(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iranian Health Minister Ms Marziyeh Vahid-Dastjerdi said here on Sunday that the West’s sanctions against Iran has led to the country’s self-sufficiency in the areas of health, treatment and production of medicines.
She stressed that the sanctions imposed on Iran has had great achievements for the Iranian nation.
Mrs Vahid-Dastjerdi further quoted her Turkish counterpart as praising Iran’s great medical achievements over the past three decades after he visited the country’s various medical and health centers and a number of pharmaceutical factories.
She reiterated that the sanctions against the Islamic Republic had resulted in great medical achievements for the country.
Referring to heart, kidney and liver transplants carried out by skilled Iranian surgeons, she said Ankara has voiced readiness to cooperate with Iran in that area.
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