NCR IRAN's video: Iran news in brief January 8 2021

Iran news in brief, January 8, 2021 Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 198,400 Over 198,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 478 cities checkered across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Thursday afternoon local time. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 55,933 around a third of the actual figure. Public anger over the inhumane regime’s hesitation, contradictions and lies regarding the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines has become a new crisis inside the mullahs’ regime. “No official should talk about the vaccine for now. In such circumstances, other than the Health Minister, no one should talk about the vaccine,” said Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi on Wednesday. “Reports of a vaccine in the Nosser Khosro district of Tehran is a lie and I am calling on people not to fall for such deceptive claims and not go to such areas,” he added, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Nurses, Oil and Mine Workers, Protest Unpaid Wages On Monday, the staff and nurses of hospitals in different cities of the country, including Khuzestan, Isfahan, Yazd and Karaj, gathered in their workplaces, seeking answers for their pending demands. Nurses in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran, held a rally in front of the governor's office, demanding their delayed paychecks and an increase in their salaries. In Isfahan province, health department staff also held a rally demanding a change in their job status. Nurses and contract employees of the Yazd Medical Sciences University also gathered in front of the MP's office, protesting the change in their employment status and discrimination in the payment of salaries and job benefits. Also, a group of employees of Khomeini Hospital in the city of Karaj, northwest Tehran, gathered in front of the Alborz Governor's Office protesting unpaid salaries. On Tuesday, workers of the Faryab mine in Kerman province went on strike for the fourth consecutive day, protesting the officials’ refusal to pay their wages demanding the implementation of the job classification plan. On Tuesday, a group of workers in the Lorestan Agro-Industrial Complex Company held a protest rally for the second consecutive day, demanding a change in their job contracts to direct contract. A group of workers of the Navid Zar Chimi Company in the city of Mahshahr, gathered in front of the company building on Tuesday, protesting their delayed paychecks. Read More: https://www.ncr-iran.org https://www.facebook.com/IranNCR/ https://twitter.com/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly/MybJ