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Public health structures were developed and expanded over four decades of war and isolation, allowing them to mobilise effectively against COVID-19 despite the negative impacts of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256488
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Iranian budget.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220548
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Iranian officials appear to have been caught off guard by the collapse in oil prices. The draft budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 (March-March) was presented to the legislature…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197101
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Facing the region’s largest coronavirus outbreak, the authorities belatedly closed schools, banned all religious and social gatherings and asked people to stay indoors. However…
Promised extra food rations have yet to appear, deepening economic pressure on households. Last year’s twin shocks of the pandemic and oil-price collapse contributed to a fiscal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260779
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Social cohesion in Oman.
This came during a visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, who was seeking to negotiate a 25-year strategic partnership and move forward with collaboration on a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256791
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Failures of Iranian gas and electricity supplies have combined with attacks on pylons and a heatwave to cause severe power cuts in Iraq this summer. In the longer term, Tehran’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263307
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Religious communities and their COVID-19 responses.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252854
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The country’s system of pension funds has long been close to bankruptcy, but awareness of the urgency of the issue has increased over the past year. Nonetheless, proposed pension…