Saturday 14 March 2020 - 17:08
Story Code : 372261
Iranian Supreme Leader says evidence suggests that coronavirus outbreak is 'Biological Attack'
However, he stopped short of providing solid evidence to support his suspicions.
Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated during an address to the country's armed forces that the recent coronavirus outbreak, which has led to the infection of over 9,000 people in the Islamic Republic, could have been orchestrated intentionally.
In the speech, the leader referred to "some evidence" that suggested the pandemic was man-made, but didn't elaborate any further.
"[The establishment of the Health and Treatment Base by the military] may also be regarded as a biological defence exercise and add to our national sovereignty and power given the evidence that suggests the likelihood of [the outbreak] being a 'biological attack'", Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
At the same time, Zhao Lijian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, suggested on his Twitter page on 12 March that the US Army could have brought the coronavirus to the city of Wuhan in China, which is the epicentre of the pandemic.
The official also enclosed a video from a hearing involving the chief of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention admitting that some American patients who appeared to have died from influenza later tested positive for the coronavirus. Zhao Lijian called on the United States to "be transparent", but didn't explain why he suspects that the US military brought the coronavirus to China.
According to the latest reportfrom the World Health Organisation (WHO), the COVID-19 coronavirushas infected some 125,048 peopleand resulted in 4,613 deaths worldwide. Initial reports about the infection came from China, where 80,981 people have been infected and 3,173 have died.
However, the spread of the disease in the Asian country has slowed down, with Italy and Iran being responsible for most of the new infection cases currently being reported.
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Ali Mojtahedi
It is now very clear that this virus only has severe effects on people with certain genetic codes (in China, Iran, Italy). Otherwise, why were hockey and basketball games in Canada & USA played with full fan attendance up to March 13? The Prospectors and Developers Association Committee continued with its annual international mining convention from Sunday March 1 to Wed March 4 which hosted 23,100 attendees from over 130 countries. Why was this event not postponed or cancelled? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the event on March 2. Major Canadian airlines are still flying passengers to and from China on indirect routes. We have to ask ourselves what is the difference between a direct flight and indirect one if the final destination is the country dealing with the highest rate of the COVID-19 pandemic? The security forces of Iran should search for those who have imported the virus kits into the country.
sshuja zaffar
No doubt AMERICAN ISREALEE are out to wipe out half of the world and working against allaha. Qibla khamani shaib has rightly pin pointed the cause and the follower of imam Hussain we follower are not scared of death which is in hand of allaha.
