- President of the Intensive Care Association: The country’s medical system has collapsed. COVID-19 Patients with 50% blood oxygen saturation (The average level is 95 to 100%) have been admitted to the ward, and there they wait for the patient to die. (State-run media, Khabar Online, August 11, 2021)
- Alireza Zali, head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) in Tehran: We do not expect a dramatic change in the coming days. Yesterday, there were 22,700 newly infected COVID-19 outpatients in Tehran Province. (ISNA news agency, August 11, 2021)
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences: Currently, the number of deaths due to Coronavirus in Mashhad has increased to more than 200 per day. (IRNA news agency, August 11, 2021)
- The medical staff of Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad: The hospital morgues are full of corpses. This can be called a death tsunami. (State-run media outlet, Eghtesad Online, August 11, 2021)
- Regime’s parliament deputy: Patients are admitted to the streets due to the lack of empty beds in hospitals. (ISNA, August 11, 2021)
- Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, while expressing her condolences to the Iranian people, especially the residence of Mashhad, said: As a result of the plundering and criminal policies of the Iranian regime, Iran has the highest number of the COVID-19 death toll in the world. Much of the catastrophe was preventable, and Khamenei is directly responsible for that. This is a crime against humanity, and the leaders of the regime must be brought to justice for this.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 357,200. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 83,846, Isfahan 24,070, Khuzestan 22,526, Khorasan Razavi 22,035, Mazandaran 13,870, West Azerbaijan 12,838, Fars 12,387, Gilan 11,635, Sistan and Baluchestan 10,505, Alborz 10,468, Qom 10,445, Kerman 8,963, Golestan 8,450, Hamedan 7,318, Central Province 7,123, Yazd 6,248, Hormozgan 6,175, Kurdistan 5,802, Semnan 5,570, Ardabil 4,340, Bushehr 4,129, Zanjan 3,765, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,729.
Today, fearing the eruption of widespread protests and uprisings, Khamenei scandalously backtracked from banning the import of vaccines, and said, “Vaccines must be supplied in any way possible, either through imports or through domestic production.” He had previously banned vaccine entry from the U.S. and Europe, leaving the population at the mercy of Coronavirus. Also, despite repeated requests from doctors and experts for a complete shutdown to contain Coronavirus, Khamenei said the issue was “specialized and needed to be investigated at the NCCT.” Moreover, in breach of all COVID-19 health protocols, Khamenei emphasized holding the Muharram ceremonies) and said that the nation and the country “needed these blessed ceremonies.”
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), expressed her deepest condolences and sympathies, especially to the people of Mashhad, who are facing a tsunami of death due to the regime’s criminal and plundering policies. She emphasized that most of the COVID-19 disaster was preventable. The corrupt system of Velayat-e-Faqih is directly responsible for these deaths. This is a crime against humanity, and Khamenei and the regime’s leaders must be brought to justice for it.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
August 11, 2021
