after six days of restrictions, iranians are back on the streets. but at what cost? just as restrictions were lifted, officials revealed that the fifth wave of the covid—19 pandemic has tightened its grip on the country. new figures show that deaths are continuing to hit record numbers. spiking from more than 500 deaths before the restrictions to 684. means that since the pandemic began iran has registered more that means that since the pandemic began iran has registered more than four million covid cases and more than 102,000 deaths. while officials confess the real toll is higher, it still makes iran the worst hit the country among the worst hitthe country among its neighbours in the middle east. translation: the market was closed