Elsa Perret Researcher. Iran. In Chabahar, Fear of the Virus Reduces Smuggling Elsa Perret · April 2020 A large part of the population of Sistan-Balochistan, in the south-east of Iran, engages in informal trade with its Emirati and Pakistani neighbours. However, the explosion in the number of Iranians infected with Covid-19 (5,710 dead as of April 26) has dealt a severe blow to these cross-border (...)