{"id":216879,"date":"2020-04-21T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=216879"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:26:37","slug":"editorial-sending-irans-people-to-work-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-for-regimes-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/editorial-sending-irans-people-to-work-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-for-regimes-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL: Sending Iran\u2019s People to Work Amid Coronavirus Outbreak for Regime\u2019s Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216880\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Editorial-NCRI\" class=\"wp-image-216880  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Editorial-NCRI.jpg\" alt=\"Sending Iran\u2019s People to Work Amid Coronavirus Outbreak for Regime\u2019s Survival \" width=\"272\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Editorial-NCRI.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Editorial-NCRI-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Editorial-NCRI-768x263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Editorial-NCRI-696x238.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sending Iran\u2019s People to Work Amid Coronavirus Outbreak for Regime\u2019s Survival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Saturday, April 18, was the official end of the incomplete\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-32800-in-294-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Coronavirus\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">quarantine and the beginning of the reopening of offices and businesses and the implementation of a project called Smart\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Social\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Distanc<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in Tehra<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n, Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simultaneous with the official launch of the project in Tehran, the regime&#8217;s president Hassan Rouhani claimed the success of the project at a meeting of the chairmen of the specialized committees of the coronavirus headquarters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He said: &#8220;The implementation of the Smart Social Distancing Plan has reduced the spread of the disease in some provinces and created a steady trend in other provinces.&#8221; This is a shameful and blatant lie, because the statements of the regime&#8217;s officials\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contradict<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0this<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ali Maher,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a member of the Coronation Headquarters in Tehran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;In Tehran, it cannot be said that the situation has improved<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e are waiting for the effects of the new conditions to appear<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dr. Mohammad Reza\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zafarghandi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, chairman of the General Assembly of the regime&#8217;s medical system, also called the method of Smart Social distancing &#8220;doomed to failure.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But the traffic situation in Tehran was more eloquent and embarrassing than any statement. In several news reports in various news sections, the regime&#8217;s television reported heavy traffic on Tehran&#8217;s highways and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">streets and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said that traffic in Tehran had increased by 75 percent and even doubled compared to the previous year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But perhaps more dangerous than\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vehicles\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0traffic was the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">social dense traffic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the subway and buses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Resalat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0newspaper in an article on April 18, while reminding that the government&#8217;s assessments had rated the share of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">public transport fleet in the transmission of the coronavirus among other factors as between 25 and 30 percent, wrote<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The l<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ives of 350,000 subway passengers are at risk, and sooner or later the consequences of this will be revealed in the number of victims and casualties caused by the virus.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and its president Hassan Rouhani are aware of these facts and data.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They canceled the quarantine with full knowledge over its subsequent huge human casualties. As the regime\u2019s state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">newspapers wrote, Khamenei and Rouhani, in the twofold of \u201clives or security,\u201d or clearly, between people\u2019s lives and the regime\u2019s security,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">chose the survival and security of the regime, which they define as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">obligatory<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The coronavirus crisis has put the regime in a deadly deadlock. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one hand, with the continuation of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">quarantine, the regime had to cover\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people\u2019s expenses, particularly those of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">poor,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i.e.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">much of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the society, or it had to confront the army of hungr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the other hand,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">end<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the incomplete quarantine<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, it must accept<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0its huge human casualties to control the economic situation for a short period of time.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as the state-run media acknowledged, ending quarantine under these circumstances will\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">make the society explosive along with increasing human casualties.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mosta<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">q<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">el<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily, in an article on April 18 while referring to what it call<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the \u201ccriti<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cal economic situation of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">country and the coronavirus outbreak which intensifies it,\u201d remind<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that this situation \u201ccould result in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">violent rebellions and protests.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime, in a fatal deadlock between bad and worse, chose the bad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Although the Iranian people will pay the price with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">high casualty rate,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">but the current Iranian society, as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">restive and scorching\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it is due to injustice, poverty, inequality<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and repression, await a spark to explode.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/actual-number-of-coronavirus-fatalities-compared-with-iran-regimes-figures\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus crisis<\/a>, with its large human casualties,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">occurs in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0such a society. The ruling mullahs think that the Iranian people are losing their ability to rise up due to the grief and helplessness caused by this tragedy, but this analysis is a deadly strategic mistake of the kind that all dictators make as they reach their end<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, April 18, was the official end of the incomplete&nbsp;Coronavirus&nbsp;quarantine and the beginning of the reopening of offices and businesses and the implementation of a project called Smart&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Distancing&nbsp;in Tehran, 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