Iran News in Brief – September 30, 2020

Hamideh Taati

4 years ago

Gonbad-e Kavus is an Iranian city in Golestan Province. The name, meaning “the tower of Kavus,” is a reference to the most imposing ancient monument in the city. The death toll in Golestan Province has reached 3,196

Iran, IRGC, Iran Protests, navid afkari, MEK, NCRI, Coronavirus, covid-19, Iran news — Gonbad-e Kavus is an Iranian city in Golestan Province. The name, meaning “the tower of Kavus,” is a reference to the most imposing ancient monument in the city. The death toll in Golestan Province has reached 3,196

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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST

Tested Positive Sunni Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment

Some 45 Sunni prisoners in Rajaei Shahr Prison of Karaj who have contracted coronavirus are being denied medical care and admittance to hospital.

Prison authorities have also refused to provide medicine and oxygen capsules to sick prisoners who are being held in Hall 11 of Ward 4.

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MEK Resistance Units install a large banner of Massoud Rajavi in Iran

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Prosecution of Iranian Diplomat Should Mark the End of Tehran’s Impunity

In June 2018, the Iranian regime attempted to attack an international rally as part of a plan to stamp out organized efforts to facilitate regime change and establish a democratic government in place of the theocratic dictatorship. In November 2020, the mastermind of that thwarted terror plot will face prosecution in Belgium for conspiracy to commit terrorist murder. It is vitally important not only that he be held accountable for the incident, but also that his trial serves as a warning to the regime about the future consequences it will face for such political violence.

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 444 Cities Exceeded 112,000

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus fatalities in 444 cities exceeded 112,000. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 8,276, Khuzestan 7,273, Isfahan 5,529, Mazandaran 5,312, Gilan 4,516, East Azerbaijan 3,718, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,333, Golestan 3,196, Fars 3,036, Hamedan 2,989, West Azerbaijan 2,932, North Khorasan 1,989, Kerman 1,741, Hormozgan 1,530, Yazd 1,506, Central Province 1,460, Zanjan 1,053, Qazvin 1,042, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 858, and South Khorasan 762.

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Latest U.S. Sanctions Challenge European Opposition by Focusing on Human Rights

The latest U.S. sanctions challenge Europeans’ opposition by focusing on human rights. Now, let’s see EU states stand with the oppressed people of Iran or the oppressive and terrorist regime?

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Why Does Khamenei Distort the Reality of the Iran-Iraq War?

Sending children over the minefields was one of the Iranian government’s inhuman tactics during the Iran-Iraq war

One of the most controversial subjects in Iran’s history is the history of the Iran-Iraq war which began on 22 September 1980, when part of Iran’s soil was invaded by the then Iraqi government. The war lasted almost eight years, ending in a total stalemate and defeat for the Iranian regime’s agenda, while the then Iranian supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini was forced to accept UN Security Council Resolution 598 of a cease-fire.

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Prisoner Goes on Hunger Strike After Being Forcibly Taken to Mental Hospital

Prisoner Goes on Hunger Strike After Being Forcibly Taken to Mental Hospital #Iran #FreePoliticalPrisoners https://t.co/FIvAa53Ni1

— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) September 29, 2020

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Iranian People’s Poverty a Result of Regime’s Systematic Corruption and Plundering

Due to the extreme poverty many children in Iran are forced to work

As the Iranian people continue to grapple with poverty and financial hardship, Iran’s state-run media admit how the mullahs’ corruption and plundering of the national wealth for funding terrorism has crippled the country’s economy.

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Iran: Continued Protests by Defiant Youth Against the Execution of Navid Afkari and the Death Sentences for Detained Protesters

During the past week, defiant youths in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Mashhad set fire to centers of repression and terrorism to protest the execution of Navid Afkari, Iran’s wrestling champion arrested during the 2018 uprising. The defiant youth also set fire to the pictures of Khamenei and Khomeini and the terminated commander of the terrorist Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, in several cities, including Arak, Iranshahr, and Khaf (Khorasan Razavi).

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Iran State-Media Reflect Mullahs’ Fear of MEK’s Role in Increasing International Pressure on Regime

The recent activation of the United Nations sanctions snapback mechanism has terrified the Iranian regime. But the mullahs are mostly terrified of the opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK or PMOI) and its role in mobilizing the international community against the regime’s terrorism and nuclear ambitions. A new article in the state-run Mardom Salari daily reflects the mullahs’ fear of the MEK.

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Iran news in brief, September 30, 2020

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?

Wednesday, September 30, 2020, marks the 319^th 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