Nine Nobel laureates wrote a joint letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for the release of two elite Iranian students. They warned that the Iranian regime’s arrest and detainment of the students, Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, will only allow for further repression against students and dissidents.
The latest death toll reported by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) is 42,800. The main opposition to the Iranian regime claims that the virus has spread to 319 cities across the country and not a single province has been spared. The death toll in Tehran has now exceeded 6,970.
It was clear from the moment the Iranian regime’s 2020 to 2021 budget was presented that objectives would not be reached. It was obvious that it was not going to achieve target sales for oil exports. And it was also obvious that the high rate of unemployment and the widespread poverty was going to make it impossible to achieve projected tax revenues. A budget deficit was inevitable.
The COVID-19 deaths are now more than 38,300 in 309 cities throughout the country and in 319 cities The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) has reported a total of 42,600. The Health Ministry stated that in the last 24 hours 2,294 more infections were reported, which is the highest in the last 6 weeks and there had been 69 deaths recorded.
Iran is no stranger to sanctions, but the current sanctions are harder for the regime to circumvent. The current United States administration has taken heed of past mistakes and is cracking down hard on the belligerent and criminal Iranian regime. During periods of appeasement by the West, most notably that of the Obama administration, Iran was able to get around sanctions with very little consequences. Its malign activities, therefore, were hardly impacted.
Both the Iranian Resistance and the regime confirm that there is a high chance that another revolution is close. This is just one of the numerous predictions that the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has suggested in the current situation Iranians are expected to live in.
Iran decided to send people back to work three weeks ago. Many even among the power hierarchy questioned the measure, fearing a resurge of the COVID19 pandemic. The government defended its decision on grounds, that although not directly explained, were unmistakably true: as the regime’s President Hassan Rouhani pointed to the fact that people would rather die from coronavirus infection than hunger.
Since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak, the leadership in Iran has appeared to be unsympathetic to the people of Iran who are suffering from the most devastating consequences. Like countries all over the world, Iran has been battling with this novel virus and the impact has been felt by the majority. However, in speeches by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, the economic impact has been discussed, but not the humanitarian side of it.
The Coronavirus health crisis is still ravaging across Iran. The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI /MEK Iran) announced on Saturday May 16, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 318 cities in Iran had surpassed 42100.
