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UPDATE: 6:45 PM CES
Maryam Rajavi: The secret to our progress over the 40 years of struggle against the religious fascism in Iran, has been persistence, perseverance and paying the price of freedom
The secret to our progress over the 40 years of struggle against the religious fascism in #Iran, has been persistence, perseverance and paying the price of freedom. #FreeIran2020 pic.twitter.com/y0HUjdycVW
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) July 13, 2020
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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 70,300 Deaths, July 13, 2020, 6:00 PM
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF July 13, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, July 13, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 70,300 in 343 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 5280 in Khorasan Razavi, 2580 in Lorestan, 2095 in West Azerbaijan, 2090 in East Azerbaijan, 1825 in Hamedan, 1795 in Kermanshah 1645 in Fars, 885 in North Khorasan, 785 in Hormozgan, 725 in Bushehr, 697 in Markazi (Central), 510 in Ilam, 370 in Kohgiluyehn and Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
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UPDATE: 5:15 PM CEST
Iran: State-Run Media Acknowledge How Mullahs’ Regime Is Using COVID-19 to Quell Restive Society
According to the Iranian opposition, nearly 70,000 people have lost their lives due to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Iran. Since the beginning of this crisis, the Iranian regime resorted to cover–up and inaction to divert people’s attention from their righteous demands and control the restive Iranian society. This was because the November 2019 and January 2020 nationwide Iran protests had shaken the regime’s foundations, and the mullahs know the next uprising will end in their downfall.
… In this regard, the state-run Mostaghel daily published an article.
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Iran Regime Executes Man for Consumption of Alcohol: Sign of Mullahs’ Cruelty and Deadlock
The Iranian regime executed a man in Iran for consumption of alcohol. This execution shows both the regime’s brutality and viciousness, and its fear of the restive society. This execution was a criminal act aimed at spreading fear among the people of Iran.
The victim, identified as Morteza Jamali, was the father of two small children. This execution is against all the teachings of Islam and could only be justified by the mullahs’ regime reactionary and medieval interpretation of Islam, which mirrors that of the Islamic State’s terrorist organization.
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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST
MEK Resistance Units take to graffiti against Ali Khamenei
The Iranian Resistance Units, a network of activists of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) across Iran, have been organizing various activities that are louder calls for regime change. The Resistance Units bravely took to graffiti in public places with the slogans: “Down with Khamenei,” “Down with the principle of the Supreme Leader’s rule,” and “Democracy and freedom with Maryam Rajavi.”
They wrote:
Tehran— “The mullahs must go and the sovereignty belongs to the Iranian people”
Tehran— “Down with Khamenei” / “Down with the principle of the Supreme Leader’s rule”
Varamin— “Democracy and freedom with Maryam Rajavi”
Tehran— “We can, and we must free Iran”
Jiroft— “Democracy and freedom with Maryam Rajavi” / “Down with Khamenei, hail to freedom”
Gorgan— “The uprising continues, the only answer for the mullahs is fire”
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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST
Just the News: Iranian resistance movement to hold virtual summit aimed at ousting Tehran mullahs
Iranian exiles around the world will gather via Zoom on Friday to attend the first virtual gathering of an annual event, the Free Iran Global Summit, that aims to unseat the hard-line regime in Tehran.
The exiles and their high-profile allies, who include Rudy Giuliani, Joe Lieberman, and others, support the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a coalition that formed more than 40 years ago.
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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST
Free Iran Global Summit 2020
Free Iran Global Summit is the largest virtual gathering since the novel coronavirus began. Tens of thousands of freedom-loving Iranians along with hundreds of dignitaries will gather to condemn the Iranian regime’s terrorist activities and to support regime change by the people of Iran.
Join us on July 17, 2020, 3:00 pm CET, 6:00 am PDT, 9:00 am EDT
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Iran, Fars—Truckers’ strike in Shiraz
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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST
Iran; Explosions, Power outages, Nuke Centrifuge. NCRI Alireza Jafarzadeh explains
Alireza Jafarzadeh Deputy Director of the National Council of the Resistance of Iran.
Friday, July 17th, 2020 the NCRI is hosting and internet A Global Summit: Iran Rising Up for Freedom at 9:00 PM EDT.. #FreeIran2020
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UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST
Iran: The Laborers’ Protests Surge in July
In response to the inhuman policies of the ruling theocracy in Iran, including the plunder of the nation’s wealth, the workers and laborers protests across the country continued in July.
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Iran MP calls for regime’s exit of major anti-proliferation agreement
Ali Khazarian, a member of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), said in an interview with the state-run Asre Iran daily on Saturday saying, “Currently, Majlis members are signing a bill that obliges the government to exit the Additional Protocol.”
This MP further explained about Tehran’s possible pullout of the 2015 nuclear deal, known formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) and a bill in this regard. “This issue must be technically evaluated in the Majlis National Security Commission, taking into consideration our current circumstances. However, for us to remain in the JCPOA framework or if we decide to pull out of this agreement, we need to seek solutions for our domestic issues,” he added, shedding more light on regime officials’ growing concerns about internal issues rendering a new round of nationwide protests even more dangerous for the regime than the November 2019 uprising that spread across the country like a massive forest fire.
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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 342 Cities Surpasses 69,800
- Iraj Harirchi, Deputy Health Minister: Coronavirus infection and mortality in the fall and winter will be much worse than spring and summer.
- Member of Tehran City Council: With the daily hospitalization of more than 600 new Coronavirus patients and death of 70 people on average, the critical situation of Coronavirus’s second peak in Tehran is obvious.
- The head of the planning of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) in Tehran: More than 50,000 to 60,000 people may die because of Coronavirus in Iran
- Golestan Governor: The capacity of the health centers in the east of the Province has been completed, and a field hospital may be set up for east of Golestan.
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The women of MEK: Five decades of struggle for freedom in Iran
Iranian women’s struggle for freedom has had many torchbearers over the decades. Many known and unknown heroines who sacrificed their lives, family, homes, wealth and fame etc. for the cause of freedom.
There are heroines such as Fatemeh Amini and Mehrnoush Ebrahimi, who sacrificed their lives in the struggle against the Shah and became role models for female intellectuals and university students who were willing to make a sacrifice for change to happen. Or Ashraf Rajavi, a Bachelor of physics from Tehran’s Sharif Industrial University. Despite having the opportunity to lead a good life, Ashraf chose to help the underprivileged and travelled long distances to various cities and villages to learn about their problems and help them find solutions. She got to know the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and became an elite member of the organization. Her pioneering efforts inspired many young women and girls who joined the MEK movement after the revolution, and she became their role model. Today, her name symbolizes the dedication of Iranian women to freedom, and the MEK has named its headquarters, Ashraf 1 and Ashraf 3, after her.
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Iran news in brief, July 13, 2020
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 342 Cities Surpasses 69,800
Iran: The Laborers’ Protests Surge in July
Iran’s Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Three Protesters
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Monday, July 13, 2020, marks the 240th 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 12, 2020
