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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 373 Cities Surpassed 84,900
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Iran: Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Workers Strikes in 12 Provinces Enter Eight-Day Running
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Kurdish Political Prisoner Haidar Ghorbani Is at Risk of Execution
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Iran protester Fatemeh Davand taken to jail to serve over 5 years
An Iran protester, Ms. Fatemeh Davand was transferred to the Central prison of Urmia on August 6, 2020, to start serving her jail sentence for taking part in the protests in Boukan in November 2019.
Ms. Davand was arrested during the November 2019 protests and sentenced to five years and five months and 30 lashes by the Revolutionary Court of Boukan, in Iranian Kurdistan.
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Compulsory Veiling Laws, Summer, and Renewed Crackdown on Women
By refusing to observe compulsory veiling laws, women are able to create cracks in the regime’s pillars of power that are hidden behind the mask of religion. Thus, the mullahs in Iran see any breach of the compulsory veiling laws as a major security issue.
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MEK Resistance Units activities boost hope for Iran’s society
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Sunday, August 9, 2020, marks the 267th 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 8, 2020