{"id":236581,"date":"2021-03-20T04:10:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T09:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=236581"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T10:03:05","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-20-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-20-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 20, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236544\" style=\"width: 803px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-newyear-nouruz-19032021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-236544\" title=\"iran-newyear-nouruz-19032021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-newyear-nouruz-19032021-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians celebrate Nowruz with traditional festivals, and it has been a national holiday since the rule of Cyrus the Great (538 BC). Historically, the celebration was to mark the victory of the Zoroastrian God, Ahura Mazda over the evil spirit, Ahriman. Due to the regime's mismanagement, this year, Iranians are bearing the brunt of a collapsed economy, some paying for bread in installments and standing in long lines for basic food items.\" width=\"803\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-newyear-nouruz-19032021-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-newyear-nouruz-19032021-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-newyear-nouruz-19032021-150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranians celebrate Nowruz with traditional festivals, and it has been a national holiday since the rule of Cyrus the Great (538 BC).<br \/>Due to the regime&#8217;s mismanagement, this year, Iranians are bearing the brunt of a collapsed economy, some paying for bread in installments and standing in long lines for basic food items.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are in anticipation of the arrival of Spring of freedom, heralding health and well-being across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, in all cities, villages, and to our people, we salute <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nowruz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nowruz<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z08IDXyeLC\">pic.twitter.com\/z08IDXyeLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1372907640779603969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post_title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Nowruz<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\">Iranians celebrate the memory of the heroes fallen for freedom<\/h3>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-236582\" title=\"Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Iran\" width=\"802\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the Persian year comes to a close, people across Iran are paying homage to the countless heroes who have laid their lives down to bring freedom and democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Tehran,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-are-mek-resistance-units-iran-opposition\">Resistance Units<\/a>, activists and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), commemorated the founders of the MEK by laying flowers on their graves in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The founders of the MEK,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/founders-the-mojahedin-mohammad-hanifnejad\">Mohammad Hanif Nejad<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/founders-the-mojahedin-ali-asghar-badizadegan\">Ali Asghar Badizadegan<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/founders-the-mojahedin-saeid-mohsen\">Saied Mohsen<\/a>, were executed by the Shah regime in 1972 after undergoing severe torture in the prisons of the SAVAK, the Shah regime\u2019s intelligence arm. The Shah regime gave them the choice to reduce their sentence from death to life in prison if they denounced their struggle for freedom. All three refused to bend to the Shah regime\u2019s will. Their sacrifice has set an example for generations of MEK members and supporters, who continue their path and struggle to this day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-nowruz-commemoration-mek-martyrs-protests-20210320\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the Persian year comes to a close, people across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> are paying homage to the countless heroes who have laid their lives down to bring freedom and democracy in Iran.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nowruz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nowruz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tbv7ho4Uah\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tbv7ho4Uah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1373197952420769799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63_545 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_63_545\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Coronavirus Disaster in 522 Cities in Iran Takes the Lives of 234,100<\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-236574\" title=\"iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1\" width=\"808\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1-696x397.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-coronavirus-update-19032021-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<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>\u00a0announced on Friday, March 19, 2021, that the COVID-19 death toll in 522 cities across Iran had reached 234,100. The number of victims in Tehran is 54,626, Isfahan 15,210, Khuzestan 13,229, Mazandaran 9,995, West Azerbaijan 8,763, Qom 8,580, Golestan 6,070, Hamedan 5,418, Kerman 5,179, Yazd 4,224, Semnan 3,890, North Khorasan 3,558, Hormozgan 2,560, Zanjan 2,550, Ilam 2,396, and South Khorasan 2,281.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/coronavirus-disaster-in-522-cities-in-iran-takes-the-lives-of-234100\/\" 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 234,100 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 522 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\/QzhnpkkmCh\">https:\/\/t.co\/QzhnpkkmCh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dySB8WCraD\">pic.twitter.com\/dySB8WCraD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1373186955278655491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, March 20, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 20, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_TXSXrXOjVVw\" 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%2FTXSXrXOjVVw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TXSXrXOjVVw\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M52S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-03-20T06:42:10Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_TXSXrXOjVVw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTXSXrXOjVVw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, March 20, 2021<\/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\/TXSXrXOjVVw\" 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%2FTXSXrXOjVVw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, March 20, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 20, 2021 Coronavirus Disaster in Iran Claims Lives of 234,100 Over 234,100 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 522 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. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 61,649 around a fourth of the actual figure. \u201cTo this day 595,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been distributed and of this amount, up to yesterday, 124,000 doses have been injected to patients,\u201d said the spokesperson of the regime\u2019s Food and Drug Organization on Friday, according to the regime&#039;s official IRNA news agency. All the while, Alireza Raisi, spokesperson of the National Covid-19 Task Force had said prior to this, \u201c1,260,000 doses of various types of Covid-19 vaccines have been imported and as we had promised, more than one million members of the medical personnel and vulnerable people will receive the vaccine prior to Nowruz. U.S. Senate Nowruz Online Event Calling for a Firm Iran Policy On Wednesday, the Organization of Iranian American Communities held an online conference in anticipation of this weekend\u2019s Nowruz celebration marking the start of the year 1400 on the Persian calendar. The event was organized to highlight support for the Iranian people and their Resistance movement among American lawmakers, specifically current and former members of the U.S. Senate. Among the speakers were high-ranking members of the Foreign Relations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security Committees, representing both political parties. In a speech that headed off the event, NCRI President Maryam Rajavi gave the clear impression that efforts for regime change in Iran were already underway even as Iranians continued to cope with levels of infection and death that outpace the entire surrounding region. Noting that popular unrest had recently broken out across the province of Sistan and Baluchistan after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire on impoverished fuel porters, Mrs. Rajavi said that this was evidence that \u201cthe fire of the uprisings has risen from under the ashes of the coronavirus.\u201d Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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 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