Iran News in Brief November 15, 2020 – NCRI – National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
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Free Iran Rally Paris 2018
They looked like any couple out shopping as they walked across the Place dArmes in Luxembourgs old city and into a branch of Pizza Hut. But the police were watching closely.
It was the pivotal moment in a terrorist plot blamed on Iran that is about to be laid bare in court to the fury of the regime in Tehran, which has threatened retaliation.
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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
The Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced on Saturday, November 14, 2020, that Coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 154,300 people in 465 cities across Iran. The death toll in various provinces include: 37,541 in Tehran, 11,460 in Khorasan Razavi, 8,670 in Isfahan, 6,530 in Lorestan, 6,415 in Qom, 6,382 in Mazandaran, 5,702 in East Azerbaijan, 4,984 in West Azerbaijan, 4,240 in Alborz, 4,195 in Fars, 3,986 in Golestan, 3,965 in Hamedan, 3,368 in Kermanshah, 2,840 in Markazi (Central), 2,655 in Yazd, 2,596 in Kerman, 2,360 in Semnan, 1,765 in Hormozgan, 1,688 in Ardabil, 1,445 in Zanjan, 1,355 in Ilam, 1,351 in South Khorasan, and 1,210 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari.
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According to New York Times Al Qaedas second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed.
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down on the streets of Tehran by two assassins on a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. He was killed along with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Ladens son Hamza bin Laden.
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One year ago today, 49 years old nurse Azar Mirzapur, on her way home from work was shot by security forces during Nov. 2019 Iran Protests in Karaj near Tehran.She was buried in Khoramabbad, West of Iran.
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Sunday, November 15, 2020, marks the 359th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
ThePeoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)has identified828of the more than1500 protesters killedby the regime so far.
Mrs.Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect ofthe 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 least1500
Number of injured: More than4,000
Number of detainees: More than12,000
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Iran News in Brief November 15, 2020 - NCRI - National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
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