{"id":505,"date":"2020-03-18T00:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T05:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=505"},"modified":"2020-03-20T23:54:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:54:17","slug":"505","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/03\/18\/505\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

147 people died on Tuesday (yesterday), Iran announced today, a 15% jump.\u00a0\u00a0Not a surprise in their dangerous situation and because there are no quarantines or shelter in place orders.\u00a0 \u201cVirus death toll spikes in Iran, with total now at 1,135,\u201d<\/a> Nasser Karimi and Aya Batrawy, AP, ABC, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cRouhani: Iran Responded, Will Respond to Assassination of Soleimani,\u201d<\/a> Hamodia, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

Cuba has sent Nowruz wishes to the Regime along with solidarity.\u00a0 In addition, Cuba has sent its message of support in the efforts against coronavirus.\u00a0 \u201cCuban ambassador sends message to Iran\u2019s people,\u201d<\/a> Prensa Latina, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s supreme leader to pardon 10,000 prisoners, including political ones,\u201d<\/a> Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Holds International Cartoon Festival on Coronavirus Battle,\u201d<\/a> Iran Front Page, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

They can get a postage stamp out, but can\u2019t close a shrine to help \u201cstamp\u201d out the virus.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s coronavirus stamp salutes medical workers,\u201d<\/a> Denise McCarty, Linn\u2019s Stamp News, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran sees biggest single-day increase in coronavirus fatalities,\u201d Rebecca Klar, The Hill, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Regime\u2019s Infighting Over Consequences of Non-Quarantining of Qom,\u201d<\/a> Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, March 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

Projected death estimates range from 12,000 to over 3 million, and the peak of the curve is not expected for at least another month per researchers at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.\u00a0 \u201cIran faces catastrophic death toll from coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Shabnam von Hein, DW, March 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

State TV reported Tuesday that Iran had deployed teams to screen travelers leaving major cities in 13 provinces.\u00a0 But here\u2019s what you need to know\u2014there are 31 provinces, and nowhere is the Regime using quarantine.\u00a0 There will most likely be mass death.\u00a0 \u201cIranian state TV warns \u2018millions\u2019 could die from coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> AP, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201c’People Are Dying Left and Right.’ Inside Iran’s Struggle to Contain Its Coronavirus Outbreak,\u201d<\/a> Tara Kangarlou, Time, March 17, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

147 people died on Tuesday (yesterday), Iran announced today, a 15% jump.\u00a0\u00a0Not a surprise in their dangerous situation and because there are no quarantines or shelter in place orders.\u00a0 \u201cVirus death toll spikes in Iran, with total now at 1,135,\u201d Nasser Karimi and Aya Batrawy, AP, ABC, March 18, 2020. \u201cRouhani: Iran Responded, Will Respond … <\/p>\n

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