but Rouhani says all provinces are in good condition
- A member of the Scientific Committee of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): We are far behind in vaccination. We did not import the right amount of vaccines. The vaccination plan has failed. (The state-run media outlet, Farhikhtegan, March 13, 2021)
- Alireza Zali, head of the NCCT in Tehran: In March 2020, hospitalization for the age group of 5 to 17 years was 0.8%, but today it has reached 11%, i.e. it has increased by 11-fold. (Tasnim news agency, March 13, 2021)
- Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences: The highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the past three weeks was 33 in Khuzestan Province. During the first week of March, 199 people have died of COVID-19 in the Province. (IRNA news agency, March 13, 2021)
- The actual Coronavirus death toll in Iran is approximately 150,000, about 2.4 times the official figure. (The state-run daily, Etemad, March 13, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, March 13, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 518 cities had surpassed 230,700. The number of victims in Tehran is 54,091, Khorasan Razavi 15,120, Isfahan 14,955, Khuzestan 12,770, Mazandaran 9,802, Lorestan 9,683, West Azerbaijan 8,653, Qom 8,520, Golestan 5,999, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,401, Central Province 4,718, Semnan 3,760, North Khorasan 3,513, and Zanjan and Hormozgan provinces 2,510 each.
While according to IRNA, a spokesperson for the NCCT announced today that “the mutated Coronavirus has been identified and is spreading in 28 provinces,” Hassan Rouhani brazenly claimed that “apart from Khuzestan, which even there, some parts of the Province did fairly well, thank God, all other provinces are in good condition!”
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
March 13, 2021
