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Iran: The Staggering Number of Coronavirus Fatalities in 480 Cities Exceed 211,000

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  • Regime Health Ministry: 18 cities are in orange COVID-19 state, and 124 cities are yellow. (IRNA news agency, February 4, 2021)
  • Kianoush Jahanpour, Health Ministry’s public relations director: Orange cities have increased from 18 to 36, and Yellow cities from 130 to 178. (Aftabnews daily, February 4, 2021)
  • Masoud Mardani, member of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) Scientific Committee: If there will be a new COVID-19 peak, the virus may become mutated and more resilient, therefore the prevalence and the infection may be higher than the previous waves. (Aria, February 4, 2021)
  • Mazandaran and Babol University of Medical Sciences: The total number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients had reached 1,243, of which 249 are in ICU. (Mehr news agency, February 3, 2021)
  • Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences: Nine cities of Khuzestan including Ahvaz, Dezful, Abadan, Shooshtar, Karun, Shadegan, Ramhormoz, Behbahan, and Andimeshk are yellow. Today we have to listen to the red alarm sound of the Coronavirus siren so that we will not be run over with its violent waves tomorrow. (ISNA news agency, February 4, 2021)
  • State-run daily, Aftab-e Yazd, February 4, 2021, criticizing regime officials for not delivering COVID-19 vaccines wrote: “Gentlemen, when is the vaccination supposed to start? Instead of fighting each other on podiums, and in return for your salaries of 40, 30, 20 and … million Tomans, you should provide services to the people.”

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on February 4, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 480 cities had surpassed 211,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 50,866, Khorasan Razavi 14,190, Isfahan 13,450, Mazandaran 8,717, Qom 8,130, West Azerbaijan 7,778, Gilan 7,521, Golestan 5,444, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,066, North Khorasan 3,263, and Qazvin 2,319.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
February 4, 2021

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