Ray Takeyh

Ray Takeyh is a Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign on Foreign Relations and the author of the forthcoming book, The Last Shah: America, Iran and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

A man looks at parliamentary election campaign posters in Tehran, Iran on February 19, 2020. The photo shows the man standing in front of a board that is placarded with multiple political campaign posters, many of them identical and pasted over and over. The predominant colors are green, white, and red—like the Iranian flag. WANA/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS.
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Coronavirus in Iran—An Isolated Response?

by Ray Takeyh

As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, will Tehran wean itself off suspicions and collaborate in efforts to control the virus?