{"id":231549,"date":"2020-12-20T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T10:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231549"},"modified":"2023-02-20T21:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T20:43:25","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 9:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

More details on the attack on political prisoners in Qarchak Prison<\/h2>\n

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More details have come out on the attack on political prisoners in Qarchak Prison on Sunday, December 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

According to this report, at least 20 male and female guards accompanied the new warden of Qarchak, Soghra Khodadadi, to launch an attack on political prisoners detained in Ward 8 of Qarchak Prison. The raid by anti-riot guards took place at lunch time, while the prisoners did not have suitable outfit to encounter male guards. Some of the guards involved in this attack were Samira Ilkhani, Khoshraftar, Karami, and Gharegozlou.<\/p>\n

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EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines<\/h3>\n

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Although Iran faces crushing U.S. sanctions, there are still ways for Tehran to obtain coronavirus vaccines as the country suffers the Mideast\u2019s worst outbreak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

After earlier downplaying the virus, Iran has since acknowledged the scope of the disaster it faces after 1.1 million reported cases and over 52,000 deaths. Getting vaccines into the arms of its people would be a major step in stemming the crisis.<\/p>\n

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Tehran Builds New Nuclear Site in Fordo, Breaches JCPOA<\/h3>\n
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On Friday, December 18, The Associated Press revealed that the Iranian regime had begun construction a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo, near the holy city of Qom, some 90 kilometers southwest of Tehran. According to satellite images from Maxar Technologies, the construction is taking place at a northwest corner of the site.<\/p>\n

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The false statistics of the Central Bank reflect Iran\u2019s bankrupt economy<\/h3>\n

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To predict the future of the economics of a society, the expression of real statistics of the current situation with the right statistics in a macroeconomy is possible. The Iranian regime has violated wants to cover up the reality of its bankrupt economy by publishing fake statistics. The latest example of these falsehoods comes from Abdolnasser Hemmati, the head of the regime’s central bank. Hemmati lined up some figures to portray a positive picture of the regime’s economic situation, but in the factional feuding among ruling gangs, who are well acquainted with each other\u2019s corruption, his true colors were revealed.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:20 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran’s regime destroys tombstone of National Hero Navid Afkari<\/h3>\n

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\nReports from Iran indicate that plainclothes of the Iranian regime destroyed the tombstone of Navid Afkari, Iran’s national wrestling champion executed by the mullahs’ regime in September.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<\/a>NCRI) in this regard said: “The clerical regime tries in vain to extinguish the flames of protests by destroying the tombs of Navid Afkari and other martyrs. Just as the victims of the 1988 massacre became famous despite the destruction of their graves. Justice will not let go of the criminal mullahs\u2019 regime.”<\/p>\n

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The clerical regime tries in vain to extinguish the flames of protests by destroying the tombs of #NavidAfkari<\/a> & other martyrs. Just as the victims of the #1988Massacre<\/a> became famous despite destruction of their graves. Justice will not let go of the criminal mullahs\u2019 regime. pic.twitter.com\/dfOLjlYllF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) December 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n