{"id":239198,"date":"2021-05-06T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T08:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239198"},"modified":"2023-03-04T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T15:07:46","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief – May 6, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

UPDATE: 7:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s \u201cVaccine Gate\u201d Is Causing Public Outrage<\/h2>\n

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Iran is a fourth deadly peak of Covid-19. Under the mullahs\u2019 criminal policies and mismanagement, there is no sight of the outbreak coming to heel. Alireza Zali, head of the Tehran Covid-19 Task Force, admitted on May 3, \u201cIn the near future we will face the new Covid-19 variant and we need to accelerate the vaccination.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Regime Withdraws Appeal for Terrorist Diplomat<\/h3>\n

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Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat sentenced to 20 years in prison for a bombing attempt against a major Iranian Resistance gathering, dropped his appeal on Wednesday in Belgium and will serve his sentence. Assadi was arrested along with three of his co-conspirators in June 2018 as they prepared to bomb the Free Iran rally, the annual gathering of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), held in France. Assadi was the key coordinator of the attack and personally transferred the bomb from Tehran to Vienna, where his diplomatic mission was located. The terrorists were tried in a court in Antwerp, Belgium. At the time, Assadi tried to raise his diplomatic immunity as a pretext to avoid accountability, which was ruled out by the judge.<\/p>\n

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Inmates Left Unattended Amid Spread of Coronavirus in Behbahan Prison<\/h3>\n

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Dozens of inmates have contracted Covid-19 with the spread of the fourth wave of coronavirus in Behbahan Prison. An old prisoner died of Covid-19 in the prison. The prisoner, known as Abdullah Palang, died of shortness of breath in front of the prisoners at 5:00 AM. He was left unattended in prison and was cared for by his cellmates until his death.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Takes The Lives Of 278,300 Victims In 541 Cities<\/h3>\n

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The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 541 cities had exceeded 278,300. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 64,171, Isfahan 18,270, Khorasan Razavi 17,260, Khuzestan 17,049, Lorestan 11,513, Mazandaran 11,510, East Azerbaijan 11,383, West Azerbaijan 10,363, Gilan 9,664, Fars 8,712, Alborz 7,373, Sistan and Baluchestan 6,396, Central Province 5,803, Kermanshah 5,564, Semnan 4,890, Yazd 4,812,Kurdistan 4,807, Ardabil 3,527, Hormozgan 3,235, Qazvin 3,234, Bushehr 2,894, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,280, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,141.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n

More than 278,300 people have died of the novel #coronavirus<\/a> in 541 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n

Full Reporthttps:\/\/t.co\/yX7Xh6aAFR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bbVXbnvjm5<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n