{"id":249207,"date":"2021-10-18T13:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=249207"},"modified":"2023-01-28T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T12:19:09","slug":"irans-state-media-social-and-economic-crises-are-countdowns-to-uprisings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-state-media-social-and-economic-crises-are-countdowns-to-uprisings\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s State Media: Social and Economic Crises Are Countdowns to Uprisings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Saturday to Monday, Iran\u2019s state-run newspapers reflected some aspects of Iran\u2019s social, economic, and current health crises.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Covid-19 Crisis<\/h3>\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Sunday that Iran\u2019s Covid-19 death toll had surpassed 458,700. The regime\u2019s engineered statistics of 125,000 deaths confirm the severity of the current health crisis in Iran. This issue has been a topic discussed in Iran\u2019s state-run newspapers in recent days.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHealth officials in seven provinces warned of the sixth wave of Covid-19 outbreak. Alireza Zali, head of the Covid-19 Combatting Headquarters in Tehran, stressed that the current downward trend is \u201cunstable and fragile.\u201d Majid\u00a0Shirani, the president of\u00a0Chaharmahal\u00a0and Bakhtiari University of Medical Sciences, announced a worrying increase in the number of hospitalized patients,\u201d wrote the state-run Arman daily on Monday, October 18, 2021.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran is about to suffer from the sixth wave of the Covid-19 outbreak<\/a>. The regime could have prevented this situation if it had vaccinated the population using WHO-approved vaccines.\u00a0 Now, despite Iran\u2019s low rate of vaccination and high mortality rate, regime authorities try to show the situation is normal.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Minister of Health announces the beginning of the sixth peak of coronavirus in the country. The current situation is uncertain. Yet, he describes the situation as \u2018normal\u2019 and states that events like Friday prayers will be reopened next week. Another point is that universities and schools are scheduled to reopen while many students are still incompletely vaccinated,\u201d wrote the state-run Setareh\u00a0Sobh\u00a0daily on Sunday, October 17, quoting Mohammad-Reza\u00a0Mahboubfar, a health expert.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to Covid-19, we have some other infectious and chronic diseases in the country that we have overlooked. One of the most important of these diseases is tuberculosis. Therefore, we need to prepare for the sixth peak of coronavirus. I believe that the Minister of Health is the first person to promote \u2018normal situation\u2019 in society. While stating that the country is ready for the sixth courier, it is still not clear why he tries to pretend the situation is normal?\u201d\u00a0Mahboubfar\u00a0told Setareh\u00a0Sobh.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 458,700 #Iran<\/a> #Covid_19<\/a> #coronavirus<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/bxtEcIU2rZ<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n