- Hassan Rouhani brazenly blamed the people for the subsequent waves of Coronavirus. He also blamed Coronavirus beforehand for the nationwide boycott of the sham election.
- Regime Health Ministry: The number of Coronavirus red areas has increased to eight cities, 233 cities are orange, and 207 cities are yellow, and no city is blue. In some parts in the south, the South African and Indian COVID-19 have been identified. (IRNA news agency, May 22, 2021)
- Alireza Reisi, the spokesperson for the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): The concern is that the Indian and South African variant of the Coronavirus will spread in three provinces of Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hormozgan; similar to the British variant which spread from the Khuzestan Province throughout the country. (IRNA, May 22, 2021)
- Kerman Governor: Health Ministry warns of the fifth COVID-19 outbreak and the harsh condition due to the spread of the Indian and African COVID-19 variant. (Mehr news agency, May 22, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, May 22, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 542 cities had exceeded 295,600. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 68,997, Isfahan 19,650, Khuzestan 18,389, Khorasan Razavi 18,025,East Azerbaijan 12,108, Mazandaran 11,955, West Azerbaijan 11,068, Gilan 10,021, Fars 9,732, Qom 9,555, Alborz 8,223, Sistan and Baluchestan 6,776, Hamedan 6,578, Central Province 6,158, Semnan 5,100, Yazd 5,007, and Zanjan 3,240.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
May 22, 2021
