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UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 69,800 Deaths, July 12, 2020, 6:00 PM
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF July 12, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK) announced this afternoon, July 12, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 69,800 in 342 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include:17,450 in Tehran, 5,250 in Khorasan Razavi, 5,245 in Khuzestan, 2,530 in Lorestan, 2,155 in Sistan and Baluchistan, 2,070 in West Azerbaijan, 1,760 in Golestan, 1,745 in Hamedan, 1,610 in Fars, 1,390 in Kurdistan and 880 in Kerman. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST
Human Rights Groups, Lawmakers Express Their Solidarity With NCRI’s Free Iran Global Summit MEK
Dozens of human rights organizations, parliamentary committees and associations supporting the Iranian Resistance from both sides of the Atlantic, in a statement, announced their support for and solidarity with the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s “Free Iran Global Summit” which will be held on July 17, 2020. The following is the full text of the statement.
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UPDATE: 4:20 PM CEST
Iran’s Regime Raises Domestic Repression Against the MEK
On July 17, advocates for democracy in Iran will be holding a series of gatherings across five continents, which will be simultaneously broadcast under the title, “Free Iran Global Summit.” The event, organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), takes the place of the centralized rally that had previously been held for 15 consecutive years near the coalition’s headquarters in France. The change in format was made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic, but the organizers anticipate that the emphasis on remote participation will actually increase the overall numbers.
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UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST
Lack of Water Breaks Backs of Women in Sistan and Baluchestan
Sistan and Baluchestan is the most deprived province of Iran, and its people must confront poverty and the lack of basic infrastructure, including an adequate water system. Girls and women in Sistan and Baluchestan suffer from various diseases as a result of the water shortages.
Sistan and Baluchestan Province has a unique potential in the mining sector due to its location on the world’s metal and mineral belts, with rich reserves such as copper, chromite, manganese, and gold. However, because of the corruption of and looting by the ruling authorities, residents of this province are among the poorest people in Iran.
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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST
The Propaganda Campaign That Has Withered
For the past four decades, the theocratic regime in Iran has endeavored to slander its main democratic opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) – also referred to as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) – in order to foster the perception that there is no viable alternative to the ruling dictatorship. There are, however, growing indications that Tehran’s ferocious demonization campaign against the MEK has lost much of its strategic effectiveness. Characterized by censorship and violent persecution of pro-MEK sentiment in Iran and a smear campaign in the Western media, the effort has failed to erase the power of the MEK’s message of hope and change. Despite attempts to downplay and/or eliminate the Mojahedin’s influence in Iran and the Iranian diaspora, the movement’s deep roots have prevailed.
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Ali Safavi – The mad mullahs of Tehran seem to be doing all they can to pick a fight with the US
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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 342 Cities Exceeds 69,300
- Rouhani’s ridiculous warning against “Coronavirus fearmongering” and ludicrous boast that Iran’s situation is better than other countries
- Chairman of Tehran City Council: Up to 70%, the blame for the reemergence of the Coronavirus outbreak is with the government
- Deputy Head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) in Tehran: The situation in Tehran is red, and all the healthcare capacity is used, and more than 100 hospitals out of 180 are used for Coronavirus patients
- Head of Khomeini Hospital: The number of patients has increased five times compared to the last three weeks, and they are in a worse condition
- Alborz Governor: The situation is much more complicated than the first peak in April, the hospitals are full of Coronavirus patients, and the health staff are tired. In Alborz, we have reached a state of emergency, and a crisis hospital must be prepared.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 69,300 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 342 cities checkered across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
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— People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 11, 2020
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Iran’s economic bankruptcy will have political implications
The official currency exchange rate in Tehran’s stock market has surpassed 200,000 rials per dollar.
On June 19, the rate was about 180,800 rials/dollar, but in less than two weeks, it has increased by more than 20%.
Rouhani & other government officials mentioned the IAEA resolution & the resolution’s presentation by the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council as the main reason for the rate increase.
While the regime is facing an economy/currency crisis, its missile developments continue & billions of dollars are used to support regional terrorism.
The regime’s policy is to impose economic pressure on the people
Through domestic economic pressure, the regime seeks to have Iran’s people focus only on making ends meet to prevent popular protests.
But it seems that the regime’s own officials are afraid of this policy’s consequences.
June 30 – Government spox Ali Rabiei acknowledged the warning signs and effects of “insecure currents inside the country.”
In the face of protests & uprisings, the regime’s policy is to launch a bloody crackdown.
Sooner or later, the regime will face the consequences of its destructive economic and social policies
The November 2019 nationwide uprising is bound to repeat itself.
This is one of the signs of a crisis-riddled dictatorship during the last phase of its reign.
Iranian people resort to protests due to poverty during the coronavirus: Regime’s Minister of Health
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Iran’s judiciary upholds death sentence for three November 2019 uprising arrestees
Despite constant denials by the Iranian regime’s judiciary for several days, the lawyer of three individuals arrested during the November 2019 nationwide uprising in Iran confirmed on Friday, July 10, that the regime’s judiciary has upheld the death sentences issued for his young clients.
“Unfortunately, the death sentences issued for my clients were upheld by the Supreme Court despite our appeals. To this day we have not been allowed access to the files and the case,” the lawyer wrote in a social media post.
Back in late June the regime’s Supreme Court first upheld death sentences issued for Amir Hossein Moradi, Saied Tamjidi and Mohammad Rajabi, three political prisoners arrested during Iran’s November 2019 nationwide uprising, according to a report published on June 24, on the Hrana website.
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A network of 27 state agencies suppresses Iranian women by enforcing the mandatory Hijab
As in The Handmaid’s Tale, “state intervention in women’s clothing indicates a wider pattern of oppression.”
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Take a closer look at the Islamic Republic’s network of 27 state agencies in charge of suppressing Iranian women https://t.co/XRzQwIulWb— Women’s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) July 9, 2020
“A network of 27 state agencies suppresses Iranian women by enforcing the mandatory Hijab,” is the name of a study published by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Repression at home and export of terrorism and fundamentalism abroad are the two prongs of the strategy adopted by the misogynist and medieval regime ruling Iran to preserve its rule. Iranian women have always been the first victims of domestic repression under the pretext of enforcing the mandatory Hijab.
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Sunday, July 12, 2020, marks the 239th 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- July 11, 2020
