{"id":230506,"date":"2020-12-03T08:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=230506"},"modified":"2023-03-30T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:44:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 3, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230541\" title=\"Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020.jpg\" alt=\"Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belgium-court-Assadollah-Assadi-03122020-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Day 2 of the terror trial in Antwerp &#8211; Maryam Rajavi<\/h2>\n<h3>EU must designate IRGC and MOIS as terrorist entities<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>), wrote in a twitter thread about the day 2 of Assadollah Assadi&#8217;s trial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world faces state terrorism sponsored by the Iranian regime. In addition to the persons who are being tried today, the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader, president, intelligence minister and foreign minister must also face justice.<\/p>\n<p>The regime\u2019s embassies, cultural and religious centers which are used as centers for coordination of terrorism and espionage, must be shut down.<\/p>\n<p>This case once again shows that as far as terrorism and its usage as a ruling tool is concerned, there is no difference between the regime\u2019s various agencies, including between the Intelligence Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Khamenei\u2019s office and Rouhani\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Today, European countries whose soil has been used by the Iranian regime to carry out its terrorist operations face judgement of the public opinion. Will they end their passivity vs. Tehran\u2019s terrorism, or will they adopt a decisive policy against his medieval regime?<\/p>\n<p>The European Union must designate the mullahs\u2019 IRGC and Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) as terrorist entities.<\/p>\n<p>Agents and mercenaries of the MOIS and Qods Force must be prosecuted, punished and expelled from Europe and their citizenship revoked. Granting them citizenship and political asylum these agents would only pave the way for further terrorism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world faces state <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/terrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#terrorism<\/a> sponsored by the Iranian regime. In addition to the persons who are being tried today, the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader, president, intelligence minister and foreign minister must also face justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1334507071379746826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 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>Al Arabiya &#8211; We obliterated every legal argument by Iran diplomat\u2019s defense team: Lawyer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230550\" title=\"Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020.jpg\" alt=\"Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Al_Arabiya-Assadi-trial-03122020-696x370.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lawyer representing the civil parties in the case against an Iranian diplomat on trial in Belgium for planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group in France in 2018 said he is confident a verdict would be reached by next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we truly obliterated every legal argument, which was proposed by the defense of Mr. (Assadolah) Assadi and the other three Iranian defendants,\u201d Rik Vanreusel, a criminal law lawyer who is part of the legal team representing the civil parties, told Al Arabiya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/world\/2020\/12\/03\/Iran-opposition-We-obliterated-every-legal-argument-by-Iran-diplomat-s-defense-team-Lawyer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Struan Stevenson: Iran is a terrorist regime, EU must shut down Iran&#8217;s embassies<\/h3>\n<p>Struan Stevenson, Former MEP, mentioned in a tweet that Assadollah Assadi&#8217;s trial should serve as a warning to the West that Iran is a terrorist regime, whose embassies are used as bomb factories and terror cells. The EU must shut down Iran&#8217;s terror embassies and expel their diplomats. Re-double sanctions against this pariah regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Assadollah <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Assadi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Assadi<\/a> trial should serve as a warning to the West that this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is a terrorist regime, whose embassies are used as bomb factories and terror cells. EU must <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies<\/a> &amp; expel their diplomats. Re-double sanctions against this pariah regime.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; STRUAN STEVENSON (@STRUANSTEVENSON) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STRUANSTEVENSON\/status\/1334541275115216896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 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: 2:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Day 2 of the terror trial in Antwerp &#8211; Mohaddessin targets IRGC and MOIS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mohammad Mohaddessin, the Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>), wrote in a twitter thread about the day 2 of Assadollah Assadi&#8217;s trial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Day 2 of Iran\u2019s diplomat-terrorist and his accomplices on trial in Belgium. Two and a half years of the regime&#8217;s chantage and blackmailing failed to prevent this day. Past forty years show incentives to Tehran to render more terrorism and hostage-takings.<\/p>\n<p>The corrupt chain of terrorism and taking innocent people hostage to swap them with terrorists, used by Iran\u2019s regime for forty years, will only be broken by a firm stance. The prosecution of Assadi and his accomplices is a necessary measure.<\/p>\n<p>This long overdue process needs to be completed with the prosecution of senior regime officials, and Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC<\/a>) and Ministry of Intelligence &amp; Security (MOIS) to be designated as terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\u2014Day 2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s diplomat-terrorist &amp; his accomplices on trial in Belgium. 2\u00bd yrs of the regime&#39;s chantage\/blackmailing failed to prevent this day. Past 40 yrs show incentives to Tehran render more terrorism\/hostage-takings.<br \/>Correct path=firm policy<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mohammad Mohaddessin (@Mohaddessin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mohaddessin\/status\/1334458832110628865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 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: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran regime\u2019s diplomat on Trial<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230526\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-230526\" title=\"court-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"The #Iranian resistance delegation held a news conference\" width=\"718\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-696x390.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4-1068x599.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/court-4.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Iranian resistance delegation held a news conference in front of the court.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second session of the Belgium Court started today. In the first session, prosecutors asked for a 20-year sentence for the Iranian regime\u2019s diplomat-terrorist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-regime-diplomacy-of-terror\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Assadolah Assadi<\/a>. The jail time requested for the three other terrorists were 18 years for Amir Saadouni and Nasimeh Naami, and 15 years for Mehrdad Arefani.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors also requested the latter three to be stripped of their Belgian citizenships.<br \/>\nThe most important target in this foiled bomb plot was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a> President-elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, and Saadouni and Naami were told to install the bomb as close as possible to her, the prosecutors emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>All the collected evidence indicates Assadi commanded this bombing operation, the prosecutors highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>Describing how Assadi was arrested in Germany, the prosecutors underscored he enjoys no diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime not permitting Assadi to attend the first session of this trial, cooperate, and answer questions indicates that Tehran is behind this terrorist operation.<\/p>\n<p>Since Assadi was working with the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), one cannot claim this operation was a one-man initiative and the entire regime was involved in this plot.<\/p>\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> regime\u2019s diplomat-terrorist on Trial<br \/>The second session of the Belgium Court started today. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> resistance delegation held a news conference in front of the court. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownIranTerrorEmbassies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWasATarget?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IWasATarget<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtbf1NEGWB\">https:\/\/t.co\/vtbf1NEGWB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0IG02hiumv\">pic.twitter.com\/0IG02hiumv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1334429174241615875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 465 Cities Exceeds 174,700<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-coronavirus-update-02122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavirus-update-02122020.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 December 2, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 465 cities had surpassed 174,700. The number of victims in Tehran is 43,111, Isfahan 10,020, Lorestan 7,135, Qom 6,970, East Azerbaijan 6,928, Mazandaran 6,672, West Azerbaijan 6,495, Fars 5,022, Alborz 4,665, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,426, Golestan 4,352, Kermanshah 3,746, Kerman 3,534, Kurdistan 3,051, Semnan 2,554, Hormozgan 1,890, Qazvin 1,784, Zanjan 1,767, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,229.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-465-cities-exceeds-174700\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\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> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 174,700 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 465 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VVqOnC4oc\">https:\/\/t.co\/3VVqOnC4oc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FFRkJCbsCP\">pic.twitter.com\/FFRkJCbsCP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1334209719603318784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 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 Passing of Dr. Mohammad Maleki Tehran University\u2019s first Chancellor following the anti-monarchic revolution in 1979<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230508\" title=\"Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Maryam-Rajavi-Mohammad-Maleki-University-of-Tehran-12-en_7e5cb641df2ef8ec7a46138399f21be7-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maryam Rajavi\u2019s message of condolence<\/strong><br \/>\nI offer my condolences on the passing of Dr. Mohammad Maleki and condemn the Iranian regime\u2019s tortures against him in prison and outside prison. I wish to reiterate that despite all the pressures and a debilitating illness, Dr. Maleki never surrendered and continued to expose the ruling theocracy \u2013 the mullahs\u2019 anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>Remarks by Dr. Maleki during the burial of one of People\u2019s Mojahedin mothers, Mehri Janatpour (mother Daei), in which he valiantly condemned the regime\u2019s barbaric assaults on the PMOI in Camp Ashraf and supported their struggle, showed his courage in crossing the ruling regime\u2019s first and most important redline. It was truly enduring and unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian people will never forget the torture, mistreatment and inhuman conduct of the clerical regime vis-\u00e0-vis this great scholar.<\/p>\n<p>I pray to God Almighty for His mercy on this great scholar. He is sure to join his martyred colleagues. May God bless his soul.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-mohammad-maleki-university-of-tehran\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>CNSNews: Terror Trial of Iranian \u2018Diplomat\u2019 Underway in Europe As Iran Threatens to Execute Swedish-Iranian Physician<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-230510\" title=\"Assadollah-Assadi-Trial-Ahmadreza-Jalali\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Assadollah-Assadi-Trial-Ahmadreza-Jalali.jpg\" alt=\"Assadollah-Assadi-Trial-Ahmadreza-Jalali\" width=\"700\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime, which has a long history of hostage-taking, may be using the threat of execution against an imprisoned Iranian-Swedish physician as leverage in an attempt to secure the release of an Iranian diplomat on trial in Belgium for alleged terrorism on European soil.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/article\/international\/patrick-goodenough\/terror-trial-iranian-diplomat-underway-europe-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, December 3, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 3, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PGNUkU3bnGc\" 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%2FPGNUkU3bnGc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PGNUkU3bnGc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M43S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-03T09:20:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_PGNUkU3bnGc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPGNUkU3bnGc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 3, 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\/PGNUkU3bnGc\" 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%2FPGNUkU3bnGc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 3, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 3, 2020 Iran: Third Flood Disaster in Two Years Heavy rains and floods have caused severe damage in eight Iranian provinces and impacted the lives of many people in these areas. People\u2019s homes and agricultural lands in 51 cities have been damaged. Non-standard drainage and lack of necessary dredging have led to the lack of capacity to drain large volumes of rain, resulting in major floods in the south, west, and north parts of the country. In Khuzestan province, the flood has disrupted traffic and transportation in various cities. People face serious problems because of the flood. In mountainous areas, landslides and the blockage of major intercity roads have only added to people\u2019s problems. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran expressed her deep sympathy with the Khuzestani people who face destructive floods. In a tweet, she stressed that \u201cMullahs\u2019 destructive policies in wasting our nation\u2019s wealth in unpatriotic nuclear, missile progs, the export of terror and war, made our people vulnerable to flood, earthquake, and COVID19.\u201d Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 465 Cities Exceeds 174,700 Over 174,700 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 465 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 Wednesday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 48,990, nearly a fourth of the actual figure. Regime President Hassan Rouhani refusing to attend today\u2019s session at the Majlis discussing next year\u2019s budget has resulted in major internal disputes among regime officials. Rouhani based his absence in the Majlis session on &quot;following protocols adopted by the National Covid-19 Task Force\u201d that \u201cwe must implement and execute as legal and even religious duties.\u201d \u201cRouhani did not take part in the Majlis session fearing Covid-19. This is an insult to 85 million Iranians. Rest assured you will not die of Covid-19 because death will not come for you during your time of service. Look at the destiny of rulers who betrayed the nation, you can choose from any of them,\u201d said Ahmad Moradi, a Majis member from the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran said on Wednesday, according to the state-run Hamshahri daily. 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