Posted on 03/22/2020 5:25:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pushed a conspiracy theory on Sunday, rejecting the possibility of any U.S. aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and suggesting the novel virus was a "poison" designed specifically to kill Iranians.
Already suffering under the weight of stringent sanctions imposed by the order of President Donald Trump, Iran has become one of the worst-hit countries in the world in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompoe announced that more sanctions would be added for Iran, despite reports that the Persian Gulf nation was already struggling to obtain much needed medical supplies to combat the outbreak.
As a result, Khamenei on Sunday refused the possibility of accepting U.S. assistance in fighting the virus, picking up on a conspiracy theory promoted by Chinese officials, the Associated Press reported. Some Chinese leaders have suggested that coronavirus was designed in a lab by the U.S. to target their country, which was the first in the world to be hit by the novel virus.
"I do not know how real this accusation is but when it exists, who in their right mind would trust you to bring them medication?" the Iranian leader said, referring to the conspiracy theory. "Possibly your medicine is a way to spread the virus more." He went on to suggest that coronavirus could have been "specifically built for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians which they have obtained through different means."
Khamenei reiterated the allegations and criticism in a series of Twitter posts as well.
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Looks like China intends to inherit Iranian oil.
Caps police are monitoring.
As likely as 72 virgins showing up to greet you when you croak.
Dammit! He figured it out.
Life is cheap over there.
(That's YOUR lives, Iranians.)
Starve them, beat them, blow them up as human bombs to kill your enemies. Stand them up in front of you as human shields.
Or allow them to die by the thousands from a preventable illness, just to make a stiff-necked political point.
If you can tolerate this, Iranian people, who are we to interfere?
RE: So they’re not blaming The Juze this time?
Remember this — We are the GREAT SATAN using the LITTLE SATAN (the Juze) to do our evil bidding.
But.....but.....The Shah was a bad guy.
Already suffering under the weight of stringent sanctions imposed by the order of President Donald Trump, Iran has become one of the worst-hit countries in the world in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Iran is also getting hit by the low oil prices, and they’ve got locusts as well.
RE: Looks like China intends to inherit Iranian oil.
It is interesting to note that this conspiracy theory started in China.
His comments come after Chinese government spokesman Lijian Zhao tweeted earlier this month that it “might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe(s) us an explanation!” ( He was referring to our participation in the Whuan Military games last October ).
Lijian likewise offered no evidence to support his claim, which saw the U.S. State Department summon China’s ambassador to complain.
You do realize this is just a go code for Iranian
Islamists all over the world to attack the US...
Something so devious is not beyond communist Chinese
thinking. Destroy the free world’s economy and make
the US the target at the same time.
But, what do I know.
I’m just an old geezer.
I’m sure that Trump was prepared to help in some small way but I think his offer was more propaganda knowing the Mullahs would never agree and it would just hurt them with the Iranian populace.
Iran’s supreme leader is refusing U.S. assistance to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the virus could be man-made by America.
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“Possibly your (offered) medicine is a way to spread the virus more,” Khamenei said.
His comments come as Iran has over 20,600 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus amid 1,556 reported death
Iranian methods to fight the Coronavirus:
• inhale the smoke of burnt female donkey feces (link)
• “Islamic Medicine Expert” Ayatollah Tabrizian recommends (among other things) that you shove a cotton ball soaked in oil into your anus (link)a gilded structure that encloses a grave in a mosque or a shrine — of Ali al-Reza, the eighth Imam
• Have a Mullah spit in your water bottle before you drink it
This guy is a looney as those running for prez on the dem side of the fence. Who knows, maybe he knows Biden will flop and the far left may want him. He’s actually campaigning by saying stuff like that.
I mean, he would not be the first foreign muzzing prez we’ve had.
I gagged today when I saw that list of "Iranian list of Covid19 cures & treatments".
Kinda reminds me of what I read of ancient Egyptian medicines where almost everything was basically based off Alligator/Crocodile dung.
He has a point on #1. Why the hell offer to help any other country when we cant even help our own? America first! As far as Iran goes, the more of these mullahs that die, the better Iran will be in the future. Its funny how they dont trust us in #2 but would be willing to take any vaccine from Israel.
Average IQ in Iran = 84.
Did they get it from China to kill protestors?
Their leadership. Rank and file may be a different matter, at least some of them.
Maybe not all of the Iranian people tolerate this. it’s just the government has a monopoly on the use of force-what with their IRGC, Basij and Army minions.
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