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UPDATE: 7:45 PM CEST
U.S. Sanctions Iran Regime’s Interior Minister for Human Rights Abuses
In a press release on Wednesday, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Iranian regime’s Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, for his role in serious human rights abuses against Iranian people, along with seven senior officials of the Iranian regime’s Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) and a provincial commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). In addition to these individuals, the U.S. Department of Treasury also targeted the Bonyad Taavon NAJA, which is translated as LEF Cooperative Foundation, along with its director and members of the board of trustees.
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UPDATE: 7:15 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 43,100 Deaths, May 20, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MAY 20, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, May 20, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 43,100 in 319 cities across Iran.
The death toll in various provinces include: 7025 in Tehran, 3055 in Khuzestan, 3045 in Khorasan Razavi, 1315 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 1245 in Hamedan, 1235 in Lorestan, 805 in Kurdestan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
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UPDATE: 6:45 PM CEST
Inside Iran’s Criminal Engineering of Coronavirus Stats
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UPDATE: 4:45 PM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: The fate of prisoners in the clerical regime’s Intelligence Ministry prisons remains obscure
Once again, I urge the UN Secretary General, Security Council, and High Commissioner for Human Rights to compel the clerical regime to release Iranian political prisoners.
The fate of prisoners in the clerical regime’s Intelligence Ministry prisons remains obscure. Once again, I urge the UN Secretary General, Security Council, and High Commissioner for #HumanRights to compel the clerical regime to release Iranian political prisoners. #Iran #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/kRVf2zO4s9
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 20, 2020
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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST
No Sanctions Relief for Iranian Regime While It Refuses to Help Its Own People
By: Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras
The Iranian dictatorship is desperate to re-start its economy. This was obvious on April 11 when the clerical regime sent tens of thousands of people back to supposedly “low risk” jobs, and it has become more obvious with every subsequent step toward a full-scale resumption of commerce and social activity.
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UPDATE: 11:45 AM CEST
Sale of kidney remains as the only way for a woman head of household
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UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 319 Cities Exceeds 42,800
Rouhani’s endless lies contradict reports by regime experts and officials
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on May 19, 2020, that the death toll for Coronavirus in 319 cities across Iran had passed 42,800. The number of victims in is Khuzestan is 2,980, Mazandaran 2,640, Alborz 1,645, Lorestan 1,210, Fars 1,035, Kurdistan 790, North Khorasan 505, Zanjan 503, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 260. The spokesman for the regime’s Health Ministry in his engineered report today acknowledged that 2,111 people had contracted the virus in the past 24 hours, 62 had died, and 2,698 patients were under intensive care.
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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST
What Is the Meaning of Iran Regime’s Unprecedented Fall in Oil Sales to 70,000 BPD?
Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, head of the Program and Budget Organization of the Iranian regime, said in December 2019: “For 2020, the daily export of one million barrels of oil at the rate of $50 barrels per day (BPD) has been predicted.”
on May 14 Reuters reported that Iran’s oil “exports averaged 70,000 barrels per day in April, down from 287,000 BPD in March, according to Kepler, which tracks the flows.”
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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: The Security Council should intervene to save the lives of prisoners and ensure their release, especially the political prisoners
The lives of prisoners are threatened by both the Coronavirus and the mullahs.
The Security Council should intervene to save the lives of prisoners and ensure their release, especially the political prisoners. The lives of prisoners are threatened by both the #Coronavirus and the mullahs #FreePoliticalPrisoners #Iran #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/DO7DSufNwy
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 19, 2020
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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST
Resistance Units expand activities inside Iran as regime’s fear of MEK grows
Members of the Iranian Resistance Units, a network of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) continued their activities across the country throughout the week, despite increased oppressive measure by the regime and an intensifying coronavirus crisis.
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Iran news in brief, May 20, 2020
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 319 Cities Exceeds 42,800
Families of Those Killed in Iran Protests Pressured to Settle for Money
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, marks the 188th 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- May 19, 2020