{"id":245813,"date":"2021-08-27T14:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=245813"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:36:31","slug":"iran-covid-19-crisis-khamenei-is-the-first-defendant-of-the-ongoing-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-covid-19-crisis-khamenei-is-the-first-defendant-of-the-ongoing-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Covid-19 Crisis: Khamenei is the First Defendant of the Ongoing Massacre\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-vaccine\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-vaccine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-vaccine.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-vaccine-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-vaccine-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-vaccine-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-vaccine-696x426.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Covid-19 outbreak is massacring Iranians. Thousands of people are dying every day as the crisis deepens in Iran. Over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-surpasses-386900\/\" rel=\"noopener\">384,000<\/a> people have died as of Tuesday, according to the Iranian Resistance. This tragedy could have been prevented if Ali Khamenei, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, had not banned vaccines and been forced back to work.\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\">Iranians\u00a0have to\u00a0deal with the mutated Covid-19. In addition to new and deadlier strains of Covid-19 in Iran, horrific news from Iran indicates that black fungus has spread across Iran.<\/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\">\u201cTo this day, 20 cases of black fungus have been registered in [Mazandaran] province. During the past 24 hours, 28 patients have lost their lives to coronavirus,\u201d according to a Wednesday statement released by the Mazandaran Medical Sciences University.<\/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\">\u201cWe should add the nightmare of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-takes-the-lives-of-299500-in-543-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">black fungus<\/a> to the Covid-19 nightmare. Many have contracted this virus when hospitals do not have an empty bed to accommodate a new patient. More than 10 cases have been admitted to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, as well as 20 cases in Mashhad and 20 cases in Mazandaran, which has caused us to face the peak of this disease in the country,\u201d wrote the state-run Arman daily on\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 deadly Covid-19 virus is killing people. In March, Khamenei called it a \u201ctest\u201d and a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/covid-19-in-iran-a-blessing-or-a-national-catastrophe\/\" rel=\"noopener\">blessing<\/a>\u201d and refused to allocate billions of dollars he possessed to help people and impose a national lockdown.<\/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><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the Covid-19 crisis amplifies in Iran, people\u2019s anger toward the Khamenei regime increases.<\/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=\"A look back at the contradictory remarks made by Ali Khamenei and Hassan Rouhani over Covid19\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-9U4fZBLoYk\" 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%2F-9U4fZBLoYk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-9U4fZBLoYk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-16T21:30:48Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_-9U4fZBLoYk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-9U4fZBLoYk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">A look back at the contradictory remarks made by Ali Khamenei and Hassan Rouhani over Covid19<\/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\/-9U4fZBLoYk\" 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%2F-9U4fZBLoYk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"A look back at the contradictory remarks made by Ali Khamenei and Hassan Rouhani over Covid19\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A look back at the contradictory remarks made by regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and former president Hassan Rouhani over #Covid19. *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is 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\">In a desperate attempt to whitewash Khamenei\u2019s role in the Covid-19 crisis, the state-run\u00a0Farhikhtegan\u00a0daily, which is close to Khamenei, on Monday, tried to blame \u201cLack of health protocols, lack of a specialized program to cut the virus transmission chain, the multiplicity of decision-making centers in the main body of Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government and his inability to socially control the disease, his unfulfilled promises in providing vaccines, Western negligence in delivering purchased vaccines, mutations, general disregard for preventive and care recommendations, uncertainty in the field of health and treatment in the diagnosis of drugs effective in treating the disease\u201d for the current crisis.<\/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\">Farhikhtegan\u00a0blatantly claimed that Khamenei \u201chad banned procuring vaccines from two countries.\u201d<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Those two countries, the United\u00a0States\u00a0and the United Kingdom, had the most credible vaccines, the Pfizer and AstraZeneca, that could have saved people.<\/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 coronavirus update: 370,300+ deaths, minister says more covid-19 waves to come\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_7voLcwRmJT4\" 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%2F7voLcwRmJT4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7voLcwRmJT4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT51S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-19T07:21:31Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_7voLcwRmJT4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F7voLcwRmJT4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran coronavirus update: 370,300+ deaths, minister says more covid-19 waves to come<\/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\/7voLcwRmJT4\" 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%2F7voLcwRmJT4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran coronavirus update: 370,300+ deaths, minister says more covid-19 waves to come\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran, August 18, 2021\u2014Over 370,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) as of Wednesday afternoon local time, August 18. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 99,691, around a fourth of the actual figure. The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 87,196 in Tehran, 24,730 in Isfahan, 24,385 in Razavi Khorasan, 23,066 in Khuzestan, 14,390 in Mazandaran, 13,380 in Lorestan, 13,153 in West Azerbaijan, 12,992 in Fars, 12,335 in Gilan, 10,990 in Sistan &amp; Baluchistan, 10,848 in Alborz, 9418 in Kerman, 8840 in Golestna, 6668 in Kermanshah, 6458 in Yazd, 6400 in Hormozgan, 4974 in North Khorasan, 4515 in Ardabil, 4134 in Qazvin, and 3708 in Ilam. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces. The regime\u2019s Health Ministry announced the mullahs\u2019 engineered Covid-19 numbers from the past 24 hours on Wednesday as 583 deaths and 39,174 new cases. Furthermore, 7490 patients are in ICUs (new pandemic record) and 5380 of the new cases have been hospitalized.*** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is 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\">Khamenei banned these two vaccines\u2019 entry and insisted on producing the so-called \u201cdomestic vaccines\u201d for two reasons. First, he wanted to use the Covid-19 crisis as a \u201cblessing\u201d to control Iran\u2019s restive society. Secondly, the production of domestic vaccines was managed by one of his financial institutions, the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order (EIKO). Barkat Pharmaceuticals Holding Company which belongs to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/iran\/#article\/part1\" rel=\"noopener\">EIKO<\/a>,\u00a0was in charge of\u00a0producing the vaccines. The previous chief of EIKO, Mohammad\u00a0Mokhber, has become the Chief of Staff of the regime\u2019s new president, Ebrahim Raisi.<\/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 Food and Drug Administration is under heavy pressure to approve domestically produced vaccines and anti-coronavirus medicines. Because obtaining approval from the Ministry of Health means a huge\u00a0profit for the drug owner,\u201d the state-run Jahan-e\u00a0Sanat\u00a0wrote on December 14 in this regard. These so-called private companies are all under Khamenei\u2019s control.<\/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 other words, the main reason for Iran\u2019s Covid-19 crisis is the regime\u2019s inhumane policy, and the first culprit in this crime is Khamenei himself. As the crisis amplifies and regime officials refuse to answer, the people\u2019s hatred increases, prompting state media to warn about its consequences.\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\">\u201cIf we believe in holding officials accountable, it means everyone must be held accountable. Failure to respond under different pretexts, such as maintaining dignity, status, and sanctity, will lead to the accumulation of questions and hatred and will not have a favorable end,\u201d\u00a0Sharq\u00a0daily warned on Wednesday.\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><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\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Covid-19 outbreak is massacring Iranians. Thousands of people are dying every day as the crisis deepens in Iran. 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