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Pandemics Ravaged Iran Long Before the Coronavirus
But Instead of Learning From the Past, Tehran Is Stuck There by Amir A. Afkhami As the novel coronavirus sweeps Iran, the government’s response has been opaque and remarkably deficient, favoring political and
religious priorities over pragmatic prevention policies. When the virus began to spread in Wuhan, China, other countries took stock of their readiness against the disease. Iran did not prepare. Instead, it continued to export facemasks
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