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Coronavirus: Bootleg alcohol kills 194 people in Iran |
2020-03-23 |
[MIDDLEEASTMONITOR] At least 194 people have died and more than 1,000 poisoned since March 6 because they consumed bootleg alcohol, an Iranian official said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences front man Ali Ehsanpour told the country’s official news agency IRNA that rumors on social media claiming alcohol could cure the coronavirus ...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... plays a big role in the deaths. Iranian prosecutors announced 17 arrests as part of its investigation. The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages are prohibited among Moslems in Iran. Under Iranian law, those who produce, buy or sell alcohol can be sentenced to prison and receive lashes. Health officials said Saturday the corpse count in Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate is at 1,556 out of 20,600 cases. And 7,635 patients who were treated for the virus known as COVID-19 have been discharged from hospitals. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Behold the cutting edge of Iranian technology, they can't even make potable moonshine. |
Posted by: Cesare 2020-03-23 08:12 |
#3 They say alcohol can't solve your problems. Well, those 194, their problems are over, or if you believe in Hell, maybe just beginning... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-23 06:33 |
#2 ^No, that's Iraq. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-23 04:55 |
#1 Used to be the cradle of civilization. Things have sure gone downhill the last millennium or so. |
Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-23 00:19 |