{"id":228239,"date":"2020-10-21T08:47:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T07:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228239"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T09:03:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-21-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-21-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 21, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228245\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228245\" title=\"Azadi_square_Tehran_Iran_21102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Azadi_square_Tehran_Iran_21102020.jpg\" alt=\"Azadi Square is a mainly green city square in Tehran, Iran. It hosts at its centerpiece the Azadi Tower. Tehran Province suffers from a high coronavirus spread so that the coronavirus death toll in this province has reached 30,751\" width=\"700\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Azadi_square_Tehran_Iran_21102020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Azadi_square_Tehran_Iran_21102020-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Azadi_square_Tehran_Iran_21102020-696x416.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azadi Square is a mainly green city square in Tehran, Iran. It hosts at its centerpiece the Azadi Tower. Tehran Province suffers from a high coronavirus spread so that the coronavirus death toll in this province has reached 30,751<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Online conference<\/h2>\n<h3>Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism in Europe &#8211; EU Obligations | October 22, 2020 14:30 PM CEST<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism in Europe<br \/>EU Obligations <br \/>October 22, 2020<br \/>14:30 PM CEST<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPmjorHq7p\">https:\/\/t.co\/rPmjorHq7p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1318228858638897159?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>The latest news about the situation of the political prisoner Soheil Arabi<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50857\" title=\"Soheil-Arabi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soheil-Arabi.jpg\" alt=\"Soheil-Arabi\" width=\"750\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soheil-Arabi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soheil-Arabi-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soheil-Arabi-696x471.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Political prisoner Soheil Arabi told his family in a phone call that he has been taken to the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Ward 2A in Evin Prison, where intelligence agents are free to subject prisoners to inhumane conditions with impunity. He<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> had been held incommunicado in Rajai Shahr Prison for nearly 1 month. The IRGC has filed a new case against him on the charge of &#8220;propaganda against the state.&#8221; He told his family that his interrogation in Ward 2-A may take 2 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi trailblazing the road to gender parity in a free Iran<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shattering the glass ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam Rajavi became the face of the movement which is totally the opposite of what the mullahs are, and the face of the future free Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Read full report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zC0LDi5GL7\">https:\/\/t.co\/zC0LDi5GL7<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uLUrohSd1u\">pic.twitter.com\/uLUrohSd1u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1318839440845000704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 458 Cities Exceeds 128,000<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_coronavirus_update_20102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_20102020-737x420.jpg\" \/><\/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 Tuesday, October 20, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 458 cities had exceeded 128,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 30,751, Khorasan Razavi 9,687, Isfahan 6,692, East Azerbaijan 4,544, West Azerbaijan 3,631, Golestan 3,631, Mazandaran 5,747, Hormozgan 1,640, Hamedan 3,373, Yazd 1,881, Alborz 3,533, Fars 3,371, Kermanshah 2,778, Kurdistan 2,296, North Khorasan 2,179, Kerman 1,973, Semnan 1,922, Bushehr 1,525, Ardabil 1,458, Qazvin 1,248, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 977.<\/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-128000\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The Iranian regime paid its supporters to protest on Tuesday against the woman who rode a bike in Isfahan<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The regime&#39;s paid supporters protested today against the woman who rode a bike in Isfahan, central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>. <br \/>The lengths to which a weak regime will go to suppress civil liberties never ceases to amaze. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iX4z7Egc1q\">https:\/\/t.co\/iX4z7Egc1q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YJFPgqNtlM\">pic.twitter.com\/YJFPgqNtlM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1318595224269094913?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>Iranians hold over 9 protests to express economic woes<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228242\" title=\"iran-protests_20102020-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iran-protests_20102020-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-protests_20102020-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iran-protests_20102020-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iran-protests_20102020-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iran-protests_20102020-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iranians held at least nine protests in two days to express their economic woes specially to demand their unpaid wages.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranians-hold-over-9-protests-to-express-economic-woes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Activist Teacher Mohammad Habibi Denied Prison Leave Despite Eligibility<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228240\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228240\" title=\"Mohammad-Habibi_20102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mohammad-Habibi_20102020.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Habibi\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mohammad-Habibi_20102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mohammad-Habibi_20102020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mohammad-Habibi_20102020-696x399.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mohammad-Habibi_20102020-733x420.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammad Habibi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Activist teacher Mohammad Habibi is deprived of going on prison leave despite having served one-third of his sentence. Mr. Habibi is presently detained in ward 2 of the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP).<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced him to 10.5 years in prison and 74 lashes. As a supplementary punishment, he is also banned from any social activities for two years.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/20\/activist-teacher-mohammad-habibi-denied-prison-leave-despite-eligibility\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Parastoo Jalili, a 13-years old girl, took her own life because of poverty<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parastoo Jalili, 13, took her own life because she did not have a smartphone to attend online classes.<br \/>Poverty in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> has led to tragic suicides.<br \/>Earlier the devastating news of an 11 yo schoolboy committing suicide shocked the Iranian society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/81oXlXYjnM\">https:\/\/t.co\/81oXlXYjnM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOphh8ZYU3\">pic.twitter.com\/HOphh8ZYU3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1318658114539933696?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>Iran news in brief, October 21, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 21, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_195y6ZoFe0k\" 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%2F195y6ZoFe0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/195y6ZoFe0k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-21T15:10:41Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_195y6ZoFe0k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F195y6ZoFe0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 21, 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\/195y6ZoFe0k\" 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%2F195y6ZoFe0k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 21, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 21, 2020 Iran: 1500 Arbitrary Arrests Across the Country In fear of growing popular protests and uprisings, the religious fascism ruling Iran has resorted to widespread arrests in various provinces. On October 18, the head of the State Security Force in Zanjan Province announced that 1,500 people had been arrested under the pretext of \u201csecurity disruptors\u201d over the past eight months. On the same day, the head of the SSF in Kermanshah Province announced the arrest of 5,550 people under the pretext of \u201cthieves, thugs, and hooligans\u201d in the past six months, according to state-run ILNA news agency. On October 14, the Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Abdullah Hassani, head of the SSF for Semnan Province, announced the arrest of 3,000 people over a six-month period on the pretext of thieves, 80% of whom were under 35 years old, according to the state-run news outlet Hamshahri Online. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 458 Cities Exceeds 128,000 Over 128,000 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 Tuesday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 31,034, less than a fourth of the actual figure. In an unprecedented record based on the regime\u2019s own engineered numbers announced on a daily basis by their Health Ministry, the number of new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours surpassed the 5000 mark for the first time and reached 5039, of which 2254 are hospitalized. Iran: Political Prisoner Self-Immolated, Protesting His Status A political prisoner self-immolated in front of the prison\u2019s deputy warden and observer judge. The incident happened on Sunday in the Central Prison of Urmia. Adel Mokarram who suffered burns in the right foot has been transferred to solitary confinement. He is presently on hunger strike in protest to his undetermined status in prison. An informed source has reported that Mr. Mokarram set himself ablaze in front of the observer judge and deputy warden of the Urmia Prison. His pants stuck to his leg and he was taken to the prison\u2019s dispensary to be treated for burns. Mr. Mokarram has threatened to commit suicide if his status remains undetermined after 10 months. He started a hunger strike on October 4, and sewed his lips, after which he was imprisoned in a solitary cell. 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, October 21, 2020, marks the 334<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-19-2020-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Latest News in Brief &#8211; October 20<\/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: 5:00 PM CEST Online conference Iran Regime&rsquo;s Terrorism in Europe &ndash; EU Obligations | October 22, 2020 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":228245,"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-228239","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 v27.4 - 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