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With more 20,000 new COVID cases and at least 400 deaths per day, Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet. After facing criticism for downplaying the virus last year, Iranian authorities have put partial lockdowns and other measures into place to try and slow the coronavirus’s spread.