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C<\/span>ontradictory news<\/span>\u00a0by the Iranian regime\u2019s state media<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/a><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>coronavirus spread<\/span>ing<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Iran <\/a>confirms the regime\u2019s criminal secrecy. The news from Iran confirms that the regime was aware of the coronavirus\u2019 spread three weeks ago and that the first victim was in the city of Qom.<\/span><\/p>\n On February 10, Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government, in a declaration to the ministry of health, had demanded a general alert. In this regard, in an interview with the state-run ISNA news agency on February 24, Dr. Mehdi\u00a0<\/span>Shafii<\/span>, Head of Department of Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases of Kerman University of Medical Sciences said: \u201cFrom February 10, The government, in a statement to the Ministry of Health, called for all infrastructures in the provinces to be prepared for possible fight against the virus<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>H<\/span>e continued<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>N<\/span>umerous meetings were held with the Kerman governorate and relevant agencies in Kerman province.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n #CoronavirusOutbreak<\/a> in #Iran<\/a> and the Regime\u2019s Ongoing Denial and Inaction https:\/\/t.co\/cgAAjZ3qCR<\/a> \u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n For days<\/span>, state-run media have published news that some medical and health centers call for the closure of pilgrimage and cultural centers such as the\u00a0<\/span>Hazrat<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Masoume\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0shrine in the city of Qom, Imam Reza\u2019s shrine in Mashhad and Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in Tehran. But the operators of these centers have officially rejected the closure of these centers, so they could continue their plundering.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and other regime\u2019s oppressive forces have canceled their ceremonies and programs to keep their forces safe. There have been vast controlling measures taken a<\/span>t\u00a0<\/span>the military and security sites to prevent the spread of the virus, such as distributing free masks and disinfectants.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The exten<\/span>t<\/span>\u00a0of the coronavirus spread in Iran is much more<\/span>\u00a0than<\/span>\u00a0that reflected in the news. The facts below, which are confessions\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the regime\u2019s officials, confirm this matter:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n D<\/span>eputy health minister Iraj\u00a0<\/span>Harirchi<\/span>, in an exclusive interview with the stat<\/span>e<\/span>-run TV\u00a0<\/span>C<\/span>hannel Two claimed that there are 916 suspected coronavirus cases, 61 positive tests, and 12 de<\/span>aths<\/span>. \u201cFortunately, some provinces, such as Khorasan,\u00a0<\/span>Sistan<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Baluchestan<\/span>, Ardebil,\u00a0<\/span>Azarbaijan<\/span>\u00a0and the southern parts of the country are clean,\u201d he added. He claimed this, while the regime\u2019s media have published statistics of the infected people from these provinces.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Since the spread of this deadly virus, the #Iranian<\/a> regime\u2019s officials, instead of taking necessary measures, have rushed to reject the spread of #coronavirus<\/a> and downplay the danger. #FreeIran2020<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/9UxPzBanKP<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nOn Mon Abadi Farahani,regime\u2019s MP from the city of Qom, where #coronavirus<\/a> was 1st detected,revealed that 50 people in Qom had died within the past 2weeks due to the #COVID\u30fc19<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe dimensions and extent of the disaster<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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