- A regime parliament deputy: The COVID-19 death toll in Iran is at least twice as much as officially announced. (ILNA news agency, August 20, 2021)
- A regime parliament deputy: “The officially announced COVID-19 death toll is 100,000; I think the actual figure is twice as much.” (ILNA, August 20, 2021)
- Qassem Janbabai, regime’s deputy Health Minister: About 50,000 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in the country, and about 30,000 receive outpatient services. (Tasnim news agency, August 20, 2021)
- Abadan University of Medical Sciences: At present, regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, we have passed the crisis and are in a state of war. (ISNA news agency, August 20, 2021)
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences: At present, 327 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition, and 41 patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours. (Fars news agency, August 20, 2021)
- Maragheh University of Medical Sciences: Maragheh is in its most critical condition in the past 19 months. We used every suitable location’s capacity for hospitalizing COVID-19 patients, but these locations are full to capacity. (ISNA, August 20, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, August 20, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 547 cities had exceeded 374,300. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 88,146, Khorasan Razavi 25,135, Isfahan 24,910, Khuzestan 23,236, Mazandaran 14,550, West Azerbaijan 13,248, Fars 13,152, Gilan 12,535, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,130, Alborz 10,928, Qom 10,680, Kerman 9,558, Golestan 8,940, Kermanshah 6,698, Yazd 6,518, Hormozgan 6,475, North Khorasan 4,999, Ardabil 4,595, Qazvin 4,174, Ilam 3,733, and South Khorasan 3,446.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
August 20, 2021
