It is very difficult to know the exact number of people infected. By the covid19 virus and died from it around the world, but in Iran, the government decided to minimize the numbers, which were officially sent to the world health organizations .
The reason being not to panic the Iranian people, in defiance of their own safety. It's certain that millions of Iranians have been contaminated and hundreds Thousands of Iranians have died because of the recklessness of the Iranian government in when he was already in trouble before this outbreak.
Recently, the BBC has received anonymous documents, which show the extent of the fraud and lies.
According to the BBC, after various cross-checks, the actual figures would be closer to 50,000 dead and over 500,000 contaminated.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani on January 17th 2017 in Téhéran. AFP/Archives/ATTA KENARE
Even more serious is the recent statement by President Hassan Rohani, who under pressure of the Iranian people, acknowledges, that the figures are much more alarmist, announcing that more than 25 million Iranians Contamines and the Iranian analyst, Hamid Enayat, according to these calculations, inferring that the death toll would be one million Iranians, which would make of Iran, the country most affected by covid 19.
David SMADJA
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