UK presses US to ease Iran sanctions to help fight coronavirus Read moreAs Iran celebrates its new year, black death banner announcements hang from Tehran’s eerily deserted squares. The virus’s spread was then accelerated by shortages of medicines and equipment, wrought at least in part by US sanctions. Despite these interruptions, stores across the country heave with goods; the vast majority of products Iranians consume are domestically produced. Mary, a women’s rights activist whose organisation delivers food and medicine to these families door-to-door, says the mood is bleak. Sussan Tahmasebi is a women’s rights advocate from Iran and founder of Femena.

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2020 12:00 UTC