Reports indicate that Iranian parliament speaker Ali
Larijani has tested positive for the coronavirus and he is now in
self-quarantine; Speaker Larijani’s positive test follows several
other high-ranking official’s positive tests while Iran’s
tension with the United States continues to grow.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani tested positive for the
coronavirus on Thursday and is now under quarantine according to
several reports. His name is added to a growing list of
high-ranking Iranian officials that have tested positive for the
virus, some of whom have died.
Included in this list is Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s senior advisor Ali Akbar
Velayati, VP of Women & Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar, Deputy
Health Minister Iraj Harirchi, and several others. Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif and six other officials and/or lawmakers have
died.
Iran continues to be the epicenter of the virus in the Middle
East with well over 3,000 deaths and over 50,000 confirmed cases as
of Thursday, including nearly 4,000 who are in critical condition.
On the positive side, over 16,000 people have recovered from the
virus.
In addition to their battle against the virus, Iran is
continuing to face the consequences of the ‘maximum pressure
campaign’ from the United States, who just implemented more
economic sanctions last week. Several US lawmakers and other
nations have called on the Trump administration to ease the
sanctions given Iran’s current crisis, only to be met with
disappointment. The White House is likely to continue their
campaign as long as Iran is funding terror throughout the Middle
East, something they haven’t relented of despite the global
pandemic.
In fact, tensions continue to rise between the two nations as
President Trump issued a warning on Wednesday after US intelligence
revealed Iran to be planning an imminent attack on US troops. Trump
warned, “Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are
planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and/or assets in Iraq. If
this happens, Iran will pay a very heavy price, indeed!”
The post
Report: Iranian Parliament Speaker Tests Positive for
Coronavirus appeared first on Harbingers Daily.
