{"id":225450,"date":"2020-09-08T08:55:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T07:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=225450"},"modified":"2023-01-25T17:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:54:30","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-september-7-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief\/latest-news-in-brief-september-7-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief \u2013 September 8, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225453\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1\" class=\"wp-image-225453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-city-of-tehran\u064008092020-1-741x486.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran has the highest number of coronavirus victims. The death toll in this city is 24,345<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran, Khuzestan &#8211; Haft-Tappeh strike &#8211; day 86<\/h2>\n<p>Workers continue their strike by holding a rally in front of the Shush governorate. They demand to return to the work and being hired by the company. They announced that &#8220;Our urgent demand is to abolish privatization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khuzestan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khuzestan<\/a>\u2014Haft-Tappeh strike\u2014day 86<br \/>Workers continue their strike by holding a rally in front of the Shush governorate. They demand to return to the work and being hired by the company.<br \/>They announced that &quot;Our urgent demand is to abolish privatization.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tBsuSLongQ\">pic.twitter.com\/tBsuSLongQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IranNewsUpdate (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1303403644281335816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 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<h2>Disastrous state of literacy of women and girls in Iran<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225492\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Literacy-in-Iran_08092020\" class=\" wp-image-225492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Literacy-in-Iran_08092020.jpg\" alt=\"Literacy-in-Iran_08092020\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Literacy-in-Iran_08092020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Literacy-in-Iran_08092020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Literacy-in-Iran_08092020-696x399.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Literacy-in-Iran_08092020-733x420.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disastrous state of literacy of women and girls in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the world celebrated International Literacy Day, basic literacy remains a distant dream for many girl children and women in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on 8 September, is an opportunity to highlight improvements in world literacy rates, and reflect on the world\u2019s remaining literacy challenges. Universal access to quality education and learning opportunities is among the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals, with SDG4 seeking to ensure that all young people achieve literacy and numeracy and that adults who lack these skills are given the opportunity to acquire them. The 2019 theme focuses on \u201cLiteracy and Multilingualism\u201d as multilingualism is crucial to development in today\u2019s globalized and digitalized world and has serious implications for literacy in policies and practice.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/08\/disastrous-state-of-literacy-of-women-and-girls-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Workers, college students and employees protest regime\u2019s corruption<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225490\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Protests_08092020\" class=\"wp-image-225490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Protests_08092020.jpg\" alt=\"Protests_08092020\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Protests_08092020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Protests_08092020-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran University students protesting in front of the Iranian Privatization Organization building\u2014September 7, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A group of Tehran University students gathered in front of the Privatization Organization building on Monday, September 7, protesting unwarranted forfeitures to the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>The students showed their protests by holding placards reading &#8220;Evict corrupt managers from the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company,&#8221; &#8220;Corrupt privatization is a disaster for national production,&#8221; and &#8220;Corrupt privatization is the cause of unemployment,\u201d according to the HRANA news agency.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-tehran-semnan-zahat-sistan-baluchistan-20200908\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Three political prisoners transferred to quarantine section of notorious jail<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Political_prisoners_08092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Political_prisoners_08092020.jpg\" alt=\"Political_prisoners_08092020\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Political_prisoners_08092020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Political_prisoners_08092020-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reporting by PMOI\/MEK: Political prisoners Majid Assadi, Mohammad Amir Khizi, and Payam Shakiba have been transferred by authorities from ward 209 of Tehran\u2019s Evin prison to Gohardasht prison of Karaj, a city located west of Tehran. This transfer took place on Monday, September 7, and the three political prisoners are placed in the quarantine section of Gohardasht prison. It is also worth noting that ward 209 of Evin prison is under the control and authority of the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-majid-assadi-mohammad-amirkhizi-payam-shakiba-gohardasht-karaj-20200908\" 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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: Three political prisoners, including Majid Assadi, transferred to quarantine section of notorious jail<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLG27zMch7\">https:\/\/t.co\/nLG27zMch7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1303360560965103616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 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<h2>Major online conference by Iranian associations, keeps attention focused on violent repression in Iran, expresses support for organized opposition<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"eureporter_MEK_08092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi, MEK, NCRI\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eureporter_MEK_08092020-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s conference was organized in part as a celebration for the 56th anniversary of the founding of the NCRI\u2019s main constituent group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>. That group has been credited as a major driving force behind the uprisings in January 2018 and November 2019. As such, it has also been a particular target of repression both during those uprisings and in their aftermath.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eureporter.co\/politics\/2020\/09\/07\/major-online-conference-by-iranian-associations-keeps-attention-focused-on-violent-repression-in-iran-expresses-support-for-organized-opposition\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"qYbOzEKJ\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eureporter\/posts\/3253088261395758\" data-width=\"696\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eureporter\/posts\/3253088261395758\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eureporter\/\">EU Reporter<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eureporter\/posts\/3253088261395758\">Monday, September 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee: Life does not exist in Qarchak Prison<\/h2>\n<p>Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee sent a letter from the notorious Qarchak Prison on the anniversary of the executions of three Kurdish political prisoners, Zanyar and Loghman Moradi and Ramin Hossein Panahi.<\/p>\n<p>Describing Qarchak Prison as \u201cthe largest women\u2019s prison in the Middle East,\u201d she wrote in this shocking letter, \u201cLife does not exist\u201d in this prison and \u201cthis is what could be said in a nutshell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/07\/political-prisoner-golrokh-ebrahimi-iraee-life-does-not-exist-in-qarchak-prison\/\" 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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Politicalprisoner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Politicalprisoner<\/a> Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee sent a letter on the anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/executions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#executions<\/a> of three Kurdish political prisoners<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Their unfair execution has only further strengthened our resolve to topple all systems of oppression. &quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWcWj9WOvL\">https:\/\/t.co\/FWcWj9WOvL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7O2rH71098\">pic.twitter.com\/7O2rH71098<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1303155992016936966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>To fend off protests, Iran regime is handing down death penalties for protesters arrested during Iran Protests<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To fend off protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> regime is handing down death penalties for protesters arrested during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/>At least 34 political prisoners are on death row, 10 of whom have been among protesters arrested in Dec. 2017, Jan. 2018, Aug. 2018 &amp; Nov. 2019.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/um2Jc5lPrL\">pic.twitter.com\/um2Jc5lPrL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1303067515187277824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 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<h2>Torture of Political Prisoners for Forced Television Confessions<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Al-Younesi-Amirhossein-Moradi\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Al-Younesi-Amirhossein-Moradi.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on September 5, 2020, the sister of political prisoner Ali Younesi, an award-winning student at the Sharif University of Technology who has been in prison for the past five months, wrote, \u201cOn Wednesday (September 2), my brother Ali Younesi was told to accept the charges against him in a televised confession, and in which case he will receive a life sentence instead of the death penalty. After five months of detention, solitary confinement, and public interrogation, they have been insisting for a TV interview, by threatening and pressuring (him) for the past three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/torture-of-political-prisoners-for-forced-television-confessions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran State Media Fear a Repeat of \u201cBitter Incidents\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus_Iran_07092020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Coronavirus_Iran_07092020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, Coronavirus\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Coronavirus_Iran_07092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Coronavirus_Iran_07092020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Coronavirus_Iran_07092020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Coronavirus_Iran_07092020-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Coronavirus_Iran_07092020-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A glance at the Iranian regime\u2019s state media outlets once again shows the regime\u2019s utter fear of a repeat of the major Iran protests, calling them \u201cbitter incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regime\u2019s wrong economic policies, the coronavirus outbreak and the mullahs\u2019 intention to use COVID-19\u2019s rising casualties to prevent an uprising have increased the possibility of another nationwide uprising.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-state-media-fear-a-repeat-of-bitter-incidents\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll in 427 Cities Exceeds 100,000<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225429\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1\" class=\"wp-image-225429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"maryam rajavi, statement, Iran coronavirus, covid-19, mek, ncri\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maryam_Rajavi_07092020-1-631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: This tragedy is the result of Khamenei and Rouhani\u2019s policies. They will cause a greater tragedy by reopening schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Monday, September 7, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 427 cities across Iran has tragically exceeded 100,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 24,345, Khorasan Razavi 7,164, Mazandaran 4,854, Isfahan 4,574, Lorestan 4,402, Semnan 1,307, Yazd 1,249, Qazvin 874, and Ilam 852.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-the-staggering-coronavirus-death-toll-in-427-cities-exceeds-100000\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"In memory of 100,000 unknown victims of the Coronavirus in Iran\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_p9KqkYpkJU8\" 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%2Fp9KqkYpkJU8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p9KqkYpkJU8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M8S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-09-07T15:29:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_p9KqkYpkJU8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fp9KqkYpkJU8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">In memory of 100,000 unknown victims of the Coronavirus in Iran<\/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\/p9KqkYpkJU8\" 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%2Fp9KqkYpkJU8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"In memory of 100,000 unknown victims of the Coronavirus in Iran\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The tragedy of novel coronavirus in Iran passed a milestone today. At least 100,000 Iranians have so far perished. Was it Inevitable? Since the virus spread to Iran and the first instances of fatalities were seen the mullahs for political reasons covered it up. There has been a systematic campaign of deception, lying, and downplaying the scope. Security apparatus, namely the IRGC took control of the dissemination of information. Mullahs refrained from any meaningful lockdown and to quarantine hot spots. Did not provide hospitals with required funding, equipment, and salaries for doctors and nurses. It refrained from deploying the government\u2019s resources, particularly its financial and technological resources consolidated in the IRGC\u2019s holdings and companies as well as by Khamenei\u2019s Headquarters. The Health Minister said that despite his repeated appeals since the beginning of the outbreak for the first time, only 300 million Euros was provided to the ministry in June, 3.5 Euros per person to confront the pandemic. Yet, the mullahs continued to launch expensive satellites into space. Concurrently, pursued its belligerent and terrorist activities in Iraq, Syria, and escalated its ominous nuclear activities to a new level. Mullahs abandoned the obligations that any government fulfills when faced with emergency conditions. It provided almost no assistance to the people, especially the poor, forcing them to go back to work in order to survive. The Coronavirus crisis in Iran should not be compared with the situation in other countries. In Iran, the regime and the virus are on one side and the people are on the other side. In March, Khamenei openly said that he sought to create an opportunity and a blessing out of the coronavirus crisis. He and his president, Rouhani pursued the strategy of colossal human fatalities as a barrier against the threat of an uprising and eventual overthrow and to pacify and demoralize the Iranian society, rendering it hopeless and paralyzed. Iranians have paid dearly and costly. Tragic scenes in Iranian cities, morgues, cemeteries are daily reminders of the fact that the abnormal surging trend of the number of coronavirus victims in Iran is a product of Khamenei and Rouhani. But the mullahs have failed and the fear of popular uprising has been a common thread in senior officials. The fate of corona and fate of the ayatollahs have become intertwined in Iran. #Coronavirus #Iran #NCRI #FreeIran2020 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>Since the virus spread to Iran and the first instances of fatalities were seen, the mullahs for political reasons covered it up. There has been a systematic campaign of deception, lying, and downplaying of the scope. Security apparatus, namely the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), took control of the dissemination of information.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/in-memory-of-100000-victims-of-the-coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran news in brief, September 8, 2020<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_zCdgrWHJul8\" 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%2FzCdgrWHJul8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCdgrWHJul8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-09-08T09:54:17Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_zCdgrWHJul8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzCdgrWHJul8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, September 8, 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\/zCdgrWHJul8\" 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%2FzCdgrWHJul8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 427 Cities Exceeds 100,000 Over 100,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 427 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 Wednesday afternoon local time. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 22,410, around a fifth of the actual figure. Regarding the tragic Coronavirus crisis in Iran and more than 100,000 fatalities, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said: This scale of the death toll is the immediate result of the criminal and inhuman policies pursued by Khamenei and Rouhani. This was entirely preventable. Torture of Political Prisoners for Forced TV Confessions In a tweet on September 5, the sister of political prisoner Ali Younesi, an award-winning student at the Sharif University of Technology who has been in prison for the past five months, wrote, \u201cOn Wednesday, my brother Ali Younesi was told to accept the charges against him in a televised confession, and in which case he will receive a life sentence instead of the death penalty. After five months of detention, solitary confinement, and public interrogation, they have been insisting for a TV interview, by threatening and pressuring (him) for the past three weeks.\u201d Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, two elite students at the Sharif University of Technology, went missing on April 10, 2020. The mullahs\u2019 Judiciary reluctantly acknowledged their arrest on May 5, 2020. Considering that systematic torture is a clear example of a crime against humanity, the Iranian Resistance called on the international community to take urgent action to secure the release of detained protesters and political prisoners. Iran: Workers and Employees Protest in Various Cities Rural Telecommunications Company employees from different provinces gathered in front of the mullahs\u2019 Majlis on Monday, protesting officials\u2019 refusal to address their problems, including wage increases, job bonuses and bringing an end to discrimination in the company. Municipal workers in the city of Sarbandar of Khuzestan province, gathered in front of the municipality building on Sunday, protesting at least six months delays in their paychecks, insurance premiums and job bonuses. On Monday, various workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company continued their protest rally in front of the governorate in the city of Shush in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran. Haft Tappeh\u2019s fired workers are demand changes to their temporary contract and returning to work. 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<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>Tuesday, September 8, 2020, marks the 297<sup>th<\/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-7-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 7<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Iran, Khuzestan &ndash; Haft-Tappeh strike &ndash; day 86 Workers continue their strike by holding [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":225453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182],"tags":[129,130,184,197,198,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-225450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-latest-news-in-brief","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iran-protests","11":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","12":"tag-mek-iran","13":"tag-ncri","14":"tag-maryam-rajavi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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