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Iran 'had a lot of compulsion' to restrict information on the coronavirus: Expert


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Iran 'had a lot of compulsion' to restrict information on the coronavirus: Expert

"One can safely assume that the information that is coming out of Iran is not entirely to be trusted," says Asif Shuja of the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute. read more...



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