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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 96,900 Deaths, August 30, 2020, 6:00 PM
More than 96,900 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 409 cities checkered across all of #Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK. pic.twitter.com/d4zNc6mKBf
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 30, 2020
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Authorities to arrest 130 villagers who protested illegal demolition of their homes
Iran, August 30, 2020 – Locals in the village of Abolfazl near Ahvaz, southwest Iran, clashed with the regime’s security forces that intended to demolish their homes on Wednesday, August 26. People showed resistance to the security forces escorting the heavy machinery brought into the area. Authorities have arrest warrants based on bogus charges for 130 of the local Iranian Arabs.
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UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST
Iran Human Rights Monitor: Iran regime’s issues harsh sentences against 3 brothers arrested during major Iran protests
The death sentence against Navid Afkari, a 27y/o champion wrestler, has been finalized.
He was arrested for participating in #IranProtests in 2018 & was tortured.
he said he was suffocated, beaten & had alcohol poured into his nose. #StopExecutionsInIran #اعدام_نکنید pic.twitter.com/HY5qDH397X— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) August 29, 2020
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Female political prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna returned to Evin Prison
Female political prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna has been returned to the quarantine ward of Evin Prison without her treatment being completed. Her doctor had opposed her return because her test results were not ready yet and her treatment was incomplete.
Fatemeh Mosanna was transferred back to Evin Prison on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, on the orders of Amin Vaziri, the Prosecutor’s special assistant for political prisoners’ affairs.
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI President-elect of NCRI, Interviews with Al-Arabiya TV, Bod-al-Akhar program
Maryam Rajavi: “The mullahs need to suppress people at home and create crises abroad in order to survive. We support a firm policy by the international community against the mullahs’ regime.”
“It is imperative to reinstate the UN Security Council resolutions against the Iranian regime to prevent its access to nuclear weapons,” she added.
Interview with Al-Arabiya TV –Bod-al-Akhar program https://t.co/2gHoCyYCAc#IRGCTerrorWithoutBorders #DisbandIRGC https://t.co/v3FESdQYGU
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 29, 2020
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Iran sentences 3 tortured brothers to death, 81 years in prison
The so-called judiciary in Iran under the mullahs’ regime has sentenced a protester in Shiraz, south-central Iran to two executions, prison, and lashing while two of his brothers are sentenced to overall 81 years of prison and lashing over protests back in 2018. Navid, Vahid, and Habib Afkari Sangari were arrested for participating in protests that spread throughout Iran in August 2018.
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Protests Ramp up Across Iran: State Media Express Concern
News from Iran obtained by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) indicate that despite the coronavirus outbreak and the regime’s use of this crisis to prevent people from rising up, there have been dozens of protests across the country. These ongoing protests have caused the state-run media to express their concern over a looming uprising.
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Iran 1988 Massacre: Unpunished for 32 Years, Families of Victims Still Seek Justice
Family members over 30,000 Iranian political prisoners massacred in 1988 gathered in Khavaran, near Tehran on Friday, at the site of one of the mass graves identified to commemorate their loved ones. 32 years after this massacre, this crime remains unpunished, and family members of the victims demand justice.
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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 408 Cities Exceeds 96,500
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK), announced on Saturday, August 29, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 408 cities across Iran, had exceeded 96,500. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 6,875, Khuzestan 6,467, Isfahan 4,349, Lorestan 4,167, Gilan 3,998, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,032, East Azerbaijan 2,820, Alborz 2,773, West Azerbaijan 2,649, Hamedan 2,458, Kerman 1,543, Hormozgan 1,284, Bushehr 1,187, Ardabil 1,142, Zanjan 919, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 677.
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Sunday, August 30, 2020, marks the 288th 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- August 29, 2020