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Iran News in Brief – September 11, 2020

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Karaj, the capital of Alborz province. The coronavirus death toll in Alborz is 2,868

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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST

Outspoken Afkari brothers

transferred to dangerous prison section to stifle voices

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Further protests by workers, environmentalist and retirees across Iran

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Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company on the 74th day of their strike—Shush, southwest Iran—August 27, 2020

On Thursday, September 10, expelled workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company continued their strike and protest rally in front of the governorate in the city of Shush in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran. The strike has continued for 88 consecutive day.

The protesting workers demanded their immediate return to work and changes to their temporary contracts.

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Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler on the death sentence imposed on Navid Afkari in Iran

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Iranian Intelligence Operative Posing as a Former Political Prisoner

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The terrorist and religious dictatorship ruling Iran does not shy away from any vicious measure in confronting its opponents. Torture, execution, and assassination are standard practice. But the mullahs know these measures alone would not be able to eliminate a strong opposition like the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK).

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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST

Iran Regime’s Systematic Corruption and Economic Pressure on People

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The Iranian regime’s institutionalized and systematic corruption has resulted in more economic pressure on people. Fearing these economic grievances could lead to uprisings on the scale of the November protests, the regime’s officials are warning one another.

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EDITORIAL: Iran: 55 Years After the MEK Was Founded

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An event marking the 55th founding anniversary of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) was held on Saturday, September 5, in Ashraf 3, Albania.

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Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences for Sunni Political Prisoners

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Why Iran’s young generation supports MEK

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Representatives of the Iranian youths’ association across the globe, expressed their support and trust to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), during an online event celebrating 55th anniversary of its foundation – September 5, 2020.

In recent years, the regime of Iran has done everything it can to tarnish the image of the Iranian opposition the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and prove to the world that there is no alternative to the rule of the mullahs in Iran. Key among the regime’s efforts is a narrative that the youth in Iran do not support the MEK and are content with the medieval tyranny that has been suppressing them for more than four decades.

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST

20 Million Iranians Live in ‘Dark Zones’

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In recent years, the issue of migration in Iran in the form of migration from village to city, from city to village, from village to village or from small towns to large cities in the country has been raised many times. Although in recent years the results of censuses show the emergence of a new trend of internal migration called reverse migration in Iran, migration to urban areas is still at the top.

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FIFA’s concern over death sentence for Navid Afkari

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Suicides among women in Iran tops rates in Middle East

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Maryam Rajavi: Call for action in #Iran and around the world to prevent the executions of 7 Sunni political prisoners

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Iran: Mullahs’ Supreme Court Confirms the Death Sentence for 7 Sunni Political Prisoners

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Today, September 10, for a third time, Branch 38 of the Mullahs’ Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against seven Sunni political prisoners held in Ward 7 of Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran.

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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 427 Cities Surpasses 101,300

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The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Thursday, September 10, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 427 cities had passed 101,300. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 7,292, Mazandaran 4,919, Isfahan 4,639, Gilan 4,192, East Azerbaijan 2,942, Alborz 2,868, Golestan 2,858, Fars 2,856, Kermanshah 2,371, Kurdistan 2,019, North Khorasan 1,669, Kerman 1,625, Semnan 1,327, Central Province 1,313, Zanjan 969, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 747.

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Iran news in brief, September 11, 2020

Iran news in brief, September 11, 2020

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?

Friday, September 11, 2020, marks the 300th 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

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