{"id":215565,"date":"2020-04-05T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T15:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=215565"},"modified":"2023-01-23T01:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:00:37","slug":"irans-mullahs-see-coronavirus-tragedy-as-an-opportunity-to-push-the-international-community-to-lift-or-relive-the-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/irans-mullahs-see-coronavirus-tragedy-as-an-opportunity-to-push-the-international-community-to-lift-or-relive-the-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Mullahs See Coronavirus Tragedy as an Opportunity to Push the International Community to Lift or Relive the Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Iran_Qom_-_Imam_Reza_hospital_coronavirus_outbreak\"In Iran, the coronavirus started in Qom<\/a> but due to the mullahs\u2019 negligence and the regime\u2019s cover-up to ensure higher participation in the February 21 legislative elections, news of the outbreak was kept secret.\u00a0\u201cThe reason for a high death toll due to coronavirus was the presence of 700 Chinese religious students in spiritual schools in Qom,\u201d said Dr. Mohammad Hossein Bahraini, head of the Medical Science University of Mashhad on February 24.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, three weeks have passed since the coronavirus outbreak in Qom, but it was announced very late\u201d, said Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, a lawmaker from Qom on February 24, who announced that 50 people died during that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Iran, the outbreak of coronavirus was rumored. But there were no free and independent media who dared to announce the news and accept the consequences. There were some rumors, but the governmental bureaucratic system said these are conspiracies and they want to bring us down. They said the cause of the deaths is due to influenza B and it is its period. They said we will arrest anyone that says any news and insist on it. Denial after denial. Why?\u201d said Abbas Abdi, on the Fararo website on March 27.<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime took no preventive measures about the outbreak of the virus. On the contrary, they doubled up their financial and export relations and saw it as an opportunity to get closer to China. All the countries stopped their flights to China, but Iran increased it. Iran, through Qom, became the second exporter of the coronavirus around the world. Some 30 countries announced their affected came from Iran. \u201cIran was the reason of coronavirus outbreak in 17 countries, including Iraq\u201d, said Dr. Edham Esmail<\/a>, Representative of the WHO in Iraq.<\/p>\n

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Spread of Coronavirus in Iraq: Another Souvenir of Iran\u2019s Regime Along With Terrorism and Chaos.
The mullahs\u2019 regime has been identified as responsible for the #coronavirus<\/a> outbreak in Iraq due to its inaction and cover-up in #Iran<\/a>. #COVID2019<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/qgqDN3XRct<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n