Iran has been hit hard by the virus.

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To try to ease the risk of transmission, Iran has now furloughed some 85,000 people from prison. Among them is the British Iranian national, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, who is serving five years for espionage — a charge she has consistently denied.  Host Marco Werman speaks with Nazanin’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, in London. 

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