When India's economy was closed, the country was a moribund, hopeless place.
The regime also recently closed the country's independent film institute, Iran's House of Cinema.
Three days before the presidential elections in Nigeria, the government closed the country's borders amid security concerns.
It has dissolved the constitution and democratic institutions, imposed a military curfew and closed the country's borders.
It is also ironic that in the year when schools were closed, the country posted its best exam results for a decade.
Iran has closed the country to foreign reporters and has jailed many journalists, making it difficult to corroborate or refute the many accusations.
This weekend, Trump closed the country's borders to refugees, immigrants, and even documented residents from around the world based on their country of origin.
During last year's Iranian presidential campaign the regime closed the country's largest Farsi-language church, Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran.
The volcano lies less than 30 miles from the capital of Guatemala City, where authorities closed the country's main airport until Monday morning.
Despite efforts to close the countries' remote rainforest border, 11 cases have been confirmed in Congo, following 16 in neighbouring parts of Gabon, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.
