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Iran Backs China, Calls to Investigate U.S. 'Creation and Spread' of Coronavirus
Newsweek ^ | 18 March 2020 | Tom O'Connor

Posted on 03/18/2020 4:45:06 PM PDT by Steely Tom

ran has backed China's calls to investigate yet unfounded claims of the United States being the origin of the new coronavirus as an international blame game worsened over a pandemic that has infected more than 200,000 people across the globe.

Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani lashed out on Twitter Wednesday against what he called the "typical way" in which some U.S. officials have emphasized China and its central Hubei province city of Wuhan as the likely place where the COVID-19 disease began and have blamed both Beijing and Tehran's governments for failing to stop its spread. Shamkhani argued this was being done by U.S. officials done in order to "evade responsibility" themselves.

"Instead of leveling false accusations against China and Iran, U.S. officials should respond to international demands regarding its role in creating and spreading the coronavirus and the continuation of its crimes against the Iranian people by keeping in place the economic sanctions," the senior Iranian official wrote.

Shamkhani's rhetoric echoed that of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, who alleged in a tweet Thursday that it "might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alishamkhani; china; coronavirus; iran; iraq; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; twitter; wuhan; zhaolijian
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Yeah, cause no flu before has come from China. No virus has
incubated there. No seasonal flu each year comes from there.

Good luck selling that tripe China. And Iran, you've got your
head so far up China's skirt on this one, you've brown stuff
behind your ears.

41 posted on 03/18/2020 6:52:12 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hi! My name is Larry, and I'm a COVID-19FearPhobicAholic. Hi Larry, welcome. We've been there.)
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To: The Toll

Beat me to it!


42 posted on 03/18/2020 7:00:22 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: The Toll

43 posted on 03/18/2020 7:10:39 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: The Toll

Time to hit the Chinese fleet


44 posted on 03/18/2020 7:12:20 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: The Toll

Iran and China are the Herpes of the Earth. I feel bad for the people yet I think a world without these fake countries would make the world a better place.


45 posted on 03/18/2020 7:28:45 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Steely Tom

They remind me of demorats.


46 posted on 03/18/2020 7:29:54 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: Steely Tom

Rants and deep deep shit or should I say shiite !

They just released all 85,000 prisoners out of the jails


47 posted on 03/18/2020 9:53:42 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Eleutheria5

As of this morning, 44 cases - 8 new in the last 24 hours.


48 posted on 03/19/2020 5:52:23 AM PDT by richardtavor
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To: richardtavor

All Trump’s doing, of course./s


49 posted on 03/19/2020 7:53:18 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani lashed out on Twitter Wednesday...
The Iranian dictator needs to be told, remove the a-hole, or we will. As for the Chinese...

50 posted on 03/19/2020 8:38:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Steely Tom

Has North Korea stepped to to back China yet? LOL...what a joke. I’m embarrassed for the Chinese.


51 posted on 03/19/2020 11:26:22 AM PDT by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeZlKu8M7A)
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