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World Outbreak: Many Iranian Officials Have Died or Been Infected with the Coronavirus

The Novel Coronavirus is taking a severe toll in Iran. Iran government reported 9,000 infected cases on March 11, though many people suspected the actual number is much higher.

Jerusalem Post reported that the virus is spreading among the country’s elites, particularly the religious establishment and Islamic Revolutionary Gard Corps (IRGC) circles. It listed the following officials and clerics as being impacted by the virus:

Infected:

Massoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President
Iraj Haririchi, Deputy Health Minister
Mustafa Pourmohammadi, a former Justice Minister and Deputy at the Intelligence Ministry
Pirhossein Kolivand, a top official of the Emergency Medical Services
Esmail Najjar, an official of the “Crisis Management” Department, Interior Ministry
At least 24 Members of the Parliament
Mojtaba Rahmanzadeh, a local mayor of district 13 in Tehran
Mojtaba Zonnour, a cleric and National Security Official from Qom
Mojtaba Fazeli, an adviser to a senior cleric

Died:

Fatemeh Rahbar, Member of Parliament from Tehran
Mohammad Ali Ramezani, Member of Parliament from Gilan.
Seyyed Mohammad Mir Mohammadi, a member of the Expediency Council and former Chief of Staff for Ayatollah Khamenei.
Hossein Sheikholeslam, an adviser to the Foreign Minister
Ahmad Toyserkani, an adviser to judiciary member Ebrahim Raisi
Reza Pourkhanali, an Agriculture Ministry official
Mohammed Reza Rachamani, politician
Hamed Jalali Kashani, an activist
Mohammad Haj Abolghasemi, IRGC’s Basij Force
Ramezan Pourghassem, IRGC ground forces
Abdollah Jafarzadeh, a high-ranking officer of the IRGC
Farzad Tazari, IRGC official
Rasoul Azizi, head of Gilan’s police inspection unit
Akbar Dehghan, cleric of Qom
Ayatollah Mohsen Habib
Ali Khalafi, cleric
Ayatollah Reza Mohammadi Langroudi
Mousa Torabzedeh from Astaneh-ye Ashhrafiyeh in Gilan
Ali Hosseini, cleric of Aliabad-e-Katul in Golestan
Mostafa Amini, cleric
Nematollah Javadi Bamiani, cleric
Reza Modarresi, cleric

“World Leader”: Beijing Released a Documentary “The Lockdown: One Month in Wuhan”

China Global Television Network (CGTN), a television outlet that the United States defined as a foreign mission for promoting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) propaganda, recently released a documentary in English “The Lockdown: One Month in Wuhan.”

According to CCTV, this 33-minutes-long documentary covered the development of the novel coronavirus’ from its rapid outbreak in Wuhan through its gradually being brought under control. It fully covered each major measure the Chinese government took under the CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping’s direct leadership; recorded the great sacrifices of the medical staff members; and it depicted the determination of Wuhan’s citizens, including community workers, volunteers, and the delivery staff, to fight the epidemic.

On February 28, CGTN broadcasted it on the CGTN’s English channel and posted it on CGTN’s website, mobile apps, and social media accounts on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. By March 4, the documentary had a viewership of 16.89 million, with 1.46 million views from YouTube and 1.16 million from Facebook. 165 TV channels and new media platforms in 21 foreign countries and regions utilized the video.

The CCTV article stated, “As an English documentary with story and depth, ‘The Lockdown: One Month in Wuhan’ used the format that Westerners are accustomed to, to describe a touching epidemic-fighting story of the medical staff and of normal Wuhan citizens.”

Leadership: Xi Jinping’s Fake Wuhan Show

Xi Jinping visited Wuhan on March 10. He had a tele-conference with the medical staff working at the Huoshenshan Hospital and also visited a local community.

Radio France International reported that Xi’s visit to the local community, the East Lake Courtyard Community, was a fake show.

Postings on social media reported that police officers came to residents’ homes and sat on the balconies, to prevent residents from watching Xi’s visit, leaving the apartment, or shouting from the apartment. A posting on a social media group of the East Lake Courtyard Community was an “Emergency Notice” to the First Unit and Second Unit of the 29th Building in the community. The notice said, “Today, the Wuhan Police Department will send police officers to enter each home on or above the 9th floor for a security check. They will stay inside the home for an hour. Police officers will wear protection uniforms and disinfect themselves in advance. Everyone please support the work of the police.”

The Wuhan police did this because when Sun Chunlan, the Vice Premier, visited a residential neighborhood on March 5, people shouted “Fake” to greet her. (See Chinascope posting: Hiding Information: Residents Shouted “Fake” When Sun Chunlan Visited a Residential Neighborhood)

Another video on Internet showed that Xi Jinping’s car slowly entered into the community. Then Xi came out. A female voice in the video asked, “Can we shout now?” No response. A little bit later, an official came to greet Xi and raised his arm to signal the start. The female voice asked again, “Can we shout now?” Another female voice answered, “Yes.” Then came the two females’ voices shouting, “Hello Chairman Xi! Hello Chairman Xi! Go Wuhan! Go China!” Xi answered, “Good, Hello!” Netizens pointed out that these two women could have been actresses staged to play residents there.

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