Health Minister who led a purge of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration. Although he publicly portrayed himself as a crusader against a ring of corruption in the pharmaceutical industry, which is led by powerful individuals who authorize any deal with a “golden signature,” he himself is connected to an embezzlement scandal in the pharmaceutical sector.

 

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Mohammad Reza Shanesaz, Mahnaz Khanavi, Abbas Haji Akhoundi

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