Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, January 1, 2021—Over 195,500 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 (PMOI/MEK) as of Friday afternoon local time, January 1. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 55,223 around a third of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 47,991 in Tehran, 12,025 in Isfahan, 7447 in Mazandaran, 7365 in Qom, 7507 in East Azarbaijan, 5983 in Fars, 5125 in Alborz, 4817 in Golestan, 4655 in Hamedan, 4297 in Kerman, 3457 in Yazd, 3008 in North Khorasan, 2050 in Zanjan, and 1826 in South Khorasan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Infographic-PMOI/MEK reports over 195,500 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran
Hesitation, lies, and deception continue regarding the topic of Covid-19 vaccines. The spokesperson for the regime’s Food and Drug Organization acknowledged there is no indication on when the vaccine will be imported, the purchased vaccines are not credible and the people of the countries where these vaccines are made have not used it themselves. “The exact date when the vaccine will be imported, and when the vaccination process will begin cannot be announced. Necessary measures will be taken considering the high volume of vaccine requested by countries across the globe,” this official said on Friday. “[The vaccine] needs to have approval in the source country and the people there need to be using it,” the official continued, according to the regime’s official IRNA news agency.
“We need to differentiate between the hard work of Iranian experts and the political process regarding the vaccine,” said a member of the Beheshti University’s Scientific Board on Friday. “Never make a political tool out of the vaccine and do not involve politics in such a field of expertise. Transparency is the remedy in such situations,” the official continued, according to the state-controlled Khabar Online website.
“I don’t trust foreign vaccines. The same people who own these vaccine-production companies believe the world has a high population and there needs to be a 20 percent decrease,” said Mohammad Reza Naqdi, deputy coordinator of the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on Friday. “This decrease can only take place through an increase in the number of deaths. Based on available documents, these institutions themselves have been involved in the formation of this virus. My area of responsibility concerns the IRGC members that work with me and I must manage their daily affairs. I can provide recommendations to them and in this regard, no one can say I have interfered in their work,” he continued, according to the state-controlled Aftab News website.
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“We may witness another coronavirus wave in late January or early February, and we hope it is not a very strong wave,” said a senior official of Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari Hospital on Friday, according to the semi-official ILNA news agency.
“The death rate in most cities of [Mazandaran] province is increasing in a concerning manner,” said the spokesperson of the regime’s Health Ministry on Thursday. “Most certainly more cities of this province will become red zones,” she added, according to state TV.
“In Mazandaran, the numbers of new cases, patients hospitalized, and deaths have increased and is continuing to increase,” Health Minister Saied Namaki said on Thursday, according to state TV.
The dean of West Azerbaijan Medical Sciences University on Friday reported 207 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours across this province of northwest Iran. “Conditions in many cities remain orange and yellow, and the spread of coronavirus has not been contained. Currently there are 440 coronavirus patients hospitalized in medical centers across the province, of which 134 are in ICUs and 37 are in more dire conditions and under ventilators,” the dean explained, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
