Iran: COVID-19 Fatalities Surpass 494,200

 • Payam Tabarsi, a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): One should not be deceived by the published COVID-19 statistics. Undoubtedly, the actual number of those infected with COVID-19 is not as officially announced, and the figures are not accurate. (Tasnim news agency, January 1, 2022)

• The NCCT’s Scientific Committee: Cases of Omicron infections are rising in Iran. Omicron’s blast threatens the country. (Tasnim, January 1, 2022)

• Deputy Governor of the Central Province: This week COVID-19 infection rose sharply in Ashtian, Tafresh, Delijan, Saveh, Zarandieh, and Shazand. The alarm for the COVID-19 outbreak has sounded! (ISNA news agency, January 1, 2022)

• Ardabil Medical University: COVID-19 outbreak continues in Ardabil and in the next few days we will see an increase in deaths. (Mehr news agency, January 1, 2022)

• Ahvaz Medical University: The COVID-19 situation in Khuzestan is fragile, and Omicron has spread in Khuzestan as well. (ISNA, January 1, 2022)

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, January 1, 2022, that the COVID-19 fatalities in 547 cities across Iran have passed 494,200. In Tehran death toll has reached 115,540, Khorasan Razavi 39,885, Isfahan 34,195, Fars 18,675, Gilan 17,150, East Azerbaijan 17,083, Hamedan 9,163, Yazd 8,168, Ardabil 6,275, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 3,825.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
January 1, 2022