{"id":226629,"date":"2020-09-23T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T07:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=226629"},"modified":"2023-03-29T17:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:07:43","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-23-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 September 23, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_226636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226636\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226636 size-full\" title=\"zanjan_Iran2_23092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020.jpg\" alt=\"zanjan_Iran2_23092020\" width=\"796\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020-696x525.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020-557x420.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zanjan_Iran2_23092020-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zanjan is the capital of Zanjan Province in Iran. It lies south-west of Caspian See and on the main highway to Tabriz and Turkey. The coronavirus death toll in Zanjan is 1,021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani<\/h2>\n<h3>is in danger of imminent execution<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani is in danger of imminent execution as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Supreme Court has refused to review the death sentence against him.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BxNTa9U8au\">https:\/\/t.co\/BxNTa9U8au<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5bxbfIRldL\">pic.twitter.com\/5bxbfIRldL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1308697489558695936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 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>A glimpse into an Iran hospital<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A glimpse into an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> hospital &#8211;<br \/>Emergency workers have waited for at least an hour to hand over a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> patient to the hospital, but there are no empty beds. <br \/>Death toll to date: 107,500 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dekCVlPzgY\">pic.twitter.com\/dekCVlPzgY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1308692714557288450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 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>Iran: Four suppressive centers targeted by defiant youth<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226665\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226665\" title=\"Youth_Iran_23092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Youth_Iran_23092020.jpg\" alt=\"Youth_Iran_23092020\" width=\"690\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Youth_Iran_23092020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Youth_Iran_23092020-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>A branch of the so-called \u201cMartyrs Foundation\u201d in Tehran was set on fire on September 20 by brave and defiant youths. The mullahs\u2019 regime uses such sites to steal money from the already impoverished Iranian people.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While many Iranian regime\u2019s officials warn about the explosive state of the society and try to contain daily protests through repression and recent executions of political prisoners, four suppressive centers affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) have been targeted in the past few days by defiant and rebellious youths.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-pmoi-mek-resistance-units-khamenei-irgc-20200923\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Rouhani\u2019s blatant lies at the UN General Assembly<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226664\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226664 size-full\" title=\"Rouhani_23092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rouhani_23092020.jpg\" alt=\"Rouhani_23092020\" width=\"700\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rouhani_23092020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rouhani_23092020-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rouhani_23092020-696x385.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hassan Rouhani&#8217;s speech at the UN General Assembly was a failed attempt to hide the bankrupt state of his regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani put on another display of pathological lies during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. As is his wont, Rouhani tried to reframe his regime\u2019s failures as achievements, its disparity as unity, its criminal officials as heroes, and evidence its illicit behavior as foreign propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-hassan-rouhani-unga-speech-20200923\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The number of women executed in Iran under Rouhani reaches 108<\/h3>\n<p>The mullahs\u2019 Judiciary hanged Mahtab Shafii, 32, at dawn in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, also known as Rajaiishahr prison.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The number of women executed in Iran under Rouhani reaches 108<br \/>Mahtab Shafii, 32, was hanged at dawn in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.<br \/>Execution of Mahtab Shafii has not been announced by any of regime\u2019s official agencies at the time of publishing this news.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/apaRO7CQ5L\">https:\/\/t.co\/apaRO7CQ5L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1308854205193560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 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>Struan Stevenson \u2013 Execution of Iranian Wrestler Navid Afkari a New Low for Regime<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226647 alignnone\" title=\"navid-afkari-23092020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/navid-afkari-23092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, IRGC, Iran Protests, mek\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/navid-afkari-23092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/navid-afkari-23092020-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/navid-afkari-23092020-1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/navid-afkari-23092020-1-696x439.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/navid-afkari-23092020-1-665x420.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The execution of Navid Afkari, an Iranian wrestling champion arrested during the major Iran protests in 2018, shocked the international community. In an article for United Press International (UPI), former Member of the European Parliament, Mr. Struan Stevenson, described Navid\u2019s execution, despite international outcries against it, as sign of the regime\u2019s desperation and stupidity.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/struan-stevenson-execution-of-iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-a-new-low-for-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Return of Sanctions and Activation of Snapback Mechanism: Consequences for Iran\u2019s Regime<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226659 alignnone\" title=\"Iran_missile_23092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_missile_23092020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_missile_23092020\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_missile_23092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_missile_23092020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_missile_23092020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_missile_23092020-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_missile_23092020-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States activated the snapback mechanism, a proviso of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers, citing the Iranian regime\u2019s illicit activities and constant violations of its obligations under the terms of the agreement. Reimposition of sanctions will have severe consequences for the regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/return-of-sanctions-and-activation-of-snapback-mechanism-consequences-for-irans-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 107,500 Deaths, September 22, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226621 alignnone\" title=\"Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, IRGC, Iran Protests, coronavirus, covdi-19\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Infographic-coronavirus_Iran_22092020-1-737x420.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/ MEK)<\/a> announced on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, that the number of Coronation fatalities in 440 cities had exceeded 107,500. The number of victims in Tehran is 25,839, Khorasan Razavi 7,902, Isfahan 5,169, Lorestan 4,818, East Azerbaijan 3,238, Golestan 3,021, Alborz 3,017, West Azerbaijan 2,836, North Khorasan 1,889, Zanjan 1,021, Ilam 899, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 821, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 770.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s Regime Fears A Certain Rupture<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226635 alignnone\" title=\"INU_Iran_23092020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/INU_Iran_23092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"INU_Iran_23092020-1\" width=\"739\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/INU_Iran_23092020-1.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/INU_Iran_23092020-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/INU_Iran_23092020-1-696x456.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/INU_Iran_23092020-1-641x420.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s state media, affiliated to both factions of the regime, are warning each other about the collapsing situation of the country and blaming the opposite side for this situation.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/irans-regime-fears-a-certain-rupture\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran police \u201cinvestigators\u201d systematically torture suspects for confessions<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> police \u201cinvestigators\u201d systematically torture suspects for confessions &#8211;<br \/>The most important evidence for guilt In Iran is a confession. These confessions are beaten out of suspects, who are later incriminated in court. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I9LTdKBQEk\">https:\/\/t.co\/I9LTdKBQEk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1308475655118401537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 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>Iran: Four political prisoners in imminent danger of execution<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226633\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226633\" title=\"Ali_Mojadam_23092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ali_Mojadam_23092020.jpg\" alt=\"Ali_Mojadam_23092020\" width=\"690\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ali_Mojadam_23092020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ali_Mojadam_23092020-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Ali Mojadam, 39, has two daughters and a son. His execution could be imminent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to reports received from inside Iran, prison authorities of Sheyban prison in the city of Ahvaz in the southwest province of Khuzestan have transferred four prisoners, including three sentenced to death, to an unknown location. This has raised concerns about their executions becoming imminent.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-political-prisoners-ahvaz-sheyban-prison-20200922\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranian communities in several countries call for sanctions against Tehran<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226632\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226632 size-full\" title=\"Iranian_asso_23092020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iranian_asso_23092020-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian_asso_23092020-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iranian_asso_23092020-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iranian_asso_23092020-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iranian_asso_23092020-1-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">300 Iranian communities from the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Canada call for sanctions against Iran&#8217;s regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the Iranian regime continues to intensify human rights abuses inside the country and the export of terrorism abroad, more and more Iranians are calling on the international community to impose sanctions on the regime and side with the Iranian people, who have been clearly calling for regime change in their country.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-communities-sanctions-human-rights-20200922\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Political prisoner Hadiseh Sabouri denied medical care in Evin Prison<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pol. prisoner Hadiseh Sabouri is denied medical care in women\u2019s ward of Evin Prison and deprived of being visited in a civic medical center.<br \/>Hadiseh is 44, married w\/ 3children. She was arrested during protests in Tehran\u2019s Aryashahr district in August2018.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aj3F0Yvsbu\">https:\/\/t.co\/aj3F0Yvsbu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1308512780132265984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 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>U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran\u2019s Regime, Simultaneous With Activation of Snapback Mechanism<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226602 alignnone\" title=\"SANCTIONS_22092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SANCTIONS_22092020.jpg\" alt=\"SANCTIONS_22092020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SANCTIONS_22092020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SANCTIONS_22092020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SANCTIONS_22092020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SANCTIONS_22092020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SANCTIONS_22092020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On September 21, the United States Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce imposed new sanctions on the Iranian regime for its malign activities and race for obtaining a nuclear bomb. These actions were announced in statement released by the State Department on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/u-s-imposes-new-sanctions-on-irans-regime-simultaneous-with-activation-of-snapback-mechanism\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Torture More Extensive Than Reported, Following Iran\u2019s Nationwide Uprising<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226611\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226611\" title=\"evin_prison_22092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/evin_prison_22092020.jpg\" alt=\"evin_prison_22092020\" width=\"696\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/evin_prison_22092020.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/evin_prison_22092020-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/evin_prison_22092020-670x420.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evin Prison in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By: Alejo Vidal-Quadras<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday 20th of September, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> released a report detailing some of the torture experienced by Iranian activists who were arrested during the country\u2019s mass uprising last November. The report effectively acts as a supplement to a more extensive one released by Amnesty International at the beginning of the month, which pointed to 7,000 arrests leading to many well corroborated accounts of beatings, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/op-ed\/torture-more-extensive-than-reported-following-irans-nationwide-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, September 23, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, September 23, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_5cd10FBdaao\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5cd10FBdaao%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5cd10FBdaao\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M1S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-09-23T08:52:00Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_5cd10FBdaao\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5cd10FBdaao%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, September 23, 2020<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5cd10FBdaao\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5cd10FBdaao%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, September 23, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, September 23, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 440 Cities Exceeds 107,500 Over 107,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 440 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday afternoon local time. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 24,656, around a fifth of the actual figure. \u201cBased on confirmed reports, in the past 24 hours we have had 3712 new Covid-19 cases. This is the highest number of new cases in one day since the novel coronavirus pandemic began seven months ago,\u201d said the spokesperson of the regime\u2019s Health Ministry on Tuesday. \u201c3922 patients are in dire conditions and under care,\u201d she added. These numbers are unprecedented in the past 40 days. \u201cIn some areas we are witnessing new outbursts of Covid-19 and a third wave of this illness in various parts of the country,\u201d said Health Minister Saied Namaki on Tuesday, according to the Tasnim news agency, an outlet affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force. Iran: Four Political Prisoners in Imminent Danger of Execution According to reports received from inside Iran, prison authorities of Sheyban prison in the city of Ahvaz in the southwest province of Khuzestan have transferred four prisoners, including three sentenced to death, to an unknown location. This has raised concerns about their executions becoming imminent. On Thursday, Ali Motiri, Ali Khasraji, Hossein Silavi, and Ali Mojadam were transferred from Sheyban prison to an unknown location. Their death sentences have already been confirmed by the regime\u2019s Supreme Court. These events happen against the backdrop of increased pressure and persecution of political prisoners in Iran. The Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran published a shocking report on September 20 exposing the critical conditions of protesters detained during the November 2019 nationwide uprising. Iranian Protester Dies in Custody A protester who was beaten into coma by security forces during the state crackdown on protests in November 2019, has died in custody. Nader Mokhtari, 35, died on Saturday, September 19 in Tehran\u2019s Kahrizak detention center. Nader Mokhtari slipped into a coma after being beaten with batons by the state security forces during the November 2019 protest in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran. He disappeared for one month after the protests until his family found him in coma in a hospital. He came to right before the new Iranian year. The state security forces then transferred him to Kahrizak prison where he was hospitalized in the prison\u2019s health center despite his critical condition and opposition from his family and doctors. Mokhtari\u2019s body has not been yet handed over to his family, that is under pressure and is threatened to remain silent. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 23, 2020, marks the 312<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\">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\">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\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener\">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-22-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 22<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani is in danger of imminent execution Kurdish political prisoner [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":226636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[130,141,184,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-226629","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-iran-protests","11":"tag-human-rights","12":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","13":"tag-mek-iran","14":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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