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UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 22,000 Deaths, April 8, 2020, 6:00 PM
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF APRIL 8, 2020, 6:00 PM CET):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, April 8, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 22,000 in 246 cities across Iran.
The death count in different provinces includes:800 in Alborz, 1720 in Isfahan, 2900 in Tehran, 240 in North Khorasan, 940 in Khuzestan, 390 in Zanjan, 420 in Fars, 350 in Gazvin, 2200 in Qom, 880 in Golestan, 2000 in Gilan, 1720 in Mazandaran, and 370 in Yazd. This is in addition to the death toll in other provinces.
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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST
LIVE STREAM Briefing: Iran COVID-19 Crisis
#BreakingNews #LIVE STREAM Briefing: Iran COVID-19 Crisishttps://t.co/lFBP6zshsU#Coronavirus#COVID19
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 8, 2020
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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST
Iranian Dictatorship Unwittingly Admits Hoarding Money, But Demands More During Outbreak
By: Alejo Vidal-Quadras
As a surprising number of European voices were calling for the US to grant sanctions relief to the Iranian regime amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Iranian officials repeatedly indicated that they don’t really need this relief in order to address the crisis. At times, they have explicitly declared that they are handling the situation well on their own.
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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST
Documents prove the Iranian Regime lies on coronavirus outbreak in Iran
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UPDATE: 9:15 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surges to 20,400 in 245 Cities
Regime parliament blocks emergency motion for a month-long nationwide lockdown
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 245 cities in Iran is at least 20,400.
The number of victims who have lost their lives in Qom is 2,050, Khorasan Razavi 1,800, Kermanshah 630, Hamedan 560, Lorestan 510, West Azerbaijan 430, Ardabil 445, Semnan 350, Kerman 345, Kurdistan 340, Central Province 300, East Azerbaijan 335, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 122, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 82, Bushehr 40.
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: The Coronavirus death toll is rising by the hour in cities across Iran as the clerical regime has abandoned millions of Iranians defenseless in the face of the deadly virus
The #Coronavirus death toll is rising by the hour in cities across #Iran as the clerical regime has abandoned millions of Iranians defenseless in the face of the deadly virus. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Canalhy3AR
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 7, 2020
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UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST
Who’s to blame for the coronavirus outbreak? Sanctions or the Iranian regime?
Iran’s people are left helpless against the coronavirus.
The regime claims sanctions are to blame.
But sanctions have never targeted food and medicine.
In 2019, the regime bought $6.5 million in medicine via INSTEX.
The regime refuses U.S. aid
It has expelled Doctors Without Borders.
The regime recently allocated €200 million to the IRGC Quds Force.
But it allocated just $35 million to confront COVID-19.
Khomeini’s tomb is worth over $2 bn. The regime still spends millions of dollars on it every year, equal to 100,000 ventilator system.
The regime has spent at least $20 billion in Syria, equal to building 200 fully equipped hospitals with 1,000 beds.
Are sanctions to blame for Iran’s coronavirus crisis?
You be the judge.
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UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST
Virtual Press Briefing
Iran COVID-19 Crisis: Sanctions and Tehran’s Response to the Pandemic
How Iran’s Duplicitous Diplomacy, Callous Policies Cost Lives
Wed, April 8, 11:00 AM EDT, (5 PM CEST)
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Iran news in brief, April 8, 2020
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surges to 20,400 in 245 Cities
Iran: Elderly Political Prisoner Remains Incarcerated Amid Coronavirus Threat
Covid-19 Infection Rate Is Rising Among Iranian Medical Staff
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Wednesday, April 8, 2020, marks the 146th 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- April 7, 2020