{"id":229242,"date":"2020-11-08T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=229242"},"modified":"2023-04-07T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:00:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 November 8, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-229247\" title=\"Online-conference_november_uprising_08112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Online-conference_november_uprising_08112020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, online conference on the anniversary of November 2019 pretests\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Online-conference_november_uprising_08112020.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Online-conference_november_uprising_08112020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Online-conference_november_uprising_08112020-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The police &amp; municipality in Behbahan (Iran)<\/h2>\n<h3>have destroyed the road to the &#8220;Behesht Rezvan&#8221; Cemetary<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The police &amp; municipality in Behbahan, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> have destroyed the road to the Behesht Rezvan Cemetary in fear that the families of fallen protesters, shot dead during last year&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a>, would gather at their graves in upcoming days.   <\/p>\n<p>The sign of a very weak regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8gALiSaQsd\">pic.twitter.com\/8gALiSaQsd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1325505951525466112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 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>Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Complex continued their strike action today<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nov. 8- Shush, SW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Complex continued their strike action today to demand that 15 workers who were laid off for political reasons return to work. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cSReW0eswQ\">pic.twitter.com\/cSReW0eswQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Wire (@IranNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNW\/status\/1325514918855053312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 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>Young Men Flogged in Public in Northeastern Iran For Theft<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53405\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53405 size-full\" title=\"IRAN_Prisoner_Flogged_in_Public_in_Ahvaz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IRAN_Prisoner_Flogged_in_Public_in_Ahvaz.jpg\" alt=\"IRAN: Prisoner Flogged in Public in Ahvaz\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IRAN_Prisoner_Flogged_in_Public_in_Ahvaz.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IRAN_Prisoner_Flogged_in_Public_in_Ahvaz-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IRAN_Prisoner_Flogged_in_Public_in_Ahvaz-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IRAN_Prisoner_Flogged_in_Public_in_Ahvaz-696x374.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man being flogged in public, Iran (file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The public flogging sentences for two men were carried out today in the city of Golbahar in northeast Iran.<\/p>\n<p>A Judicial Official in the province announced the public punishment saying that the flogging sentences of two young men convicted of theft were carried out in public in the city of Golbahar. In his comments carried by the state-run media, Golbahar Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor said that the men were eached flogged 74 times.<br \/>\nGolbahar is located 35 km northwest of Mashhad.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/08\/young-men-flogged-in-public-in-northeastern-iran-for-theft\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Catastrophe: Death Toll Exceeds 146,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_coronavirus_update07112020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Iran_coronavirus_update07112020.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK)<\/a> announced on Saturday, November 7, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 146,500 in 462 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 35,531 in Tehran, 10,973 in Khorasan Razavi, 8,199 in Isfahan, 6,288 in Lorestan, 6,272 in Mazandaran, 5,212 in East Azerbaijan, 4,447 in West Azerbaijan, 4,055 in Alborz, 3,893 in Fars, 3,876 in Golestan, 3,835 in Hamedan, 3,761 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 3,218 in Kermanshah, 2,477 in Markazi (Central), 2,421 in Yazd, 2,357 in Kerman, 2,282 in Semnan, 1,497 in Qazvin, 1,226 in South Khorasan.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-catastrophe-death-toll-exceeds-146500\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s speech about the November 2019 uprising<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We saw during the November 2019 uprising that the protests suddenly erupted in 900 locations across the country. This created a brilliant model for the great uprising that will overthrow the regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jVgTj1wfIa\">pic.twitter.com\/jVgTj1wfIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1325082416168509441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 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: Authorities Now Starving Political Prisoners<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-228653\" title=\"Iran_prison_28102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_prison_28102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_prison_28102020\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_prison_28102020.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_prison_28102020-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iranian political prisoners are being \u201csystematically starved\u201d by the guards in order to break their will, force fake confessions, and get public statements of repentance, according to the coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change Struan Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-authorities-now-starving-political-prisoners\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Reza Olia made a statue of Iranian national hero Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reza Olia, prominent sculptor and member of the National Council of Resistance of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> (NCRI), made a statue of Iranian national hero <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NavidAfkari?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NavidAfkari<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I offer the statue of the national hero Navid Afkari to the people of Iran,&quot; he said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLYzB1SdsA\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLYzB1SdsA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1325167364858548224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 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, November 8, 2020, marks the 352nd 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> has identified <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/the-names-of-17-additional-martyrs-of-the-november-2019-uprising-identified-currently-identities-of-828-martyrs-are-known\/\" rel=\"noopener\">828 <\/a>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\/latest-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-7-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief &#8211; November 7<\/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: 8:00 PM CEST The police &amp; municipality in Behbahan (Iran) have destroyed the road to the &ldquo;Behesht 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