the revolution in the iranian disaster management system in controlling covid-19 pandemic

Managing the disastrous consequences of pandemics depends on the capacity of the governments to mitigate them. as the health system in iran was undertaking economic issues because of sanctions, the government has been forced to make major and urgent decisions while anticipating the economic, social, and political effects of the covid-19 pandemic. therefore, iran has integrated all critical sections of the community to provide a unified command structure to involve all stakeholders. in this regard, we present a disaster management structure in response to the covid-19 pandemic in iran. we hope to provide information on the advantages that might change disaster management structure in pandemics.