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    "Iran cover-up of deaths revealed by data leak"

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-m…

    "The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly triple what Iran's government claims, a BBC Persian service investigation has found.

    The government's own records appear to show almost 42,000 people died with Covid-19 symptoms up to 20 July, versus 14,405 reported by its health ministry.

    The number of people known to be infected is also almost double official figures: 451,024 as opposed to 278,827."

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    • Now imagine China, Russia, even Brazil or Turkey and now the US as they no longer show numbers thru CDC...
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    • What a surpriseGnash
    • Sounds like a shitshow.PhanLo
    • It's a shame the place that the disease originated is as transparent as water filled with charcoal also.PhanLo
    • almost as bad as the Trump administrationutopian
    • If they don't test it goes away Utopian. :-)
      Also if it's only in Demoncrat states that people are dying it's fine too.      PhanLo
    • Not surprising considering they lied about the plane being shot down. However as shitty as their government is, we should not be sanctioning them at the sameyuekit
    • time they are going through a pandemic. Let the people there get the supplies and medicine that they need FFS.yuekit
    • @yuekit it's the Gov to blame, always
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    • Medicine and medical supplies are exempt from sanctions. They have all the oil money in the world to buy medicine.hotroddy
    • Not that simple hotroddy
      https://www.hrw.org/…      yuekit
    • It kinda is that simple. Iran’s gov’t is useless. They can also get needed supplies from Russia and China - both of which ignore the sanctionsGnash
    • Did you read article above? I assume they're not just making it up.yuekit
    • And what's the point of the sanctions anyway? It's achieved absolutely nothing.yuekit
    • Ya, it’s a lot of paperwork. So, do the paperwork - no law is stopping them.Gnash
    • You should mail the UN about their sanctions doing nothing, I’m sure if they heard your reasoning they’d back offGnash
    • You don't seem to be very aware of the history here. The world spent years negotiating a peace deal with Iran, then Trump single handedly backed out of it.yuekit
    • https://www.rand.org…yuekit
    • This was not supported by the UN, Europe was against it, Canada was against it...just a dumb move all around.yuekit
    • There have enduring sanctions against Iran long before trump showed up.Gnash
    • It's not that hard to look this stuff up is it? Like I said, they reached a deal. Trump ended it a couple years ago which led to the current situation.yuekit
    • There were still sanctions - just not as stringent.Gnash
    • although I agree that pulling out of the nuclear agreement was a bad move, even though iran wasn't doing their thing anywayGnash
    • *was* doing their thing..Gnash
    • The UN didn't support the current approach though. And increasing sanctions on a country during a pandemic with no real strategy or endgame is pretty fucked up.yuekit
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