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Marmar Kabir

Statistician and translator for Le Monde diplomatique in Persian, member of the Editorial team of Orient XXI.

Iran on the verge of a nervous breakdown Marmar Kabir · 15 September In Iran, the low level of water reserves is a cause for great alarm. Together with rising temperatures responsible for power cuts, it heralds an unprecedented energy crisis against a background of extreme geopolitical tensions.
On 28 August, the European troika – the United Kingdom, France (…)
Iran, Already vulnerable, Ravaged by Coronavirus Marmar Kabir · March 2020 Hospitals overflowing and ill-equipped, a deprived and desperate populace, the police and military mobilised to control the country: Covid-19’s progress through Iran has been blistering. Faced with a health and social crisis, the authorities are turning to the IMF for emergency aid, and (…)