{"id":236406,"date":"2021-03-16T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=236406"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:03:33","slug":"pandemic-and-irans-regime-criminal-measures-during-the-persian-year-of-1399","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/pandemic-and-irans-regime-criminal-measures-during-the-persian-year-of-1399\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic and Iran’s Regime Criminal Measures During the Persian Year of 1399"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Next Sunday marks the first day of the Iranian calendar year, the celebration of which is called Nowruz, translates to “new day.” The holiday is supposed to evoke optimism, but whereas the year 2021 began with high hopes for vaccine distribution and an end to the coronavirus pandemic, the Persian year 1400 will bring much less initial promise for the people of Iran.<\/p>\n

In February, the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei banned<\/a> the import of American and British-made vaccines to Iran, effectively cutting off a lifeline that was opening up for one of the world’s worst-affected countries. The order actually led to the cancellation of the shipment of 150,000 doses that unnamed American philanthropists had already arranged to donate. Khamenei’s order was among the clearest examples of his regime’s disregard for the plight of ordinary Iranians and underlined that Tehran permitted outbreaks to go unchecked in order to keep a lid on popular unrest.<\/p>\n

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