{"id":228196,"date":"2020-10-20T08:25:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T07:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228196"},"modified":"2023-04-19T21:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:28:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-19-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-19-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228199\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228199\" title=\"bushehr_port_20102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020.jpg\" alt=\"Bandar Bushehr in Bushehr Province, Iran. Bushehr lies in a vast plain running along the coastal region on the Persian Gulf coast of south-western Iran. Bushehr is one of the important ports in Persian Gulf and has an international airport. Today, the coronavirus death toll in Bushehr Province has reached 1,505\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020-696x428.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020-683x420.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bushehr_port_20102020-356x220.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bandar Bushehr in Bushehr Province, Iran. Bushehr lies in a vast plain running along the coastal region on the Persian Gulf coast of south-western Iran. Bushehr is one of the important ports in Persian Gulf and has an international airport. Today, the coronavirus death toll in Bushehr Province has reached 1,505<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Euronews Albania<\/h2>\n<h3>Iranian allegedly working for secret services against MEK declared persona-non grata by Ministry of Internal Affairs<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228232\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228232\" title=\"d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL.jpg\" alt=\"d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d894e61d8d25421c707de5886ce36cfc_XL-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ehsan Bidi (Euronews Albania)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another Iranian identified as Ehasn Bidi has been declared persona-non grata by the Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, an order signed by Minister Sander Lleshaj.<\/p>\n<p>Sources from the anti-terror sector suggest that Ehsan Bdidi worked for the Iranian secret services and against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/daily-news\/2020\/10\/18\/suspected-of-working-for-the-secret-services-against-mek-iranian-declared-non-grata-by-albanian-ministry-of-internal-affairs\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Townhall: How Iran&#8217;s Bomb Plot Endangers European Peace<\/h3>\n<p>Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th U.S. president and a decorated war general, once said: &#8220;Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.&#8221; If Europe wants to preserve peace, it should find it paramount to deliver justice against an Iranian diplomat soon to be prosecuted on terrorism charges. Moreover, from a political perspective, European nations need to send a powerful message to Tehran&#8217;s terrorists that the age of terror campaigns is over.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/alisafavi\/2020\/10\/20\/how-irans-bomb-plot-endangers-european-peace-n2578431\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The families of flight PS-752 victims gathered today outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute for Political &amp; International Studies<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oct. 20 &#8211; Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>The families of flight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PS752?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PS752<\/a> victims gathered today outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute for Political &amp; International Studies where Iran officials &amp; a Ukrainian delegation were talking about the 2019 IRGC shootdown that killed 176 people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/14l1qPdDvX\">pic.twitter.com\/14l1qPdDvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1318554891946774529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 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>Chief of Tehran&#8217;s Public Security Police: Women who don&#8217;t observe the hijab in cyberspace will be summoned<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228230\" title=\"Iran_women_oppretion_20102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_women_oppretion_20102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_women_oppretion_20102020\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_women_oppretion_20102020.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_women_oppretion_20102020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_women_oppretion_20102020-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ali Zolghadr, head of the State Security Force [SSF] during a conference with [so-called] forces of promote virtue and prevent virtue, said: Those [women] who do not wear scarf on virtual space will be summoned,&#8221; the state-run Aftabnews news agency <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aftabnews.ir\/fa\/news\/676665\/%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%E2%80%8C%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%E2%80%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>A young woman was arrested in Isfahan (Iran) for publicly riding a bicycle without a headscarf<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>This young woman was arrested for publicly riding a bicycle without a headscarf. <br \/>Officials have also called for a gathering today to &quot;condemn&quot; her actions. <\/p>\n<p>The weak regime prioritizes suppression over solving economic problems\/poverty\/hunger. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMWdo0fmlA\">pic.twitter.com\/dMWdo0fmlA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1318491282482880513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 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 458 Cities Exceeds 127,100<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_coronavirus_update_19102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_19102020-737x420.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 (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Monday, October 19, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 458 cities had exceeded 127,100. The number of victims in Tehran is 30,501, Khorasan Razavi 9,577, Khuzestan 8,003, Isfahan 6,664, Lorestan 5,488, Qom 5,350, Gilan 4,966, East Azerbaijan 4,509, West Azerbaijan 3,588, Alborz 3,498, Fars 3,336, Kurdistan 2,271, Yazd 1,841, Central Province 1,742, Bushehr 1,505, Qazvin 1,233, Zanjan 1,205, Ilam 1,054, and South Khorasan 964.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-458-cities-exceeds-127100\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Four Executions in A Day<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52426\" title=\"Iran-Mass-Execution-of-12-Prisoners\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Iran-Mass-Execution-of-12-Prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Mass Execution of 12 Prisoners\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Iran-Mass-Execution-of-12-Prisoners.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Iran-Mass-Execution-of-12-Prisoners-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Iran-Mass-Execution-of-12-Prisoners-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Iran-Mass-Execution-of-12-Prisoners-696x396.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian authorities hanged five prisoners in Rajaishahr and Qa\u2019en prisons in Alborz and South Khorasan provinces respectively at dawn on October 13. The judiciary had sentenced four of the victims to the death penalty for alleged homicide and Moharebeh [waging war against God] by armed robbery. These four persons were among ten prisoners who were transferred to solitary confinement on October 11.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-four-executions-in-a-day\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Tabriz prison authorities make 60-year old woman sleep in the cold<\/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 \/>Tabriz prison authorities make 60-year old woman sleep in the cold <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Sy4TwtkN2\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Sy4TwtkN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1318216419721449472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 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>Locals report shortage of bread in 7 Iran provinces, regime denies it<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228198\" title=\"shortage-of-bread-Iran_20102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shortage-of-bread-Iran_20102020.jpg\" alt=\"shortage-of-bread-Iran_20102020\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shortage-of-bread-Iran_20102020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shortage-of-bread-Iran_20102020-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shortage-of-bread-Iran_20102020-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Local reports indicate a shortage of bread in at least seven Iranian provinces with bakers saying they cannot afford flour at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/bread-prices-increase-by-up-to-40-in-iran-amid-covid-19-crisis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">current prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A shortage of bread was initially reported by locals in West Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran in the first week of October.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/locals-report-shortage-of-bread-in-7-iran-provinces-regime-denies-it\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, October 20, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 20, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_rK0LbDmxslg\" 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%2FrK0LbDmxslg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rK0LbDmxslg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-20T09:50:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_rK0LbDmxslg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrK0LbDmxslg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 20, 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\/rK0LbDmxslg\" 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%2FrK0LbDmxslg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 20, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 20, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 458 Cities Exceeds 127,100 Over 127,100 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 Monday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 30,712, around a fourth of the actual figure. The regime\u2019s Health Ministry spokesperson announced the mullahs\u2019 engineered Covid-19 numbers on Monday as an unprecedented 337 deaths, which is more than twice the record of the first wave (158 deaths on April 4) and around 1.5 times the record of the second wave (235 deaths on July 28), according to a Monday report wired by the regime\u2019s official IRNA news agency. Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi has called for a continuation of restrictions until the virus is completely controlled. \u201cBased on the numbers that will be published in the coming days, we are requesting for harsher measures,\u201d he said on Monday, according to IRNA, forecasting even higher death tolls in the near future. Albania Expels Iran Regime&#039;s Agent for Spying on MEK The Albanian government ordered the arrest and expulsion of another Iranian regime spy on Saturday, according to several Albanian outlets. The Interior Ministry of Albania designated of Ehsan Bidi, a known agent of the Iranian regime, as persona non grata and ordered his expulsion from Albanian soil on October 17. Bidi was subsequently arrested and transferred to a detention center, where he will remain until another country accepts him. Bidi is accused of spying on members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Albania on behalf Tehran. After Bidi was transferred to the detention center, the Iranian regime resorted to lies against MEK members in Albania to cover the scandal and allay the fears of other Tehran agents in Albania. Bidi and other regime agents, along websites run by Tehran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security claimed that the MEK had tried to kill him and therefore the Albanian government had transferred him to a safe location. 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>Tuesday, October 20, 2020, marks the 339<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-october-19-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief &#8211; October 19<\/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: 6:30 PM CEST Euronews Albania Iranian allegedly working for secret services against MEK declared persona-non grata by [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":228199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[197,198,130,141,184],"class_list":{"0":"post-228196","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-mek-iran","11":"tag-ncri","12":"tag-iran-protests","13":"tag-human-rights","14":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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