In Iran, a medical study last year found nearly 1 in 5 people there had contracted the coronavirus. NPR's Peter Kenyon has been calling Iranians. He's been asking them about the pandemic and their ...

Swiftly moves the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rises, as do the numbers ...

Iran’s medical system was ill-prepared to handle the explosion of COVID-19 cases”. These remarks exemplify the one-sidedness in how Iran is being portrayed, i.e. the depiction of a government and ...

Before the U.S. led the world in reported cases of coronavirus, the pandemic was already sweeping through Iran. More than 2,700 people have died there, and the health care system has been devastated.

COVID-19 Pandemic. In Iran, ... Since the start of the pandemic, Iran has recorded nearly 4 million COVID-19 cases and more than 91,000 deaths — the highest numbers across the Middle East.

A handout photo made available by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp’s official shows, Gen. Hossein Salami (L-3) speaking on April 16 about a machine he said could detect the coronavirus ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s capital has run out of intensive care beds as the country confronts a new surge of infections that is filling hospitals and cemeteries alike. The single-day ...

So far, Iran is one of the countries hit hardest by the novel coronavirus. Thousands of people there are infected, and the death toll is skyrocketing. In addition, amid preparations for a subdued ...

Coronavirus pandemic ‘could kill millions’ in Iran. Stark warning from state TV comes as death toll in the country nears 1,000, with at least 16,000 confirmed cases.

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That’s exactly what we’re now seeing in Iran, the epicenter of covid-19 in the Middle East. The pandemic has caused thousands of deaths and brought its leadership’s incompetence, corruption ...