{"id":226286,"date":"2020-09-18T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=226286"},"modified":"2023-03-04T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T13:02:46","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-18-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-18-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 September 18, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h2>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h2>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h2>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h2>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png\" alt=\"Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Summit-to-support-a-Free-Iran-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<br \/>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<br \/>Friday, September 18, 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0peTDC0YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1306956124026015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time To Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Iranian opposition holds an online conference, urging the international community to hold the Iranian regime to account for its ongoing human rights violations and confront its export of terrorism by re-imposing all sanctions on the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/live-report-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/p>\n<h3>Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1100 EST, 1700 CEST (Live Stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1305063776329363456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iran_policy<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from both chambers, and former senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic will join Iranians worldwide who will join from 10,000 locations to discuss the Iranian regime\u2019s repressive measures at home, its threats to the Middle East and to the rest of the world, and set forth the proper policy to effectively challenge Tehran\u2019s aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians gathered at the graveside of Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians gathered at the graveside of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> who was executed on Sep. 12 for taking part in Nov. 2019 protests.  <br \/>They chant, &quot;Navid is a hero&quot; and clap with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1EDGsmoVc\">pic.twitter.com\/P1EDGsmoVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1306687311653076993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strikes and protests are continuing by people from all walks of life across <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\/OfP38wSCy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfP38wSCy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1306650877500051466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>More political activists sentenced to prison terms or taken to jail<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-prisons\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216145\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners in the Iranian regime's prisons are at risk of contracting the coronavirus due to the regime's criminal negligence, which has led to several riots in the country's prisons.\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Iran-prisons-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More political activists are being summoned and stand trials, particularly those arrested during the November 2019 protests. Recent days saw the summoning of political activists and trial of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/17\/more-political-activists-sentenced-to-prison-terms-or-taken-to-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Four women among arrested PMOI\/MEK supporters who are under torture<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We reiterate our call to save lives of political prisoners in Iran.<br \/>4 women among 7 PMOI supporters arrested\/ under torture &amp; threatened w\/ death: <br \/>-Zeinab Hamrang<br \/>-Sedigheh Morsali<br \/>-Aghdas Pour-Eshragh<br \/>-Khadijeh Imamdoost<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDbQ7KIUdg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1306512063301287936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 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>As Iran Regime Kills the Families of Dissidents, the World Is Oddly Silent<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hanging-rope-execution-iran\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226249 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg\" alt=\"International community should secure th relase of the MEK supporters and families arrested by the regime to prevent a bloodshed.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1392x794.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-1068x609.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hanging-rope-execution-iran-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a statement on September 16 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-names-of-7-political-prisoners-call-for-urgent-action-for-the-release-of-the-youth-and-the-arrested-supporters-and-families-of-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the mullahs\u2019 regime has arrested youths, families, and supporters of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in various parts of the country.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arresting MEK supporters amid, simultaneous with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issuing and carrying out death sentences for detained protesters,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> requires the international community to act immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/as-iran-regime-kills-the-families-of-dissidents-the-world-is-oddly-silent\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 439 Cities Exceeds 104,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-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\/09\/Infographic-Over-104500-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 439 cities across Iran had risen above 104,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,593, Mazandaran 5,112, Isfahan 4,854, Lorestan 4,648, Gilan 4,301, East Azerbaijan 3,063, Alborz 2,951, Fars 2,916, West Azerbaijan 2,756, Hamedan 2,687, Kermanshah 2,422, Kurdistan 2,041, North Khorasan 1,804, Hormozgan 1,441, Yazd 1,354, Zanjan 996, Ilam 879, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 771.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-439-cities-exceeds-104500\/\" 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><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 18, 2020, marks the 307<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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 protesters killed<\/a> 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<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> has 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\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-16-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 16<\/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: 6:00 PM CEST Live Report: Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran PolicyTime to Hold [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":226269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[141,184,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-226286","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":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","10":"tag-human-rights","11":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","12":"tag-mek-iran","13":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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