Compare & Contrast Countries: These United Snakes & Iran

You thought there was a difference? It's like Hitler vs. Stalin: Root for injuries.

DW.COM:
Iran faces catastrophic death toll from coronavirus  —  Beyond China and Italy, Iran has been hardest hit by COVID-19 — but it could get a whole lot worse, thanks to a lack of international aid, government mismanagement and nobody knowing quite who's in charge. [Where have we heard that before? — M.B.]
David Gilbert / VICE:   3.5 Million Iranians Could Die From Coronavirus If The Outbreak Is Not Controlled
Reuters:   U.S. sanctions Iran, seeks release of Americans amid coronavirus outbreak
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:   UK presses US to ease Iran sanctions to help fight coronavirus

Not that there is any sympathy here for the religious dingbat hostage-takers of the Islamic Republic. Pharoah, let our people go, then we'll talk.

Editorial Honesty: Face it, on a rock swirling in cold empty space that is infested by over seven billion (w/ a "b") allegedly sapient beings, a few million are not a drop in the (proverbial) bucket, they are a single H₂O molecule
in a five-gallon bucket.