{"id":228475,"date":"2020-10-25T09:49:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T09:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228475"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:10:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:10:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 25, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228477\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228477\" title=\"School_sistan_baluchestan_Iran_25102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/School_sistan_baluchestan_Iran_25102020.jpg\" alt=\"A school in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast of Iran. The population in Sistan and Baluchestan Province are facing untold social and economic problems because of longstanding deprivation and poverty because the regime\u2019s leaders have looted their share of Iran\u2019s wealth. The coronavirus death toll in this Province has reached 3,571\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/School_sistan_baluchestan_Iran_25102020.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/School_sistan_baluchestan_Iran_25102020-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A school in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast of Iran. The population in Sistan and Baluchestan Province are facing untold social and economic problems because of longstanding deprivation and poverty because the regime\u2019s leaders have looted their share of Iran\u2019s wealth. The coronavirus death toll in this Province has reached 3,571<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Cruel murder of a young man in Mashhad<\/h2>\n<h3>by the State Security Force<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I urge the international community to condemn the SSF\u2019s murder of the young man in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mashhad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mashhad<\/a>. Doing business with and appeasing such a regime is truly disgraceful and violates all recognized democratic and humanitarian principles. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1320313173069750278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">October 24 &#8211; Mashhad, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>A young man was tortured and killed by the police. His hands were chained to a pole and a police officer used a shocker and pepper spray on him several times. He died of suffocation in a police vehicle, according to a family member. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/owHjaJp6g5\">pic.twitter.com\/owHjaJp6g5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1320364238217441281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 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: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: The Staggering Number of Coronavirus Fatalities in 460 Cities Exceeds 131,700<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_coronavirus_update_24102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_coronavirus_update_24102020-768x438.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 this afternoon, Saturday, October 24, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus fatalities in 460 cities had exceeded 131,700. The number of victims in Tehran is 31,751, Khorasan Razavi 9,892, Isfahan 7,172, Lorestan 5,678, East Azerbaijan 4,656, Hamedan 3,545, West Azerbaijan 3,773, Alborz 3,653, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,571,Fars 3,451, Kermanshah 2,833, Kurdistan 2,366, Kerman 2,050, Yazd 1,981, Bushehr 1,567, Qazvin 1,322, Ilam 1,089, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,012, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 964.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretariat of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>October 24, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>In memory of 1,500 who fell for freedom in November 2019 protests<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In memory of 1,500 who fell for freedom <br \/>We will never forget<br \/>Nor will we ever forgive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0622\u0628\u0627\u0646_\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0647_\u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMrU9fWmJV\">https:\/\/t.co\/jMrU9fWmJV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cJx2zPzypL\">pic.twitter.com\/cJx2zPzypL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1320006985497088002?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>Khamenei opts to curb civil liberties over solving Iran\u2019s many crises<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228481\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228481\" title=\"Iran-curbs-civil-liberties_25102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran-curbs-civil-liberties_25102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-curbs-civil-liberties_25102020\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran-curbs-civil-liberties_25102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran-curbs-civil-liberties_25102020-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran-curbs-civil-liberties_25102020-696x399.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unable to deal with Iran\u2019s growing poverty, economic crisis, and the COVID-19 epidemic that has ravaged the country, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader has opted to increase suppression to intimidate Iranians into silence and prevent protests. In their Friday sermons, Khamenei\u2019s representatives lashed out against civil liberties, including \u201clack of hijab\u201d and \u201cdog walking\u201d, once again signaling where the regime\u2019s priorities lie.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/khamenei-opts-to-curb-civil-liberties-over-solving-irans-many-crises\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Arbitrary arrests in Iran target female civil and student activists<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228480\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228480\" title=\"Somayyeh-Kargar-Elham-Samimi-Nahid-Taghavi-Bahareh-Soleimani-_25102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Somayyeh-Kargar-Elham-Samimi-Nahid-Taghavi-Bahareh-Soleimani-_25102020.jpg\" alt=\"From left: Somayyeh Kargar, Elham Samimi, Nahid Taghavi, Bahareh Soleimani\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Somayyeh-Kargar-Elham-Samimi-Nahid-Taghavi-Bahareh-Soleimani-_25102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Somayyeh-Kargar-Elham-Samimi-Nahid-Taghavi-Bahareh-Soleimani-_25102020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Somayyeh-Kargar-Elham-Samimi-Nahid-Taghavi-Bahareh-Soleimani-_25102020-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Somayyeh Kargar, Elham Samimi, Nahid Taghavi, Bahareh Soleimani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arbitrary arrests in Iran target civil and student activists \u2013 Intelligence agents arrested a number of civil and student activists on October 16, 2020. They included Elham Samimi, Bahareh Soleimani, Somayyeh Kargar, and Nahid Taghavi.<\/p>\n<p>Elham Samimi is a student of anthropology at Tehran University.<\/p>\n<p>Somayyeh Kargar is a graduate student of philosophy from Tabriz University. She was arrested at home. She is a Kurdish civil activist.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/10\/24\/arbitrary-arrests-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Inhumane treatment of injured woman in Abadan led public outrage<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inhumane treatment of injured woman in Abadan led public outrage.<br \/>Video circulated in SM on October22 of woman in Abadan mistreated by Oil Company\u2019s security forces. She was being held on ground w\/ bloodied face while security agent put foot on her chest.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LYEk3ghMqE\">https:\/\/t.co\/LYEk3ghMqE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/52XuH2VfaL\">pic.twitter.com\/52XuH2VfaL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenncri\/status\/1320286065987588096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 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><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 25, 2020, marks the 338<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-24-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief &#8211; October 24<\/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: 4:00 PM CEST Cruel murder of a young man in Mashhad by the State Security Force I [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":228477,"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-228475","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 v27.5 - 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