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What’s really going on in Iran? (WATCH ABOVE for a behind-the-scenes video of Iran’s coronavirus crisis.)

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian reporter and activist, told The Toronto Sun the situation is worse than the Iranian government is reporting.

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“No one in Iran believes the government has control over the situation,” Alinejad told the Sun.

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“The coronavirus has taken at least 200 lives, according to government figures, although unofficial numbers from hospitals and doctors, suggest a much greater death toll,” she said.

Alinejad has been an outspoken critic of how the Iranian regime has handled the outbreak.

“Regime officials have now taken to blaming the Americans and the sanctions for the spread of the virus … The regime officials can no longer conceal the extent of the catastrophe that has befallen Iran since the outbreak of the epidemic in the city of Qom,” Alinejad said.

Alinejad has shown how the virus has affected Iran by posting clips from around the country on her social media accounts.