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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Update, Over 38,700 Deaths, May 3, 2020, 6:00 PM
NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MAY 3, 2020, 6:00 PM CEST):
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced this afternoon, May 3, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 38,700 in 310 cities across Iran.
The death toll in various provinces include: 2920 in Khorasan Razavi, 1920 in Khuzestan, 1460 in Alborz, 1235 in Golestan, 1055 in Sistan and Baluchestan, 955 in Hamedan, 910 in Lorestan, 895 in Semnan. This is in addition to cases registered in other provinces.
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UPDATE: 4:30 PM CEST
“Hail to the rebels of freedom” MEK Resistance Units
Behbahan— Massoud Rajavi: “The looted money of Iranian people, in the hands of the IRGC and Basij, must be seized in the interest of the people.”
Nishapur—Massoud Rajavi: “The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.”
Shiraz—Massoud Rajavi: “The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.”
Karaj—Maryam Rajavi: “We will resist and fight the virus and the ruling theocracy.”
Tehran— Maryam Rajavi: “This regime only understands the language of firmness.”
Tehran— “The regime is in a fragile situation which will end with its downfall.”
Tehran— “The downfall of the oppressor regime is near”
Tehran— “Hail to the rebels of freedom”
Tehran—Massoud Rajavi: “The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.”
Qaemshahr—Massoud Rajavi: “We remember thousands of victims of the coronavirus which is caused by the supreme leader.”
Urmia— “Down with the principal of supreme religious rule, hail to Rajavi”
Urmia— “Damn Khomeini, Hail to the Mojahedin”
Urmia— “Down with Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi”
Tonekabon—Maryam Rajavi: “We will resist and fight the virus and the ruling theocracy.”
Tonekabon—Massoud Rajavi: “The army of the poor must rebel and rise up.”
Somesara— “The mullahs must get lost, in order to handle the coronavirus.”
Ilam— “Down with the cursed Khamenei”
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UPDATE: 4:15 PM CEST
Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian transferred to Qarchak Prison
Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian transferred to Qarchak Prison: Reports on Saturday, May 2, 2020, indicated that the Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian has been transferred to the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison in Varamin.
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UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST
Iran Judiciary keeps summoning civil activists sending them to jail
Student activist Soha Mortezaii was summoned to serve her jail sentence; another student activist, Ashraf Fanari, was sent to Qarchak Prison
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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST
Video – An important reminder of the deliberate violation the JCPOA by the head of the Atomic Energy Agency of the Iranian regime
Iran– Head of Atomic Energy Agency Ali Akbar Salehi admits to breaching JCPOA (January 22, 2019)
On January 22, 2019, in an interview broadcast on the Iranian state-run T.V. Channel Four, Ali Akbar Salehi admitted to breaching Iran’s obligations under the Iran nuclear deal 2015, formally known the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“When our team was in the midst of the negotiations, we knew that [the Westerners] would ultimately renege on their promises,” Iran’s head of Atomic Agency said.
“The leader [Khamenei] warned us that they were violators of agreements. We had to act wisely. Not only did we avoid destroying the bridges that we had built, but we also built new bridges that would enable us to go back faster if needed,” he added.
Salehi also affirmed that the supreme leader Ali Khamenei was involved in the details of the accord and Khamenei was leading the negotiations on behalf of Iran. “There are tubes where the fuel goes. We had bought similar tubes, but I could not declare this at the time. Only one person in Iran knew this. We told no one but the top man of the regime [Khamenei],” Salehi said.
“We had bought the same quantity of similar tubes,” he explained. “When they told us to pour cement into the tubes… we said: ‘Fine. We will pour.’ But we did not tell them that we had other tubes. Otherwise, they would have told us to pour cement into those tubes as well. Now we have the same tubes,” Salehi admitted.
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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST
A Village in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest Iran:
In the absence of systematic government support during the coronavirus pandemic, young teacher goes door to door to teach his students who do not have access to the internet.
A village in East Azarbaijan Province, NW #Iran
In the absence of systematic government support during the #coronavirus pandemic, young teacher goes door to door to teach his students who do not have access to the internet. pic.twitter.com/ErEpMkZI5T— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) May 1, 2020
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UPDATE: 10:15 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 309 Cities Exceeds 38,300
Head of Food and Drug Administration confirms the certainty of second and third waves of Coronavirus outbreak in the fall, expressing grave concerns
“We have no doubt it will happen in October, November, December.”
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on Saturday, May 2, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 309 cities in Iran have exceeded 38,300. The number of victims in Isfahan is 2,450, Mazandaran 2,430, Khuzestan 1,840, Alborz 1,390, West Azerbaijan 1,190, Lorestan 890, Fars 985, and Hormozgan 145.
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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST
Maryam Rajavi: Forty years of the mullahs’ rule has dismantled the country’s medical, health and welfare foundations to a large extent, leaving our country and society unable to defend against pandemics
Forty years of the mullahs’ rule has dismantled the country’s medical, health and welfare foundations to a large extent, leaving our country and society unable to defend against pandemics #Iran #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/rJhryIxyTP
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 2, 2020
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
“Injustice is enough”: MEK Resistance Units
They wrote:
Isfahan— “Thieves are all free, while teachers and workers imprisoned”
“Imprisoned teachers must be released”
“Teachers would rather die, but won’t accept discrimination”
“Injustice is enough”
Isfahan— “Thieves are all free, while teachers and workers imprisoned”
“Imprisoned teachers must be released”
“Teachers would rather die, but won’t accept discrimination”
“Injustice is enough”
Rasht— “Workers, rise up and resist” / “Workers, educators, and retirees, we must rise up against the oppressor mullahs’ regime”
Maryam Rajavi: “The cry of our workers who say we are hungry is a great disgrace for the mullahs”
“The workers are poor, while the regime claims to represent God”
Tehran— “The cry of every Iranian worker is down with Khamenei and Rouhani”
Ahvaz— “Workers take note, the MEK is behind you and your struggle”
“Hail to workers and down with the oppressor Supreme leader” / “The poor workers must rise up”
“The cry of every Iranian worker is down with Khamenei and Rouhani who are the cause of the coronavirus and all disasters”
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Sunday, May 3, 2020, marks the 171st 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- May 2, 2020