{"id":231475,"date":"2020-12-19T09:41:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231475"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:02:49","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-19-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_231492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231492\" style=\"width: 795px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-231492 size-full\" title=\"Iran-women-arrests-03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-women-arrests-03.jpg\" alt=\"Women in Iran are systematically oppressed. More than 4300 people have been executed in Iran under Hassan Rouhani\u2019s tenure. They include 110 women.\" width=\"795\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-women-arrests-03.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-women-arrests-03-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-women-arrests-03-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-women-arrests-03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-women-arrests-03-696x462.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women in Iran are systematically oppressed. More than 4300 people have been executed in Iran under Hassan Rouhani\u2019s tenure. They include 110 women.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Iranian regime&#8217;s MP<\/h2>\n<h3>says Iran&#8217;s domestic coronavirus vaccine will not solve any problem<\/h3>\n<p>Iran, December 2020\u2014The vice president of the regime\u2019s parliament Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi told Iran\u2019s state television that Iranian companies are capable to produce just 10 million doses of vaccine per month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranian regime&amp;#039;s MP says Iran&amp;#039;s domestic coronavirus vaccine will not solve any problem\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4af-Li-YHmE\" 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%2F4af-Li-YHmE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4af-Li-YHmE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-16T22:26:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_4af-Li-YHmE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4af-Li-YHmE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranian regime&#039;s MP says Iran&#039;s domestic coronavirus vaccine will not solve any problem<\/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\/4af-Li-YHmE\" 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%2F4af-Li-YHmE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime&amp;#039;s MP says Iran&amp;#039;s domestic coronavirus vaccine will not solve any problem\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran, December 2020\u2014The vice president of the regime\u2019s parliament Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi told Iran\u2019s state television that Iranian companies are capable to produce just 10 million doses of vaccine per month. The interview: Ghazizadeh Hashemi: We want to get the approvals needed for the human testing phase [of the coronavirus vaccine]. Are we capable of mass producing the vaccine or not? We say that we reach the point in June 2021. With the amount of vaccine we can produce\u2026 -How much is this amount? -Our companies with their current capacities can produce around 10 million doses. -10 million doses per month or day? -Per month. But it will be less than this. -And the coronavirus vaccine is a two-dose vaccine and must be injected twice. Is that correct? -Yes -So, we need 14 months for the vaccination. -Yes, it takes time, and that is why we say even if the domestic vaccine could meet our domestic needs, even if we reach that point\u2026 it [the Iran-made vaccine] will not solve our problem either.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 470 Cities Exceeds 187,500<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-187500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-187500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Friday, December 18, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 470 cities had exceeded 187,500. The number of victims in Tehran is 46,066, Isfahan 11,025, Khuzestan 9,665, Qom 7,365, East Azerbaijan 7,317, Mazandaran 7,042, Fars 5,692, Alborz 4,950, Kerman 3,979, Central Province 3,918, Yazd 3,317, Semnan 2,819, Ilam 1,940, Qazvin 1,932, and Bushehr 1,889.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-470-cities-exceeds-187500\/\" 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 187,500 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 470 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\/4GztrQxLHl\">https:\/\/t.co\/4GztrQxLHl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zwwJPbb8fe\">pic.twitter.com\/zwwJPbb8fe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1340228209627959296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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>A woman executed in Sepidar Prison; 110th woman to be executed under Rouhani<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231479\" title=\"a-woman-executed-110_EN-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-woman-executed-110_EN-min.jpg\" alt=\"a-woman-executed-110_EN-min\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-woman-executed-110_EN-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-woman-executed-110_EN-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-woman-executed-110_EN-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/a-woman-executed-110_EN-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A woman executed in the Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz, capital of southwestern Province of Khuzestan. This is the 110th woman executed during the tenure of Rouhani as the mullah\u2019s president. A report from inside Sepidar Prison says one of the women imprisoned in this jail was executed early this week. The name of the woman has not been specified.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/12\/18\/a-woman-executed-in-the-sepidar-prison-of-ahvaz\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran: Stop execution of young man arrested at 16 and forced to \u201cconfess\u201d under torture<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231483\" title=\"Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020\" width=\"700\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-execution-Amnesty-International-19122020-696x444.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International &#8211; Responding to the Iranian authorities\u2019 plans to execute a 30-year-old man, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, for a crime that took place when he was 16 years old and following a conviction based on \u201cconfessions\u201d extracted under torture, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, Diana Eltahawy, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter more than 12 years on death row, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee was transferred to solitary confinement in Lakan Prison in Rasht on Thursday, and his family was told that his execution would be carried out \u2018in a week\u2019. The Iranian authorities are yet again waging an abhorrent assault on children\u2019s rights and making an absolute mockery of juvenile justice.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/12\/iran-stop-execution-of-young-man-arrested-at-16-and-forced-to-confess\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Names of 112 Iranian Doctors, Nurses and Healthcare Workers Who\u2019ve Died of Covid-19<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231481\" title=\"Iran-Doctors-Nurses-died-coronavirus-19122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Doctors-Nurses-died-coronavirus-19122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Doctors-Nurses-died-coronavirus-19122020\" width=\"701\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Doctors-Nurses-died-coronavirus-19122020.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Doctors-Nurses-died-coronavirus-19122020-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-Doctors-Nurses-died-coronavirus-19122020-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian government\u2019s negligence has led to the death of hundreds of medical staff. Here are the names of 112 Iranian physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers who have lost their lives to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Following the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran, medical staff who combat the health crisis at the frontlines were the most vulnerable people. Across the world, governments considered different methods to provide the necessary equipment and extra wages to help spare the lives of these selfless combatants.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/names-of-112-iranian-doctors-nurses-and-healthcare-workers-whove-died-of-covid-19\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Denial of medical treatment to prisoners in Kachouii and Sepidar Prisons<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231480\" title=\"Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min.jpg\" alt=\"Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monireh-Arabashahi-denial-of-medical-treatment-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reports from Kachouii Prison in Karaj and Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz indicate two new cases of denial of medical treatment to political prisoners. In the latter case, it led to the death of the prisoner.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz, in the southwestern Khuzestan Province, a female prisoner, identified only by the last name Neissi, was transferred to the quarantine on Monday night, December 14. She was crying out from pain and pleading to be taken to a civic hospital. The prison guards and authorities, however, did not take her to hospital and abandoned her in the ward without attending to her. Consequently, she died on Tuesday morning, December 15.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/12\/18\/denial-of-medical-treatment-to-prisoners-in-kachouii-and-sepidar-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Iran news in brief, December 19, 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 19, 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_oTl_v-KJYhk\" 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%2FoTl_v-KJYhk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTl_v-KJYhk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M21S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-19T09:36:52Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_oTl_v-KJYhk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FoTl_v-KJYhk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 19, 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\/oTl_v-KJYhk\" 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%2FoTl_v-KJYhk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 19, 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 19, 2020 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 470 Cities Exceeds 187,500 Over 187,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 470 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 53,273, less than a third of the actual figure. Lies and contradictory remarks from senior regime officials on the coronavirus vaccine indicates corruption, theft, disillusionment, and incompetence among regime officials. This has delayed any vaccination efforts and led to more people dying across Iran. Regime President Hassan Rouhani said on December 14 that \u201cvaccines will be procured, and vaccination will begin soon either with imported vaccines or those produced domestically.\u201d However, head of the Majlis Health Commission had alarming remarks in this regard. \u201cFor now, there is no report of purchasing the Covid-19 vaccine. To this moment we have been able to provide the financial resources necessary and to transfer this money abroad,\u201d he said on Friday, according to the regime\u2019s Khabar Fouri website. Iran: A Prisoner Executed in Qom and 14 Others on Death Row On Thursday, a prisoner named Shahab Javid was executed in Qom Central Prison. He had been tortured psychologically by three mock executions in the past years. His execution comes while it is said that the plaintiffs had dropped their complaint. The regime\u2019s torturers had pressed him to write a letter of repentance, but he did not, insisting on his innocence. Shahab Javid is one of 15 prisoners sentenced to death on financial charges and for clashing with the State Security Force. Another 14 prisoners are reportedly going to be executed soon. In another criminal act, on December 13, riot units stormed Ward eight of Qarchak Prison, where female political prisoners are being held and transferred Golrokh Ebrahimi Eraei to Evin Prison. The brutal attack was met with resistance from other prisoners. The Guards severely beat the prisoners with batons and tasers, injuring several political prisoners. In this regard, the Iranian Resistance urged the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and relevant rapporteurs, as well as international human rights organizations, to take urgent action to rescue prisoners on death row in Iran and once again reiterated the need to form an international commission of inquiry to visit Iranian prisons and meet with prisoners, especially female prisoners. 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