{"id":227742,"date":"2020-10-12T08:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T07:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=227742"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:53:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T09:53:01","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-12-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-12-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 12, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-227748\" title=\"Khoramabad-3-\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khoramabad-3--300x211.png\" alt=\"Khoramabad-3-\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khoramabad-3--300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khoramabad-3--100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khoramabad-3--200x140.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khoramabad-3-.png 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Tehran\u2019s Chief of Police<\/h2>\n<h3>defends public street degradation of \u201ctroublemakers\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-227737\" title=\"Iran_Repretipn_11102020_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_Repretipn_11102020_1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_Repretipn_11102020_1\" width=\"700\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_Repretipn_11102020_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_Repretipn_11102020_1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tehran\u2019s Chief of Police defended the public degradation and beating of detained Iranians on the streets of the capital by the police.<\/p>\n<p>In comments carried by the IRGC affiliated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1399\/07\/21\/2367716\/%D8%B1%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF\/amp\">Tasnim<\/a> News Agency, Hossein Rahimi said that those who criticize the police\u2019s brutal treatment of detained \u201ccriminals\u201d wanted to create \u201ca hype\u201d and were \u201cimitating intellectuals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/tehrans-chief-of-police-defends-public-street-degradation-of-troublemakers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran has stepped up its terror campaigns across the country fearing the volatile state of Iranian society<\/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> has stepped up its terror campaigns across the country fearing the volatile state of Iranian society. As the society gets poorer deprived of the minimum resources to deal with the deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a>, outbreak of angry protests is very likely.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xrobIfjpim\">https:\/\/t.co\/xrobIfjpim<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nnCl13x5A4\">pic.twitter.com\/nnCl13x5A4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1315695869044367360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 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>Maryam Rajavi: The clerical regime prevented the people of Iran from participating in the funeral and memorial ceremony for Maestro Shajarian.<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The clerical regime prevented the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> from participating in the funeral and memorial ceremony for Maestro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shajarian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shajarian<\/a>. We will continue to commemorate this eternal voice, paying tribute to him until the seventh night (after his demise).<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRlvTT3UK4\">https:\/\/t.co\/YRlvTT3UK4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oAujU0fdfk\">pic.twitter.com\/oAujU0fdfk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1315675184389664768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 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: The number of women executed under Rouhani reaches 109<\/h3>\n<p>The number of women executed in Iran during Rouhani\u2019s tenure as the mullahs\u2019 president reaches 109.<\/p>\n<p>The clerical regime\u2019s Judiciary carried out the execution of yet another desperate woman at dawn on Sunday, October 11, 2020, in the Central Prison of Mashhad.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/10\/12\/the-number-of-women-executed-under-rouhani-reaches-109\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: The Staggering Number of Coronavirus Death Toll in 458 Cities Exceeds 120,800<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-Over-120800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Infographic-Over-120800-dead-of-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-Iran-Iran-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-per-PMOI-MEK-sources-696x397.jpg\" \/><\/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 Sunday, October 11, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 458 cities had exceeded 120,800. The number of victims in Tehran is 28,801, Khorasan Razavi 9,080, Isfahan 6,194, Lorestan 5,298, Qom 5,190, East Azerbaijan 4,243, West Azerbaijan 3,317, Alborz 3,301, Hamedan 3,203, Central Province 1,605, Bushehr 1,455, Ardabil 1,406, Qazvin 1,156, Ilam 990, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 854.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-the-staggering-number-of-coronavirus-death-toll-in-458-cities-exceeds-120800\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranian Judiciary Systematically Drugs Jailed Protesters<\/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 Judiciary is working through an experienced drug-trafficking mafia to make drug addicts of young protesters detained in prisons. Jamil Ghahremani is a case in point. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lWXuibpcv7\">https:\/\/t.co\/lWXuibpcv7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1315387004562137089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 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>Why Iran\u2019s diplomats are openly threatening European authorities with terrorism<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227744\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227744\" title=\"Assadollah_Assadi_12102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_Assadi_12102020.jpg\" alt=\"Assadollah_Assadi_12102020\" width=\"690\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_Assadi_12102020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_Assadi_12102020-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Iranian regime diplomat Assadollah Assadi is on trial in Belgium for a failed bombing attempt agianst the Iranian opposition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a Friday Reuters report, an Iranian regime diplomat on trial in Belgium for his role in a foiled bombing attempt, threatened Belgian authorities with terrorist retaliation in case of being found guilty.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/assadollah-assadi-iran-terrorism-europe-ncri-20201010\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Female activists in Iran: Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Ashraf Nafariyeh in Evin<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> has plagued all Iranian prisons. The clerical regime, however, continues to transfer female activists to jail.<\/p>\n<p>Female activists in Iran: Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Ashraf Nafariyeh in Evin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zjP2dvSeT5\">https:\/\/t.co\/zjP2dvSeT5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1315437244157554688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 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 Repression Centers in Response To Torture and Humiliation of Young People in Public<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Repretipn_11102020_4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_Repretipn_11102020_4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, October 9, 2020, in response to torturing and humiliating the young people in public and driving them around the city, the defiant youth targeted the criminal mullahs\u2019 Judiciary headquarters in Joghatay, Khorasan Razavi Province. At the same time, three centers of the repressive Basij forces in Isfahan were targeted, and their entrances and signs were set on fire.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-defiant-youth-target-repression-centers-in-response-to-torture-and-humiliation-of-young-people-in-public\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s state media: Mr. Shajarian\u2019s passing and regime\u2019s fears of an uprising<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shajarian-death\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shajarian-death.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The regime\u2019s state-run media on Saturday, while referring to the protests after the passing of Iran\u2019s renowned master of Persian traditional music and singer, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, reflected the regime\u2019s fear.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/irans-state-media-mr-shajarian-passing-regimes-fears-of-an-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranian Regime Intelligence Ministry\u2019s Agent Arrested in Albania<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1-696x392-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-National-Council-of-Resistance-of-Iran-1-696x392-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Albanian police and media reported the arrest of an agent of the Iranian regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), with initials B.P. A police statement on October 10 stated that the individual had been arrested for committing criminal acts, including \u201c\u2018illegal interception of computer data\u2019 and \u2018interference in computer systems,\u2019 interference in computer data\u2019 as well as \u2018misuse of equipment,&#8217;\u201d adding that \u201cthrough various actions, (he) communicated through a network messaging application, which he used by linking it to the mobile phone numbers\u201d to listen and track them.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/iranian-regime-intelligence-ministrys-agent-arrested-in-albania\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, October 12, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 12, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_QchYc8rLiJQ\" 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%2FQchYc8rLiJQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QchYc8rLiJQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-12T08:16:51Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_QchYc8rLiJQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQchYc8rLiJQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 12, 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\/QchYc8rLiJQ\" 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%2FQchYc8rLiJQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 12, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 12, 2020 Iran: Defiant Youth Target Repression Centers On Friday morning, in response to torturing and humiliating the young people in public and driving them around the city, the defiant youth targeted the criminal mullahs\u2019 Judiciary headquarters in Joghatay, Khorasan Razavi Province. At the same time, three centers of the repressive Basij forces in Isfahan were targeted, and their entrances and signs were set on fire. In the early hours of Friday morning, defiant youths torched the sign belonging to the repressive Basij in Islamshahr, and the sign belonging to the center for spreading terrorism, called \u201cthe Islamic Guidance Office\u201d in Miandasht, Isfahan. They also set fire to a banner of Khomeini and Khamenei, belonging to one of the mullahs\u2019 centers of plunder in Mobarakeh, Isfahan. The people and youth in the region welcomed the targeting of these centers, which have played a significant role in repression and intimidation. Iranian Regime&#039;s Agent Arrested in Albania Albanian police and media reported the arrest of an agent of the Iranian regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security with initials B.P. A police statement on October 10 stated that the individual had been arrested for committing criminal acts, including \u201c\u2018illegal interception of computer data\u2019 and \u2018interference in computer systems,\u2019 interference in computer data\u2019 as well as \u2018misuse of equipment,&#039;\u201d adding that \u201cthrough various actions, he communicated through a network messaging application, which he used by linking it to the mobile phone numbers\u201d to listen and track them. This person, whose full name is Bijan Pooladrag, was expelled by the Mujahedin-e Khalq in September 2019. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 458 Cities Exceeds 120,800 Over 120,800 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 458 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 Sunday afternoon local time. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 28,544, around a fourth of the actual figure. The regime\u2019s Health Ministry spokesperson announced the mullahs\u2019 engineered Covid-19 numbers on Sunday as 251 deaths and 4482 patients in dire conditions. These are record numbers since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. \u201cThis week the number of people hospitalized were reported as 15.19 for every 100,000 people and 20.2 for every one million. In some of our provinces, such as Qom, there are drastic differences in the death rate in comparison to the country\u2019s numbers,\u201d she added on Sunday, according to the regime\u2019s official IRNA news agency. 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>Monday, October 12, 2020, marks the 331<sup>st<\/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-11-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief &#8211; October 10<\/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: 7:00 PM CEST Tehran&rsquo;s Chief of Police defends public street degradation of &ldquo;troublemakers&rdquo; Tehran&rsquo;s Chief of Police [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":227748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[198,130,141,184,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-227742","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-ncri","11":"tag-iran-protests","12":"tag-human-rights","13":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","14":"tag-mek-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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