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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST
A Nation Hit Hard by the Pandemic and Dictatorship
Because of the Iranian regime’s mishandling of the pandemic and the lack of termination to vaccinate the population, the Covid-19 virus is increasingly taking its toll throughout Iran.
Shiraz, south-central #Iran
A local reports hospitals are packed with #COVID19 patients due to the rising number of new cases. Despite claims made by the Health Minister, the situation is very critical & more people are losing their lives with each passing day. pic.twitter.com/dJf9is3RpX— People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 16, 2021
#Iran at a glance:
An elderly poverty-stricken man has fallen asleep under a charity box, from which he will never get charity.60% of Iranians live in poverty while the regime uses Iran’s wealth to fund its terrorist groups and nuclear weapon program. pic.twitter.com/0iEvRMiKt0
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 16, 2021
UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST
Twelve Women Detained on Death Row in the Central Prison of Urmia
A Kurdish human rights organization has reported the names of twelve women detained on death row in the women’s ward of the Central Prison of Urmia. All 12 women are convicted of deliberate murder.
UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST
COVID-19 Takes the Lives of 253,100 in 539 Cities in Iran
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Thursday, April 15, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 539 cities had exceeded 253,100. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 57,891, Isfahan 16,555, Khorasan Razavi 16,240, Khuzestan 15,239, Lorestan 10,688, East Azerbaijan 10,333, West Azerbaijan 9,518, Gilan 8,866, Fars 7,462, Golestan 6,500, Alborz 6,353, Kerman 5,659, Kermanshah 5,059, Kurdistan 4,367, North Khorasan 3,813, Ardabil 3,152, South Khorasan 2,481, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,060, and Kohgiluyeh And Boyer-Ahmad 1,974. Mazandaran 10,735.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 253,100 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 539 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/DqqhswPeDn pic.twitter.com/4twfkB5z1y
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 15, 2021
“An Uprising Awaits the Mullahs in Iran”—Mek Network Before Regime’s June 2021 Presidential Election
The campaign against the mullahs’ regime’s sham presidential elections is spreading throughout Iran. In various cities across the country, people spread slogans such as “Boycotting the election sham is a patriotic duty,” “No to the sham elections,” and “Our vote is for the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime, yes to a democratic republic.”
These activities were organized by the network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside Iran, the Resistance Units.
Garbage Mafia and 14,000 Garbage Collectors in Tehran Alone
The head of Tehran’s city council in a shocking report on April 13, 2021, reported a strange phenomenon called the garbage mafia, in which more than 14,000 homeless people, immigrants, and street children are busy in the Iranian capital alone. Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani referred to the problem of waste in Iran as a gordian knot or a growing pest, which in other countries is the source of income and energy for decades in their developed cities.
Their Sons and Daughters Killed by the Regime, Mothers Make Their Voices Heard
Almost 17 months after the uprising that followed by the deadliest crackdown by security forces in Iran, families of some slain protesters are calling for true justice.
The mother of slain #Iranian protester Mehrdad Rezaie, killed during Nov. 2019 #IranProtests says she will never forgive the regime for killing her son. She says she raised Mehrdad on her own and that he had suffered from cancer for four years. pic.twitter.com/PekO205HWq
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) April 15, 2021
Iran news in brief, April 16, 2021
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