Iran: The Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 318,000

 Alireza Reisi, the spokesperson for the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): In the southern provinces, especially in Bushehr, Hormozgan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Kerman and Yazd, we are witnessing a rising trend of the COVID-19 pandemic. (ISNA news agency, June 26, 2021)

• Ahmad Mehri, an epidemiologist: Warning against the occurrence of the fifth COVID-19 outbreak with the Indian and South African variants. (Tasnim news agency, June 26, 2021)
• Masih Daneshvari Hospital: The fifth COVID-19 outbreak has begun. In the next one to two weeks, we will face a new wave in Tehran. The Delta virus is certainly present in Tehran and other cities. (State-run media, Aftab news, June 26, 2021)
• Shiraz University of Medical Sciences: The fifth COVID-19 outbreak has started from the southern parts of the Province and this is an alarm for the red situation in other parts of the province. (Tasnim, June 26, 2021)

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, June 26, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities is more than 318,000. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 74,526, Isfahan 21,445, Khuzestan 20,111, Khorasan Razavi 19,335, Mazandaran 12,515, West Azerbaijan has reached 11,868, Fars 10,657, Golestan 7,565, Sistan and Baluchistan 7,561, Kerman 7,228, Central Province 6,553, Kermanshah 6,158, Yazd 5,292, Hormozgan 4,590, Ilam 3,331, and South Khorasan 2,926.

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

June 26, 2021