- Saeed Namaki, regime’s Health Minister: Coronavirus deaths will be on the rise and in the next few days we will have more difficult days in terms of receiving news of deaths due to the virus. (IRNA news agency, April 27, 2021)
- Iraj Harirchi, regime’s deputy Health Minister: We have now up to 490 COVID-19 deaths in the past 14 months. The COVID-19 death toll, however, will reach 700 per day. (Aftab daily, April 27, 2021)
- In Alborz Province, the COVID-19 deaths have increased from six to 34 in just one day. (ISNA news agency, April 27, 2021)
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences: Coronavirus takes one victim every 37 minutes in Fars Province. This is extremely concerning and alarming. (IRNA, April 27, 2021)
- Governor of Bushehr: The University of Medical Sciences is investigating the probability of the infection to the Indian mutated COVID-19 variant by eight Indian nationals in Bushehr who have been diagnosed positive for Coronavirus. (IRNA, April 27, 2021)
- Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Medical Organization: Achieving the worst vaccination ranks in the world, conditioning COVID-19 vaccination to making payment, or prioritizing it based on classes is an indication of the weakness of professional ethics and inefficiency in crisis management in the country. (State-run media, Rouydad 24, April 27, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 541 cities had exceeded 267,900. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 61,371, Isfahan 17,510, Khorasan Razavi 16,850, Khuzestan 16,304, Mazandaran 11,230, Lorestan 11,208, East Azerbaijan 10,993, West Azerbaijan 10,043, Gilan 9,356, Fars 8,152, Alborz 6,933, Sistan and Baluchestan 6,101, Hamedan 6,043, Kerman 6,029, Central Province 5,588, Kermanshah 5,384, Yazd 4,702, Kurdistan 4,667, Ardabil 3,377, Qazvin 3,089, Bushehr 2,764, South Khorasan 2,616, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2,190, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,094.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
April 27, 2021