Coronavirus Endangers Business of 4.8 Million Iranians: Deputy Minister

Iran’s Deputy Minister revealed that around 4.8 million workers are at risk of losing their job due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country

By Pooya Stone

On April 28, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Cooperative, Labor, and Social Welfare Hojjatollah Mirzaei admitted that given the novel coronavirus outbreak, around 4.8 million of the workforce are at risk of losing their business. Also, around 20 percent of the country’s entire businesses have been affected by the COVID-19 disease.

Four Anesthesiologists Die From Coronavirus in Iran

Four anesthesiologists have died of Covid-19 as death toll continues to rise

By Jubin Katiraie

Four anaesthesiologists have died from the coronavirus at Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, according to a health official. 

Iran Education Ministry Fires Imprisoned Activist

Activist Teacher Mohammad Habibi dismissed by the Education Ministry as he is serving his sentence in jail

By Jubin Katiraie

The Iranian regime has fired a teachers rights activist who is currently imprisoned in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary for his peaceful activism. 

Iran Workers Situation in Coronavirus Era

Iran's workers

By Pooya Stone 

Following a series of revelations about the Coronavirus in Iran ـ including victims’ statistics and secret documents showing the regime’s cover-up -‌ by the Iranian opposition coalition NCRI and the MEK/PMOI,

Coronavirus Threatening Iran Prisoners

Iran's prisons and COVID-19

By Jubin Katiraie

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran’s Ardabil prison is endangering the lives of prisoners because the government is failing to take basic precautions to slow the spread.

Iranian Health Officials Admit That Death Toll Is Artificially Low

Iran coronavirus death rate

By Pooya Stone 

Two mid-ranking Iranian health officials have said that the authorities are hiding the true coronavirus figures, with one even saying that the official stats are just 5% of the true number of infections and deaths.

Increase in Coronavirus Infections Among Iranian Families

Iranian officials triggered anti-establishment protests by resuming financial activities and putting citizens at the risk of infection with the coronavirus

By Jubin Katiraie

Contrary to Iranian officials’ claims, the rate of infection with the novel coronavirus among Iranian families has increased. The authorized representative of the Health Ministry in Gilan Province Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani acknowledged 700 new cases in the province over four days.

Iran: Possible “Stronger Protests with Violence”

A protest on a highway in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 16, 2019, a glimpse of what Iran’s regime may face in the near future

By Pooya Stone 

The Iranian regime’s elements are expressing their fear of upcoming protests by the post-corona era society.

Dismissal of Iranian Nurses During the Corona Era, the Answer to Their Sacrifices

At least 4,000 Iranian nurses leave their jobs every year, some due to retirement or disability, but plenty is resigning due to the intense pressures in this woefully understaffed job.

By Jubin Katiraie

Iran’s clerical regime has fired nurses at some hospitals on the eve of Health Week, while nurses were among the victims of the coronavirus in Iran and one of the most affected people in the country.

Budget Settlement Reveals Systematic Corruption in Iran

The latest budget settlement revealed new scopes of the systematic corruption in the Iranian government

By Pooya Stone

In recent days, the budget settlement law provided by the Supreme Audit Court prompted different reactions in Iran. The report revealed part of the systematic corruption in the entire Islamic Republic and in the Hassan Rouhani administration in particular.