Let's hope for some progress in Middle East

The year 2020 has been extremely tough for all people, especially when fighting an invisible enemy that has severely threatened our health and lives.

That urgent situation though did not stop the Middle East from becoming even more chaotic.

Iranians spent their Nowruz, or Persian New Year, which fell on March 20 last year, under masks and social distancing rules while seeing the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country rise every day.