{"id":556,"date":"2020-03-23T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T03:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=556"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:31:19","slug":"556","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/03\/23\/556\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is too outlandish almost to even post, but it is a good example of propaganda.\u00a0 First of all, Iran doesn\u2019t have 33 million tests.\u00a0 Second, that is over a third of their population\u2014no country in the world has been successful at that rate.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20200323-iran-tests-33-million-people-for-coronavirus\">\u201cIran tests 33 million people for coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-official-says-so-far-52-000-infected-with-coronavirus-far-beyond-official-number\/30503913.html\">\u201cIran Official Says So Far 52,000 Infected With Coronavirus, Far Beyond Official Number,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen this reported in several outlets.\u00a0 Shameful, and a lesson to non-profits, IGO, the UN, and other countries, let alone to the Iranian people.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iranian-officials-stole-more-than-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-pompeo-says\/?utm_source=+U.S.+And+U.A.E.+Troops+Hold+Major+Exercise+Amid+Virus+And+Iran+Tensions&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cIranian Officials Stole More Than $1 Billion in Humanitarian Coronavirus Funds, Pompeo Says,\u201d<\/a> Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-03-23\/iran-should-pay-202-million-to-iraq-victim-s-family-u-s-judge?utm_source=+U.S.+And+U.A.E.+Troops+Hold+Major+Exercise+Amid+Virus+And+Iran+Tensions&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cIran Should Pay $202 Million to Iraq Victim\u2019s Family: U.S. Judge,\u201d<\/a> Erik Larson, Bloomberg, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Occurred on Sunday, reported on Monday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/world\/mena\/coronavirus-iran-reports-127-more-deaths-toll-now-at-1812-1.1584959058858\">\u201cCoronavirus: Iran reports 127 more deaths, toll now at 1,812,\u201d<\/a> AP, Gulf News, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/2902518-uia-plane-crash-ukraine-and-iran-agree-on-further-investigation.html\">\u201cUIA plane crash: Ukraine and Iran agree on further investigation,\u201d<\/a> Ukrinform, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe believers are concerned about their identity, especially when scientific research clashes with religion,\u201d Haidar Hoballah, a senior teacher at the seminary in Qom and an author of several books, told Al-Monitor.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/03\/iran-religious-shrines-closing-coronavirus-opposition.html\">\u201cWhy some Iranians are opposed to closing religious shrines to fight coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Ali Hashem, Al Monitor, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/reports\/lebanese-journalist-lebanon-needs-end-iranian-patronage-over-it-not-nasrallah%E2%80%99s-advice\">\u201cLebanese Journalist: Lebanon Needs An End To The Iranian Patronage Over It, Not Nasrallah\u2019s Advice On Fighting The Coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> MEMRI, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/march\/iran-christian-prisoners-coronavirus-tamraz-mary-mohammedi.html\">\u201cIran Releases a Third of Christian Prisoners Due to Coronavirus Concerns,\u201d<\/a> Jayson Casper, Christianity Today, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is too outlandish almost to even post, but it is a good example of propaganda.\u00a0 First of all, Iran doesn\u2019t have 33 million tests.\u00a0 Second, that is over a third of their population\u2014no country in the world has been successful at that rate.\u00a0 \u201cIran tests 33 million people for coronavirus,\u201d Middle East Monitor, March &hellip; 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