Arabic media are buzzing, saying that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is infected with the coronavirus – and is ill.
Lebanese journalist Maria Malouf tweeted in Arabic, “Media circulated that # Hassan_ Nasrallah was infected with the Corona virus after receiving a high-level delegation coming from Tehran, weeks before the World Bank delegation visited Lebanon. There is an absolute blackout on the health of Hassan Nasrallah after a visit to [Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali ] Larijani at the head of a delegation, which later turned out to have someone infected with the virus.”
Nasrallah has not been seen for a couple of weeks.
I see no independent confirmation of this; all the news reports are quoting Malouf’s tweet. And Malouf is an opponent of Hezbollah.
Still, it is a tantalizing rumor. If Nasrallah would die, it would be nearly as big a blow to Iran as Qasem Soleimani’s death was.
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