{"id":228434,"date":"2020-10-24T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228434"},"modified":"2023-03-04T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:21:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228438\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"gorgan_Iran_24102020\" class=\"wp-image-228438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorgan_Iran_24102020.jpg\" alt=\"gorgan_Iran_24102020\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorgan_Iran_24102020.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorgan_Iran_24102020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorgan_Iran_24102020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorgan_Iran_24102020-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorgan is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies 30 km (19 mi) away from the Caspian Sea. Golestan Province has a population of 1.8 million. Unfortunately the coronavirus death toll in this province has reached 3,666<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iran: Impeachment of Rouhani or Khamenei\u2019s Whole System?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227280\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Khamenei_05102020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_05102020.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei_05102020\" width=\"690\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_05102020.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Khamenei_05102020-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Members of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) affiliated to the supreme leader Ali Khamenei, frequently call for President Hassan Rouhani\u2018s impeachment. However, they are unable to answer the demands of their constituencies. It seems that when they are exposed to the anger and hatred of the Iranian people, they have no choice but to address the rival and attack each other. They pursue to change the direction of the compass needle against each other.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iran-impeachment-of-rouhani-or-khameneis-whole-system\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>A widow prostitutes to provide water for her children, commits suicide<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-Sistan-Baluchestan-water-crisis_24102020\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-Sistan-Baluchestan-water-crisis_24102020.jpg\" alt=\"widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-Sistan-Baluchestan-water-crisis_24102020\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-Sistan-Baluchestan-water-crisis_24102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-Sistan-Baluchestan-water-crisis_24102020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-Sistan-Baluchestan-water-crisis_24102020-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A widow prostitutes to provide water for her children. The heartbreaking news shocked Iranian society.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run media in Iran cited a deputy in the mullahs\u2019 parliament speaking during parliamentary debates.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/10\/23\/widow-prostitutes-to-provide-water-for-her-children\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 460 Cities Exceeds 130,900<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_23102020-696x397.jpg 696w\" 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 noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Friday, October 23, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 460 cities had exceeded 130,900. The number of victims in Tehran is 31,511, Khorasan Razavi 9,857, Khuzestan 8,078, Isfahan 7,072, Mazandaran 5,782, Lorestan 5,628, Qom 5,435, Gilan 5,041, East Azerbaijan 4,626, West Azerbaijan 3,741, Golestan 3,666, Alborz 3,623, Hamedan 3,500, Fars 3,431, Kerman 2,035, Semnan 1,942, Central Province 1,827, Hormozgan 1,655, Ardabil 1,473, Zanjan 1,235, and South Khorasan 1,014.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-460-cities-exceeds-130900\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Alireza Jafarzadeh: Iran&#8217;s regime uses cyber army to interfere in U.S. elections<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After gaining 100+ Billion $ per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JCPOA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JCPOA<\/a>, Iran&#39;s regime uses cyber army to interfere in U.S. elections, its terror agents operate in Europe &amp; ME, and has built a new site in Tehran involved in building a nuclear Bomb, run by the IRGC. Watch the details\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vn3fxtkR7l\">https:\/\/t.co\/vn3fxtkR7l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1319792563755356162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 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>Farangis Mazloum Soheil Arabi\u2019s mother, sentenced to 18 months in prison<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228436\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Farangis-Mazloum-Soheil-Arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-24102020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Farangis-Mazloum-Soheil-Arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-24102020.jpg\" alt=\"Farangis-Mazloum-Soheil-Arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-24102020\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Farangis-Mazloum-Soheil-Arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-24102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Farangis-Mazloum-Soheil-Arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-24102020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Farangis-Mazloum-Soheil-Arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-24102020-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farangis Mazloum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Farangis Mazloum Soheil Arabi\u2019s mother, to 18 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Revolutionary Court of Tehran informed Ms. Mazloum\u2019s lawyer of this verdict on October 20, 2020. She received a one-year sentence on the charge of \u201cassembly and collusion with the intention of committing crime through contacting the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/10\/22\/farangis-mazloum-soheil-arabis-mother-sentenced-to-18-months\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iranians take to Twitter to commemorate 1500 slain protesters on Nov. 2019 anniversary<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_1500_slain-protesters_24102020-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iranian Twitter users spoke out yesterday, on the first day of the Persian month of Aban, to commemorate 1500 slain protesters and those arrested during November 2019 protests when gasoline prices tripled overnight. Since last year, the protests have become known as \u201cthe Aban protests\u201d in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The hashtags #\u0622\u0628\u0627\u0646# \u0622\u0628\u0627\u0646\u200c\u0640\u200c\u062e\u0648\u0646\u06cc\u0646 and #\u0622\u0628\u0627\u0646\u200c\u0640\u200c\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0647\u200c\u0640\u200c\u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f meaning \u201cbloody Aban\u201d and \u201cAban will go on\u201d were used to post images of protesters injured and killed in last year\u2019s protests and demand accountably for the regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iranians-take-to-twitter-to-commemorate-1500-slain-protesters-on-nov-2019-anniversary\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, October 24, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 24, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_iE4-kB71Fas\" 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%2FiE4-kB71Fas%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iE4-kB71Fas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-24T09:18:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_iE4-kB71Fas\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FiE4-kB71Fas%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 24, 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\/iE4-kB71Fas\" 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%2FiE4-kB71Fas%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 24, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 24, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 460 Cities Exceeds 130,900 Over 130,900 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 460 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 Friday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 31,985, less than a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cThere are many patients in our hospitals that we treat as Covid-19 patients while their symptoms do not meet those announced by the World Health Organization. As a result, they are not registered as Covid-19 patients. This changes the number of deaths in each province based on their conditions by 1.5 to 2 to 2.2 times the numbers announced,\u201d said Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi in Thursday, according to the Tasnim news agency, an outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force. U.S. Sanctions Iran Regime&#039;s Ambassador to Iraq On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Iraj Masjedi, a general in Revolutionary Guard Corps- Quds Force and the Iranian regime&#039;s Ambassador to Iraq, for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC Quds Force. \u201cThe Iranian regime threatens Iraq\u2019s security and sovereignty by appointing IRGC-QF officials as ambassadors in the region to carry out their destabilizing foreign agenda,\u201d said Secretary Steven Mnuchin. \u201cThe United States will continue to employ the tools and authorities at its disposal to target the Iranian regime and IRGC-QF officials that attempt to meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations, including any attempts to influence U.S. elections.\u201d 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 noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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 noreferrer\"><strong>WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 24, 2020, marks the 337<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 noreferrer\">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 noreferrer\">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 noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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-23-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Iran News in Brief &#8211; October 23<\/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: 3:30 PM CEST Iran: Impeachment of Rouhani or Khamenei&rsquo;s Whole System? 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