Numerous videos and pictures of Iranians licking shrines in order to prove to the world that the coronavirus outbreak doesn’t scare them have begun circulating the internet.
With over 70 deaths and more than 2,300 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran, plenty of people have been panicking and getting ready for the worst.
In order to prove to others that they’re not scared of the killer bug, however, some people have recorded themselves licking shrines and saying things such as “I am not scared of coronavirus” and “I don’t care what happens.”
As one journalist who shared disturbing content on social media explained, she urged the government to temporarily shut down religious sites in order to protect the people from the virus.
“While the city of Qom is the epicenter of #CoronaVirus in Iran, authorities refuse to close down religious shrines there,” Masih Alinejad wrote online.
“These pro-regime people are licking the shrines & encouraging people to visit them. Iran’s authorities are endangering lives of Iranians & the world.”
According to the reports, one anonymous culprit from Mashhad even got arrested after licking a popular shrine in front of stunned passersby.
“What the detainee did was anomalous, and investigation into his case is underway,” the judiciary said after the incident.
As Alinejad went on to claim in one of her tweets, some Iranians are going as far as forcing their young kids to lick the shrines in an attempt to make their families look brave.
“Not only is this child abuse, but it’s also helping the virus spread Iran and to other countries. Iran’s authorities still adamantly refuse to close these religious sites. The virus is wreaking havoc all over the country,” the journalist wrote.
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