The coronavirus crisis shows it's time to abolish the family
Sophie Lewis | zcomm.org | 2020-03-25
What does the pandemic tell us about the nuclear family and private household?
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Iran warns of second wave of coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-25
Iran may face a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Wednesday, as some Iranians ignored guidance issued by health officials to contain the spread of the disease in the country."Unfortunately some Iranians ignored advice from health ministry officials and travelled during the (Iranian) New Year holidays … This could cause a second wave of the coronavirus," Rabiei said, according to state TV."All the new trips between cities are banned and violators will be confronted legally."
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Deflection: Pompeo Issues '5 Facts' Claiming Iran Exported COVID-19 To "At Least 5 Countries"
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-03-25
As even Britain is urging its close US ally to moderate its stance on Iran sanctions as the Mideast country's death toll surges from the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington-Tehran tit-for-tat exchanges and blame game over Covid-19 continues unabated. Yesterday Pompeo issued a new list of five allegations of how Iran's leaders have handled the outbreak. Notably, this featured the …
iranian.com/2020/03/24/deflection-pompeo-issues-5-facts-claiming-iran-exported-covid-19-to-at-least-5-countries/

Iran: Rouhani Dennounces US Blockade During COVID-19 Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-24
Hasan Rohani, Iran's President, denounced the U.S. blockade against the Islamic Republic amid the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. | RELATED: | EU Supports Iran, Venezuela Bids for IMF COVID-19 Funds | Rohani said the sanctions limit bank interactions, the import of medicines and medical equipment as well as the safety of the Iranian people during the worldwide pandemic due to Covid-19. The Iranian President requested the international community condemn the U.S.' policy towards Iran. Rohani…
telesurenglish.net/news/iran-rouhani-dennounce-us-blockade-during-covid19-outbreak-20200324-0015.html

Ease sanctions against countries fighting COVID-19: UN human rights chief
news.un.org | 2020-03-24
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an easing of sanctions against countries such as Iran to allow their medical systems to fight the disease and limit its global spread.
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Business as Usual: Coronavirus, Iran and US Sanctions
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-24
Never discount the importance of venality in international relations. While pandemics should provide the glue for a unified front in response

UK, Europe & IMF Ramp Up Pressure For Trump To Ease Sanctions On Virus-Ravaged Iran
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-03-24
Reports and in some cases video began emerging last week of mass shipments of humanitarian supplies being halted and grounded by skittish EU countries worried about violating US-led sanctions on Iran. This as Iranian leaders have lashed out at Washington for ensuring a worsening coronavirus death toll through its "inhuman" sanctions. But the White House has also …
iranian.com/2020/03/23/uk-europe-imf-ramp-up-pressure-for-trump-to-ease-sanctions-on-virus-ravaged-iran/

Defectors Tell of Torture and Forced Sterilization in Militant Iranian Cult
The Intercept | iranian.com | 2020-03-24
Interviews with defectors, including several who held senior positions, offer the most detailed account to date of what life was like inside the MEK. Read the full story here.
iranian.com/2020/03/24/defectors-tell-of-torture-and-forced-sterilization-in-militant-iranian-cult/

President Rouhani: Hospital check-ins, deaths caused by coronavirus declining
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-03-24
President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the number of people hospitalized and deaths due to the coronavirus are decreasing in Iran, which show important measures have been taken. Speaking at the session of National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus, President Rouhani said only 1/3 of the state employees will be present at their offices …
iranian.com/2020/03/24/president-rouhani-hospital-check-ins-deaths-caused-by-coronavirus-declining/

Trump intensifies murderous Iran sanctions during COVID-19 crisis
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-23
As Iran struggles to contain COVID-19, the US has imposed new sanctions that further weaken the Iranian economy and health…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/23/trump-intensifies-murderous-iran-sanctions-during-covid-19-crisis/

Coronavirus: What Newsweek Failed to Mention About "Continuity of Government"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-23
Though often discussed in relation to nuclear war or a similarly chaotic scenario, "continuity of government" plans can be triggered even by popular, nonviolent opposition to an unpopular war abroad. It exists solely to keep the current system in place, regardless of the cost.
mintpressnews.com/coronavirus-what-newsweek-failed-mention-continuity-government/265954/

Punishing sanctions against Iran are turning the coronavirus pandemic into a massacre
Massoud Shadjareh | iranian.com | 2020-03-23
Coronavirus is a crisis. In Iran, it's a massacre – because of Trump's sanctions. Even before COVID-19, these sanctions were recognised by Human Rights Watch as undermining access to healthcare. The virus has taken lives globally but in Iran it has been particularly shocking, with hospital beds in parking lots and mass graves visible from space. Hundreds of lives have been …
iranian.com/2020/03/23/punishing-sanctions-against-iran-are-turning-the-coronavirus-pandemic-into-a-massacre/

Goes to show the level of hubris and profound BS of Western produced statistics
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-03-23
iranian.com/2020/03/22/goes-to-show-the-level-of-hubris-and-profound-bs-of-western-produced-statistics/

The Charlatan and the Villager
Manouchehr Hosseinzadeh | iranian.com | 2020-03-23
The despicable Mr. Charlatan is known to all of us, he is the deceiving, conniving, scandalous, and cruel bully whose greed is limitless and his shame none. He is the man of all trades but skilled in nothing, claims to knowledge that he doesn't have, and witnesses to events that hasn't happened. He doesn't care …
iranian.com/2020/03/23/the-charlatan-and-the-villager/

As US Pulls Military Trainers from Iraq, will the Coronavirus Finally End America's Forever Wars?
Juan Cole | iranian.com | 2020-03-22
Will the coronavirus result in the second withdrawal of US troops from Iraq? There is an increasing question of whether the some 5,000 US military personnel there can be protected from the outbreak if they remain in that country. In any case, many of those servicemen are involved in training Iraqi troops, and the Baghdad …
iranian.com/2020/03/22/as-us-pulls-military-trainers-from-iraq-will-the-coronavirus-finally-end-americas-forever-wars/

Pakistan PM once again asks Trump to lift Iran sanctions
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-03-22
Prime Minister of Pakistan who believes that US sanctions against Iran are cruel and unfair has once again called upon Donald Trump to lift economic sanctions from the Islamic Republic. Imran Khan in a tweet on Sunday said the people of Iran are facing untold suffering as sanctions are crippling Iran's efforts to fight COVID19. …
iranian.com/2020/03/22/pakistan-pm-once-again-asks-trump-to-lift-iran-sanctions/

Official: Upward Trend in Coronavirus Cases in Tehran Stops
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-03-22
Governor of Tehran Province said the rising trend in the new cases of COVID-19 in the Iranian province has stopped. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Anushirvan Mohseni said the growing trend in the coronavirus cases in the province of Tehran has stopped. While the growth rate of new infections on March 19 stood at 7 …
iranian.com/2020/03/22/official-upward-trend-in-coronavirus-cases-in-tehran-stops/

Nowruz: The world keeps burning, but it keeps on turning
Reza Amin | iranian.com | 2020-03-21
Happy Iranian New Year, it's 1399! last year didn't end so well, but don't complete your 14th century on a lousy note! The 15th century is around the corner, and there is so much to look forward to. Enjoy your holiday, like all of Iran, then get back to work, and remember… Iranians have survived …
iranian.com/2020/03/20/nowruz-the-world-keeps-burning-but-it-keeps-on-turning/

Delicious: Najmieh Batmanglij transforms Iran's national dish into a pizza
Al Jazeera | iranian.com | 2020-03-21
Ghormeh sabzi on a pizza? Yara convinced the goddess of Iranian cuisine, Najmieh Batmanglij, to transform Iran's national dish into a pizza … with tons of cheese! Was it a delicacy or a disaster? Watch to find out.
iranian.com/2020/03/20/delicious-najmieh-batmanglij-transforms-irans-national-dish-into-a-pizza/

Qatar's 2nd medical shipment arrives in Tehran
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-03-21
Second anti-COVID19 consignment donated by Qatari government arrived in Imam Khomeini International Airport in the capital on Friday to help Iran's fight against coronavirus outbreak. Based on the coordination between Iran and Qatar's governments and follow-ups made by Iran's Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian as Iranian head of Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Cooperation Commission, Tehran received second …
iranian.com/2020/03/21/qatars-2nd-medical-shipment-arrives-in-tehran/

Expert: US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during pandemic could be genocidal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
Intensified US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during the COVID-19 pandemic could amount to genocide, a former UN expert warns. Iran…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/expert-us-sanctions-on-iran-venezuela-during-pandemic-could-be-genocidal/

Pompeo and Netanyahu paved a path to war with Iran, and they're pushing Trump again
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
Though it narrowly averted war with Iran this January, the Trump administration is still pushing for all-out military conflict. The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/pompeo-netanyahu-war-iran-trump/

Happy Nowruz! نوروزتان مبارک
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-03-20
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Latest U.S. Military Strikes Are as Reckless as they are Cruel
Lilly Dragnev | peaceaction.org | 2020-03-13
Washington, D.C.

Congress Sends Bipartisan Bill to Trump Rebuking Iran War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-03-11
Washington, D.C.

[Comment] How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of the COVID-19 epidemic?
Roy M Anderson, Hans Heesterbeek, Don Klinkenberg, T Déirdre Hollingsworth | thelancet.com | 2020-03-09
Governments will not be able to minimise both deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the economic impact of viral spread. Keeping mortality as low as possible will be the highest priority for individuals; hence governments must put in place measures to ameliorate the inevitable economic downturn. In our view, COVID-19 has developed into a pandemic, with small chains of transmission in many countries and large chains resulting in extensive spread in a few countries, such as Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Japan.
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