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No protection for Iran’s nurses
Employers have rewarded the sacrifice of Iranian nurses with sackings, unpaid salaries for shifts already worked and revolving 89-day contracts — one day short of any job security and rights. JAMSHID AHMADI reports
Worshippers wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus pray outside the mosque of the Tehran University

THE failure of the Iranian regime to take effective measures to control the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak led to the country becoming the epicentre of the pandemic in the Middle East.  

The regime’s treatment of its own healthcare professionals is increasingly coming under scrutiny, as the death toll rises and the demand for expert care increases.

However, the regime’s lack of care for its increasingly beleaguered population, suffering from continued sanctions from the United States as well as the government’s corruption and incompetence, is further exposed in its treatment of healthcare staff.

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