On 22 February, the state-run daily Jahan Sanat News wrote about the regime's secrecy and lack of transparency and awareness of the extent and origin of the coronavirus outbreak, quoting Mustafa Eqlima, a government expert, who said: “While we have no isolation equipment, two doctors died because of the coronavirus.”
After months of ups and downs, on February 21, Iran expired its deadline to ratify anti-money laundering measures required to bring it in conformance with international anti-money laundering rules.
An Iranian economist, Ali Saedvandi, revealed some new elements of Iran’s economic disaster in an economic meeting. It showed clearly that the Iranian government is lying about the truth of the economic situation in Iran.
Two Iranians have died in Qom after testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID19), according to Iranian state media, while three more patients are suspected of having the virus in Babol and Arak.
The Iranian government has a lengthy background in permuting concepts. The Islamic Republic’s founder Ruhollah Khomeini frequently mentioned valued terms such as “freedom,” “referendum,” “parliament,” “constituent assembly,” “republic,” “impoverished people,” etc. before the 1979 revolution.
Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the Iranian opposition, has called on Iranians not to vote on Friday, describing the parliamentary elections in Iran a “sham”, and urged Iranians to instead focus on overthrowing the failing regime.
The widespread boycott of the parliamentary elections in Iran has caused much panic among the regime leaders, with President Hassan Rouhani and his political advisor Hesameddin Ashena being the latest to speak out.
The Iranian regime is desperate for a high voter turnout in the parliamentary elections on Friday, but the people are threatening to boycott the elections en-masse in order to protest the rigged elections process and once again throw their support behind regime change.
