{"id":237825,"date":"2021-04-13T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=237825"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:59:09","slug":"state-run-media-admit-depth-of-irans-covid-19-crisis-warn-of-social-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/state-run-media-admit-depth-of-irans-covid-19-crisis-warn-of-social-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"State-Run Media Admit Depth of Iran\u2019s COVID-19 Crisis Warn Of Social Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave.jpg\" alt=\"Iran bazaar full packed during Covid-19 fourth wave\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Iran-bazaar-full-packed-during-Covid-19-fourth-wave-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Iran goes through the fourth wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, the regime\u2019s state-run media and officials warn of people\u2019s backlash and acknowledge the depth of the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWith the current wave, the death toll will reach 500 to 600 a day. I am one hundred percent sure,\u201d said Payam Tabresi, Head of Infectious Diseases Department of Masih Daneshvari Hospital, according to the state-run Arman daily on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime has been using the coronavirus outbreak to oppress Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorized\/irans-state-run-media-a-social-explosion-in-horizon\/\" rel=\"noopener\">explosive society<\/a>. As a part of their inhumane Covid-19 policy, regime officials refused to issue nationwide quarantine and announce the real death and infection number. The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, on January 8 explicitly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/by-banning-import-of-covid-19-vaccine-khamenei-confirms-his-intention-of-killing-irans-people\/\" rel=\"noopener\">banned<\/a> the import of certified vaccines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Due to the severity of the current situation, the regime has shut down the economy for ten days, but without offering help to the impoverished people of Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cin Iran, the government\u2019s preventive programs have been with this consideration that the poor economic conditions and business closures wouldn\u2019t cause [social] dissatisfaction and new riots,\u201d the state-run Iran daily, government\u2019s official newspaper admitted on Monday. \u201cThus, the business closure has not been mandatory, and this has been the cause of the epidemic being out of control,\u201d Iran daily\u2019s article adds, blatantly blaming people for the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since the beginning of the outbreak, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) has exposed the regime\u2019s inhumane Covid-19 policy. On Monday, the reports tallied by the MEK indicated that over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/covid-19-takes-the-lives-of-250000-in-535-cities-across-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">250,000<\/a> people had lost their lives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran regime&rsquo;s vaccination scam - December 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HJwQd6bX-nQ\" 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%2FHJwQd6bX-nQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HJwQd6bX-nQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M16S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-31T10:15:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_HJwQd6bX-nQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHJwQd6bX-nQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran regime\u2019s vaccination scam - December 2020<\/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\/HJwQd6bX-nQ\" 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%2FHJwQd6bX-nQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran regime&rsquo;s vaccination scam - December 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Contradictory remarks by Iran regime&#039;s officials underline their intention of using the Covid-19 vaccine issue as a leverage to lift sanctions, further plunder Iranians, and intentionally increase casualties. Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani: \u201cWe considered procuring vaccines from the first months of this year\u201d Mohammad Reza Naghdi, a top IRGC commander: \u201cWe would not use foreign vaccines to vaccinate people\u201d Homayoun Samehi, Member of the Parliamentary Health Commission, speaking to the state-run Donya-e Eghtesad daily: \u201cIt will take at least two years for the vaccine to enter Iran\u201d Dr. Massoud Mardani - Member of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): \u201cWe do not have the money to procure vaccines.\u201d Ali Rabie, Government spokesperson, December 22, 2020: \u201cWe have money, but we have trouble transferring the money.\u201d Nasser Riahi, President of the Medicine Importers Union: \u201cWe have no problem transferring money. We are importing medicine right now.\u201d Mostafa Ghanei, NCCT member: \u201cWe said we do not want the Pfizer vaccine because we cannot store and transport it.\u201d Ali Rabie, Government spokesperson: \u201cWe have a problem because we do not fully implement the FATF.\u201d Esmail Shah-Mohammadi, Friday Prayers leader in Fereydunshahr, Isfahan province: \u201cThe Covid-19 vaccine is unrelated to the FATF issue.\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani, former International Deputy to Iran\u2019s Chief Justice: \u201cThe vaccination matter is, actually, propaganda. Our vaccine is undoubtedly better.\u201d Said Namaki, Iran\u2019s Health Minister, December 23: \u201cWe were among the first countries trying to purchase the vaccine.\u201d Ali Amir Savadkoohi, President of the Intensive Care Association. December 24: \u201cIran is not in any list of [vaccine] orders of any country.\u201d Hassan Rouhani: \u201cWe are making all efforts to produce a vaccine inside the country.\u201d Abbas Aghazadeh, Chairman of the General Assembly of the Medical Organization of Iran, December 24: \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t produce a vaccine until next year.\u201d Rouhani: \u201cWe cannot hope for a vaccine that has not yet been provided.\u201d Dr. Payam Tabarsi: \u201cThe authorities should change their foreign policies for the sake of the people\u2019s health. They shouldn\u2019t be wasting more time, because people are dying.\u201d Rouhani, December 26: \u201cWe should attempt to purchase the vaccine.\u201d State-run Hamdeli daily, December 26: \u201cThe authorities\u2019 sudden decision to buy the vaccine is their strategy to reduce the people\u2019s pressure over buying the coronavirus vaccine.\u201d Arman Daily, December 27: \u201cOne should be afraid of the day when no one can do anything in front of the volcano of anger, sorrow, and tears, and by then it is too late to express solutions.\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 #Covid-19 #Vaccine\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thus, due to the MEK\u2019s campaigns, the regime\u2019s efforts of blaming people for the outbreak, and other bogus claims of not being \u201cable\u201d to procure the Covid-19 vaccine, have failed. Now, regime state-run media are forced to admit the real death toll is much higher than the engineered number announced by the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe main problem of officials involved in combatting coronavirus is that if instead of focusing announcing false data, had tried to give real information to people, we had a better situation. Because the truth will sooner or later prevail,\u201d wrote the state-run Etemad daily on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThis method of announcing official statistics, is for self-deception and justifying [officials\u2019] inefficiency in managing the coronavirus outbreak because people will not be deceived by it,\u201d Etemad article wrote adding that \u201ccurios insisting on announcing a statistic that is not real, increases [people\u2019s] mistrust [hatred toward the regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While calling people\u2019s hatred toward the regime \u201cmistrust,\u201d the mullahs\u2019 Health Minister, Said Namaki, expressed fear of a social explosion on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cI am afraid of the day when people no longer believe in us. I fear people\u2019s mistrust as the main weapon against the system, and that happens when we lie to people and refuse to act clear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Iran goes through the fourth wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, the regime&rsquo;s state-run media and officials warn of people&rsquo;s backlash and acknowledge the depth of the coronavirus crisis. &ldquo;With [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":237826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[186,208,129,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-237825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-coronavirus","9":"tag-covid-19","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","12":"tag-coronavirus-pandemic"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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