The failed attempts by the Iranian authorities to hide information from the public regarding the downing of the Ukrainian airplane by the Revolutionary Guards (January 2020) and the outbreak of the coronavirus (February 2020) have caused further significant damage to Iranian public confidence in Islamic Republic institutions. The erosion of public confidence, already evident in Iran in recent years, was likewise reflected in the unprecedentedly low voter turnout in the parliamentary elections in late February. The intensifying crisis...
The coronavirus that erupted in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China has infected tens of thousands of people and so far claimed over 2400 lives. The rapid spread of the virus has sparked global panic, and several countries, including Israel, have taken unprecedented measures to deal with the danger of infection, such as closing their gates to foreigners arriving from China and other countries, evacuating their own citizens from China, and putting them into quarantine until cleared of possible infection. Business companies...
