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March 16 - Qom, #Iran
Authorities issued orders to close two famous religious sites in this city. Qom is a coronavirus hotbed in Iran.

IRGC paramilitary Basij members & regime supporters held a rally protesting this decision.

#coronavirus
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March 16 - Qom, #Iran
IRGC paramilitary Basij members & regime supporters broke into the sites.

My take:
These religious sites are a source of massive revenue for local officials. Now they will claim "the people" are against closing the sites.

#coronavirus
March 16 - Mashhad, NE #Iran
Similar scenes after authorities closed the Imam Reza shrine.

My take:
This is all staged by the mullahs' regime to continue their policies & maintain their interests.

#coronavirus
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Heshmat Alavi
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Another prison riot in #Iran
Inmates of Alvand Prison in Hamedan, Iran

This is the fifth prison riot in less than two weeks in Iran.

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Reports indicate inmates of Mahabad prison in northwest #Iran launched a riot, set a section of the facility ablaze and dozens were able to flee.
Sources say gunfire was heard well into the night.
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March 29—Images from Mahabad prison, NW #Iran
Prison riot resulted in a two inmates being killed, three wounded by authorities & numerous inmates of the second floor fleeing the facility.
Security forces have taken control of roads leading to the prison
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Heshmat Alavi
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THREAD

1)
 @SenSanders is claiming U.S. sanctions are the cause of the coronavirus epidemic in #Iran.

This is a lie & Sen. Sanders is pushing a known talking point of @JZarif & Tehran apologists/lobbyists.

This thread will shed light on the truth by asking simple questions.
2)
 Simple questions for Sen. Sanders:

-Did "sanctions" prevent Iran’s regime from stopping Mahan Air flights to/from China?

-Did "sanctions" prevent Iran’s regime from quarantining Qom & other COVID-19 hotspots?
3)
 Simple question for Sen. Sanders:

Why did Iran just spend $67 million redecorating the Zeynab Shrine in Damascus, Syria?

Shouldn't that money be used to provide for the Iranian people during the COVID19 outbreak?
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Heshmat Alavi
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THREAD

1)
 #Iran’s coronavirus epidemic
A month after the first two official COVID-19 deaths in Iran, it is obvious that we would not be here if the city of Qom—Iran’s COVID-19 epicenter—were quarantined.
Who objected quarantining Qom?

A morgue in Qom👇
2)
 -Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: “Now let’s not exaggerate this issue.”

-President Hassan Rouhani: “We are not quarantining neighborhoods or cities.”

-Health Minister Iraj Haririchi: “Quarantining is practice of before World War I.”
3)
 Next question:
Why did not quarantine Qom? Is it an unscientific method?

Senior official in Qom, central #Iran
"We consider this sacred shrine as the House of Cures."

No. Shrines provide huge profits for the regime.
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