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    Seyyed Matin Hashemi (Tabriz Islamic Art University)
    Rectangle of Death
    Silver
    The COVID Experience
     
    A few months ago, a report of a new and dangerous disease in China that was broadcast on television caught my attention. I thought to myself, what conditions might occur if this disease enters Iran? On February 18, 2020, Iran contracted coronary heart disease; The fear of contracting this disease was quite evident among the people and took the lives of many people, as well as creating difficult economic conditions for the people. But in the meantime, the issue of burying the dead of this mysterious disease has created a new challenge. With the fatwa of the Supreme Leader of Iran on the necessity of observing the religious principles in different stages of burial, the deceased for the first time in the city of Tabriz, which has one of the largest shrines in the country; By strictly observing the health protocols in block 65 (burial place of the coronation deceased), they proceeded to bury the dead of this disease. White death without the presence of the deceased's family watching from afar; Volunteer students who now wore clothes other than their own and performed religious rites for the deceased; Disinfectants that changed the atmosphere of Block 65 like a strange stage; A white storm that brought white death. Everyone and everyone had created an apocalyptic atmosphere. It was there that "death" took on new and more suspended meanings for me; That man, despite all the great progress, is still weak and small ...
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    Photo 10- Tired Dead detergent l after washing corpses with clothes that are very hard to bear.
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    Photo 11- Dead detergent women get ready to wash the corona corps every day after washing ordinary corpses from 2 pm.
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    Photo 12- After the funeral, the Dead detergent and officials burn their clothes in this place.
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    Photo 2- The Dead detergent take the body to the bathhouse from inside the cold house according to the hygienic protocols.
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    Photo 3- The women Dead detergent the deceased and then cover him with a special cloth for the deceased.
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    Photo 4-The Dead detergent put the body in a car to move to block 65, which is for the coronvirus deads.
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    Photo 5- Prayer for the deceased on the head of a coroner without the presence of the family and acquaintances of the deceased.
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    Photo 6-A girl runs to her lost loved one to see her beloved, who was unable to visit her family during Nowruz due to social distance.
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    Photo 7- The last station with special conditions.
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    Photo 8- Concerned views of the families of the deceased from a great distance.
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    Photo 9- Burial of the deceased in Corona.
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    Photo 10- Tired Dead detergent l after washing corpses with clothes that are very hard to bear.
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    Photo 11- Dead detergent women get ready to wash the corona corps every day after washing ordinary corpses from 2 pm.
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    Photo 12- After the funeral, the Dead detergent and officials burn their clothes in this place.
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