Posted on 03/07/2020 11:23:14 AM PST by Morgana
Former Iranian ambassador to Syria Hossein Sheikholeslam, 68, died on Thursday after contracting coronavirus earlier in the week, according to Radio Farda. Sheikholeslam tested positive for the virus two days prior and was taken to a local hospital in Tehran where all infected Iranian officials are currently being treated. It is reported that 8% of Iranian members of parliament are infected with the disease.
The speaker of the parliament claimed that the former ambassador had been recovering from the infection the day before his death. Sheikholeslam was one of the leaders of the group responsible for taking 52 United States diplomats hostage at the US Embassy in Iran following the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The embassy takeover was spearheaded by a group of college students belonging to the "Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line," who rushed the embassy on November 4, 1979 and held it hostage until the diplomatic standoff ended 444 days later. The group at the time was demanding the extradition of the overthrown Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was given asylum in America shortly following the revolution that overthrew him. Iran's death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124, as 17 died and more than 1,000 new cases were diagnosed over 24 hours, the health ministry said.
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Karma.
The virus that is.
And you thought the I in BRICS stood for India? You need to follow ME news a little more closely. China and Russia are working with the Iranians because of sanctions imposed upon them. Ironic how there is no word from Russia on COVD-19. Dying by a virus does not admit one to martyrdom status, thus this mooslime does not get his 72 white raisins in Paridiso.
Bumped and kicked!
Thanks for the good news story.
The Karmavirus.
Apparently close ties to China. Didn’t one of our Fem senators or Congressman go on some trip to Iran not cleared by State?
Saved us the cost of a Hellfire missile. 40 years too late, unfortunately.
Some cultures and demographics will be hardest hit and those who are just in ill condition.
These bio weapon versions of the Flu are very unpredictable as they were designed to be.
If your mix the more lethal strain of the virus with the nastiest cultural practices, the outcome of a deadlier mutation in that climate—guinea pig corral—could result in a higher death rate.
The clerics have never met a germ theory they didn’t like until now.
or Goats to Human
Feel bad for the virus.
I was taught to always speak good of the dead, ...He’s dead, good.
And here I was just going to say;
TO BAD, SO SAD!
allah’s will!
The speaker for the terrorists who took Americans hostage, a woman, has also come down with the virus. It is hoped she will follow others down into that dark Hell of their making.
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