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Statement from the Presidency on 'monkeypox'

The Presidency's Directorate of Communications Center for Combating Disinformation (DMM) announced that images shared on some social media accounts, allegedly showing a person infected with the 'monkeypox virus,' actually belong to a person injured during protests in Iran in 2022.

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Published: 16.08.2024 20:47 Updated: 16.08.2024 20:47
Statement from the Presidency on 'monkeypox'

The Directorate of Communications Center for Combating Disinformation announced that images circulating on social media accounts, which were claimed to belong to a person infected with the 'monkeypox virus,' contain manipulation.

In the statement, which noted that the photograph in question belongs to a person hit by shotgun pellets during protests in Iran in 2022, it was stated, "The photograph has no connection to monkeypox disease. Do not give credence to baseless claims."


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