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Iran had obviously lost total control two days ago.
Yet the media is still going on about South Korean and Italy, it seems clueless.
We also need the immediate relaxation of sanctions around this on Iran. I 'think' WHO might be breaking some sanctions by currently helping Iran.
> The Iranian government has denied trying to cover up the full extent of the coronavirus outbreak after reports suggested that the death toll from the disease was more than four times higher than official figures claim.
> On Monday, a lawmaker from Qom – a Shia holy city 120 km (75 miles) south of the capital Tehran which has seen a cluster of cases – accused Iran’s health minister of “lying” about the scale of the outbreak.
> According to the semi-official ILNA news agency, which is close to reformists, the lawmaker, Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, said there had been “50 deaths” from the coronavirus in Qom alone.
> “The rest of the media have not published this figure, but we prefer not to censor what concerns the coronavirus because people’s lives are in danger,” ILNA editor Fatemeh Madiani told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
> But the country’s deputy health minister rejected the report. In a news conference broadcast live on state television, Iraj Harirchi said that 12 people had died from the coronavirus and 66 had been infected.
> “I categorically deny this information,” said Iraj Harirchi.
> “This is not the time for political confrontations. The coronavirus is a national problem,” he added.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/feb/24/coronavir...
This would be a fantastic time for the US to drop its bs rhetoric, work with Iran, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.
Leftists love to virtue signal with Iranophilia. Meanwhile, Iranians literally chant "death to America" every day in their streets and in their national parliament. I've never seen a crowd of thousands of Americans chanting death to any nation, including Iran.
No sympathy for these savages.
1) Find out about disease outbreak before elections.
2) Tell your people that the reports are a Western conspiracy to lower turnout. (e.g. [0])
3) Get utterly shocked when people die. How could you have known!?
This would be a fantastic time for the US to drop its bs rhetoric, work with Iran, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.
Sure that would be great but if USA offers aid, it could be viewed as an insult as if they are unable to handle things themselves and with that - pride comes into play (often does with country politics). If Iran asks for help, they would probably have the USA low down on that asking list and again, pride also comes into play.
But let's put all that aside and ask the question: what could the USA do that Iran could not do currently in this situation?
This would be a fantastic time for the US to drop its bs rhetoric, work with Iran, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.
This would be a fantastic time for Iran to drop it's bs sponsorship of Hezbollah, Assad, Shiite militias, Houthi rebels, work with the US, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.
Is it time to start treating this like a big deal yet? Their first case was three weeks ago and 50 deaf already? This virus is unprecedented and it is only responsible for individuals with means to start preparing. No reason to wait for the government to tell you to do so. Plus each person that does it early is one less for the potential store rush.
Iranian 'supreme leader' playbook: 1) Find out about disease outbreak before elections. 2) Tell your people that the reports are a Western conspiracy to lower turnout. (e.g. [0]) 3) Get utterly shocked when people die. How could you have known!? [0] https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1231530523740266496