{"id":18894,"date":"2020-02-23T14:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=18894"},"modified":"2020-02-23T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:04:51","slug":"coronavirus-spreads-across-iran-regime-takes-no-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2020\/02\/23\/coronavirus-spreads-across-iran-regime-takes-no-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Spreads Across Iran, Regime Takes No Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0Mansoureh Galestan<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a022 February 2020.<\/p>\n

Official r<\/span>eports from\u00a0<\/span>the Iranian regime<\/span>\u00a0confirm the\u00a0spread of the deadly\u00a0<\/a><\/span>C<\/span>oronavirus<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span>so far\u00a0<\/span>take<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0lives of\u00a0<\/span>f<\/span>ive\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>infected\u00a0<\/span>over 200.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, the Iranian regime has not taken any preventive measures and necessary action<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Local reports indicate that the number of deaths is higher<\/span>\u00a0than the figure announced by the regime<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, state-run media reported that two Iranians have died in Qom after testing positive for the new Coronavirus. Three more patients have been announced suspected of the virus in\u00a0<\/span>Babol<\/span>, northern Iran, and Arak, central Iran.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The authorities are refusing to announce the actual number of those effected and deceased. This is while the residents of Qom put the number of deaths at 12 and those infected at more than 200.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are being treated for the virus in at least four different cities, including the capital, Tehran, where some pharmacies had already run out of masks and hand sanitizer. Other cities are Qom, Arak and Rasht.\u201d the AP reported on February 22.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Experts say the sudden announcement indicates that the virus had spread among the populace. The number of deaths is a small percentage of those infected.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet in a shameless statement,\u00a0<\/span>Kianush<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jahanpur<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Head of Public Relations and Information Center<\/span>\u00a0at the regime\u2019s Ministry of Health<\/span>, said that the two infected people passed away in a hospital in Qom<\/span>\u00a0due<\/span>\u00a0to respiratory illnesses.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There have been reports of coronavirus in various parts of\u00a0<\/span>Iran<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0but the authorities ha<\/span>ve<\/span>\u00a0not confirmed them. An unspecified number of suspected cases are currently under quarantine.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new coronavirus has been detected in at least two dozen countries. The epidemic has taken the lives of more than 2,400 people so far and infected more than 74,000.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of taking necessary steps<\/span>, the regime has started a massive campaign of cover<\/span>–<\/span>up<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>People in Qom are saying that routine travel to China, including unrestricted travel by Chinese clerics and theology students hired by the regime, is a primary cause of the spread of the virus.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to immediately dispatch it<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0supervisory and medical teams to Iran to not allow a rise in the number of Corona virus victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mrs. Rajavi also emphasized that the mullahs\u2019 regime must put all medical resources at the disposal of physicians and nurses in different cities to enable them to attend to those suffering from the virus and to cure them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0Mansoureh Galestan\u00a0on\u00a022 February 2020. Official reports from\u00a0the Iranian regime\u00a0confirm the\u00a0spread of the deadly\u00a0Coronavirus\u00a0has\u00a0so far\u00a0taken\u00a0the\u00a0lives of\u00a0five\u00a0people\u00a0and\u00a0infected\u00a0over 200. Yet, the Iranian regime has not taken any […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18896,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18894\/revisions\/18896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}