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UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 39,000 Deaths, May 4, 2020, 6:00 PM
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MAY 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, May 4, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 39,000 in 312 cities across Iran.
The death toll in various provinces include: 6470 in Tehran, 1200 in West Azerbaijan, 1520 in Alborz, 312 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, 1970 in Khuzestan, 960 in Kermanshah, 925 in Lorestan, 152 in Hormozgan, 970 in Hamedan. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.
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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST
May 4 – Tehran, Iran: Teachers rallying outside the regime’s Majlis (parliament) and protesting the mullahs’ policies that are resulting in the expulsion of many in their field of work
May 4 – Tehran, #Iran
Teachers rallying outside the regime's Majlis (parliament) & protesting the mullahs' policies that are resulting in the expulsion of many in their field of work.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/BhTfVF2O7v— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 4, 2020
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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST
Political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri calls for justice, end to mullahs’ rule
Fatemeh Sepehri: Enough with 41 years of rule worse than Stalin’s
In a message from prison disseminated on May 3, 2020, political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri called on the people of Iran to join and support political prisoners in their demand for justice.
Rejecting her charges, Ms. Sepehri emphasized, “In prisons and courts of the Islamic Republic, they have behaved worse than Stalin, and worse than any other regime the world has ever experienced, (what they have done) with the lives and properties of people. And they do not feel any shame. They understand neither humanity nor Islam.”
UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST
Atena Daemi Refuses to Appear in Court; Protests Fabricated Case
Political prisoner Atena Daemi, a child rights activist, refused to appear in court on May 2, 2020. She was protesting a verbal summons and a case being filed against her.
According to the 32-year-old prisoner, she refused to appear in court for several reasons: the spread of coronavirus in the country; her lack of access to a lawyer; and the insufficient time between receiving the formal notification and the trial date.
Atena had refused to appear in court previously, on March 11, 2020 and again on April 18, 2020, for similar reasons.
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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST
Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report, April 2020
Iranian authorities have executed 32 individuals including juvenile offenders, members of ethnic minorities and drug related convicts.
#Iranian regime started a wave of executions in April, while the #coronavirus has spread to #Iran’s prisons. The authorities executed at least 32 individuals in 14 cities. The hanged include juvenile offenders & members of ethnic minorities. @JavaidRehmanhttps://t.co/VqZQoqrqIA
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) May 3, 2020
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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 310 Cities Exceeds 38,700
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on Sunday, May 3, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 38,700 in 310 cities across Iran. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 2,920, Khuzestan 1,920, Alborz 1,460, Golestan 1,235, Sistan and Baluchestan 1,055, Hamedan 955, Lorestan 910, and Semnan 895
#Iran prisoners are being threatened by the #coronavirus and the clerical regime that issues oppressive verdicts and refuses to release them. I once again call for an urgent visit by human rights rapporteurs to the Prison of Mashhad to save the prisonershttps://t.co/rRaeBSIYqq
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 4, 2020
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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST
Iran’s IRGC taking control over hospitals during coronavirus crisis
As senior regime officials in Iran are decreasing coronavirus restrictions and announcing various cities and towns as “white” areas, there are reports indicating quarantine measures being lifted even in some hospitals.
One employee in Sina Hospital of the Iranian capital Tehran said on Saturday, May 2, “There are orders now that coronavirus patients should be hospitalized in all sections throughout the hospital and there will be no quarantine measures!”
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: The only path to salvation and freedom is for the Iranian people to take their destiny in their own hands
The people of Iran and their valiant children will rebel against the Coronavirus, and they shall overcome.
The only path to salvation and freedom is for the Iranian people to take their destiny in their own hands. The people of #Iran and their valiant children will rebel against the #Coronavirus and they shall overcome. pic.twitter.com/gzEV4zqYNk
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 4, 2020
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Iran news in brief, May 4, 2020
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 310 Cities Exceeds 38,700
Iran Regime’s Courts Sentence Protesters to Prison and Lashes
Iran: Female Political Prisoner Transferred to Notorious Prison
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Monday, May 4, 2020, marks the 172nd day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 755 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:
Number of uprising cities: 191
Number of martyrs: At least 1500
Number of injured: More than 4,000
Number of detainees: More than 12,000
Read more: Latest News in Brief- May 3, 2020
