{"id":227256,"date":"2020-10-04T10:02:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=227256"},"modified":"2023-02-20T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:41:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_227261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227261\" style=\"width: 855px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227261 size-full\" title=\"Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020.jpg\" alt=\"Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020\" width=\"855\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020-696x403.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Soltanieh_zanjan_04102020-725x420.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dome of Soltaniyeh in Soltaniyeh city, Zanjan Province, Iran. The coronavirus death toll in Zanjan Province has reached 1,083<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Prisoner in NW #Iran sentenced to amputation of four fingers for theft<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prisoner in NW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> sentenced to amputation of four fingers for theft &#8211;<br \/>Before this, 3 other prisoners in Urmia were sentenced to finger amputations. <br \/>Iran continues to hand down brutal punishments to petty thieves while the real thieves rule the country.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s8OdqSXnhd\">https:\/\/t.co\/s8OdqSXnhd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1312761340801548288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran: Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> Political and Moral Obligations <br \/>Wednesday, October 7, 2020 <br \/>14:00 CEST <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVdtbq95zz\">https:\/\/t.co\/YVdtbq95zz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1312694866959314950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 450 Cities Exceeds 115,100<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227252 alignnone\" title=\"Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-Over 115,100 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran-Iran Coronavirus Death Toll per PMOI MEK\" width=\"1100\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-1068x610.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-115100-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-1-736x420.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Saturday, October 3, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus death toll in 450 cities exceeded 115,100. The number of victims in Tehran is 27,201, Khorasan Razavi 8,584, Khuzestan 7,473, Isfahan 5,774, Lorestan 5,097, East Azerbaijan 3,943, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,386, West Azerbaijan 3,002, Fars 3,101, Hamedan 3,077, North Khorasan 2,034, Ardabil 1,356, Zanjan 1,083, Qazvin 1,069, Ilam 960, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 873, and South Khorasan 837.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-450-cities-exceeds-115100\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranian Fuel Shipments to Venezuela Re-Raise Questions about Enforcement and Conflict<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227260 alignnone\" title=\"INU_04102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/INU_04102020.jpg\" alt=\"INU_04102020\" width=\"700\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/INU_04102020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/INU_04102020-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/INU_04102020-696x408.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, it was reported that the first of three ships in an Iranian flotilla had entered Venezuelan waters in accordance with a scheme to even sanctions the U.S. has imposed on both countries. On the same day, the U.S. Treasury Department announced the further expansion of those <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/policy-issues\/financial-sanctions\/recent-actions\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctions<\/a>, with targets including Venezuela\u2019s President Nicolas Maduro and Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defense. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continued to defend that Trump administration\u2019s strategy of \u201cmaximum pressure,\u201d arguing that Iran has been effectively isolated despite lingering opposition to that strategy from historical USU.S. partners.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sanctions\/iranian-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-re-raise-questions-about-enforcement-and-conflict\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi: The rapid rise in the number of Coronavirus victims in Iran is the strategy of mass casualties to forestall the danger of an uprising and their overthrow<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The rapid rise in the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> victims in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is the strategy of mass casualties to forestall the danger of an uprising and their overthrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOXXnArDNu\">pic.twitter.com\/QOXXnArDNu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1312390539963179013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>In Iran, women\u2019s \u201cglass ceiling\u201d made of cement<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227258\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227258\" title=\"women_Iran_04102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/women_Iran_04102020.jpg\" alt=\"women_Iran_04102020\" width=\"700\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/women_Iran_04102020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/women_Iran_04102020-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The systemic suppression of women in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since Iran\u2019s 1979 revolution, which saw the mullahs rise to power, the ruling regime has institutionalized the oppression of women in the constitution and legal fields such as inheritance, testimony, judging, traveling abroad, and so on. This has resulted in the systemic marginalization of half of Iran\u2019s population and the emergence of many social and economic problems across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-women-rights-discrimination-20201003\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Political prisoner Massoumeh Senobari contracts the Coronavirus<\/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><br \/>Massoumeh Senobari, political prisoner viciously tortured by the regime after being arrested, contracts the Coronavirus in mullah regime&#39;s prison <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IcsmTuwvB5\">https:\/\/t.co\/IcsmTuwvB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1312558772619890688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Defiant Youth Target Lorestan Prisons General Directorate, a Center of Repression, Torture, and Murder<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227244\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227244 size-full\" title=\"Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4.jpg\" alt=\"defiant, youth, resistance, IRGC, court, Iran, Fire\" width=\"700\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4-696x432.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4-677x420.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Defiant_Youth_Lorestan_prison_03102020_4-356x220.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khorramabad \u2013 Torching the entrance to the Lorestan Prisons General Directorate, a center for repression, torture, and murder of people \u2013 October 3, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the early hours of Saturday, October 3, 2020, in protest against the criminal execution of detained protesters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/breaking-news-the-clerical-regime-in-iran-hanged-the-wrestler-navid-afkari\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Navid Afkari<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-regime-hangs-protester-mostafa-salehi-to-terrorize-the-public-thwart-uprisings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mostafa Salehi<\/a>, as well as the arrests and death sentences for other protesters, the defiant youth targeted the General Directorate of Prisons in Lorestan Province and set fire to its entrance.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-defiant-youth-target-lorestan-prisons-general-directorate-a-center-of-repression-torture-and-murder\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>MEK Resistance Units and Defiant Youth: Driving Force of Iran Protests<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227233\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227233\" title=\"Resistance_Units_03102020_Iran-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resistance_Units_03102020_Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Resistance Units, Iran, MEK, NCRI\" width=\"700\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resistance_Units_03102020_Iran-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resistance_Units_03102020_Iran-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resistance_Units_03102020_Iran-1-638x420.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEK\u2019s Resistance Units inside Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to find someone who doesn\u2019t feel that Iran\u2019s social and political situation is more fragile than any other time. An immense political explosion is anticipated, that would result in the downfall of the mullahs\u2019 regime after 42 years. The main driving force of this change are Iran\u2019s youths.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/mek-resistance-units-and-defiant-youth-driving-force-of-iran-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Anniversary of Iraq\u2019s Uprising: A Major Blow To Iran\u2019s Regime Warmongering Policies<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227230 alignnone\" title=\"Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1-696x383.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraq_Revolution_Protests_02102020-1-764x420.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi people marked the first anniversary of their \u201cOctober Revolution\u201d and beginning of their ongoing nationwide uprising against corruption and the Iranian regime\u2019s deadly meddling in their country on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/anniversary-of-iraqs-uprising-a-major-blow-to-irans-regime-warmongering-policies\/\" 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, October 4, 2020, marks the 323<sup>rd<\/sup> day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">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-october-3-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief &#8211; October 3<\/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: 5:30 PM CEST Prisoner in NW #Iran sentenced to amputation of four fingers for theft Prisoner in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":227261,"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-227256","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 v27.4 - 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