{"id":231962,"date":"2020-12-27T03:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231962"},"modified":"2023-03-30T01:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:22:58","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_231969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231969\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231969\" title=\"Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020.jpg\" alt=\"The Central Prison of Urmia, where political prisoner Shaker Behrouz is presently detained. The First Branch of the Penal Court of Urmia issued the second death sentence on Saturday, December 26, for him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-ormiah-central-prison-26122020-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Central Prison of Urmia, where political prisoner Shaker Behrouz is presently detained. The First Branch of the Penal Court of Urmia issued the second death sentence on Saturday, December 26, for him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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>The health of Hashem Khastar<\/h2>\n<h3>a teacher detained in Mashhad Prison, is critical<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The health of Hashem Khastar, a teacher detained in Mashhad Prison, is critical. Mr. Khastar, 67, is under a lot of pressure &amp; detained in difficult conditions. He suffers from high blood pressure &amp; needs to be treated soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xjN7ysJh9U\">pic.twitter.com\/xjN7ysJh9U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1343129151507722242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 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>Friends of 12-year-old Ali Mousavi paying tribute by visiting his gravesite<\/h3>\n<p>Ali was walking home from school on 16 Nov. 2019 when he was fatally shot in the heart by security forces during November 2019 protests in the city of Ramhormoz, in Sistan and Bluchestan Province, SE Iran<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friends of 12-year-old Ali Mousavi paying tribute by visiting his gravesite.<br \/>Ali was walking home from school on 16 Nov. 2019 when he was fatally shot in the heart by security forces during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> in the city of Ramhormoz, in Sistan &amp; Bluchestan Province, SE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CcHV31wXNJ\">pic.twitter.com\/CcHV31wXNJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1343128526967480320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_e8e tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_e8e\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 475 Cities Exceeds 192,200<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_65_fae td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65_fae\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231956\" title=\"Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-coronavrius-update-26122020-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The People&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> announced on Saturday, December 26, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 475 cities had exceeded 192,200. The number of victims in Tehran is 47,196, Khorasan Razavi 13,135, Isfahan 11,560, Lorestan 7,738, Qom 7,530, East Azerbaijan 7,432, Mazandaran 7,187, Fars 5,887, Alborz 5,055, Kerman 4,116, Yazd 3,407, North Khorasan 2,963, Hormozgan 2,030, Qazvin 1,992, and South Khorasan 1,796.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-475-cities-exceeds-192200\/\" 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 192,200 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 475 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\/YlIXrNOkDz\">https:\/\/t.co\/YlIXrNOkDz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/477UP5bXGW\">pic.twitter.com\/477UP5bXGW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1342932949075816448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political prisoners Shaker Behrouz faces a second death sentence<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228748\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228748\" title=\"Death-row-political-prisoner-Shaker-Behrouz-is-innocent_30102020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Death-row-political-prisoner-Shaker-Behrouz-is-innocent_30102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran - Political prisoner Shaker Behrouz\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Death-row-political-prisoner-Shaker-Behrouz-is-innocent_30102020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Death-row-political-prisoner-Shaker-Behrouz-is-innocent_30102020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Death-row-political-prisoner-Shaker-Behrouz-is-innocent_30102020-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political prisoner Shaker Behrouz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A second death sentence has been issued for political prisoner Shaker Behrouz based on a new cased filed against him. Mr. Behrouzi is presently detained in the Central Prison of Urmia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The First Branch of the Penal Court of Urmia issued the second death sentence on Saturday, December 26, for political prisoner Shaker Behrouzi on the charge of murdering Mamel Mohammadi, an IRGC member.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/26\/political-prisoners-shaker-behrouz-faces-a-second-death-sentence\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluchi political prisoner Abdolhamid Mir-Baluchzehi hanged in Zahedan Prison<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231965\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-231965\" title=\"Abdolhamid-Mir-Baluchzehi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abdolhamid-Mir-Baluchzehi.jpg\" alt=\"Abdolhamid Mir-Baluchzehi\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abdolhamid-Mir-Baluchzehi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abdolhamid-Mir-Baluchzehi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abdolhamid-Mir-Baluchzehi-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abdolhamid-Mir-Baluchzehi-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abdolhamid Mir-Baluchzehi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baluchi political prisoner Abdolhamid Mir-Baluchzehi was hanged Saturday morning, December 26, 2020, in the Prison of Zahedan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His lawyer, Mostafa Neili, announced the news of his execution in his twitter account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An informed source said: \u201cAuthorities of the Central Prison of Zahedan contacted Hamid\u2019s family on Thursday, December 24, for a last visit with him. After having their last visitation, Hamid\u2019s family said his execution verdict was going to be implemented on Saturday, December 26, and this morning, his execution was carried out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/26\/baluchi-political-prisoner-abdolhamid-mir-baluchzehi-hanged\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to Abdol-Hamid Mir-Baluchzehi, 2 other prisoners were also executed in the morning of December 26, in the Central Prison of Zahedan, SE Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In addition to Abdol-Hamid Mir-Baluch Zehi, 2 other prisoners were also executed in the morning of Dec. 26, in the Central Prison of Zahedan, SE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>The prisoners Mehraban Barahouii, 60, &amp; Khodadad Nohatani, 73, were executed on drug charges. <br \/>(Photo of Mehraban Barahouii) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJzfLcBRMN\">pic.twitter.com\/GJzfLcBRMN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1342953853856194561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\">&#8220;Rise and overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime&#8221;: Iranian Resistance Units<\/h3>\n<p class=\"selectionshareable selectionShareable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MEK-Resistance-Units-activities.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-231976 alignnone\" title=\"MEK-Resistance-Units-activities\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MEK-Resistance-Units-activities-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"MEK-Resistance-Units-activities\" width=\"694\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MEK-Resistance-Units-activities-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MEK-Resistance-Units-activities-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MEK-Resistance-Units-activities.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionshareable selectionShareable\">During 2020, as Iran continued to grapple with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/khamenei-remarks-nurses-covid-19-20201221\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, the struggle for freedom continued across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">In recent days, <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-are-mek-resistance-units-iran-opposition\">the Resistance Units<\/a>, the network of the Iranian opposition movement inside Iran continued to campaign for regime change, despite an atmosphere of repression. The Resistance Units are a network of activists affiliated with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), Iran\u2019s longest-standing opposition movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">In Tehran, the Iranian Resistance Units installed a huge poster of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/c\/maryam-rajavi\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\">NCRI<\/a>), on a lamp post in a crowded street. In Mashhad, images of the Iranian Resistance leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/en\/massoudrajavi\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0was spread across the cities while echoing the slogan, \u201cRise and overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-20201226\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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-december-26-2020\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 26<\/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: 4:30 PM CET The health of Hashem Khastar a teacher detained in Mashhad Prison, is critical The [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":231969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,182,234],"tags":[197,198,129,130,141,184],"class_list":["post-231962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-latest-news-in-brief","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-mek-iran","tag-ncri","tag-iran","tag-iran-protests","tag-human-rights","tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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