meaning only one in 1,400 has received one dose of vaccine
- Rouhani brazenly blamed the lack of vaccines on foreigners and claimed: We knew they would not give us masks and ventilators. We knew that we would face many challenges in providing vaccines.
- Saeed Namaki, the regime’s Health Minister, shamelessly claimed: “If anyone thinks that there are refrigerated containers full of vaccines behind the border gates and we do not purchase, let them purchase them at a reasonable price and quality. (State TV, March 17, 2021)
- Hamid Souri, head of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT) epidemiologic committee: The actual number of infected people with COVID-19 is four times that of people identified. Unidentified people spread the virus. (IRNA news agency, March 17, 2021)
- Nader Tavakoli, deputy head of the NCCT: Since last week, the rate of COVID-19 related hospitalizations has increased by 18%, and the number of critically ill patients admitted to hospitals has increased. (ISNA news agency, March 17, 2021)
- Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences: The British virus has spread throughout the Province, and the number of infected people has increased 5-fold. In the next two weeks, we will face a new upward wave, and the situation will be more dangerous than last year. (IRNA, March 17, 2021)
- Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences: The mortality rate from the mutated COVID-19 virus is 50% higher than the original virus. (ISNA, March 17, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 522 cities across Iran had exceeded 233,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 54,446, Isfahan 15,120, Khuzestan 13,079, Mazandaran 9,925, Lorestan 9,793, West Azerbaijan 8,723, Golestan 6,045, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,441, Kerman 5,154, Kermanshah 4,684, Kurdistan 4,022, Semnan 3,850, and Bushehr 2,354.
As a result of the plundering policies of Khamenei and Rouhani, according to Hamshahri daily, quoting Hamid Souri, head of the Epidemiology Committee of the NCCT, today, so far “Only 60,000 doses of vaccine have been injected in Iran.” This means that only one in 1,400 people has received one vaccine dose, which lags almost all countries. Rouhani brazenly blamed the foreigners and said, “We knew that no one would help us against COVID-19. Even if we wanted to purchase masks from another country, they would not give them to us. If we want to buy a ventilator from a country, they will not give it to us. The same is true with purchasing medical equipment. We knew that we would face many challenges in providing vaccines.”
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
March 17, 2021
