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Iranian Academics Hold Iran's Supreme Leader Responsible for the Covid-19 Epidemic Disaster
(MEMRI) On March 29, 2020, 100 Iranian academics and political and social activists published a letter holding Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei chiefly responsible for the Covid-19 epidemic becoming a national disaster. The letter was posted on the Kalame.com website, identified with Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest since 2011 for criticizing Khamenei for the repression of Green Movement protests and for falsifying the 2009 presidential elections. They hold Khamenei and regime officials directly responsible for concealing information about the coronavirus outbreak from the public and failing to take measures to curb the spread of the disease, out of political and religious considerations. They say Khamenei prevents the people from receiving American or other humanitarian aid, while he and other regime officials do have access to medical treatment.