Iran is in shambles with coronavirus. They’ve insisted that the number of those who are infected is around 16,000, with a thousand deaths, but that was a few days ago. The number of those who are infected is multiplying fast, and the numbers Iranian officials are telling the world aren’t being believed. This is a glimpse of the situation in Iran now:
The situation the doctors describe is desperate, with nurses wrapping themselves in tablecloths because they have long since run through their supply of proper gear. They swear that the official numbers are wrong. “Just stay overnight in the hospital to find out what I’m talking about,” one wrote. Or if you want to live, go home, and don’t come out until the plague passes. “[Our] society now needs fear more than hope.”
While “the World Health Organization (WHO) verified that the true death toll in Iran may be five times higher than official statistics show,” some say that the number of those infected is really around two million. Whatever the number is, body bags are piling up on morgue floors. Meanwhile, Shia clerics have “escalated their pressure on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to keep the nation’s largest holy shrines open – where kissing and touching the shrines is common – putting the Islamic regime in a precarious situation after one of its most prominent doctors warned on Tuesday that millions could die of Chinese coronavirus infection.” Khamenei has said that “a national jihad against the virus could stop it quickly,” but the crisis has only escalated, as money gets diverted to pay for Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
It’s atrocious enough that Khamenei and the Iranian mullahs are putting their own citizens at risk. They’re also endangering people in other countries. Canada, for example, has only closed its border to non-citizens, but citizens and permanent residents are still allowed to be up close and personal overseas with others. And when international flights arrive into Canada, despite promises from the Trudeau government about screening, there has been none.
“Iran Struggles with ‘Social Distancing’ as Radical Clerics Prompt Mobs at Islamic Shrine,” Frances Martel, Breitbart, March 18, 2020:
Radical Shiite clerics in Iran have escalated their pressure on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to keep the nation’s largest holy shrines open – where kissing and touching the shrines is common – putting the Islamic regime in a precarious situation after one of its most prominent doctors warned on Tuesday that millions could die of Chinese coronavirus infection.
Khamenei himself has repeatedly downplayed the threat of the outbreak in the country, which is part of a global pandemic that began in Wuhan, central China, in November, but the Chinese Communist Party hid from the public until late January. In early March, Khamenei said in public remarks that the virus was “not such a big tragedy and this country has surmounted graver ones.”
Khamenei also said that a national “jihad” against the virus could stop it quickly.
The Islamic regime has also repeatedly accused the United States of inventing the virus and using it in a biological attack against Iran, a line that Beijing has also taken up despite no evidence linking the virus to America in any way, other than U.S. cases brought to the country by travelers from China and countries with ties to China.
Presumably responding to Khamenei’s lack of concern, devout Shiite Muslims enthusiastically shared videos of themselves kissing and licking shrines two weeks ago, insisting that they felt safe from the outbreak due to their faith.
At that point, the Iranian government maintained that the number of deaths caused by the virus was still in the hundreds, though dissident groups like the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) put the real death toll at over 5,000. Clandestinely recorded videos from within mortuaries showed growing piles of bodies that officials did not know how to handle; satellite footage revealed giant mass graves being dug to hide the true number of dead.
Iran has denied the existence of mass graves, despite the satellite image evidence.
The World Health Organization (WHO) verified that the true death toll in Iran may be five times higher than official statistics show on Tuesday. Currently, Iran claims to have documented 1,135 deaths caused by Chinese coronavirus and 17,361 cases total. It claims over 5,000 of those diagnosed have since recovered, but doctors have no concrete proof that recovery grants immunity and many cases have arisen nationwide of people suddenly becoming sick again and dying following their release from the hospital.
Tehran attempted to end the dangerous shrine visits on Monday, announcing that the three holiest sites for Shiite Muslims in Iran would be off-limits, including those in Qom, considered a holy city and the epicenter of the Iranian coronavirus outbreak. The provisions resulted in two separate mob scenes at two of the three shrines, where agitated groups of devotees pushed through the government barriers to continue kissing and licking the shrines.
According to Radio Farda, a pro-regime imam led one group of radicals, while another cleric who opposes the regime for being insufficiently Islamic led the other. The dozens of people joining the mob – no estimates as to just how many people stormed the shrines – argued that the shrines had healing powers that could protect them from the virus and keeping them from accessing these powers was dangerous.
“The protesters who believe the shrines have great healing powers, charged that the government was following ‘anti-religion advice of the World Health Organization,’” Radio Farda noted, describing the two groups involved:
Before it became too obvious that pro-regime fanatics were involved in the incidents in the shrines, the regime media tried to use these incidents and similar instances of religious zealotry to launch another massive propaganda attack against Ayatollah Seyed Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi, a controvercial Qom-based cleric known for refusing to acknowledge Khamenei’s religious and political authority……
Naram-Sin says
Muslim Cleric: Visit the shrine and don’t forget to lick the door before you leave.
Beverly says
Yep. My thoughts exactly!
Templer says
So much for the virse being sent from allha two kill the kafer hopefully this will prove the mullers wrong prove Islam is bs and the koran toal inaccurate they will all become ill even more die all through this false cult off lies
Keys says
Achoo-Akbar !
Gary Gemmell says
Lol very good!
That comment hays made my day!
Thanks!
SKA says
I just wonder how Khamene’i wants his followers to wage jihad against the sickness. Do you don an explosives vest and embrace the first virus you see?
dhans says
It’s the Islamic version of the Coronavirus challenge.
JamesC. says
if they die like flies, I can’t honestly say I will be very upset. Constantly hearing about how callous and morality-free these people are, is not calculated to leave one with much sympathy for them.
gravenimage says
Iran: Muslim clerics still prompting multitudes to visit Islamic shrines amid coronavirus surge
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How many will needlessly die because of these idiots?
Phil Copson says
Dear GI – As you know, there’s no situation so dire that you can’t rely on me to crack a joke and make it worse….I mean, cheer you up….so here goes:
“So there’s the Ayatollah Khameini down the hospital getting himself checked out, and the doctor – dietician he was, really – had a bit of time on his hands and offered to show him round: They stopped at the first ward, and the doctor said “In here, we have the head-injury cases – I put them on a diet of lots and lots of fish – very good for the brain, fish is.”
Then they go to the next one, and he says “This is the broken bones unit – we give them lots of eggs and beef and stuff and that builds them back up again.”
So Khameini says to him “Tell me Doctor; what’s that other ward then – down at the far end with the big padlock on the doors ?”
And the doctor says “Oh – that’s the Coronavirus unit – we have them on a very special diet !”
And Khameini says “Really, doctor – so what do you give them ?” and he says, “Well, for starters we give them pancakes, for main-course we give them pizzas, and for dessert we give them After Eights thin mints.”
Khameini’s astonished, and says “What – really ? Pancakes, pizzas and thin mints can cure Coronavirus ?”
And the doctor says, “I dunno anything about that, O Holy One – but it’s all we can slip under the door…..” ?
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So there’s this Western woman in a mini-skirt talking to an Arab, and he says “You must immediately return home – wear a mask – don’t touch alcohol – speak only to your relatives – and never set foot outside the house again.”
So she’s a bit doubtful like, and asks “And will that guard me against Coronavirus ?” and the Arab says “What Coronavirus” ? ?
gravenimage says
Thanks for the laughs, Phil! 🙂
I especially like the joke with the advice to Western women…
DHazard says
At least one member of Iran’s “real” rulers, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, is a billionaire and can insulate himself in luxury while callously dispensing deadly lies. He probably has a warehouse full of toilet paper just for him and his family. They are contemptible hypocrites and total frauds who are despised by almost half of all Iranians. Ignorance and fear brought them to power and keep them there while the “not very Muslims” all over Iran suffer.
Wellington says
Islam “in full throttle stupidity mode” again.
Gary Gemmell says
What do you mean “again” – its constantly in stupid mode since the 7th century!
Wellington says
C’mon.
E T says
Again ha ha ha
James Lincoln says
So, according to the title of the feature article:
“Iran: Muslim clerics still prompting multitudes to visit Islamic shrines amid coronavirus surge.”
What would be the fallout from Iran if Western leaders said publicly that they AGREED with the muslim clerics?
How about a nice big helping of cognitive dissonance…
Jim says
I really hate to say this – I’m not wishing for this to happen – but in my honest opinion, if this keeps up, pretty soon there won’t be many Muslims left in this world. And the more radical they are in their islamic beliefs and practices, the more likely they are to die.
If a Christian did what these Muslims are being encouraged to do, it would be called “tempting God”, something that is forbidden by God. The Bible teaches that God will protect a Christian from harm, but not if that Christian purposely puts himself in harm’s way. For example, if someone secretly poisons me for my faith, God will protect me. But if I decide to drink a glass of poison, I will die.
These Muslims are being told by their leaders to purposely drink poison.
Terry Gain says
No Muslims means the rest of us can live in peace, except for communism fascism and the next Totalitarianism. It will improve our quality of life.
IanB says
…”if someone secretly poisons me for my faith, God will protect me. But if I decide to drink a glass of poison, I will die.”
Jim, in both cases, if the poison is strong enough, you’re going to die.
James C. says
This has happened, which is how one can know the OP would die, in both cases. God does not, usually or always, protect Christians from being poisoned, or from any other bad stuff human beings are capable of suffering. St Mark 16 is not a certificate of immunity for all Christians from poison and snakebite – far from it !
James Lincoln says
Jim says,
“if someone secretly poisons me for my faith, God will protect me. But if I decide to drink a glass of poison, I will die.”
Jim, I am a devout Christian but you are wrong.
The human body cannot differentiate between the sources of the poison. Poison is poison and it will kill you no matter where the poison came from, whether you drank it on purpose or someone spiked your drink.
Let me give you another analogy:
You’re driving your car and an oncoming car crosses the centerline causing you to hit a tree.
Or
You’re driving your car after rapidly consuming eight martinis causing you to hit a tree.
Force equals mass times acceleration F=ma and the results will be the same…
gravenimage says
True, Ian and James.
JamesC. says
+1
JamesC, says
That +1 was for James Lincoln’s comment.
FYI says
Six Healthy Tips to cope with the Koranovirus pandemic….{1,400 years and counting}
1 wash your hands thoroughly if you come into contact with anything islamic
2 use bacon grease and alcohol to keep islamic germs at bay:smear it on everything
3 If you touch the ‘holy’ koran you will need to be cleansed {and possibly prayed over}
4 keep at least 3 meters from any ‘holy’ man of islam to avoid spiritual contamination
5 Humor is un-islamic:laughter is the best medicine.Feel free to use it.
6 The Koranovirus infects the soul and warps the mind:Stay Away From islam.
Study Music,Art,Literature,Logic and Science if you wish.Learn to play a musical instrument and feel free to listen to the “song of a songstress”
The Koranovirus:
catch it…bin it…kill it
Gary Gemmell says
Luvvin it!
gravenimage says
Brillian! 🙂
Clive Delmonte says
Is the Iranian population being tested for Covid 19 ? Is so, how is it that UK is so short of test kits ? Perhaps the Iranians are not being widely tested. If so, how does anyone know how many are infected ?
Quazgaa says
The tested positive for Covislam-20.
Stephen Henderson says
Darwin Award?
tgusa says
This Iranian response is not too different than the US response to the 2009 H1N1 virus where there were 60.8 million cases, 274,000 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths.
One thing I have learned from the media, democrats and even Dr Fauci who stands near the President during briefings is that we are blessed to have a white male non democrat as president. The competence and accountability bar has been raised back to where it always should be.
If Barry were president that bar would have been lowered 75 percent. If Hillary were president I really don’t know where the bar would be but certainly not where it is today. Held to a higher standard, that is our Presidents white privilege on display.
“The situation the doctors describe is desperate, with nurses wrapping themselves in tablecloths because they have long since run through their supply of proper gear.”
When Iranian medical professionals start to die Iranians will really be in trouble.
Terry Gain says
In Michigan churches have been exempted from the social distancing rule. The reasons for this are obvious. It will be interesting to see whether this helps the reality of Islam to sink in. I would have thought 9/11 would have provided sufficient evidence for the American public and politicians to understand this evil ideology but perhaps this pandemic may bring some good after all.
mortimer says
Qom is likely to become the world’s next epicenter of the virus if they don’t close it … and seal it in.
Gary Gemmell says
Well we can only hope they dont close it then!
Gary Gemmell says
This is great news i jump for joy every time i hear and see these 7th century backward pea brains advocating that islam will cure you – didnt too too well for that mad mullah who died last month!
This is the best news ever hopefully they will all ignore the coronavirus and let allah the great destroyer wipe them all from the map!
This is the best news I have had for months!
Viva Coronavirus!
Peter WF says
Great news.
OLD GUY says
Thats because they don’t give a crap about anyone they only know what Muhammad wrote in his ignorant backward book.
DazzleMe says
I’m good with that, meet, hug each other, may you ALL get China virus!!