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Why is the rate, including among officials, of coronavirus so high in Iran?\u00a0 It is because, up to now, a total disrespect for avoiding the virus (i.e., officials meeting infected persons from China to welcome them back to Iran, shaking their hands, giving them hugs, and then the officials go back to work\u2014and even go to meet and report back to Pres. Rouhani).\u00a0 I know, this is shocking, but explains why so many high officials in Iran are now infected and one already dead.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure the Supreme Leader is now paranoid for himself.\u00a0 \u201cWhy is Iran’s reported mortality rate for coronavirus higher than in other countries?,\u201d<\/a> Dan De Luce, NBC, February 25, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0As this story reports, \u201cIran’s reported mortality rate for the illness \u2014 about 16 percent \u2014 surpasses the rate for other countries by a dramatic margin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why won’t they close the 11,000 shrines, and encourage Iranians and Shiites to continue to visit?\u00a0 The reason is cash.\u00a0 Admission fees, donations, etc. are critical to the imams\u2019 income, so they don\u2019t want to close the thousands of shrines in Iran (and Iraq), despite the health risks of everyone touching the same grills and bars and some who kiss those things during rituals and visits.\u00a0 \u201cIranian Clerics Keep Shrines Open, Even As Virus Spreads,\u201d<\/a> AP, February 25, 2020.\u00a0 It is more important to give donations than to have good health.<\/p>\n

Iran and Russia have signed many contracts in recent years, for billions of dollars; none of them have materialized.\u00a0 So it is not surprise that Russia would back out again\u2014Iran is not predictable.\u00a0 \u201cRussia Pulls Out Of $1.3 Billion Railway Project With Iran,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, February 26, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s elections were a sham,\u201d<\/a> Struan Stevenson, UPI, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

“Iran cleric encourages visitors to Qom religious sites, despite coronavirus fears,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

Listen to what this important doctor says about the cover-up\/mismanagement:\u00a0 \u201cWe think that this virus has been in Iran for the past three to four weeks and has circulated throughout the country. Right now in Iran we are facing a coronavirus epidemic,\u201d said a senior medical doctor at the Masih Daneshvari hospital in Tehran, the country\u2019s top pulmonary public hospital and the main facility overseeing coronavirus patients.\u00a0 \u201cDoctors Inside Iran Believe Coronavirus Is More Serious Than Reported, and Getting Worse,<\/a>\u201d Tara Kangarlou, Time, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cTehran Friday prayers fall victim to coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Al-Monitor, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmid virus, Saudis close Islam’s holiest sites to foreigners,\u201d<\/a> Jon Gambrell, AP, Lancaster Online, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoronavirus Outbreak In Iran Has Tehran Residents Doubting Government Response,\u201d<\/a> Peter Kenyon, NPR, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoronavirus Could Break Iranian Society,\u201d<\/a> Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe news is exploding regarding Iran and the virus.\u00a0 The Regime’s practices are catching up to it and affecting others in a big way. See \u201cAmid virus, Saudis close Islam\u2019s holiest sites to foreigners,\u201d<\/a> Jon Gambrell, AP, February 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

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Why is the rate, including among officials, of coronavirus so high in Iran?\u00a0 It is because, up to now, a total disrespect for avoiding the virus (i.e., officials meeting infected persons from China to welcome them back to Iran, shaking their hands, giving them hugs, and then the officials go back to work\u2014and even go … <\/p>\n

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