Member of the NCCT
– The government’s lack of control of COVID-19 has taken a deliberate form
• Health Ministry: The COVID-19 infection rate in Sistan and Baluchestan is unprecedented since the disease outbreak, and the current wave is much larger and more severe than previous outbreaks. (Hamshahri daily, July 4, 2021)
• Quds Force News Agency: Curfew and COVID-19 restrictions have turned Zahedan into a ghost town. (Tasnim news agency, July 4, 2021)
• Nader Tavakoli, deputy head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) in Tehran: It has been 10 days since we entered the fifth COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran. The number of outpatient and hospitalized has increased by 15%, and 103 hospitals deal with COVID-19 treatment. The daily infection rate is 1,000, and 4,800 are hospitalized in total. (IRNA news agency, July 4, 2021)
• Governor of Hormozgan: There are more than 810 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, the highest figure in the Province. (ILNA news agency, July 4, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Sunday, July 4, 2021, that the Coronavirus in 547 cities had exceeded 322,600. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 75,416, Isfahan 21,800, Khuzestan 20,441, Khorasan Razavi 19,640, Lorestan 12,635, West Azerbaijan 11,973, Fars 10,852, Qom 9,900, Alborz 9,158, Sistan and Baluchestan 7,926, Kerman 7,453, Hamedan 6,918, Yazd 5,367, Semnan 5,335, Hormozgan 4,865, Bushehr 3,514, and Ilam 3,371.
Alireza Naji, a member of the NCCT Scientific Committee, told the state-run media, Jahan-e Sana’t, today, “The main overseer and responsible for controlling COVID-19 in Iran is the government. During these 16 months, the government and the Health Ministry failed in their duties and in controlling the disease.” Pointing to the main culprit for such a high COVID-19 death toll in the country, he added, “In my opinion, if such behavior continues, it must be intentional. So far, no proper quarantine has been applied in the country and Tehran. Lack of follow-up and control of the Coronavirus in the country has taken a deliberate form. The people cannot wait for the mass production of domestic vaccines, and the government must provide a valid vaccine as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will lose many people.”
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
July 4, 2021
