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Nargol Aran

Nargol Aran writes from Tehran. Her writing can also be found on The Point.

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Mourning in Tehran

On Ashura, Shi’a Muslims grieve the Prophet’s grandson. But with Iran crippled by COVID-19 and U.S. sanctions, it was also an occasion this year to mourn the country’s deaths from disease and despair.
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