US sees new pressure point as Covid-19 hits Iran
Head of Central Command Gen Kenneth McKenzie gives a briefing to the press in April 2018. He believes Covid-19 has had a far worse impact on Iran than is being reported. – EPA pic, March 14, 2020.
AFTER months of piling pressure on Tehran, the United States is seeing an unexpected new variable: the Covid-19 virus, which has taken a substantial toll on Iran and inside its government. US policymakers are asking whether deaths within the regime are widespread enough that they could alter decision-making – although a deadly rocket attack in Iraq on Wednesday, which Washington blamed on Iran, showed at least that the cycle of conflict between the countries is not abating.
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