Iran: COVID-19 Takes 481,000 Lives

 The regime’s Health Minister: We will not import vaccines, priority is given to domestic products, and we will rely on these products. (IRNA news agency, November 25, 2021)

• The regime’s Education parliamentary commission: We should not make hasty decisions about reopening (Schools, etc.). Every decision must be based on expert and accurate analysis. (Tasnim news agency, November 25, 2021)
• Head of Tehran’s Emergency Center: Air pollution has been associated with Coronavirus and increasing assignments. We have 21,000 phone calls a day requesting emergency services. (ISNA news agency, November 25, 2021)
• Birjand Medical University: The COVID-19 hospitalization is increasing in the Province, especially in the red cities. (ISNA, November 25, 2021)
• Qazvin Medical University: In the past 24 hours, the COVID-19 infection rate has surged by 38% and patients in need of ventilators by 30%, respectively. (Tasnim, November 25, 2021)
• Yazd Medical University: The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Yazd has reached 389, of which 110 are in ICU. (Mehr news agency, November 25, 2021)

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Thursday, November 25, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities across Iran had surpassed 481,000. In Tehran, death toll is at least 112,735, Khorasan Razavi 39,185, Isfahan 32,960, West Azerbaijan 18,008, Mazandaran 17,545, East Azerbaijan 16,618, Lorestan 15,930, Qom 13,030, Kurdistan 7,847, Semnan 6,380, Ardabil 6,050, Qazvin 5,529, Ilam 4,578, Zanjan 4,545, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 3,584.

While the regime’s experts have revealed a lack of compliance with the standards in the preparation of domestic COVID-19 vaccines and while according to the state-run daily, Rouydad24, dated October 31, 2021, they have yet to apply for a World Health Organization’s license, the regime’s Health Minister Bahram Eynollahi brazenly claimed today: “The ‘Razi’ vaccine is one of the world’s advanced vaccines, and a license for 20% export was issued. From now on, we will not import COVID-19 vaccines. The priority is given to domestic products, and we will rely on these products.”

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

November 25, 2021