Posted on 03/14/2020 2:28:34 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
ran’s President Hassan Rouhani has met with key advisers and officials to coordinate the suppression of media reports on the coronavirus pandemic in Iran. As numerous Iraqis returning from Iran have been saying, as a massive disaster is unfolding in Iran, the regime in Tehran wants to stop what it calls “gossip.” Iran’s Tasnim reports that the president’s office will “track” media reports. They want to push a campaign to highlight the regime’s response to the coronavirus. Under the guise of “accurate, clear and transparent information on countering coronavirus,” it appears the main goal is to try to get the public to stop asking questions. “The main need of today’s society is to relax the focus,” the report notes.
Rouhani clams that population movement is currently undermining the mental well-being of society. “Referring to uncertainties, rumors and the atmosphere it is right that media will confront the community with precise information, not gossip, and pave the way for medical staff to confront the disease.” While this could mean the government will be more transparent, in fact since February the government has sought to downplay the crises and even spread false claims that the virus is a foreign conspiracy. Rouhani even claimed the virus was like US sanctions and appeared worse than it is. Iran purposely suppressed coverage in February to get people to turn out to vote. This has resulted in numerous infections among politicians and hundreds of deaths. Iran now has more than 12,729 official cases, among the highest in the world. On Saturday, 97 new COVID-19 deaths were recorded, bringing the official death toll to 621. But the true number is likely much higher.
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Only N95 face masks. Might as well use a scarf.
Suppress the media, arrest and torture doctors who speak out, and replace local leaders with central government hardliners.
It worked in Wuhan, China.
Nothing more dangerous than the truth.
The Iranian people need to rid themselves of these scum.
Yeah, that gossip, it can just get out of hand really fast.
Facts and reality are far harder to transmit. This game of “Telephone” is going on all over the world, and it gets pretty garbled before it arrives at the target audience.
Good grief what a dirty ugly filthy culture
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