...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...pandemic, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
said on Thursday.
Khamenei made a point of reminding Iranians that the U.S. is the main enemy and mocked Americans who fought over toilet paper at stores and purchased firearms as a sign of Western weakness.
"The problem of corona should not make us ignorant about the plots by our enemies and arrogant powers," he said.
He lamented that "confiscating other nations’ masks and buying guns" as well as fights over toilet paper are the "logical and natural outcome of the philosophy that governs western civilization," the offical IRNA news agency reports.
"Confiscating other nations’ masks, emptying shops, fighting over toilet paper and long lines for buying guns during the coronavirus outbreak are the logical and natural outcome of the philosophy that governs western civilization," Khamenei said in a live televised address which he also relayed on Twitter.