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Iran Under-Reporting Coronavirus Cases: Head of US Central Command
A top US general said on Thursday that Iran is significantly under-reporting the number of its coronavirus victims and he believed that the global pandemic is making Tehran more dangerous, a day after an attack in Iraq that killed US and British troops. Iran
“I think it is having an effect on how they make decisions, I think it slows them down...I believe the numbers are probably significantly under-reported,” US Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of Central Command, said.
McKenzie said while he did not know for sure what impact the virus was having that “authoritarian regimes” usually react to extreme pressure by looking at external threats.
“I think it probably makes them, in terms of decision making, more dangerous rather than less dangerous,” McKenzie said during a Senate hearing. levant
Iran confirmed on Thursday 1,075 new cases of the deadly coronavirus in the past 24 hours in the country, a health official said. levant
