{"id":242318,"date":"2021-06-29T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=242318"},"modified":"2023-01-30T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:39:06","slug":"why-unlike-many-countries-irans-covid-19-crisis-amplifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/why-unlike-many-countries-irans-covid-19-crisis-amplifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Why, Unlike Many Countries, Iran\u2019s COVID-19 Crisis Amplified?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-cov19-vaccine-ncri-696x487.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-coronavirus-news-319100-deaths-20210628\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> to the engineered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">statistics<\/a> of Iran\u2019s Health Ministry on Monday, 142 individuals died due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 83,985. While many countries are taking significant steps in pushing the pandemic back through general vaccination, Iran\u2019s Covid-19 crisis amplifies due to the regime\u2019s negligence.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime officials in recent days have acknowledged that due to the slow vaccination process of the locally made vaccine, Iran would experience the fifth Covid-19 wave since the Indian and South African variants are circulating in the southern parts of the country.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIf we delay in taking necessary measures, we will have a fifth peak with the Indian or delta variant. Naturally, our southern provinces will change to red status zones. We need to consider the possibility that the Indian variant has spread across the country. We are facing a scenario like the fourth peak with the UK variant,\u201d said Alireza Naji, head of the Beheshti University Research Center, on Thursday, according to the Mizan news agency, an outlet linked to the regime\u2019s judiciary.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)\u00a0based\u00a0on the\u00a0reports\u00a0from their network in Iran, over 319,100 people have died due to the novel coronavirus as of Monday, June 28, 2021.<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 319,100 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKv6PlflHm\">https:\/\/t.co\/IKv6PlflHm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6pT0gznB9O\">pic.twitter.com\/6pT0gznB9O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1409746328393969666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the Covid-19 death toll rises rapidly, the vaccination process progresses slowly. So far, only 5.7% of Iran\u2019s population has been vaccinated. Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s neighboring countries have vaccinated a much larger portion of their societies.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jordan vaccinated 28%, Azerbaijan 22.2%, Turkey 49%, Saudi Arabia 38.2%, Qatar 57.7%, and the UAE 75% of their populations.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On January 8, 2021, the Iranian regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei banned credible Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and Europe.<\/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=\"COVID-19 Claims 300,000 Victims in Iran\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_3-VXdcTI1aI\" 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%2F3-VXdcTI1aI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-VXdcTI1aI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-28T06:49:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_3-VXdcTI1aI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F3-VXdcTI1aI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">COVID-19 Claims 300,000 Victims in Iran<\/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\/3-VXdcTI1aI\" 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%2F3-VXdcTI1aI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 Claims 300,000 Victims in Iran\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"May 28, 2021\u2014According to the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, the number of coronavirus fatalities in Iran surpassed a staggering number of 300,000. While the death toll has declined in other countries due to vaccination, the death toll has risen to almost double in Iran because the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has banned importing American and European vaccines. Iran has long been recognized as the worst-affected country in the Middle East. The Iranian regime first denied the covid-19 outbreak in Iran, and when it was not deniable, the regime did not allocate enough resources to confront the pandemic. Although the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader and the Revolutionary Guards collectively control hundreds of billions of dollars in financial assets, virtually none of these have been released to support the people in the face of the pandemic or to make it possible for the impoverished Iranian people to stay home and avoid work for long enough to flatten the curve. Furthermore, as vaccines began to come available, the IRGC and Iranian regime authorities-linked companies have taken the control of vaccine distribution in their hands. A member of Iranian regime parliament presidium revealed 200,000 vaccine doses have disappeared and are being sold in the black market. Even some state media outlets have reported that individual doses have appeared on the IRGC-dominated black market with price tags up to 2,800 US dollars. The Guards are therefore making a profit on both wholesale distribution and individual sales. In this situation, the regime refrains from paying low-income nurses\u2019 salaries or facilitating their basic needs. Many reports indicate that Iran is witnessing the series of suicides and migration among nurses. *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel are not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Meanwhile, the regime\u2019s President, Hassan Rouhani, bogusly claimed: \u201cWhen the Covid-19 vaccine was created, there were many doubts. But the National Covid-19 Task Force took an excellent decision and said the vaccine should be purchased and we should not delay, as some said we should wait for the domestic vaccines. Even a day was important for us.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to Khamenei, Rouhani also did his best to prevent the public from being vaccinated.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime now uses the so-called domestic \u201cCOVIran\u00a0Barakat\u201d vaccine, which the World Health Organization has not approved and is even questioned by the regime\u2019s health experts.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIssuing authorization for a vaccine without correctly surpassing the third phase of tests is dangerous and unprecedented. The decision-making process, arguments, and all the measures involved should be transparently reported to the public. \u201cWe need to strongly refrain from creating confusion for the people regarding the effectiveness of the vaccines that have not gone through the scientific authorization process,\u201d a deputy Health Minister underlined in his letter to the\u00a0Health Minister, according to the state-run\u00a0Hamshahri\u00a0daily on Thursday.\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=\"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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei and his regime face a restive society. The recent nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham election and daily protests are testaments to the explosive state of society.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime started an inhumane Covid-19 policy centered on inaction, deception, and plundering to quell this society.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei banned the entry of vaccines because he wants to use the deadly virus and its rising death toll as a barrier against another nationwide uprising.\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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-219239\" 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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also, Khamenei and other regime officials insist on producing domestic vaccines because they are profiting from it. The production and distribution of the regime\u2019s so-called \u201cdomestic\u201d vaccine are under the supervision of the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order (EIKO), a financial institution controlled by Khamenei.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, the regime is trying to sell its vaccines to people to further plunder them.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe Iranian vaccine is seven or eight dollars. If we calculate it at the current exchange rate [on Saturday] at 24,500 tomans, each dose of the vaccine is 196,000 tomans. A family of four to receive two doses of the vaccine should pay one and a half million tomans [around $59],\u201d wrote the state-run Arman daily on Sunday.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a nutshell, the regime is responsible for the rising death toll in Iran. The regime deliberately uses the Covid-19 outbreak, which Khamenei described as a \u201cblessing\u201d and \u201ctest\u201d for his regime. But the recent nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham election and protests by people from all walks of life show the regime has failed. The regime\u2019s inhumane Covid-19 policy has increased society\u2019s hatred toward the regime, and the\u00a0mullahs\u2019\u00a0should await the consequences of their policies.<\/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>According to the engineered statistics of Iran&rsquo;s Health Ministry on Monday, 142 individuals died due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 83,985. 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