While the Actual Figure Is Several Times Higher
- Professor of Statistics and Epidemiology: We must multiply the officially announced statistics seven-fold to get the actual COVID-19 statistics. We estimated the COVID-19 deaths to be 350,000 last year in September, but the data has been masked so that I will not be able to offer any evidence in proof of that. (State-run media outlet, Javan, August 24, 2021)
- Infectious Diseases Specialist: Some COVID-19 patients have developed black fungus. In the absence of amphotericin B, they will go blind. (Mehr news agency, August 24, 2021)
- Khuzestan Health Center: The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in Khuzestan has been over 60 in the past week, 1.7 times the national average. (IRNA news agency, August 24, 2021)
- Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences: The COVID-19 hospitalization has risen suddenly, and the situation has gotten out of control; both our hospitals are full. (IRNA, August 24, 2021)
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences: If the trend of Coronavirus infections continues, the Province’s health network will be overwhelmed, and we cannot do anything. (ISNA news agency, August 24, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced this afternoon, Tuesday, August 24, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 382,600. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 89,946, Khorasan Razavi 26,785, Isfahan 25,350, Khuzestan 23,616, Mazandaran 14,875, East Azerbaijan 13,998, Fars 13,522, West Azerbaijan 13,453, Gilan 12,955, Sistan and Baluchestan 11,415, Alborz 11,168, Kerman 9,868, Golestan 9,175, Yazd 6,643, Hormozgan 6,630, Semnan 5,715, North Khorasan 5,074, Ardabil 4,705, Qazvin 4,249, and Ilam 3,793.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
August 24, 2021
