{"id":236558,"date":"2021-03-19T10:50:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=236558"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:03:04","slug":"iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran COVID-19 Outbreak, Officials\u2019 Contradictory Remarks and Inaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction.jpg\" alt=\"iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iran-covid-19-outbreak-officials-contradictory-remarks-and-inaction-696x396.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A year since the Covid-19 pandemic spread across Iran, mullahs\u2019 regime continues its inhumane policy of cover-up and inaction. The contradictory remarks of the regime\u2019s officials and the delay in vaccination of people on the eve of Nowruz (Persian New Year) foretell a catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The new variant of Covid-19 has spread across Iran. \u201cHowever, the mutated virus has been identified and is circulating in 28 provinces of our country,\u201d the spokesperson of the regime\u2019s National Coivid-19 Task Force said on March 13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Meanwhile, the regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani, on March 13, claimed: \u201cExcept for Khuzestan province, which is in a special condition, other provinces have good and normal conditions. We might have faced [the new Covid-19 strain] in one province, but not in the entire country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the Nowruz holidays approach, the regime\u2019s Health Minister Saied Namaki deceptively asked people not to travel \u201cfor God\u2019s sake.\u201d Yet, the government has implemented health protocols.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cMr. Health Minister begs people not to travel. The Interior Minister says towns will be colorized [in terms] of Covid-19 spread. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage says that we are organizing the tour with the protocol. Let\u2019s register. These [contradictory] remarks leave people in uncertainty,\u201d a TV reported told Iraj Harirchi, the Deputy Health Minister, on March 13.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_qkDlcSzSm0k\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqkDlcSzSm0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkDlcSzSm0k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-14T19:54:53Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_qkDlcSzSm0k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqkDlcSzSm0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qkDlcSzSm0k\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqkDlcSzSm0k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei bans import of Covid-19 vaccines\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"After days of deception and delay in procuring Covid-19 vaccines, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader explicitly banned the import of credible vaccines to Iran. His remarks contradict previous claims by officials. Iranian people\u2019s demand: It is already late, purchase vaccines now. Mohammad Reza Ghazanfari, Head of Iran&#039;s Medical System Organization - December 21: \u201cProviding vaccines to the people is a vital, definitive and coercive priority.\u201d State-run Jahan-e Sanat daily - December 22: \u201cAny delay in procuring foreign vaccines and waiting for the domestically produced vaccines would mean the death of a significant number of people. Thus, the procuring of vaccines is a national right that is already too late.\u201d Iran regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei - January 8, 2021: \u201cImporting vaccines made in the US or the UK is prohibited. I told this to the officials, and I say it publicly now.\u201d Amnesty International \u2013 January 8: \u201cIran&#039;s Supreme Leader banning lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines from the UK and US to millions of people in Iran is in step with the Iranian authorities&#039; decades-long contempt for human rights, including the right to life and health.\u201d Iranians on social media: \u201cWho the hell is he to decide for people\u2019s lives? Someone tell this idiot scientific achievements are not related to politics.\u201d Ali Rabie, Iranian government\u2019s spokesperson \u2013 January 9: \u201cOur plan from the beginning was not to buy foreign-made vaccines before being sure.\u201d Hassan Rouhani, regime\u2019s president \u2013 January 9: \u201cOur Health Ministry righteously rejected vaccines.\u201d Said Namaki, regime\u2019s Health Minister - December 23: \u201cThis is not the case. We were among the first countries who sought to purchase vaccines.\u201d Khamenei - January 8: \u201cIf Pfizer is able to manufacture vaccines, why do they want to give it to us?\u201d State-run Sharq daily, interview with Abdolreza Nasser Moghaddasi, Neurologist - December 22: \u201cAre our people\u2019s lives worthless? I have lost patience. Not just me, but all health workers have lost patience, at least those who still breath.\u201d Khamenei - January 8: \u201cImporting vaccines made in the US or the UK is prohibited.\u201d Amnesty International statement - January 9: \u201cIran\u2019s Supreme Leader is toying with millions of lives\u201d Iranian people\u2019s answer to Khamenei\u2019s mass murder decree: Khamenei must be tried for war crimes and playing with the lives of millions of Iranians. People chant: \u201cKhamenei is a murderer, his supremacy in revoked.\u201d Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ #Iran #COVID19 #vaccine\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAmid the Covid-19 outbreak, while there should not be gatherings, [the regime\u2019s] issuing permits for holding wedding ceremonies and funerals are in contrast with the main demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-november-2019-uprising-and-its-amplifications\/\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019 uprising<\/a> shocked the regime to its core. Thus, the mullahs\u2019 regime embraced the entry of Covid-19 and initiated a criminal policy, using casualties and people as a human shield to another uprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIt seems that the country\u2019s thinking system is still moving towards herd immunity through natural infection or that some do not realize what is happening. People should pay the price [of this policy],\u201d wrote the state-run Farhikhtegan daily on March 13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThere is mass vaccination with [certified] vaccines all over the world. We think that with infection, we can achieve herd immunity,\u201d one of the regime\u2019s so-called experts told the State TV on March 13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cSince early March 2020, there have been sharp contradictions between officials\u2019 statements about Covid-19. Some officials joked about the disease and denied it had entered the country. These cases have led to a slow pace of patient care and an increase in the overall prevalence of pandemics and mortality. Some officials are involved in various fringes when they do not have time to make the right decisions about issues and crises. Even in the face of problems, they send the wrong message to society. Just when they have to give the right information to people in order to gain their trust, they spread untrue and false messages in society,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jsnews.ir\/%d8%a2%d8%ae%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8\/%d8%b9%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d9%86%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%aa-%d8%a2%d9%86%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa\/177904\/\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime\u2019s vaccination Hoax<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime started a vaccination hoax simultaneous with other countries starting their vaccination process using certified vaccines. The regime and its apologists blamed the United States sanctions are preventing them from procuring vaccines from COVAX of Word Health Organization. COVAX immediately rejected this claim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime then tried to question globally certified vaccines. With the rising national demand for vaccines, finally, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, on January 8, explicitly banned the entry of ratified vaccines from the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Amnesty International condemned Khamenei\u2019s order, describing it as preventing people from their \u201cright to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With the increasing national demands for vaccination and fearing people\u2019s backlash, the regime <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofarda.com\/a\/coronavirus-vaccine-iran\/31134845.html\" rel=\"noopener\">imported<\/a> 570,000 dozes of Russian and Chinese vaccines. This is less than 1%.<br \/>\nThe regime tries to drag its feet long and continue using the Covid-19 outbreak coupled with economic crisis to control the restive society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Calling people\u2019s uprising \u201cconflict\u201d Jahan-e Sanat article on Monday warned the regime\u2019s officials. \u201c\u201cAlthough the coronavirus crisis delays the conflict, delaying it at the cost of overwhelming issues is a challenge in society. In other words, when society is freed from the clutches of this disease, political, social, and economic faults will begin to move with greater destructive power,\u201d read Jahan-e Sanat\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jahanesanat.ir\/%d8%a2%db%8c%d8%a7-%d8%b3%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%85-%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%b9%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%87-2\/168653\/\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> titled \u201care politicians interested in Covid-19 pandemic?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year since the Covid-19 pandemic spread across Iran, mullahs&rsquo; regime continues its inhumane policy of cover-up and inaction. 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