Iranian VP Who Was Spox For Hostage Takers in 1979 Now Diagnosed With Coronavirus; Prominent Cleric Dies From It
Masoumeh Ebtekar Given Airtime on CNN
We reported on what appears to be a concentrated outbreak on the Coronavirus in Iran and noted how the Deputy Health Minister said that they had it under control.
Then he came down with it. He had been briefing other ministers and journalists the day before he tested positive.
Deputy Health Minister of #Iran Harirchi who is infected with #CoronaVirus had a joint presser along with spokesman of the government Rabiei yesterday among journalists. A footage published earlier had raised suspicion that he might had been infected with the virus. pic.twitter.com/IWKsga06SC
— Abas Aslani (@AbasAslani) February 25, 2020
What has been confirmed is that they have one of the highest known numbers of cases with 254 outside of China and 26 dead. Other high-ranking Iranians have now come down with it. Iranian MP Mahmoud Sadeghi reportedly has it, as we reported.
Now, Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar who appeared on CNN recently to defend Iran’s attack on American forces has come down with it.
She’s also infamously known for being the spokesperson for the hostage-takers who held Americans for 444 days when they stormed the American embassy in Tehran in 1979.
A prominent mullah who was the ambassador to the Vatican has died from it.
He was reportedly a prominent figure in the Qom seminary. Qom is considered a “holy” city but seems to have had the highest number of cases in Iran. There was a report of 50 deaths in Qom, but that was disputed by the Deputy Health Minister who got sick.
The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, Mojtaba Zolnour, has also been diagnosed with it.
ICYMI: The #coronavirus mortality rate in a free and open South Korea is about .3%, but in authoritarian Iran, it's about 15%.
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) February 27, 2020
If you want to be angry, be angry at dictators more concerned with saving face and preserving their regimes than protecting human life: pic.twitter.com/hZoNd2SYEc
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