{"id":224241,"date":"2020-08-20T18:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=224241"},"modified":"2023-01-25T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T09:19:35","slug":"irans-regime-uses-entrance-exams-and-its-resulting-mass-casualties-to-prevent-uprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/irans-regime-uses-entrance-exams-and-its-resulting-mass-casualties-to-prevent-uprising\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Uses Entrance Exams and Its Resulting Mass Casualties To Prevent Uprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"University-exams_Iran\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-224244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/University-exams_Iran.jpg\" alt=\"University-exams_Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/University-exams_Iran.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/University-exams_Iran-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/University-exams_Iran-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/University-exams_Iran-696x425.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/University-exams_Iran-689x420.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite repeated warnings by\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">health\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">professionals on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-news-91700-deaths-20200820\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the Iranian regime held\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nationwide u<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">niversity\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entrance\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">exams, without<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0maintaining the promised health protocols.\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\">Before holding the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">University\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entrance exams<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the regime\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/hassan-rouhani-iran-university-exams-coronavirus-pandemic-20200816\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President\u00a0<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/hassan-rouhani-iran-university-exams-coronavirus-pandemic-20200816\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hassa<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/hassan-rouhani-iran-university-exams-coronavirus-pandemic-20200816\">\u00a0Rouhani<\/a>, and his health officials\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">promised to hold these exams with \u201cadequate health protocols,\u201d such as at least\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">two<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">meters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of distance between each participant.\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\">A video from Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0obtained by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> shows\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hundreds only<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0one place<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0wh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ere the entrance exam was held<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with half a meter distance.\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<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"\u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u06a9\u0646\u06a9\u0648\u0631 \u0648 \u0641\u0631\u0633\u062a\u0627\u062f\u0646 \u062f\u0627\u0648\u0637\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0647 \u0642\u062a\u0644\u06af\u0627\u0647 \u06a9\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div 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to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ME<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">K,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rapidly rise<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-394-cities-exceeds-91200\/#.Xz2U362gv8I.twitter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">above 91<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Head o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tajrish<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shohada<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0hospital in Tehran in this regard said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If the upcoming gatherings such as university entrance exams and Muharram mourning ceremonies\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">not controlled, we will have an increased outbreak of the disease in Autumn, which coincides with the outbreak of various types of influenza. We will definitely face a severe wave of new cases<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 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 Wednesday, August 19, 2020, that the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> fatalities in 394 cities across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> had exceeded 91,200. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid_19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid_19<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JoTQdaWoxj\">https:\/\/t.co\/JoTQdaWoxj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1296192729584676868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While Rouhani\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">orced<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the university exams<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to take place<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the regime\u2019s officials try their utmost to stay safe. Last week, Rouhani refused to participate in a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arliament session, at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cost of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his candidate for the Ministry of Oil Mine and Industry being rejected by the regime\u2019s Parliament. This action even prompted some of the regime\u2019s MPs to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">react. The regime\u2019s MP Alireza\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Salimi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said: \u201cYou [Rouhani]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0who tell one million students to take the entrance exam, is your blood more colorful than theirs?<\/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 why\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">olding<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ese exams?\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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using COVID-19 as a lever of oppression<\/span><\/b><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 major <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran protests in November 2019<\/a> rattled the regime\u2019s foundations. Although\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs were able to momentarily thwart their downfall by killing over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1500 people<\/a> and the international community\u2019s inaction, the nightmare of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">another uprising and their subsequent downfall, never cast away f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rom\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their minds. The general boycott of the regime\u2019s sham parliamentary election showed people\u2019s conflict with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs has reached an irreversible point.\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\">So<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the regime used the coronavirus to somehow quell the restive Iranian society.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mullahs are also aware that their deliberate mismanagement of this crisis will increase people\u2019s hatred toward the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and an uprising is inevitable.\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\">In this regard, the state-run\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mostaghelnewspaper.ir\/paper\/post\/39522\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mostaghel<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on August 13\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-state-run-media-acknowledge-how-mullahs-regime-is-using-covid-19-to-quell-restive-society\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Coronavirus was a gift from heaven and a savior. They even put aside China\u2019s management of COVID-19 and instead turned to preaching and giving advice to people. Although these methods have long proven to be inefficient in controlling and correcting the situation.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thus, they [the authorities] left hungry and depressed people alone in a room with a lion and waited for the work to be done.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While people are just trying to survive, this instrumental use of the COVID-19 to silence and control the anger of uncategorized starving people was so ruthlessly done that after six months, they not only have not achieved any success in controlling the virus, but according to the official statistics, the situation is out of control.<\/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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Educational Mafia<\/span><\/b><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\u2019s institutionalized corruption and its need to fund illicit activities in the region has for years motivated<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mullahs to plunder\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">national wealth or seize any opportunity to steal people\u2019s belongings.\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\">This mafia<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0consist<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the so-called \u201ceducational institutions,\u201d which are in systematic connecting with the regime\u2019s government and other\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">corrupt\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">institutions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Thus, they pushed for the university exams to be held.\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\">Some of the regime\u2019s officials, during their infightings, acknowledged this issue. Ahmad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Naderi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0member of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arliament&#8217;s education commission<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0told state\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">television<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The educational mafia agrees to hold the entrance exam in the same deadline and has put a strange pressure on me and my colleagues.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Because they have a one-year contract, they\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">must<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0finish the year with the student. As of now, this year&#8217;s entrance exam is not over yet. They are registering for the next year&#8217;s entrance exam.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">illion tomans are almost the turnover of this educational mafia. One end of this mafia is in the assessment organization. Unfortunately, I must say that the assessment organization itself illegally conducts exams, tests, and takes money from the people and their children. The assessment organization is also involved in the education mafia<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A historical reminder\u00a0<\/span><\/b><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\u2019s founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, considered the Iran-Iraq war as a \u201cblessing\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">like Khamenei who called the COVID-19 outbreak a \u201cblessing and test.\u201d Because both, facing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">restive Iranian society, were desperate to find a way to quell the restive Iranian society. Khomeini, to silence any dissent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0voice and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">waste\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">youth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> potential liberated following the 1979 revolution, sent thousands of youth and students on minefields. These innocent children were literally used as minesweepers.\u00a0\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\">Now the mullahs are doing the same thing: trying to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0paralyze the force that shook the regime\u2019s foundation with its uprising in 2018 and 2019.\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\">But this time, after 40 years of oppression, people\u2019s economic grievances, the regime\u2019s growing international\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">isolation, mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">presence of an organized opposition<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will ultimately\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mean that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will fail\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in its quest for prolonging its ominous rule.\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\">As\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mostaghel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily wrote: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This nation will not forget how it was abandoned during these bitter days.\u00a0 This will affect the upcoming incidents.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Because soon, people will come to their table for eating, and their despair of an empty table will lead them to protest on busy streets.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite repeated warnings by&nbsp;health&nbsp;professionals on COVID-19,&nbsp;the Iranian regime held&nbsp;nationwide university&nbsp;entrance&nbsp;exams, without&nbsp;maintaining the promised health protocols.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before holding the&nbsp;University&nbsp;entrance exams, the regime&rsquo;s President&nbsp;Hassan&nbsp;Rouhani, and his health officials&nbsp;promised to hold these exams [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":224244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[130,184,194,197,198,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-224241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"category-human-rights","9":"tag-iran-protests","10":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","11":"tag-protests-nov-2019","12":"tag-mek-iran","13":"tag-ncri","14":"tag-covid-19"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran:Regime Uses Entrance Exams, Its Mass Casualties To thwart Uprising<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Holding the university entrance exams will further increase the coronavirus death toll. 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