{"id":306667,"date":"2023-04-29T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=306667"},"modified":"2023-04-29T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:56:00","slug":"how-the-irgcs-medicine-mafia-profits-from-irans-drug-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/how-the-irgcs-medicine-mafia-profits-from-irans-drug-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"How the IRGC\u2019s Medicine Mafia Profits from Iran\u2019s Drug Shortage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The shortage of medicine in Iran has reached a critical point. The state-run Taamol newspaper on Wednesday described this crisis as an \u201cAlarming situation of medicine.\u201d But who is to blame for this crisis that endangers the lives of millions of Iranians?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTake the shortage of medicine seriously, as medications are strategic products. The absence of medicine jeopardizes the lives of millions, mainly patients,\u201d Taamol wrote. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the fact that medicine is not included in lists of sanctions against the regime, regime officials and apologists blame the crisis on \u201cglobal arrogance\u201d and its \u201cruthless sanctions.\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, for Iranians, it is crystal clear that the ruling theocracy and its mafia are the real perpetrators of the lack of medicine in Iran.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe mafia of medicine, which profits from imports, is very powerful. In a project to import poisonous serums, they managed to profit while the country\u2019s serum manufacturers had to shut down for six months,\u201d the state-run Ham Mihan website wrote on April 25.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source of Crisis of Medicine, Medical Facilities, and Equipment in Iran: Regime\u2019s Conducts or Sanctions?#Covid_19<\/a> #coronavirus<\/a> #Iran<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/FJfmZ2FR99<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t8lNR6ktG7<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n