{"id":226805,"date":"2020-09-27T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T09:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=226805"},"modified":"2023-04-10T21:37:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:37:35","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-26-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-26-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 September 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_226809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226809\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226809 size-full\" title=\"Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freedom_square_shahrood_Iran-1-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom Square in Shahrood, Iran. Shahrood is a city in Semnan Province. The coronavirus death toll in Semnan Province has reached 1,431.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran\u2019s Supreme Court<\/h2>\n<h3>Uphold Death Sentence Against Prisoner After 29 Years of Limbo<\/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>\u2019s Supreme Court Uphold Death Sentence Against Prisoner After 29 Years of Limbo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3HRhQvP8bk\">https:\/\/t.co\/3HRhQvP8bk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1310147185447665665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 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&#8217;s Health Minister: I didn&#8217;t accept the COVID-19 budget because it would shake the economic foundations of the state<\/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>&#39;s Health Minister: I didn&#39;t accept the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> budget because it would shake the economic foundations of the state. My colleagues (healthcare workers) will work without pay. <\/p>\n<p>Will regime elites, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraqi militias also &quot;work&quot; without pay? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/huk3LIE4fx\">pic.twitter.com\/huk3LIE4fx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1310243077806632960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 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>Rouhani continues to blame Covid-19 casualties on the people<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226832\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226832 size-full\" title=\"Hassan_Rouhani_coronavirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hassan_Rouhani_coronavirus.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan_Rouhani_coronavirus\" width=\"690\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hassan_Rouhani_coronavirus.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hassan_Rouhani_coronavirus-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani blames the Iranian people for the unbridled spread of Covid-19 across the country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Iran is suffering from a high number of human casualties due to the ongoing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-disaster-20200612\" rel=\"noopener\">coronavirus<\/a> outbreak, regime president Hassan Rouhani once again outrageously blamed the people themselves for the third wave of the virus.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/hassan-rouhani-coronavirus-pandemic-20200927\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Likak, southwest Iran, September 27: State security forces opened fire on the locals and used tear gas<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">September 27 &#8211; Likak, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>State security forces opened fire on the locals and used tear gas. People rushed to the help of a driver protesting an unjust fining and being attacked by traffic police. Security forces used live ammo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wbQfklUJfU\">pic.twitter.com\/wbQfklUJfU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1310239041980227584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 444 Cities Exceeds 110,000<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226800 alignnone\" title=\"Iran_coronavirus_update\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_coronavirus_update.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, IRGC, Iran Protests, coronavirus, covid-19\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_coronavirus_update.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_coronavirus_update-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_coronavirus_update-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_coronavirus_update-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_coronavirus_update-737x420.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on September 26, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 444 cities had passed 110,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 26,301, Khorasan Razavi 8,161, Isfahan 5,409, Mazandaran 5,242, Qom 4,905, Lorestan 4,888, East Azerbaijan 3,518, Alborz 3,075, West Azerbaijan 2,881, Semnan 1,431, Qazvin 998, and South Khorasan 742.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-444-cities-exceeds-110000\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Over the past 40 years, the clerical regime has taken countless lives among the people of Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over the past 40 years, the clerical regime has taken countless lives among the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, including the 1988 massacre &amp; sending a million to killing fields during war against Iraq. Today, due to the policies of Khamenei &amp; Rouhani, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a> has claimed numerous victims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTTXPuuZAO\">pic.twitter.com\/UTTXPuuZAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1309854529551306753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 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>Iranian workers can\u2019t afford to send their children to school<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMany of workers can\u2019t afford buying a cell phone for their children\u2019s education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This will prevent many children in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> from attending online classes during the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> pandemic to avoid exposure to the virus.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jWnXiTGgbf\">https:\/\/t.co\/jWnXiTGgbf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1309897771978170368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 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: Call for Immediate Action to Overturn the Medieval Amputation Ruling by the Clerical Regime<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226775\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226775\" title=\"Iran_amputation_limbs_26092020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_amputation_limbs_26092020.jpg\" alt=\"amputation of limbs, NCRI, Iran, Human Rights\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_amputation_limbs_26092020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_amputation_limbs_26092020-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_amputation_limbs_26092020-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amputation of limbs in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The criminal Judiciary of the clerical regime has sentenced four prisoners in Urmia to amputation of limbs on the charge of robbery. The disgusting sentence comes while Khamenei, Rouhani, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/iran-who-is-ebrahim-raisi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, and other top clerics and their corrupt sons and daughters, as well as the leaders of the Revolutionary Guards, are by far the biggest thieves in Iran\u2019s history, plundering hundreds of billions of dollars from the people\u2019s wealth. This is done at the cost of hunger, poverty, and unemployment of tens of millions of people, skyrocketing inflation, and the destruction of the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-call-for-immediate-action-to-overturn-the-medieval-amputation-ruling-by-the-clerical-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>State Media: Is Iran\u2019s Regime Able to Prevent the Snapback Mechanism\u2019s Activation?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226778 alignnone\" title=\"Iran_nuclear_snapback\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_nuclear_snapback.jpg\" alt=\"snapback, Iran, NCRI, Nuclear\" width=\"690\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_nuclear_snapback.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iran_nuclear_snapback-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United Stated activated the snapback mechanism that was a proviso of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal last Saturday. Now the question is that how the Iranian regime could prevent it from becoming operational? In this regard, the state-run Arman daily on Thursday, in an article answered this question, confirming that the mullahs\u2019 regime has received a major blow.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/state-media-is-irans-regime-able-to-prevent-the-snapback-mechanisms-activation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian relocated to notorious Prison in Kermanshah<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226806\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226806 size-full\" title=\"Kurdish-political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian-relocated-to-Dieselabad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kurdish-political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian-relocated-to-Dieselabad.jpg\" alt=\"Kurdish-political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian-relocated-to-Dieselabad\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kurdish-political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian-relocated-to-Dieselabad.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kurdish-political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian-relocated-to-Dieselabad-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kurdish-political-prisoner-Zeinab-Jalalian-relocated-to-Dieselabad-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian relocated to Kermanshah Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian has been relocated from the Central Prison of Kerman to the notorious Dieselabad Prison of Kermanshah, western Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian had been detained for three months in solitary confinement in the quarantine ward of the Central Prison of Kerman in southern Iran. She was eventually relocated to Kermanshah Prison on September 24, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/26\/kurdish-political-prisoner-zeinab-jalalian-relocated-to-notorious-prison-in-kermanshah\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/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>Sunday, September 27, 2020, marks the 316<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-26-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief- September 26<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Iran&rsquo;s Supreme Court Uphold Death Sentence Against Prisoner After 29 Years of Limbo #Iran&rsquo;s [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":226809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[141,142,184,197,198,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-226805","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-1988-massacre","12":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","13":"tag-mek-iran","14":"tag-ncri","15":"tag-maryam-rajavi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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