NCR IRAN's video: Iran news in brief January 20 2021

Iran news in brief, January 20, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 203,800 Over 203,800 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 478 cities checkered across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 56,973 less than a third of the actual figure. “In February and early March, we will witness a strange peak of new coronavirus cases and most certainly a large number of people will lose their lives,” said the chair of the regime’s Majlis Health Commission on Tuesday, according to the Tasnim news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Revolutionary Guards. Labor Protests Continue Across Iran On Monday, farmers in eastern Isfahan and their families held a rally in front of the governor's office, demanding that their rights to irrigation water to be resolved. On Monday, workers of Water and Wastewater Company of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province held a rally in front of the regime’s Majlis in Tehran. The workers spread their empty tablecloths on the street, protesting and criticizing the officials’ silence and refusal to respond to the workers’ demands. On January 18, a group of fishermen from Arvandkenar, Khuzestan province, held a protest rally in front of the Abadan governor's office for the second consecutive day. The protesting fishermen said that instead of dealing with violators, fishery officials prevent the activity of all licensed fishing boats in this area under the pretext of preserving fish stocks. Read More: https://www.ncr-iran.org https://www.facebook.com/IranNCR/ https://twitter.com/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly/MybJ