- While the regime Health Ministry considers 26 provinces red or in an alarming status, and officials in different provinces are reporting an increase in Coronavirus patients and deaths, Rouhani claimed today, “The Coronavirus has begun to decline in many provinces.”
- Gilan University of Medical Sciences: The number of Coronavirus patients has increased by 100%, discharged patients have decreased, and the treatment process is taking longer, i.e., patients are admitted in a more critical condition, and this is an additional burden on the medical staff (Tasnim News Agency August 14, 2020).
- Governor of Central Province: The rate of Coronavirus infection and death in the Province is three times higher than in previous months (ISNA, August 15, 2020).
- Qom University of Medical Sciences: The number of patients and deaths is more than the announced figures. The result of the tests are 50% positive, this was 15% in late May. The number of patients has increased eightfold in the past month (IRNA, August 15, 2020).
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, August 15, 2020, that the Coronavirus death toll in 383 cities across Iran had exceeded 89,000. The number of victims in Khorasan Razavi is 6,443, Khuzestan 6,135, Qom 4,420, Mazandaran 4,225, Isfahan 3,921, Gilan 3,712, Lorestan 3,662, Sistan and Baluchestan 2,831, Alborz 2,640, West Azerbaijan 2,560, Fars 2,513, Golestan 2,504, Kurdistan 1,779, North Khorasan 1,377, Kerman 1,358, Hormozgan 1,159, Bushehr 1,065, Yazd 1,025, Zanjan 831, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 587, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 495.
While regime officials in various provinces speak of a worsening situation and the Health Ministry’s spokesperson has declared 26 provinces red or in an alarming situation, Rouhani, again brazenly claimed, today, “The Coronavirus has begun to decline in many provinces.” He again blamed the people, saying that in the first wave, “some (people) thought that this disease, even though serious, can be treated quickly and would take little time but this may stay not for a month or two, but for months to come, and even for years.” Rouhani forgot that he had announced in late February that everything would be fine by Saturday, March 31, 2020.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
August 15, 2020
