{"id":229774,"date":"2020-11-17T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=229774"},"modified":"2023-01-26T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:56:21","slug":"iran-state-media-acknowledge-how-mullahs-use-covid-19-to-oppress-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-state-media-acknowledge-how-mullahs-use-covid-19-to-oppress-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran State-Media Acknowledge How Mullahs Use COVID-19 To Oppress People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Newspapers-1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-229776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Newspapers-1\" width=\"682\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Newspapers-1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the major Iran protests, state-run media acknowledge all the regime\u2019s brutal strategy to control the restive society by using covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Reports tallied by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) as of Monday indicate that the number of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">covid-19<\/a> deaths has surpassed 156,000 across Iran. The rising death toll is chiefly due to the regime\u2019s deliberate inaction and cover-up, to use the deadly pandemic for quelling the restive society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would certainly see severe consequences and pay a heavy price with so many people losing their lives. Unfortunately, the bottom line is that the [regime\u2019s] methodology of preventing and spreading the coronavirus has been completely wrong from the beginning. So far, the government has made no effort to control the virus,\u201d wrote Jahan-e Sanat daily on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jahan-sanat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jahan-sanat\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229631 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jahan-sanat.jpg\" alt=\"Jahan-sanat\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the covid-19 rising death toll, the regime refuses to close the economy. Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government cited people\u2019s economic grievances as the reason for not closing businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome experts say the reason for the government\u2019s delay in taking special measures against covid-19 is concerns about the people\u2019s economy. Yet there are two important points: Frist, who believes a government that has ruined the economy within the last seven years became suddenly worried about people\u2019s livelihood? Second, what is the cost of this economy, the death of thousands of Iranians per day? People\u2019s lives should be tied to the government\u2019s paralyzed economy?\u201d wrote the state-run Resalat daily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resalat_news_paper_Iran_29102020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Resalat_news_paper_Iran_29102020\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-228716 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resalat_news_paper_Iran_29102020-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"Resalat_news_paper_Iran_29102020\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resalat_news_paper_Iran_29102020-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resalat_news_paper_Iran_29102020.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperts\u2019 proposal to close crisis centers for two weeks was not approved yesterday at a meeting of the National Combatting Covid-19 Task Force chaired by Hassan Rouhani. So, who is responsible for the rising death toll?\u201d wrote the state-run Vatan-e Emrooz on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Vatan-Emrouz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vatan-Emrouz\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229775 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Vatan-Emrouz.jpg\" alt=\"Vatan-Emrouz\" width=\"220\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Vatan-Emrouz.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Vatan-Emrouz-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, using covid-19 to oppress people is not only Rouhani\u2019s initiative. The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, who called this virus a \u201cblessing,\u201d and \u201ctest\u201d along with other officials are involved in this crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many of us [people] should die daily, so the government prepares a plan the reduce deaths?\u201d wrote the state-run Hamdeli daily on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hamdeli.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hamdeli\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229629 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hamdeli-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"hamdeli\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hamdeli-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hamdeli.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While people are grappling with poverty and the coronavirus crisis, the regime continues building missiles and funding terrorist groups. Also, the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption has further damaged Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the government cuts the budgets of institutions that have no interest in the present and the future of the country, yet have a budget line, or cuts the salaries of tens of millions of government officials, it may be able to alleviate some of its financial problems. The government could also then help people amid the coronavirus crisis,\u201d wrote Hamdeli daily in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>A glance at the regime\u2019s state-run media indicates the mullahs\u2019 plan to use the covid-19, and its mass casualties as a barrier against another popular uprising have failed. As more lives perish, the explosion of a restive society approaches, and mullahs\u2019 downfall is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the major Iran protests, state-run media acknowledge all the regime&rsquo;s brutal strategy to control the restive society by using covid-19. 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