Iran
Tuesday 29 September 2020
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![Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei]()
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Iran’s supreme leader
“The cardinal and unforgivable sin of a French magazine in insulting the holy face of the Prophet once again revealed the hatred and hostility of the political and cultural institutions of the Western world against Islam and the Muslim community.”
Read more...The French magazine has aimed its cartoon satire at other faiths as well, and past Western leaders have scolded it for going too far. -
![Hakim Hussein Kheirandish]()
Hakim Hussein Kheirandish
Practitioner of Iranian traditional Islamic medicine
“Eating salt frequently protects from corona infection better than wearing a mask.”
Read more...Several research trials are studying the effect of salt and salt-based solutions against COVID-19. So far, none suggests eating salt instead of wearing a mask. -
![Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni]()
Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni
Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters
"Based on reliable information, planes operated by the NATO and the United States transport these illicit drugs in our neighboring country.”
Read more...NATO has been actively engaged in counter-drug trafficking operations in Afghanistan. The Iranians provided no evidence or identifiable sources for their claims, nor did the Russians -- the original source of the claim. -
![Amir Ali Hajizadeh]()
Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Aerospace Force brigadier general, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps
"During the Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet) war games in south Iran, IRGC successfully launched underground ballistic missiles for the first time in the world."
Read more...A first? Underground launch “silos” have been around since WWII, invented by Nazi Germany. Silos have been used worldwide since. Some say they’re outdated. -
![Maria Zakharova]()
Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“For centuries, Syria has been a country where various ethnic and religious groups peacefully coexisted and safely coexisted ... This cannot but cause respect. We are convinced that such historical traditions should be fully preserved and continued.”
Read more...The Assad regime in Syria has relied heavily on religious sectarianism since seizing power in a 1970 coup d’etat. Ethnic minorities also have been systematically disenfranchised. -
![Press TV]()
Press TV
Iranian state TV channel
“A senior Iranian judge says INTERPOL Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and political officials of the United States, including President Donald Trump, on charges of planning and implementing a terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital that assassinated Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani and his companions.”
Read more...INTERPOL has denied receiving the request and stated that it does not consider requests for red notices that it believes are “political.” -
![Majid Takht Ravanchi]()
Majid Takht Ravanchi
Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations
"‘Iranian origin’ of arms is a fallacy. UN Secretariat lacks capacity, expertise & knowledge to conduct investigations."
Read more...A United Nations report found that missiles used to attack oil facilities last year were similar to Iran’s. Analysts say the U.N. investigators do, in fact, have the necessary expertise. -
![Hassan Nasrallah]()
Hassan Nasrallah
Secretary General of Hezbollah
“This is part of the US-Israeli war on resistance movements in the region ... When we say we are not active in Germany, we are being 100% honest.”
Read more...For years, Germany classified only the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist group. Thus the group’s political wing was able to maintain a presence in Germany, and European authorities have found evidence that it engages in fundraising and money laundering operations there. -
![Sputnik]()
Sputnik
Russian government news agency
"On the night of January 8, Iran launched a missile strike on the American military infrastructure in Iraq. The number of victims of this attack was not disclosed."
Read more...Sputnik’s claim is a rehash of a debunked claim that Iran’s attack killed 80 American troops in Iraq. Coalition forces from U.S.-allied countries at the bases reported no casualties. The U.S. initially said no one was hurt but later confirmed that 110 suffered traumatic brain injuries. -
![Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif]()
Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif
Official Spokesman of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
“The device enables ‘momentary’ detection of the virus with 70- to 80-percent accuracy and has been tested throughout a 10-day-long period across at least 10 hospitals before being unveiled.”
Read more...The device appears to be some form of dowsing rod. Dowsing is a pseudo-scientific method of finding hidden substances or objects. Dowsing has been tested under controlled conditions and found to be a hoax. -
![Iran Foreign Ministry]()
Iran Foreign Ministry
Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“If @StateDept claims the mounting global questions about US role in #COVID19 pandemic are mere "Iran-made conspiracy theories", then US must answer some of these questions asked by the Global Research.”
Read more...After U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said bogus COVID-19 conspiracy theories spread by Iran put Iranians at risk, that country’s Foreign Ministry doubled down by citing disputed claims from a notorious conspiracy outlet. -
![Unidentified Iranian man]()
Unidentified Iranian man
“In sacred places like this, there is no room for viruses, germs or diseases.”
Read more...Videos have emerged on social media of men and children in Iran licking and kissing the walls and doors of holy shrines. While they claim the shrines are immune from the coronavirus, Qom is the epicenter of Iran’s COVID-19 outbreak.
