The raging pandemic inside Iran combined with factional jockeying for the Iranian presidential election in June have paralyzed its government. Without vaccines, more Iranians will die, and coronavirus infections from Iran will spread to other countries in the region. Like the Trump administration, it publicly denied the seriousness of the virus, ignored the warnings of health officials and encouraged super-spreader events. To fight the virus, Iran has requested an emergency loan from the IMF, which the Trump administration blocked. Before the 1979 revolution in Iran, America and Iran enjoyed more than a century of friendship.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2021 11:17 UTC