Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 493,900

 • Payam Tabarsi, a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): It is not true to say that there are only 30 or 34 cases of confirmed Omicrons. The Omicron virus is circulating all over the country. (ISNA news agency, December 31, 2021)

• Nader Tavakoli, deputy head of the NCCT in Tehran: We are worried about the spread of the Omicron variant. We do not have the actual number of patients infected with Omicrons in Tehran. (ISNA, December 31, 2021)

• Delijan Health network: The number of patients infected with Coronavirus in this city is increasing compared to last week. (IRNA news agency, December 31, 2021)

• “Omicron will soon dominate. If we move as slowly and as impractically as before, the next outbreak will arrive in two weeks. (Resalat daily, December 31, 2021)

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, December 31, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 493,900. In Tehran the number of victims has reached 115,480, Isfahan 34,155, Khuzestan 29,840, Fars 18,655, West Azerbaijan 18,628, Mazandaran 17,945, Alborz 14,428, Qom 13,290, Central Province 8,988, Kurdistan 8,142, and North Khorasan 6,313.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
December 31, 2021