Tehran, oct. 14, irna -- the leader of the Islamic revolution, ayatollah ali khamenei
here today underlined the need to cut iran's dependence on foreign countries in medical
field and provide people with all their needed medical services. the supreme leader also
underscored the importance of conducting extensive research in iranian medical
colleges.
ayatollah khamenei was speaking to a group of the health ministry officials including
health minister alireza marandi and his deputies as well as the chancellors of medical
colleges from throughout the country. in a dignified country like the Islamic republic of
iran, people should be able to select their favorite physicians to treat their illnesses
inside the couture, the supreme leader pointed out. the leader said that medical colleges
and universities should be directed towards research in the real sense of the word and
train as many female physicians as male ones. in a short speech, the health minister
briefed ayatollah khamenei on the activities of his ministry and its success in
substantially increasing the number of medical colleges in the country since the victory
of the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Tehran, oct. 7, irna -- leader of the Islamic revolution ayatollah ali khamenei
commenting on the gaza-jericho deal, said here thursday, "the issue of palestine is
not over yet." the leader made the remark when he received head of the palestinian
Islamic jihad movement, dr. fathi shaqaqi. "history has proven that such deals are
not always to the benefit of their masterminds and that with a continuous vigorous
struggle, this event will be
to the detriment of the zionist enemy," said the supreme leader. fathi shaqaqi
reported to the leader on the nature and status of anti-zionist struggle of the
palestinian combatants in the occupied territories following the plo-tel aviv compromise
deal. shaqaqi said that the plo-israel deal has not reduced the momentum of the
palestinian struggle. on the contrary, it has increased the determination of the
palestinian fighters to continue their struggle untile materilization of their legitimate
rights.