Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

No joke.

#Iran—Senior IRGC officials say their "scientists" have invented a new remote device that uses a "magnetic field" with a "bipolar virus inside" that can detect the novel #coronavirus "within 100 meters" & has "+80% accuracy."

Me: (speechless)...

There's more...

IRGC official claims:
-No other device like this in the world
-Completely made inside Iran
-We can even increase the speed & range, up to 500 meters
-Can detect virus from inside a moving vehicle

#Iran
#coronavirus

Ridiculed in practice:

The "expert" places the "receiver" in different positions & the "device antenna" fails to move... even once.

One lady is heard saying, "It's all propaganda!"

#Iran
#coronavirus

This new "coronavirus detection device" may actually be the revival of the fake "magic wand" bomb detector from back in 2013 that caused havoc in Iraq.

"The Iraqis spent £53m ($85m) on the devices at around £5,000 ($8,034) a time. Some sold for as much as £25,000 ($40,178)."
bbc.com/news/uk-294598…

And it is quite interesting that the same device being "unveiled" today as a "new, scientific, technological & unique breakthrough" was used by #Iran's regime to "detect smuggled fuel."

Source: IRNA, Iran's state-run news agency
Date: May 30, 2017
bit.ly/3bhTUEQ