Latest News in Brief – June 16, 2020

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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST

TOMORROW: IRAN VIRTUAL EVENT

Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT 220 MC from 41 states and 12 Committees 

To Unveil H. Res. 374 to offer Solution for a Free Iran 2020
SPEAKERS: Members of Congress.

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UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST

Struan Stevenson- Corrupt Iranian Runaway Judge Exposes Deep Fractures in Iranian Regime

In an article on the United Press International (UPI) website, Mr. Struan Stevenson, a former Member of the European Parliament, and coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change how the case of Gholamreza Mansouri, a runaway and corrupted Iranian regime’s judge, shows the increasing infighting within the mullahs’ regime and shows the deep fractures in this regime.

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UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST

Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 52,400 Deaths, June 16, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST

NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF June 16, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, June 16, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 52,400 in 332 cities across Iran. 10,800 in Tehran, 4280 in Khuzestan, 1810 in Lorestan, 1470 in West Azerbaijan, 1360 in Kermanshah, 1115 in Kurdistan, and 670 in Kerman. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST

ISJ Urge Swiss Government to Hold Iran’s Regime to Account for the Assassinating Professor Rajavi in 1990

The International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ), which enjoys the support of over 4000 parliamentarians on both sides of the Atlantic, in a letter to Simonetta Sommaruga, President of the Swiss Confederation, while condemning the recent decision by Switzerland to close the assassination case of Professor Kazem Rajavi, demanded that “the assassins of Professor Kazem Rajavi must be put on trial in Switzerland without leniency. 

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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST

EDITORIAL: Swiss Send Wrong Message to Iran

In the 1980s and the 1990s, Iranian operatives carried out a number of brutal assassinations of opponents across Europe and North America. The perpetrators and overseeing officials have escaped justice ever since. And if the public prosecutor for Vaud Province in Switzerland moves forward with his current plans, it seems that the perpetrators will escape justice forever.

The prosecutor announced last week that charges against 14 individuals, involved in the assassination of Dr. Kazem Rajavi, a prominent law professor and democracy activist, will exceed the statute of limitations on June 17, and later changed the date to July 31. If none of the 14 is apprehended before that time, they can never be held accountable for their murderous actions in the country where they were carried out.

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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST

“The Iran uprising will continue” : MEK Resistance Units

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST

Shourabad district, south of Tehran, Iran: 10,000 sq. meter lumber warehouse burns in flames

Many across Iran are blaming the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) for an ongoing series of fires throughout the country.

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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST

Iran: IRGC’s Intelligence Organization Trying to Send a Private Plane to Return Gholam Reza Mansouri to Iran

On Monday, former political prisoner Mohammad Hooshyar Emami files a complaint against him in Bucharest

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is reportedly working on a plan to send a private plane to Bucharest, via Sofia, Bulgaria to return the criminal cleric, Gholam Reza Mansouri, to Tehran as part of the scheme by the Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi to use him for political purposes.

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UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST

UK Lawmakers Condemn Swiss Decision to Close File Into Assassination of Prof. Kazem Rajavi by Iran’s Regime

The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) in a statement condemned the decision by Switzerland to close the assassination case of Prof. Kazem Rajavi.  

Professor Kazem Rajavi was the older brother of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Switzerland. He was also Iran’s first ambassador to the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva. Prof. Rajavi was assassinated on August 24, 1990 while returning home in the suburbs of Geneva. He is known as the “Great Martyr for the Cause of Human Rights.”   

The BCFIF is made up of members of the United Kingdoms’ lawmakers from both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST

Maryam Rajavi: The closure of the file on the assassination of Professor Kazem Rajavi in Switzerland, scheduled for June 17, has been postponed until July 31

The Iranian Resistance’s campaign in this regard will continue.

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 332 Cities Exceeds 52,100

• Abadan, President of Abadan University of Medical Sciences: The situation is much worse than people think. We have passed the red state in Abadan 
• Head of Jundishapur Medical Sciences Health Center: 11,000 Coronavirus test samples missing out of 29,000 samples taken in Ahvaz 

• Deputy Health Minister for Research: The possibility of the second and even third wave of Coronavirus outbreak is seriously raised, and with each wave, human casualties occur. 

• The Health Ministry: Last week, 14 provinces of Hormozgan, Lorestan, Kurdistan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Central, Yazd, Alborz, Hamedan, Mazandaran, Golestan and Kerman had an upward trend. 

• Asr-e Iran website: In Sistan and Baluchestan, it is humorous to say that you should wash your hands regularly. There is no water to wash one’s hands

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on June 15, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 332 cities across Iran have risen to 52,100. The number of victims in Khuzestan is 4,255, Qom 3,690, Khorasan Razavi 3,270, Mazandaran 2,825, Kermanshah 1,342, Kurdistan 1,095, Ardabil 691, Bushehr 486, and Hormozgan 395.

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST

Ramping up pressure on Iranian women for flouting the mandatory Hijab

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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST

Iran’s regime further digs its hands into the people’s pockets

The growing shortage and expenses of vital goods has put an immense pressure on the Iranian people. Product, especially items monopolized by the government, are becoming more expensive every day. After the price hike of water, electricity, houses, train tickets, cars etc. the price of bread has risen. Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), announced a 40-50 percent rise to the price of bread but put the blame on the bakers union.  Also, the price of fruit has risen dramatically, to the point that even the middle class is unable to purchase adequate amounts.

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Iran news in brief, June 16, 2020

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 332 Cities Exceeds 52,100
Protests Across Iran as Regime Officials Voice Concerns of a New Uprising

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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?

Tuesday, June 16, 2020, marks the 214^th 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- June 15, 2020