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Objective: COVID-19 prevalence is a new and serious threat to public health. The disease has had an impact on nearly every important economic, political, social, and even military aspect of many countries around the world. As a result, the psychological effects of this viral disease on different levels of society's psychological health are critical, necessitating scientific research. This study looked into the possible link between COVID-19 and psychological distress and anxiety in Iran. Methods:The first large-scale global study of psychological distress and anxiety in public society, this crosssectional (descriptive-analytical) study was based on the participation of people from some Asian countries during the COVID-19 epidemic. Only the results from Iran were presented in this article. This study had 1480 participants and used a standard questionnaire called the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.82. Results:It was discovered that 1171 (79%) of the participants were female, while 309 (21%) were male. The CPDI Questionnaire yielded a mean score of 54.16±6.13. There was a significant relationship (p=0.0002) between age group and total score of psychological distress and anxiety. The findings revealed a link between anxiety variables and education (p = 0.0001), monthly income (p = 0.008), and gender (p = 0.019). Conclusion:It can be concluded that many study participants were in an unfavorable psychological distress and anxiety situation.

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The paper is a reflection on the collective experience of a group of observers were observing infants in Tehran, during the 'lockdown' period because of the Covid-19 pandemic. All continued their observations using a video link, called 'teleobservation'. The observers were doing either their first or second year at infant observation in a course at Tehran University of Medical Sciences with babies from seven months to one and a half years old. The younger babies assisted their observers because they were not mobile, while some older ones were mobile, and some were walking; therefore, able to move out of range of the video link. The technology used was a simple cellphone camera using 'WhatsApp'. The writers discuss the interrelation of two different arenas, the arena of technology and the emotional arena of infant observation. Three significant areas are covered, the observer-mother relationship, the observer-infant relationship and the motherinfant relationship. The authors do not enter into the field of theory, because their aim is to focus on their raw experiences in using video-link instead of observations in person, because of the unprecedented challenges to face to face contact created by a world pandemic.