Iranian regime overwhelmed by health disaster

Despite the virus that continues to spread, Abdolfaz wishes to celebrate the approaching Iranian New Year (Norouz). "I am at my depot in the south of Tehran, I wear the mask, but I wanted to be with my employees" , said this industrialist Sunday afternoon, at the head of a company of 70 employees, which sells light panels. For more than three weeks, his two daughters have not left "our apartment for even an hour," he answers the phone.

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His wife, who lost a 31-year-old brother-in-law, also wears a mask. "My Chinese suppliers sent me 450 masks which I distributed to my employees and their families," adds Abdolfaz. "Our authorities are overwhelmed ," he said. The government, hit by the American sanctions, was already poor. The situation has worsened with the virus. ”

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