...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..., state-run Tasnim news agency reported Sunday.
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 widely considered the world's top state-sponsor of terrorism. The Quds Force is its extraterritorial black-ops arm and is heavily involved in the country's attempts to expand its control over the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.
Brig. Gen. Abdolrasool Ostovar, formerly the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces, contracted coronavirus while on an "advisory mission" in Iraq in September, Tasnim reported.
Iranian media often uses the term "advisory mission" to describe Iranian military presence in countries such as Iraq and Syria.
According to the report, Ostovar had been in a coma for over two months before dying in an IRGC-run hospital in Tehran.
Iran's Mehr news agency said Ostovar had fought in Syria and Iraq alongside Quds Force Commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani
, who was killed in a dronezap
in Iraq on Jan. 3.Several senior Iranian officers, serving with the IRGC and the Quds Force have died since the pandemic reached Iran in February.