{"id":219866,"date":"2020-06-03T19:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=219866"},"modified":"2023-01-24T06:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T05:48:03","slug":"iran-coronavirus-outbreak-surging-death-toll-rejects-regimes-propaganda-and-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-surging-death-toll-rejects-regimes-propaganda-and-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Coronavirus Outbreak: Surging Death Toll Rejects Regime\u2019s Propaganda and Cover-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Iranian\u00a0<\/span>regime forces people back to work amid the coronaviru<\/a><\/span>s, while downplaying the crisis and giving\u00a0<\/span>e<\/span>ngineered\u00a0<\/span>statistics of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0total\u00a0<\/span>number of\u00a0<\/span>COVID-19 deaths and infection.\u00a0<\/span>The crisis has now reached a point that<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0regime\u2019s officials are admitting to its severity<\/span>\u00a0failing<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0regime\u2019s propaganda.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the regime\u2019s Health Ministry announ<\/span>ced<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>There have been\u00a0<\/span>3,117 new cases in the past 24 hours,\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>fourfold increase in one month, roughly equal to highest in the country in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past three and a half months<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>T<\/span>he highest number of patients in 24 hours on March 30, 2020, was 3,186.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The death toll in five other hospitals from 138 in Tehran province reache<\/span>d<\/span>\u00a0at least 1,105<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alireza\u00a0<\/span>Zali<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) in Tehran, told state\u00a0<\/span>television<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on Monday:<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Coronavirus danger has not been eliminated whatsoever from the country, including in Tehran Province.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0which has been closely monitoring the\u00a0<\/span>coronavirus infections and casualties in Iran, announced on\u00a0<\/span>Tuesday that<\/span>\u00a0nearly 49,000<\/a> people have lost their lives.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the regime\u2019s officials, particularly supreme leader Ali Khamenei and\u00a0president\u00a0Hassan Rouhani, have been conducting a cover-up policy<\/span>\u00a0parallel with negligence and inaction. Yet, they all have been blaming people for \u201cnot abiding by r<\/span>egulations,\u201d arresting them for telling the truth or as they put\u00a0<\/span>it,\u00a0<\/span>\u201crumor mongering,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>or speaking of \u201cbioterrorism,\u201d and\u00a0<\/span>blaming\u00a0<\/span>foreign countries, particularly the United States and its maximum pressure campaign on regime<\/span>\u00a0for its illicit activities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The mullahs\u2019 regime denied the existence of COVID-19 in Iran for days\u00a0<\/span>to hold its sham parliamentary election with a larger turnout, which met a general boycott.\u00a0<\/span>When the regime was forced to announce the existence of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0virus,\u00a0<\/span>its officials started downplaying the crisis,<\/span>\u00a0refusing to hold a national quarantine.<\/span>\u00a0After days they were compelled to quarantine people, yet without financially backing them, which resulted\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>more people joining the army of starving people. Fearing a nationwide uprising and trying to save its economy\u00a0<\/span>to have\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>means for continuing its terrorism and oppression by plundering people\u2019s wealth,<\/span>\u00a0the regime forced people back to work<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>reopened religious sites as its source of income<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell, the regime was aware of the possible consequences and rising number of coronavirus infection<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0and death<\/span>s<\/span>, yet\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mullahs again prioritized their interests and prolonging their grasp on power over people\u2019s lives and wellbeing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But will they be successful?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The truth\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0the regime is in a deadlock. Engulfed with cris<\/span>e<\/span>s,\u00a0<\/span>such as international isolation<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>facing\u00a0 a restive society<\/span>\u00a0which need<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0a spark to explode, the regime\u00a0<\/span>forced people to choose between starvation to death and death by the novel coronavirus<\/span>, so they wouldn\u2019t be able to pursue their demand of regime change. In\u00a0<\/span>addition<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the regime\u00a0<\/span>refuses to announce the real death toll, so it wouldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/span>result in a social turmoil. Now, the COVID-19 crisis has reached a point\u00a0<\/span>that regime officials are forced to acknowledge the virus is out of\u00a0<\/span>control. In\u00a0<\/span>addition<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the MEK\u2019s<\/a> revelations and international campaign of exposing\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>regime\u2019s cover-up has discredit<\/span>ed the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>regime\u2019s words for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people, international community and even\u00a0<\/span>for the\u00a0<\/span>regime\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0own<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>officials<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard,\u00a0<\/span>o<\/span>n April 7, Iran-<\/span>Emrouz<\/span>\u00a0state-run daily wrote: \u201cWe are going to have a major social upheaval after the Coronavirus is over. The situation is not going to be calm. It is going to be exactly like the period after the 2017 elections (uprisings), and we are going to see repeated and powerful incidents.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Resalat<\/span>\u00a0daily wrote on May 26: \u201cOnly one excuse is needed, then like a match flame that falls into a haystack, everything [of the regime] will be burnt.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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