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May 2020
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1. Iran's Economy under Covid

NEGAR MORTAZAVI
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Negar Mortazavi speaks with Bijan Khajehpour, an economist and a managing partner at EUNEPA, about Covid19 in Iran and how the pandemic combined with US sanctions have seriously impacted Iran's economy.


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