(AP-Politico) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refused U.S. assistance Sunday to fight the coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the virus could be man-made by America. "Who in their right mind would trust you to bring them medication?" Khamenei said. "Possibly your medicine is a way to spread the virus more." He also alleged that the virus "is specifically built for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians which they have obtained."
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