorestan 4,330, Gilan 4,082, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,069, Fars 2,764, Kermanshah 2,336, Kerman 1,573, Central Province 1,283, Ardabil 1,202, Semnan 1,272, Zanjan 944, and South Khorasan 567.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-410-cities-exceeds-98600\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/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-e1598946307486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-e1598946307486.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-e1598946307486\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/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>Friday, September 4, 2020, marks the 293<sup>rd<\/sup> day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\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\u00a0<\/a>the President-elect of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 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><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of uprising cities:\u00a0<strong>191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of martyrs: At least\u00a0<strong>1500<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of injured: More than\u00a0<strong>4,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number of detainees: More than\u00a0<strong>12,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-september-3-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 3, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST Jailed Activist Starts Hunger Strike After Abrupt Prison Transfer Jailed human rights defender Behnam [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":225186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[129,184,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-225182","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-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","10":"tag-mek-iran","11":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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