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As The Covid-19 Casualty Numbers Rise in Iran, So Do the Tensions
Iranians that have become victims of the regime’s unwillingness to execute a vaccination strategy are now coping with the consequences of a rising number of contracting and deaths amid the fifth wave of the pandemic. Coupled with numerous scams and delays over the current vaccination efforts, the process is doomed and driven by dissent and more unrest.
August 18 – Qaemshahr, northern #Iran
Voice says he's been waiting in this vaccine line since 5:30 am."#COVID19 protocols aren't implemented. Everything is in disarray. I've been here for two days and I haven't seen one cleric. They all got Pfizer."pic.twitter.com/gBtxjr5v2W
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 18, 2021
August 18 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals are seen protesting the regime's catastrophic #COVID19 vaccination process.pic.twitter.com/KCUmpESiyo— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 18, 2021
Aug. 18 – Shush, SW #Iran
Voice says the ER doctor in the only hospital in Shush has not shown up because he hasn't been paid his wages.
Despite Iran's #COVID19 crisis many healthcare workers are not paid on time.The regime is responsible for the 1000s of deaths. @WHO pic.twitter.com/G1jGK2oJ86
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 18, 2021
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas Warns Iran over IAEA Report
Today, following the International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report, which referred to the production of uranium metal in Iran, the German Foreign Minister warned the clerical regime at a news conference in Berlin: “Iran has no plausible civilian justification for these steps, and instead gains military knowledge and skills. We urge Iran to return to the negotiating table with a constructive stance.”
UPDATE: 2:30 PM CEST
Iranian State TV Struggles to Whitewash Khamenei’s Crime in Banning Covid-19 Vaccines
On Tuesday night, the state television tried to disguise Khamenei’s criminal order banning the credible and WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines during a roundtable discussion with government officials. According to experts, this is taking place while public hatred of Khamenei in society has reached its peak and people consider the massacre of Iranians as a deliberate act by the supreme leader.
State TV anchor of Channel 3: “Doctor, unfortunately, we are witnessing a high number of casualties, and some people argue that if we were among the first importers as soon as the vaccines from the UK and US came to the market, we wouldn’t have been in this situation. They also tie this directly with the leader’s order that banned American and British vaccines. Is this correct?”
Mohsen Mehdian a so-called expert: “We are under a full-fledged mental terrorist operation and I really insist on using the term of terrorist operation… Look at how they are treating the leader of the Revolution on vaccines issue in the media and how they are displaying it suspiciously.”
UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST
Iran: The Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 368,400
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on, Tuesday, August 17, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 368,400. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 86,696, Isfahan 24,630, Khorasan Razavi 23,985, Khuzestan 22,976, Mazandaran 14,310, East Azerbaijan 13,763, Lorestan 13,345, West Azerbaijan 13,103, Fars 12,902, Gilan 12,235, Sistan and Baluchestan 10,915, Alborz 10,798, Qom 10,590, Kerman 9,358, Golestan 8,790, Hamedan 7,428, Central Province 7,248, Yazd,6,428,Hormozgan 6,360, Kurdistan 5,937, Ardabil 4,490, Bushehr 4,244, Qazvin 4,104, Zanjan 3,820, South Khorasan 3,381, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2,774.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 368,400 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/Kv90G55UBu pic.twitter.com/pvOpTW3CP0
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 17, 2021
Iran: Future FM Pledges To Continue Policies of Terror Mastermind Qassem Soleimani
The Iranian regime’s upcoming foreign minister is poised to make terrorism a key tenet of Iran’s diplomacy. According to the Fars News Agency, the news outlet run by the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Hossein Amir Abdollahian, who is nominated to become Ebrahim Raisi’s top diplomat, told the members of the Majlis (parliament) that he will “continue the path” of Qassem Soleimani in his foreign policy. Qassem Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the IRGC. Soleimani was in charge of the regime’s terrorist activities abroad. He directed the regime’s proxy terrorist groups in countries of the region, including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. Soleimani was designated as a terrorist by the U.S. for his role in conducting attacks on American forces in Iraq and for supporting terrorist groups. Soleimani was killed in a drone strike in January 2020 while he was on a secret trip to Iraq.
Ebrahim Raisi, the Architect of the Massacre of Political Prisoners Must Face Justice
Ebrahim Raisi, the architect of the massacre of political prisoners must face justice. The summer of 1988 marked the massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran, a significant number of whom were young women and girls. Death commissions were the architect of this massacre.
Increase of Suicides Among Iran’s Healthcare Workers Likely in COVID-19 Crisis
The Head of the ICU Section in Mashhad’s Imam Reza hospital in northeastern Iran said yesterday it will be likely that suicides will increase among Iran’s healthcare workers and that their mental conditions are deteriorating. According to the state-run ISNA News Agency, Dr. Alireza Sedaghat said the drop of morale in healthcare workers may be worse than contracting the deadly COVID-19 virus.
Iran’s Economy Continues To Crumble With No End in Sight
The passage of time has shown that despite all the claims by Iran’s government, its nuclear centrifuges and the people’s lives revolve are in two contra directions, and inevitably the regime is in a stage whereby it is forced to sacrifice one of them for the other, and its dream of using the nuclear power of an economic boom has been blown away. Therefore, it has no other path. Without showing flexibility in its past positions, negotiations will not lead to the lifting of sanctions, and without the lifting of sanctions, the deterioration of the economy will increase day by day.
To Avoid Public Protests, Iran’s Regime Plans To Divide Khuzestan
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) recently reported that the Iranian regime has decided to split the province of Khuzestan into two following fears of protests in the area. A draft bill for the divide was delivered to the Majlis (parliament) on Sunday, August 15, as declared by the MP for Khuzestan, Mojtaba Yusefi. The MEK said, “According to the plan, the cities of Abadan, Khorramshahr, Mahshahr, Omidiyeh, Hendijan, Behbehan, Ramhormoz, Aghajari, and Ramshir will become part of South Khuzestan province.”
Political Prisoner Hossein Ghashghaii Reveals Sexual Assault on Inmates in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
Political prisoner Hossein Ghashghaeii who has come out of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary for a brief leave has exposed the corruption prevailing in that prison. Hossein Ghashghaeii posted a thread of tweets in which he divulged a corrupt ward director in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary who sexually assaults inmates in his ward. Political prisoner Hossein Ghashghaeii is sentenced to two years in prison for his activities in social media. He reported to prison on April 3, 2021.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – August 17, 2021
