Iran is focusing on COVID - could that be good for peace?
Iran’s decision to focus on the COVID crisis could lead to some internal political battles to find scapegoats. That could keep the regime distracted, along with the crisis in neighboring Afghanistan.
A man walks next to closed shops of Tehran Bazaar following the tightening of restrictions to curb the surge of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Tehran, Iran August 16, 2021(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
