Iranian Diplomacy|Hessam Emami : Irans Guardian Council has signaled it may alter a masculine definition of statesmen that impedes presidential campaigns by women for the first time. Marzieh-Vahid-Dastjerdi, the Islamic Republics first and only woman minister, is now at the heart of a plethora of speculations that she might be a wild card for the Principlists ...

When it comes to the international media, they certainly want you to take home a distorted image of Iran.Consider the recent sacking ofMarzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, the Iranian health minister fromAhmadinejads cabinet. This is how the incident has been reported by most global news organisations, including those who claim to be champions of objective journalism....

Former Health Minister of Iran, Mrs.Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi has warned that the prices for medicine drugs in the country can double, ISNA news agency reported. Dastjerdi was dismissed by President Ahmadinejad in December 2012, because of her harsh critics on the Central Bank. She criticized the Central Bank because its avoidance to supply importers ...

Amid strict Western sanctions and allegations of economic mismanagement, Iran is suffering a critical drug shortage. A growing number of Iranians in the US have taken it upon themselves to send medicine to their loved ones back home. To keep her brother's heart beating, this autumn an Iranian immigrant living in the US state of Georgia devised a smuggling ...

Today's top headlines in Iran include Iranian president decision to implement second phase of subsidy plan and lawmakers opposition; ex-health minister remarks in her first interview after being fired and Ayatollah Sobhani concerns over spread of house churches and Wahhabis activities in Iran.   Ahmadinejad impeachment and implementation of ...

If we count all the hidden fees and expenses, people in Iran pay around 70 percent of their salaries for medical expenses, Iranian Health Minister Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi said, ILNA reported. "The costs of heathcare and intractable diseases treatments, annually bring 7,5 percent of people in Iran below the poverty line," Dastjerdi said, noting ...

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Iranian Health Minister Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi has urged local banks to get currency for importing medicine into the country, Jahannews reported. "There is no prohibition towards importing raw materials and medical equipment into the country. The only problem is the allocation of foreign currency to importing the necessary materials from abroad,...