- Saeid Namaki, regime’s Health Minister: We will have a much harsher winter than autumn ahead of us. As of today, I am worried more about some of the provinces. The primary concern is about Tehran’s Province. Another problem is that the virus has spread to villages and highlands. (ILNA news agency, December 6, 2020)
- Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, regime’s Interior Minister: The other incidents that we were worried about is causing public dissatisfaction in imposing penalties (for disobeying COVID-19 protocols). We have tried to avoid face-to-face encounters with the people in any way, not to cause discontent among the people. (State TV, December 6, 2020)
- Hamid Suri, member of the scientific committee of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): We have not even been able to reduce the epidemic to a point where it can be controlled, let alone cut the transmission chain. (Khabarfori news site, December 6, 2020)
- Deputy Minister of Nursing of the Health Ministry: 40,000 nurses contracted Coronavirus, which puts dual pressure on the rest. (ISNA, December 7, 2020)
- The spokesperson for the Health Ministry: Unlike the rest of the country, the COVID-19 prevalence is increasing in the northern provinces. (IRNA, December 7, 2020)
- Likely, in the coming weeks and months, vaccination will become the most serious issue in the country. (E’temad daily, December 7, 2020)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced this afternoon, Monday, December 7, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 465 cities had exceeded 178,900. The number of victims in Tehran is 44,161, Khorasan Razavi 12,470, Isfahan 10,350, Khuzestan 9,345, Mazandaran 6,792, West Azerbaijan 6,708, Gilan 5,921, Fars 5,267, Alborz 4,770, Hamedan 4,400, Kerman 3,699, Central Province 3,598, Yazd 3,162, Kurdistan 3,126, North Khorasan 2,793, Ardabil 2,122, South Khorasan 1,641, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,390.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
December 7, 2020
