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UPDATE: 7:00 PM CET
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Over 5,950 people across 194 cities in Iran dead of coronavirus, per Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK
-WHO official: COVID-19 stats in Iran may be one fifth of real numbers
-Regime increasing measures to prevent publication of COVID-19 news
Over 5,950 people across 194 cities in Iran dead of coronavirus, per Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
-WHO official: COVID-19 stats in Iran may be one fifth of real numbers
-Regime increasing measures to prevent publication of COVID-19 news#Iran#COVID2019https://t.co/HMPaeu8PCJ— People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 17, 2020
People in several cities are celebrating the Fire Festival in defiance of the Iranian regime’s repressive measures
UPDATE: 6:45 PM CET
New videos obtained from inside Iran show people celebrating the Fire Festival in more cities, including Shahriar (Karaj), Shahr Ara (Tehran), Sahrud and Delijan (Markazi province).
A citizen reporting from Shar Ara said that the people were celebrating the national festivity while also taking medical precautions, proving that the regime’s only concern is protests.
In Shahrud, the people are celebrating in the streets despite the heavy presence of security forces.
In Karaj, the youth were chanting, “We answer fire with fire, Khamenei burn,” a reference to the regime’s crimes in killing more than 1,500 protesters during the November 2019 uprisings.
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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET
Videos from Urmia, Shiraz, Lahijan, Shahrak-e Qods, Fardis (Karaj) and Tehran show the youth celebrating the Fire Festival with firecrackers and bonfires.
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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CET
Security forces close shops in fear of protests on Iranian Fire Festival
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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET
Iran Fire Festival: People in Urmia uses firecrackers
Youth uses firecrackers to celebrate the Fire Festival despite the regime’s security measures
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UPDATE: 4:20 PM CET
Maryam Rajavi: Iran is infuriated; people of Iran want neither the Coronavirus nor the mullahs
This is the last Tuesday of (the Persian Year) 1398, marking a crimson and blazing Feast of Fire for the people of Iran who are grieving in pain, and who are furious and rebellious.
While cursing Khomeini, Khamenei and Rouhani, Iran’s brave youth and heroic Resistance Units will set fire to the regime’s figures as they did in the fiery uprising of November 2019.
These days, due to the regime’s criminal approach, our people are afflicted with the disastrous Coronavirus disease and are mourning the loss of their loved ones and their compatriots.
But once again, they rise up and turn every square into a place for rebellion and solidarity against the thing that is worse than the Coronavirus, the mullahs’ religious tyranny.
Iran is furious. Let the world see and hear that the people of #Iran want neither the #Coronavirus nor the mullahs #FreeIran2020
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 17, 2020
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UPDATE: 3:55 PM CET
Coronavirus Pandemic: Difference Between Iran and Other Countries
The coronavirus has turned to a pandemic. Yet, there is clear difference between the coronavirus outbreak in Iran and other countries.
Since the start of this global crisis, the governments of those countries affected by the virus have taken all the necessary measures to control the spread of the deadly COVID-19 and have told the truth about the coronavirus outbreak in their countries by announcing the real number of those diagnosed with the disease and those who had unfortunately lost their lives.
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UPDATE: 11:55 AM CET
Iran Coronavirus Outbreak- Compilation
People in large numbers collapsing in city streets across the country.
Iran Coronavirus Outbreak- Compilation
People in large numbers collapsing in city streets across the country.#Iran#COVID2019 pic.twitter.com/p6D0fNxsUG— People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 17, 2020
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UPDATE: 11:45 AM CET
Some Videos Released by the PMOI/MEK About the Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran
“Down with Khamenei”: People say during Iran coronavirus outbreak and lack of medical equipment
Iran coronavirus news: People in Zablo block entry roads
Iran coronavirus outbreak news: People fall down in streets in large scale due to COVID-19 infection
Iran coronavirus news: IRGC and the government pose risk to people’s lives
Community efforts in Iran to donate to hospitals & sanitize cities from coronavirus
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UPDATE: 11:15 AM CET
Is Iran on the Verge of a Nationwide Rebellion?
An analysis by a think-tank of Khamenei’s faction
On March 14, the state-run Mizan daily, which is affiliated with the Iranian regime’s judiciary, published an analysis conducted by the “Asra think-tank” over the Iranian society’s current situation after the coronavirus outbreak, titled “Coronavirus and confrontation at several fronts.”
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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CET
March 17, Some Videos Released by the PMOI/MEK About the Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran
“Khamenei & IRGC are the real culprits for the coronavirus outbreak”: MEK network inside Iran wrote
“We must get rid of the mullahs in order to get rid of the coronavirus”: MEK Resistance Units
Iran coronavirus news: Local people block entry roads in absence of the Iranian regime’s efforts
Iran coronavirus news: Water shortage in the city of Arak makes people suffers
People lack medical and protective equipment in Iran coronavirus
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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET
Iran: Over 5,500 Die in 186 Cities Due to Corona Disaster
Repressive mobilization under the pretext of combating Corona to confront youth uprising during the Fire-Fest
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced this afternoon, Monday, March 16, that the number of Coronavirus fatalities exceeds 5,500 in 186 cities.
The number of victims in Bobol and Ilam is more than 250 and 120 respectively. The spread of the virus in Tabriz is alarming and the death toll in East Azerbaijan is at least 150. In addition to other provinces, the death toll in Tehran has soared to 750, in Gilan to 681, in Khorasan Razavi to 457 and in Yazd to 80.
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
Iranian workers forced to work during COVID-19 epidemic
Despite the large number of deaths and infections due to Iran’s COVID-19 epidemic, Iranian workers in several large factories are still forced to go to work.
On March 15, around 3,500 steel mine workers in the southeastern province of Kerman went on strike in protest to being forced to work.
The mine laborers work for the Arman Gohar, Gohar Zamin and Negin Partu companies which are subsidiaries of the Gol Gahar Steel Company in Sirjan.
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Iran’s regime fears another uprising on fire festivities
On the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz (the Iranian New Year), Iranians celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, the annual fire festival, in which people make bonfires and sunset and jump over the flames. For the Iranian people, this is a tradition to brush out the old and welcome the new.
Fearing that assemblies and celebrations can turn into protests, every year, the Iranian regime takes measures to prevent the people from celebrating the Fire Festival.
But this year, the situation in Iran is different than any other time. In November, gas price hikes led to nationwide protests that were brutally suppressed by the Revolutionary Guards. In January, the downing of passenger plane by the IRGC and subsequent cover-up of the incident by the regime led to more outrage and protests. And the recent outbreak of deadly coronavirus across Iran, which was largely due to the government’s secrecy about the issue, has caused public outrage over the regime’s mishandling of the situation.
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UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Video report of the old Kavar Cemetery in Fars province, southwest Iran
The mullahs’ regime is secretive about the death toll of coronavirus. But citizens in various ways expose the catastrophe. A local from the city of Kavar in Fars province has provided a report of the old Kavar cemetery. He says:
“……. In the old Kavar Cemetery, a Mechanical shovel comes to excavate graves for coronavirus victims. They are also emptying the lime, they have just brought and the trucks are still bringing lime. They are . sounding the siren Look at the graves. See how deep they are!
Kavar is located in the center of Fars province
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Iran news in brief, March 17, 2020
Iran: Coronavirus Outbreak Claims Lives of Over 5,500 in 186 Cities
Iran: Preparing Numerous Graves in Different Cities to Bury the Victims of Coronavirus
Iran: Political Prisoner’s Health Condition Aggravates Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Tuesday, March 17, 2020, marks the 124th 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- March 16, 2020
