The BBC propaganda channel seems to have lost its qualms (which it had with China) about sharing "sensitive video footage" and made an "exception" with footage from Iran.
BBC Publishes Leaked Iran Footage Showing Bagged Bodies Of Covid-19 Victims Piling Up
Zero Hedge,
3 March, 2020
23 members of Iranian parliament now have the virus. 835 new cases and 77 confirmed deaths in Iran, including some members of national government.
3 March, 2020
23 members of Iranian parliament now have the virus. 835 new cases and 77 confirmed deaths in Iran, including some members of national government.
More
shocking leaked
footage published
by the BBC shows bodies piling up at a local morgue in Qom, said to
be victims of the country's spiraling coronavirus outbreak. Located
140km to the south of Tehran, Qom is believed ground zero for
Iran's epidemic, and crucially is a popular place of Shia religious
pilgrimage.
Mideast-based
correspondent Joyce Karam comments of the newly published video:
"If
these are confirmed to be from Corona as videos claim, death toll is
higher than the government claims (officially at 77)."
As of Tuesday Iranian health officials announced 2,336 coronavirus cases and 77 dead, including 23 parliament members confirmed for the virus, which is roughly 10% of Iran's legislature.
All
of this strongly suggests much bigger numbers of infected nationwide,
after multiple reports alleged the Islamic Republic is hiding its
true numbers, or at least refusing to test.
Further
leaked video published in the series Tuesday by BBC Persian
shows health workers in full Hazmat gear burying victims believed
infected by Covid-19.
قبرستان سرخ‌حصار، شهر قدس، استان تهران؛ تدفین با تمهیدات بهداشتی ویژه ناظران، مقامات ایران را به پنهانکاری در مورد ابعاد شیوع ویروس کرونا متهم می‌کنند اما آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای، رهبر ایران امروز گفت که اطلاع‌رسانی درباره ویروس کرونا در ایران شفاف و صادقانه است.
Among
the new series of leaked videos includes footage that appears to
show preparations
for mass graves as
the crisis rapidly worsens in the Islamic Republic.
قبرستان بهشت معصومه قم؛ ردیفی از قبرهای جدید دیده می‌شود که ادعا شده مربوط به جان‌باختگان کرونا در قم است.
آمار رسمی شیوع کرونا در ایران در تاریخ ۱۳ اسفند، ۷۷ مرگ و ۲ هزار و ۳۳۶ مورد ابتلا اعلام شده است اما برخی منابع بیمارستانی به بی‌بی‌سی تعدادی بسیار بالاتر را اعلام کرده‌اند
آمار رسمی شیوع کرونا در ایران در تاریخ ۱۳ اسفند، ۷۷ مرگ و ۲ هزار و ۳۳۶ مورد ابتلا اعلام شده است اما برخی منابع بیمارستانی به بی‌بی‌سی تعدادی بسیار بالاتر را اعلام کرده‌اند
Among
the new series of leaked videos includes footage that appears to
show preparations
for mass graves as
the crisis rapidly worsens in the Islamic Republic.
Ayatollah
Khamenei and others among Tehran's top leadership have claimed
Iran's handling of the epidemic has been timely and transparent.
But
on Tuesday the supreme leader ordered the armed forces to
assist Health Ministry in combating the spread.
A new video with translation, a dire situation in Iran (Video by @HeshmatAlavi), Translated by my friend, an Iranian journalist, can’t publish journalist’s name due to concerns for safety of her family in Iran. There’s no freedom of press in that country.
As
the footage went viral after first appearing on Iranian social, later
picked up by BBC, the video maker's commentary has been translated
and captioned in the below, which noted the number of bodies being
processed "seems like it's never ending":
قبرستان بهشت معصومه قم؛ ردیفی از قبرهای جدید دیده می‌شود که ادعا شده مربوط به جان‌باختگان کرونا در قم است.
آمار رسمی شیوع کرونا در ایران در تاریخ ۱۳ اسفند، ۷۷ مرگ و ۲ هزار و ۳۳۶ مورد ابتلا اعلام شده است اما برخی منابع بیمارستانی به بی‌بی‌سی تعدادی بسیار بالاتر را اعلام کرده‌اند
آمار رسمی شیوع کرونا در ایران در تاریخ ۱۳ اسفند، ۷۷ مرگ و ۲ هزار و ۳۳۶ مورد ابتلا اعلام شده است اما برخی منابع بیمارستانی به بی‌بی‌سی تعدادی بسیار بالاتر را اعلام کرده‌اند
A
new video with translation, a dire situation in Iran (Video by
@HeshmatAlavi), Translated by my friend, an Iranian journalist, can’t
publish journalist’s name due to concerns for safety of her family
in Iran. There’s no freedom of press in that country.
It's
as yet unclear what role national troops could play, but hundreds of
thousands could be mobilized: "After downplaying the coronavirus
as recently as last week, Iranian authorities now say they have plans
to potentially mobilize 300,000 soldiers and volunteers to confront
the virus," Fox News reported citing state sources.
The
series of clips published by BBC Persian Tuesday is not the first
such to come out of Iran, but underscores the widespread allegation
that authorities are greatly downplaying the true death toll and
infected count.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/iran-temporarily-releases-more-than-54-000-prisoners-to-fight-coronavirus-outbreak.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/iran-steps-up-coronavirus-efforts-as-23-mps-said-to-be-infected
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/an-absolute-disaster-iran-struggles-as-coronavirus-spreads
Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners to combat coronavirus spreading through packed jails.
Inmates who have tested negative and posted bail will be released from prison temporarily according to judiciary spokesperson Gholamhossein Esmaili.
Prisoners facing sentences of longer than five years will not be let out, reports the BBC.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/iran-steps-up-coronavirus-efforts-as-23-mps-said-to-be-infected
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/an-absolute-disaster-iran-struggles-as-coronavirus-spreads
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