Thousands of children in Iran have been left without parents, and many people blame the leadership.
"She keeps asking where daddy is": Eliza's father died of Covid two months after her fourth birthday
"She gets very nervous if I'm out of her sight for one minute, she thinks I might not come back, like daddy," says Afrooz, Eliza's mother. "They feel that they have lost their agency and have little control over their lives. This may have long-term consequences, while increasing the risk of short-term trauma and adverse effects on their health."
In the first year of the crisis more than one million Iranians lost their job, according to Iran's Islamic Parliament Research Center, with dire consequences."The economic uncertainty and financial difficulties may push some older children out of the education system so that they can provide for their younger siblings, making them vulnerable to exploitation, which may have dire consequences for the whole family," says Dr Shaheem.
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