- Alireza Reisi, the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) spokesperson: Infection rates and hospitalizations are still high in many cities. Our forecast for the next COVID-19 outbreak is in November. (Tasnim news agency, September 29, 2021)
- Member of the regime’s Parliamentary Health Commission: The cause of death for black fungus patients is not publicized so that the doctors and the hospital will not face problems. (ILNA news agency, September 29, 2021)
- Lorestan Medical University: In recent days, five patients with black fungus were identified, all of whom died. (Tasnim, September 29, 2021)
- In Ardabil, the Coronavirus situation is fragile. Hospitals are on a 24-hour alert, and 51 patients are on the verge of death. (Mehr news agency, September 29, 2021)
- “The Health Minister says that Pfizer vaccines are not for ordinary people. Ordinary people (must) use ‘Sinopharm’ and ‘Barakat’ (domestic) vaccines.” (State-run daily, Arman, September 29, 2021)
- According to the Health Ministry, the regime’s Health Minister said that 70% of the population would be vaccinated in the next two weeks, but only 18% have received two doses of the vaccine so far. (State-run daily, Jomhuri, September 29, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 443,200. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 103,906, Khorasan Razavi 36,345, Isfahan 29,580, Khuzestan 27,165, Fars 15,899, West Azerbaijan 15,868, Gilan 15,515, Lorestan 14,865, Alborz 12,968, Hamedan 8,333, Central Province 8,108, Hormozgan 7,540, Kermanshah 7,934, Kurdistan 6,992, Ardabil 5,575, Bushehr 5,019, Qazvin 4,914, Zanjan 4,290, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 3,204.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
September 29, 2021
