TEHRAN, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The total tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran, one of the most populous countries in West Asia, crossed the threshold of 1 million on Thursday, no more than 10 months after the first cases were reported in the country on Feb. 19.
Unlike most of the countries hit by the global pandemic, however, Iran has also been struggling against the unilateral U.S. embargoes that have created great obstacles in the country's efforts to fight the deadly virus.
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