Mossad chief said to allege Iran, numerous Arab states lying about virus stats

Mossad chief Yossi Cohen told health officials during a briefing today that the coronavirus pandemic is more serious in a number of Arab states and Iran than the governments there are acknowledging, Channel 13 news reports.

“In Lebanon, Iraq and Syria there is large morbidity and they’re lying,” the network quotes Cohen as saying. “The number of infected and dead that the Iranians are reporting is also not true. The numbers I’m familiar with are much higher.”

The spymaster also reportedly said that as part of the efforts to bring medical equipment from overseas, the Mossad obtained some 50 million face masks and 260 ventilators.

“Despite all our connections the doors were closed in most countries of the world and therefore we brought the production lines to Israel,” he was reported to say.