{"id":639,"date":"2020-04-07T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=639"},"modified":"2020-04-08T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:00:44","slug":"639","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/04\/07\/639\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“A member of the National Coronavirus Combat Task Force for the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed on Monday that half a million people in the country are suffering from the deadly virus.\u00a0 Hamid Souri told Iran’s news agency IRNA that many patients afflicted with the coronavirus have not been detected.\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 “The coronavirus curve has not flattened in any of the country’s 31 provinces,” Souri told IRNA.\u201d\u00a0 …\u00a0 The current figures are officially 55,743 sufferers and 3,452 dead. \u00a0The current death toll is apparently much higher. \u00a0On Sunday, it was 12,380, according to Western security sources.\u201d\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 Ebrahim Raisi, the Islamic Republic\u2019s chief judge and a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, ordered that thousands of coronavirus deaths be attributed to diseases such as heart failure or pneumonia.”\u00a0 \u201cIran has 500,000 people infected with coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

133 died on Monday in Iran.\u00a0 \u201cIran Says Coronavirus Death Toll Nearing 4,000,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, New York Times, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s Parliament Rejects Bill To Introduce One-Month National Lockdown,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCase Filed Against Iranian MP for Remarks over Downed Ukrainian Plane,\u201d<\/a> Asharq Al-Awsat, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Parliament Reconvenes Even as Coronavirus Infects Its Ranks,\u201d<\/a> Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

Key conclusion\u2014\u201cWestern states must remain cautious should Russia and\/or China broker a deal to provide the IAEA access to locations in Iran. Especially if the deal\u2019s provisions at the same time reduce the IAEA\u2019s verification authority or effectiveness.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIs Iran\u2019s Nuclear Future in the Hands of Russia and China?,\u201d<\/a> Mark Hibbs, Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking to reporters by phone in early March, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Hidai Zilberman said the spread of the virus has affected Israel\u2019s enemies, who have decreased their hostile activities to focus on containing it.\u00a0 While he did not refer to Iran by name, he said \u201cthere are enemy countries that have been hit much more strongly than us by the coronavirus, and therefore their activities have decreased.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See “IDF’s Military Intelligence adds coronavirus to list of ‘enemy’ targets,\u201d<\/a> Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsraeli security agency says it arrested alleged Iran spy,\u201d<\/a> AP, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cDozens Of Political Prisoners In Iran Moved To Unknown Location After Unrest,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Deploys Missiles Covering The Strait Of Hormuz,\u201d<\/a> H.I. Sutton, Forbes, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran to give money to 23 million households amid ongoing coronavirus crisis,\u201d<\/a> AMN, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian officials contradict one another on coronavirus projections, state assistance,\u201d<\/a> Al-Monitor, April 7, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A member of the National Coronavirus Combat Task Force for the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed on Monday that half a million people in the country are suffering from the deadly virus.\u00a0 Hamid Souri told Iran’s news agency IRNA that many patients afflicted with the coronavirus have not been detected.\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 “The coronavirus curve has … <\/p>\n

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