Iran: Regime’s inhumane COVID-19 policies take the lives of 384,900
Yesterday’s death toll exceeded 2,300 for the 1st time
- Chairman of the regime’s parliamentary Health Commission: The COVID-19 deaths record is being broken every day. Thirty trillion rials were allocated to the relevant institution for the domestic vaccine named “Barekat,” the effectiveness of which is still unknown. Billions were paid for 60 million doses of vaccines to Russia, but only 900,000 doses were imported. (State-run newspaper Mardom-Salary, August 25, 2021)
- Alireza Zali, head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): There are currently 9,620 patients with Coronavirus in Tehran, of which 2,450 are in ICU. (State Radio and TV news agency, August 25, 2021)
- Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery Manager: Behesht Zahra’s situation due to the COVID-19 death rate is critical and unimaginable. The situation has become critical for the fifth time in recent months. (Fars news agency, August 25, 2021)
- Gilan University of Medical Sciences: 53 COVID-19 patients died last night, which is unprecedented in the Province. (Mehr news agency, August 25, 2021)
- Khuzestan NCCT Headquarters: 60 to 70 COVID-19 patients die in Khuzestan daily. (Fars, August 25, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities across Iran had exceeded 384,900. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 90,446, Khorasan Razavi 27,185, Isfahan 25,470, Khuzestan 23,736, Mazandaran 14,950, Lorestan 13,625, Fars 13,622, West Azerbaijan 13,518, Gilan 13,085, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,485, Alborz 11,228, Qom 10,870, Kerman 9,918, Golestan 9,220, Hamedan 7,578, Central Province 7,403, Kermanshah 6,803, Hormozgan 6,670, Yazd 6,668, Kurdistan 6,112, Ardabil 4,740, Bushehr 4,414, Zanjan 3,900,Ilam 3,818, South Khorasan 3,516, and Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari 3,040.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
August 25, 2021
