{"id":223403,"date":"2020-08-04T18:17:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T17:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223403"},"modified":"2023-01-25T04:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:50:21","slug":"mullahs-regime-main-reason-for-powerful-covid19-outbreak-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/mullahs-regime-main-reason-for-powerful-covid19-outbreak-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Mullahs\u2019 Regime: Main Reason for Powerful covid19 Outbreak in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223404 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Coronavirus-crisis-and-regimes-inaction-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>The Iranian regime\u2019s cover-up and con<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tinuous relationship with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/irans-regime-disgraceful-act-in-handing-over-island-to-china-sign-of-mullahs-desperation-and-deadlock\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China<\/a> during the novel coronavirus pandemic not only spread the virus across Iran but turned the country\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to an epicenter of this disease across the world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a> first arrived in Iran\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from China,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> shed light on the reality and highlighted that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">this virus had indeed entered Iran at least a month before the regime\u2019s official announcement. Yet, since the mullahs\u2019 regime was about to hold its sham parliamentary elections<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">concealed the truth about th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e COVID-19 outbreak. In addition, Mahan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ir, which belongs to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0kept flying to and from China for month<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Therefore,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">virus was transmitted from China to Iran and from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran to other countries in the region and even to Europe and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Americas. According to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">report tallied by the MEK, so far over 82,000 people have died because of the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-the-staggering-coronavirus-death-toll-in-347-cities-exceeds-82000\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> COVID-19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Exceeds 82,000<br \/>\nThe People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a>) announced on Monday that the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> victims in 347 cities across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> had reached more than 82,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid_19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid_19<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5gxD0jEc7\">https:\/\/t.co\/G5gxD0jEc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1290401201541054465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run media, amid the rising infighting of the regime\u2019s factions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have been forced to acknowledge this reality. The state-run Setareh\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sobh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(Morning Star) daily, in its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.setaresobh.ir\/fa\/news\/detail\/82455\/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A1%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%B1%D8%9B-%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%B4-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">editorial<\/a> published<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in August 4, entitled as: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inconsistency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Mismanagement and Disagreement:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reason for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Powerful\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Coronavirus Outbreak\u201d acknowledged this fact.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSome studies show that the novel coronavirus\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was transmitted from China to Iran in early January, at least a month before the official announcement of the country\u2019s officials.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And for some reasons or lack of information<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0this issue was not announced. It was announced when nothing could have been done, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">virus had vastly spread in locations such as Tehran, Qom,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gilan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Mazandaran etc. and many were either infected or\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">died. In fact,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wrong policy and having no transparency in giving the information to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0public from the beginning\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">created inconsistency and confusion in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">government health department.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While referring to the regime\u2019s deliberately lifting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the limitations and prematurely ending the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">quarantine, this article acknowledges\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0fact that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">these measures<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and reopening of religious sites and some gatherings\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pushed Iran into the second phase of the virus.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the Nowruz [Persian New Year] were approaching and families were sensitive about this issue, we witnessed that due to some limitations\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the disease was considerably controlled. But apparently, some government officials thought that continuation of holidays could face the country\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with economic problems and challenges. Therefore, they rushed in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lifting prohibitions and limitations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and from 11 April they started\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gradually\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lifting limitations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This, t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hus, resulted in people\u2019s optimism<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and they thought the situation has returned to normal and the whole issue is over.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The government\u2019s mismanagement reached its peak in June when travels and commuting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">llowed, followed by the reopening of some universities and schools, reopening of religious sites and some gatherings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0pushed Iran into the second phase of the disease. Meanwhile,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the United States which has the highest COVID-19 death toll, has not entered the second phase of the disease, and many European countries\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have been able, through imposing and maintaining quarantine, to control the disease.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Due to the flawed structure of health decision-making and government mismanagement, Iran is and will continue to be plagued by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">disease.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[regime\u2019s]\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">president<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0[Hassan Rouhani]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0says that Muharram mourning\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ceremonies could\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">be held in a glorious way, regardless of the opinion of health experts and specialists,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it means there is a serious disagreement between the government and the National Coronavirus Combating Task Force.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Despite the fact most people want to cancel the national entrance exams or to hold mourning ceremonies\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">virtually,&#8221; the report concluded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian regime&rsquo;s cover-up and continuous relationship with China during the novel coronavirus pandemic not only spread the virus across Iran but turned the country&nbsp;into an epicenter of this disease 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