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Depending on the order size, Bavar sells the masks for as much as 250,00 rials (96 US cents) apiece. As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes to empower its members by helping them make and sell face masks. The organisation called “Bavar”, or “Belief” in Farsi, was formed in 2016, allowing women looking for work to make handicrafts with donated sewing machines. It gave widows and others a way to earn cash in a country whose anemic economy only worsened since, two years later, US President Donald Trump withdrew the his co...

As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Middle East’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes to empower its members by helping them make and sell face masks. The organisation, called Bavar (belief in Farsi), was formed in 2016, allowing women looking for work to make handicrafts with donated sewing machines. It gave widows and others a way to earn cash in a country whose anaemic economy only worsened when, two years later, US president Donald Trump withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. Sara Chartabian, the founder of Bavar, said the group tries to teach women...