To many Iranians, the news that US President Donald Trump has the novel coronavirus is poetic justice.
Iranian officials, who are typically quick to react to bombshell stories, appear�to have chosen cautious silence in the immediate raucous debates triggered by the announcement that�US President�Donald Trump had tested positive�for the novel coronavirus. Unsurprisingly, the officials have also avoided sending any warm thoughts or prayers for the leader of the�country they have considered Iran's�number-one enemy for four decades.


However, Iranian�media outlets, analysts�and members of the public have reacted in messages largely about Trump's �lesson� and how the virus affects those who underestimate it. �No one,�absolutely no one, could be immune from COVID�s claws,� read an article from the conservative state-funded news agency�Young Journalists Club.


London-based Reformist and former Culture Minister�Ataollah Mohajerani�offered a chronology of Trump's actions�before catching the virus, from his effort �to reduce the pandemic to the level of a ploy by Democrats� to his �ridicule� for the mask worn by his rival Joe Biden.


 

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