Trust, Religion, and Politics: Coronavirus Misinformation in Iran

Alimardani, Mahsa; Elswah, Mona

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“…In January 2020, the government hid, for three days, the fall of the Ukrainian plane shot down by the Pasdaran [ 43 ]. Events such as this exacerbate the (already existing) lack of public confidence, not only in political authorities, but also in the media [ 44 ]. National media, including the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), lack credibility.…”

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Initial COVID-19 Outbreak: An Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Case Review of Iran

Blandenier

Habibi

Kousi

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide. It brought about the implementation of various measures and restrictions at a global level. Iran has been one of the countries with the highest rates of COVID-19 cases. This study reviews the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Iran and examines the mitigation strategies adopted by the country. Moreover, it reports the socioeconomic challenges faced by the authorities during the efforts to contain the virus. A transdisciplinary literature review was carried out and a political measures timeline was constructed. A broad overview of the initial phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran is presented, starting from the first confirmed case on 19 February 2020 until April 2020. The results of this epidemiological and socioeconomic case review of Iran suggests that the political measures undertaken by the Republic of Iran contributed to the decrease of the prevalence of COVID-19. However, due to the existing financial bottleneck, Iran has faced limited health system resources. Therefore, the response was not sufficient to restrict the spread and the efficient handling of the virus in the long-term.

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“…The Iranian Ministry of Health declared that they were going to accept from now on all external help, except from the U.S. and Israel. This case illustrated the entanglement between internal and external affairs in context of the pandemic [ 44 ].…”

Section: Country’s Overview and Resultsmentioning

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Initial COVID-19 Outbreak: An Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Case Review of Iran

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Habibi

Kousi

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…However, as noted in the "Common Challenges" section, social media were also used to disseminate misinformation and conspiracy theories. In addition, fact-checking is not typically conducted in the region, and social media platforms did not collaborate with third-party fact-checkers (Alimardani and Elswah, 2020).…”

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Pulse-Check: Exploration of Early COVID-19 Pandemic Health Care and Public Health Responses in Select Middle East Nations

2022

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“…For instance, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei interpreted the coronavirus as an American led biological attack against Iran (Haghdoost & Golnar, 2020). Television stations affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also supported such theories about the origins of the virus (Alimardani & Elswah, 2020). Indeed, these conspiracy theories even resulted in the international medical NGO Doctors Without Borders having to withdraw its coronavirus treatment unit from the city of Isfahan (Medecins Sans Frontieres, 2020).…”

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Crisis management in authoritarian regimes: A comparative study of COVID-19 responses in Turkey and Iran

San

Bastug

Basli³

2020

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The new coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, was first identified in late 2019 and declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. Turkey and Iran have been heavily affected by the outbreak, with over 460,000 and 890,000 cases reported respectively, so far. Even though these two countries have similar political and ideological approaches and are roughly the same size in terms of population density, as well as despite a high number of reported COVID-19 cases, a fast infection spread rate, and mismanagement of the crisis in both countries, Turkey's death toll remained lower when compared to the death toll in Iran. Deploying a comparative case study methodology drawing on an analysis of secondary sources, this study investigates Turkey and Iran's official responses to COVID-19 to further understand authoritarian reactions to large-scale crises and how distinctions between the actions taken by authoritarian regimes might impact crisis management in such contexts.

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Trust, Religion, and Politics: Coronavirus Misinformation in Iran

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Initial COVID-19 Outbreak: An Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Case Review of Iran

Initial COVID-19 Outbreak: An Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Case Review of Iran

Pulse-Check: Exploration of Early COVID-19 Pandemic Health Care and Public Health Responses in Select Middle East Nations

Crisis management in authoritarian regimes: A comparative study of COVID-19 responses in Turkey and Iran

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