TABLE 1.

Policies and Guidelines Selected for the Analysis

Government’s Quarantine Policy
Ministry of Health (MOH) order to national lockdown	Mar 21
Industry, Mine, and Trade (IMT) Ministry order to open industries	Apr 6
MOH letter in disagreement with early reopening	Apr 7
Iranian President order to open all industries and organizations	Apr 10
Administrative and Recruitment Organization instructions for opening organizations	Apr 11
Iranian Administration System in the COVID-19 pandemic (Iranian Parliament report)	Apr 21
Evaluating the path taken for the COVID-19 pandemic and the requirements of the leading path (Iranian Parliament report)	Mar 7
Media reports that reflected official views on the government’s quarantine policy	February 20 to May 21
National Surveys
National survey to assess the socio-psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran	Apr 16
Iranian people’s views on the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic	Mar 14