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UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 78,800 Deaths, July 29, 2020, 6:00 PM
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK) announced this afternoon, July 29, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 78,800 in 347 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 19,600 in Tehran, 5,903 in Razavi Khorasan, 3,640 in Mazandarah, 2,320 in East Azerbaijan, 2,020 in Fars, 1,155 in Kerman, 885 in Yazd, 865 in Ardabil, 815 Markazi (Central), 735 in Zanjan, 630 in Ilam, 510 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, and 405 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmed. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
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UPDATE: 6:15 PM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: I urge the international community, especially the United Nations Secretary-General and other Human Rights organizations to intervene immediately to stop the executions, secure the release of the prisoners, and prevent a major humanitarian catastrophe in prisons
I urge the international community, especially the United Nations Secretary-General and other #HumanRights organizations to intervene immediately to stop the executions, secure the release of the prisoners, and prevent a major humanitarian catastrophe in prisons #Iran pic.twitter.com/6KGQDzPQm0
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) July 29, 2020
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Understanding Iran Regime’s Dirty Deal With China
In recent weeks, international media outlets and even Iran’s state-run media have reported on a deal between the mullahs’ regime and China, with the mullahs handing over some Iranian islands to the Chinese government for 25 years.
The regime is handing some of the most important islands to China out of desperation to find an international ally as the noose of sanctions around the mullahs’ neck tightens. Previously, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in this regard wrote: “The regime is handing the Kish island to China in exchange for military, regional and international support. Particularly, the mullahs’ regime fears the upcoming decision of the United Nations Security Council over an extension of the arms embargo on the regime.”
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UPDATE: 3:50 PM CEST
Inhumane sentences served as a ploy to silence women political prisoners
#Iran
SHARE this report so ppl arnd the wrld know abt the plight of imprisoned Kurdish citizens in Iran arrested on charges of political, ideological, labor-related, & civil activities. https://t.co/v7joqUavzH pic.twitter.com/yDM9DEeUOm— Women’s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) July 27, 2020
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UPDATE: 3:40 PM CEST
International Community Must End Iran Regime’s Impunity Over 1988 Massacre
On July 17, Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson for the US State Department, offered brief remarks on the Iranian judiciary’s impunity in the wake of decades of human rights violations. “All Iranian officials who commit human rights violations or abuses should be held accountable,” she said. “The United States calls on the international community to conduct independent investigations and to provide accountability and justice for the victims of these horrendous violations of human rights organized by the Iranian regime.”
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UPDATE: 3:10 PM CEST
Regime Change Could Only Come About by Iran’s People and Their Resistance – Remarks by Sen. Joe Lieberman
… Now, the international community must stand with the Iranian people and their organized Resistance movement. In this regard, the NCRI held its annual “Free Iran Global Summit,” for three days virtually. Over 1000 renowned politicians from different political tendencies in over 100 countries called this conference “unprecedented,” “historic” a “strong message of hope,” showing there is viable alternative to the mullahs’ regime. This alternative was able to connect over 30,000 locations together and removed the obstacle of the pandemic to continue the struggle for freedom in Iran.
One of the participants of this event was former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman. He reiterated that regime change “will come from the resistance fighters in Iran.”
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NCRI Holds Three-Day Plenary Session on the Beginning of the 40th Anniversary of Its Founding
Virtual meeting connecting 44 locations in 11 countries
Maryam Rajavi: Over the past 40 years, the NCRI has been the most effective force against the ruling theocracy. It is now advancing with all its might to overthrow the mullahs’ regime and establish democracy and people’s sovereignty
Remarks made by 50 NCRI Committee chairs, representatives of member organizations, and distinguished member personalities. 82 observers attended the session
The three-day online session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which began on Thursday, July 23, connecting 44 locations in 11 countries, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, Norway, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Albania, concluded in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 26, 2020.
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UPDATE: 10:45 AM CEST
July 29 – Shush, southwest Iran: Employees of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Co. continue their strike & protests for the 45th consecutive day, emphasizing they will continue until they receive their delayed paychecks & other demands are met
July 29 – Shush, southwest #Iran
Employees of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Co. continue their strike & protests for the 45th consecutive day, emphasizing they will continue until they receive their delayed paychecks & other demands are met.#IranProtests2020pic.twitter.com/Vl6etKpZRq— People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 29, 2020
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: NCRI is the democratic alternative and the solution for the future of Iran
Speech to the three-day session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran on the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the NCRI (July 23-26, 2020)
Iran: Staggering Number of Coronavirus Victims in 347 Cities Exceeds 78,100
- According to the Health Ministry, 26 provinces, including 92% of the country’s population, are in the state of red or on alert
- The Health Ministry announced the death toll in the past 24 hours was 235 and the number of patients in Intensive Care Units was 3902, the highest since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak.
- After several weeks of delay, the Health Ministry reluctantly announced that Tehran was in a red situation
- Alireza Zali- Tehran’s head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): The arrival of 684 new patients in Tehran hospitals in just 24 hours is a significant number that can affect the resilience of human resources and medical capacities.
- A regime Parliament deputy: The government abandoned the management of Coronavirus and somehow sold the people’s lives to their pockets. While we are witnessing an increase in Coronavirus cases in Khorasan Razavi Province, there is no sense of responsibility in the executive branch.
- Ardabil is in a critical situation. Cash exchange is prohibited due to the rapid spread of the disease in the Province
- A government newspaper: When Rouhani orders large-scale rallies in the month of Muharram, and on the other hand, blames the spread of the virus on the public for holding weddings and mourning ceremonies, it makes people feel they are living on an animal farm.
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EDITORIAL: The Message of Iran Regime’s Hysterical Propaganda Against the MEK
The Iranian regime has been spending billions of dollars inside Iran and abroad through it lobbyists with fake news, struggling to promote the notion that the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) do not enjoy popular support inside Iran and have no effect. The regime’s goal of spending billions of dollars for such propaganda is to portray that the regime has no alternative.
Therefore, change must come from within the regime. In this regard, Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, in his speech during the NCRI’s “Free Iran Global Summit,” on July 17, 2020 said:
“There are those Iranian apologists here in America and in the West, people who are paid by the Iranian regime, who said the NCRI and the MEK don’t amount to much.
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Former Foreign Minister of Canada John Baird’s remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit
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Remarks by Mohamed Askar, Human Rights Minister of Yemen, to the Free Iran Global Summit
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To the brave Iranian people – Song performed for Free Iran Global Summit 2020
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Iran sends death row inmates to Syria as cannon fodders
Reports indicate that on Monday, July 27, several officials of the Karaj Central Prison, located west of the Iranian capital Tehran, along with a delegation seen in high quality clothing, visited the wards of this prison in search of inmates to send to Syria to fight as cannon fodders alongside the Assad regime’s forces.
This delegation asked inmates in jail for murder or kidnapping, those sentenced to death and heavy prison terms to sign up to be sent to Syria and fighting with the Iranian regime’s forces striving to maintain Bashar Assad in power in Damascus. These individuals were promised to be released from prison if they agree to fight in Syria.
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Iran news in brief, July 29, 2020
Iran: Number of Coronavirus Victims in 347 Cities Exceeds 78,100
Iran Sends Death Row Inmates to Syria as Cannon Fodders
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Wednesday, July 29, 2020, marks the 256th 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- July 28, 2020
