Inside Iran at election time as country closes borders over virus fears

We came to Iran to report the Parliamentary elections: but suddenly we are reporting the country's borders are closed not for political reasons but because surrounding countries worry about the outbreak of the coronavirus here. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)

We didn’t have to go far to find its effect on ordinary people here in Isfahan.

Away from worries about the virus outbreak there has still been talk here about the election.

I speak to Hossein Dehghan - Adviser to the Supreme Leader, a former top general and defence minister.

He's tipped by some even as a future President.

I began by asking him what impact General Qasem Soleimani's assassination has had on Iranian morale.

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