Coronavirus and the Tragedy of Iran

3/2/20
 
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from The Wall Street Journal,
3/1/20:

The Islamic Republic has missed out on global prosperity and is now in its decadent, late-Soviet stage.

Nowhere other than in China is the coronavirus epidemic more severe than in Iran, where authorities confirmed Sunday that at least 54 people, including an 81-year-old former ambassador, have died from Covid-19. The real death toll may be considerably higher than that; on Friday, BBC Persian tallied 210 deaths from individual hospitals.

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