{"id":240587,"date":"2021-05-28T01:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T06:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=240587"},"modified":"2023-02-13T20:52:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:52:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief &#8211; May 28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51809\" title=\"The-Sorry-State-of-the-Iranian-Economy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-Sorry-State-of-the-Iranian-Economy.jpg\" alt=\"The Sorry State of the Iranian Economy\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-Sorry-State-of-the-Iranian-Economy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-Sorry-State-of-the-Iranian-Economy-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-Sorry-State-of-the-Iranian-Economy-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-Sorry-State-of-the-Iranian-Economy-696x438.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Another Deadly Milestone Met By The Iranian Regime\u200e\u200e<\/h3>\n<p>The actual number of Iranians killed due to negligence, misconduct by the regime&#8217;s health authorities and the intentional avoidance of anything close to a responsible vaccination policy has crossed the 300,000 threshold.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a> Claims 300,000 Victims in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqTRt6l9PV\">https:\/\/t.co\/HqTRt6l9PV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UIssQKJm3\">pic.twitter.com\/8UIssQKJm3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1398293830575611904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iranians Continue To Protest On Friday<\/h3>\n<p>Instead of taking the day off during the weekend, many Iranians chose to take to the streets to put their anger against the ruling system on display. Targeting the financial nerve of the mullahs in the capital, oil sector employees and workers in Tehran, as well as several cities of the oil-rich Khuzestan province, rallied and chanted to demand their rights.<\/p>\n<p>Other reports indicate that workers of the Water &amp; Sewage Organization in Khuzestan, workers of Pegah pasteurizing milk company in Tehran, janitors of public schools in Shahroud, and medical and hospital personnel in Karaj joined their fellow countrymen in the oil sector on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <br \/>Tehran\u2014based on prior notice, formal employees of the National Oil Company gathered from various cities in front of the Parliament despite unfavorable weather.<br \/>They expressed their frustration over officials&#39; failure to increase their salaries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FaiB7KNMnZ\">pic.twitter.com\/FaiB7KNMnZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1398178913151598596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <br \/>Khuzestan\u2014oil &amp; gas engineers rallied protesting officials&#39; failure to increase their salaries. The government&#39;s indifference toward oil employees&#39; dilemmas and dire living conditions has driven employees to launch a strike. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BZzgiomPd\">pic.twitter.com\/8BZzgiomPd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1398254076106792962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <br \/>Khuzestan\u2014oil employees in Ahvaz protested officials&#39; failure to increase their salaries, chanting, &quot;The minister betrays, the Parliament supports him,&quot; &quot;You should be afraid cus we are all together,&quot; &quot;Oil Minister Bizhan Zangeneh, let go of the ministry.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yulypTgUFQ\">pic.twitter.com\/yulypTgUFQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1398178074219487232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Takes The Lives Of 299,500 In 543 Cities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240581\" title=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infographic-PMOI-MEK-reports-over-299500-coronavirus-COVID-19-deaths-in-Iran-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nThe <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<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) announced on Thursday, May 27, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 543 cities is more than 299,500. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 70,016, Isfahan 19,950, Khuzestan 18,694, Khorasan Razavi 18,230, East Azerbaijan 12,283, West Azerbaijan 11,243, Gilan 10,091, Fars 9,927, Alborz 8,378, Kermanshah 5,883, Yazd 5,057, North Khorasan 4,328, Hormozgan 3,610, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,440.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-takes-the-lives-of-299500-in-543-cities\/\" 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 299,500 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 543 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\/InbstqODwp\">https:\/\/t.co\/InbstqODwp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S73GhJin4f\">pic.twitter.com\/S73GhJin4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1397989577416089600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 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 Elections 2021: The Regime\u2019s Battle for Survival<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240501 size-full\" title=\"Post-NCRI-site\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Post-NCRI-site.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Mohaddessin,\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Post-NCRI-site.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Post-NCRI-site-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Post-NCRI-site-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Post-NCRI-site-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Post-NCRI-site-696x385.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s elections are \u201ca travesty, a selection process, by a supreme leader who is himself unelected,\u201d Mohammad Mohaddessin, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said in an online conference on Wednesday, May 26.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-elections-ncri-conference-20210527\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei Defends Vetting of Election Candidates, Tells Iranians To Ignore Calls for Massive Boycott<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-240588\" title=\"Ali-Khamenei-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ali-Khamenei (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ali-Khamenei-1-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a meeting today with members of parliament, strongly defended the vetting of all but seven election candidates and asked Iranians to ignore calls for a massive boycott of the upcoming June 18 presidential elections. Ali Khamenei told the MPs via video call that \u201cthe honorable Guardian Council, in accordance with its duty, did what it had to do and what it deemed necessary to do and identified the candidates\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/khamenei-defends-vetting-of-election-candidates-tells-iranians-to-ignore-calls-for-massive-boycott\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Executes 117th Woman in Rouhani Tenure<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237449 size-full\" title=\"recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of gallows\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/recent-executions-point-to-potential-for-much-larger-scale-killings-in-iran-696x461.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime executed its 117th woman during the tenure of President Hassan Rouhani on May 23 in the Central prison of Yazd, which is unsurprising because at least 15 women have been executed in Iran every year for the past eight. The executed woman was identified as Kobra Fatemi, 41, who was charged with her husband\u2019s murder in 2015 and has been in prison ever since. The victim\u2019s family had agreed to accept blood money and spare Fatemi from execution, except for the victim\u2019s uncle, who was a member of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and requested that the death penalty be carried out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/iran-executes-117th-woman-in-rouhani-tenure\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harassment of Journalists Intensified Ahead of Iran\u2019s Presidential Election<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240591\" title=\"harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election.jpg\" alt=\"harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harassment-of-Iranian-journalists-before-presidential-election-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities intensified pressures and harassment of Iranian journalists and reporters to silence criticism of state policies. There are numerous reports that the intelligence agents in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have contacted several social media activists, threatening them not to post content that criticizes Iran\u2019s Chief Justice and presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi, otherwise they will be in \u201ctrouble\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/27\/harassment-of-iranian-journalists-ahead-of-presidential-election\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Female Journalist Faezeh Momeni Beaten by a Security Agent at a Vaccination Center<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240592\" title=\"Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center.jpg\" alt=\"Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Female-journalist-Faezeh-Momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent-at-a-vaccination-center-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Female journalist Faezeh Momeni was beaten by a security guard at the Saei Complex Vaccination Center on Monday, May 17, 2021. The center operates under the supervision of Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The security agent brutalized the female journalist, breaking one of her fingers after she refused to delete interviews, she had conducted with vaccination center personnel in Tehran. The journalist required surgery after the attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/05\/27\/female-journalist-faezeh-momeni-beaten-by-a-security-agent\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Iran News in Brief, May 28, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 28, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_92YtR0xRV48\" 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%2F92YtR0xRV48%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/92YtR0xRV48\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-28T11:31:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_92YtR0xRV48\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F92YtR0xRV48%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 28, 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\/92YtR0xRV48\" 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%2F92YtR0xRV48%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 28, 2021\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 28, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Takes Lives Of 299,500 Over 299,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 543 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 Thursday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 79,384, around a fourth of the actual figure. Masoud Mardani, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force, reported a number of \u2018black fungus\u2019 cases among coronavirus patients in Tehran. \u201cThere have yet to be any officially announced cases, but there have been single digit cases of coronavirus patients who have recovered but due to the fact that they have used certain medicine they have now contracted fungus infections,\u201d he said on Tuesday. \u201cIf a fungus infection begins to spread throughout the society it will lead to deaths such as those seen in India that are showing dangerous variants these days,\u201d he added, according to the state-run Eghtesad News daily. Iran: Nationwide Protests by Oil Workers On Wednesday morning, official employees of Iran\u2019s oil company held rallies in different oil centers in Tehran, Assaluyeh, Abadan, Ahvaz, Gachsaran, Mahshahr, Bandar Deylam, Khark, and Lavan Island, protesting their low salaries and harsh livelihood condition due to skyrocketing prices. The protests of the official employees of the oil company were held following a call to protests by Iran\u2019s oil workers. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran hailed the oil workers and employees ho are protesting while chanting \u201cWe will not relent until we get our rights.\u201d She called on all Iranians to support the oil workers. 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