Iran's Khamenei Blasts Foreign Media For Trying To 'discourage' Voters

Iran's Khamenei blasts foreign media for trying to 'discourage' voters

Tehran, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Feb, 2020 ) :Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday accused foreign media of trying to use a deadly outbreak of coronavirus in Iran to "discourage" people from voting in a parliamentary election.

"This negative propaganda began a few months ago and grew larger approaching the election and in the past two days, under the pretext of an illness and a virus, their media did not miss the slightest opportunity to discourage people from voting," Khamenei was quoted as saying on his official website.