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Orkideh Behrouzan
@OBehrouzan
Medical anthropologist & author, interested in memory, mental health, displacement, psychoanalysis, STS, objects, cities, architecture, poetry. Teaches @ SOAS.
Mar 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Blaming #Iran’s #COVID19 tragedy “solely” on #US_Sanctions is to overlook the #politicization & #securitization of epidemic in Iran & the politically motivated decisions that led to tragic death toll. It IS possible to condemn #sanctions AND IR’s #incompetence & #deceit (1/5) Sanctions cripple economy AND healthcare; I’ve said repeatedly that not lifting them right now is a crime. But so was Iran’s willful #coverup & mismanagement & politicized refusal to act. Note: PPE &meds shortage is also a distribution issue, helped by State incompetence (2/5)
Feb 25, 2020 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
A historical reminder that #epidemics are both biological & social entities; their emergence/governance intertwined wt complex cultural, historical & political contexts/agendas: 1990s HIV/AIDS policymaking in #Iran (chapter13) unesco.org/new/fileadmin/… #Coronavirius #COVID19 #کرونا #Iran #public_health policy is a biopolitical exercise wt historic successes & failures. 1990s #HIV/AIDS policy shift followed decade of #postwar ideologically motivated coverup. #COVIDー19 coverup is politically motivated in context of both incompetence & credibility crisis