Transformation and Evolution in the Longstanding Relationship with Astra Company Sweden
Transcript of Transformation and Evolution in the Longstanding Relationship with Astra Company Sweden
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Transformation and Evolution in the
Longstanding Relationship with Astra Company
Sweden
The Darou Pakhsh Pharmaceutical Agency and Astra
Company
Darou Pakhsh Co.1
inclination to manufacture and substitute
harmaceuticalsp
$400 million
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the planning stages for the
setup of the production facility in Iran
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Swedish Crown Prince
to his romantic love
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Iranian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry
unique position,
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Mahfar Co. Ltd.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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partnerships for the production of
pharmaceutical products in my country
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Second Trip to Sweden and my Introduction to Astra’s
New Management Structure
Nobel Prize
as a matter
of principle, we look out for each other
rganizational structure and commercial policies. o
separation of the “advertising” and “imports”
sections from that of the “distribution” and “sales of drugs”,
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seventy five percent
a victory and a step forward
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better able than any
ambassador introduce Sweden as a country to Iranians,
a small company
highly developed nation
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Bad Management and Inefficiencies in Astra’s New
Structure in Iran
Ministry of Health officials
Astra Company Iran
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mismanagement
n Irepresented five other companies i ran
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new emergency policy
Iranian Red Lion and Sun Society
National Pharmaceutical Company Social Security
rganization, Army’s Medical ServicesO
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On the Axis of Friendships
Dr. Sadegh Moghadam and the Faculty of Pharmacy of
Tehran University
Faculty of
Pharmacy of Tehran University,
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Faculty of Pharmacy
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Ministry of
Health
Faculty
of Pharmacy
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Docto Jahanshah Salehr
Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi
first comprehensive specialized book on
women's diseases in Persian
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Tehran
University,
Library and the communication of
scientific information
scientific
credentials took precedence over his administrative rank
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Iranian caviar
Iranian
enateS
Dr. Mossadegh,
Planning the Visit of the Astra Factory by Mrs. Farideh
Diba
Farideh Diba
Red Lion and
Sun Society
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Kinship and Camaraderie with Dr. Movassaghi and
Dr. Motamedi
Social Security
Organization’s
Dr. Hassan Ali Mansour1
National Assembly
Pars Hospital
World War II
National Assembly
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Pars Hospital
National Assembly
Dr. Ghassem Motamedi,
Health and
Therapeutic Sciences
Esfahan University
Health Ministry’s Pharmaceutical Commission
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The Campaign Against Tuberculosis and
Dr. Motamedi’s Role
Tehran Clinic
treat tuberculosis
eradicate tuberculosis in
Iran within two years
Tehran Clinic
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impossibility of
btaining an import permit from the Health Ministryo
scientific officials at the Health Ministry
Italian Health Ministry and
Chamber of Commerce Iranian Embassy in
Rome
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tuberculosis centers throughout the
country1
negative view
Convention of
uberculosis SpecialistsT
Dr. Rahim Tabatabaee,
Mohammad Ghazi
Ozgol Hospital
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Dr.
Oshidari
National Plan
ninety-seven
percent of the state’s total market consumption
Khosrowshahi brothers
an act of faith,
rescuing the underprivileged
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Mahfar Co.’s Research Department
carpet-weaving centers,
fight against tuberculosis
National Plan for
he Fight Against Tuberculosis in Irant
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Three Memories: Three National Plans
Dr. Osanloo’s Well and The Center for Emergency Burns
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plastic and
econstructive surgeonr
regulations
Clinic Center for Emergency Burns
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highly experienced physician and reputable specialist
Troubleshooting the Design of the Town of Cheshmeh
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Daryabeigi
Cheshmeh
Daryabeigi family
town
nation’s housing conditions,
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acegreen sp
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British Leyland factory
national duty
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National Plan for the Creation of a Pharmaceutical
Factory for the Army
advanced pharmaceutical plant for the Iranian army.
import these products
National Plan,
industrial production of pharmaceuticals
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Army’s Pharmaceutical Factory.
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TEKA Edareh Tadarokat-e Keshvari ArteshE
direct
vicinity to the railway
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particular sensitivity scrutinize
intense
nationalistic and patriotic obligation.
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bureaucracy, slowness and
continuous modifications
in Europe and
in a modern institution
export of
surplus production to neighboring countries
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both parties finally signed the agreement
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transparency of my professional activities
transfer of
echnology and the development of the nation’s t
pharmaceutical industry
nation’s quiet political climate
turbulent uprisings
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long-term dream of
producing pharmaceuticals domestically,
valuable segment of the
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pharmaceutical industry existing in Iran today
ETEKA
an Egyptian pharmacist
penicillin’s raw
materials
expiry date
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In the Company of Responsible and Enterprising
Members of the Iranian Jewish Community
The Jewish Association and tensions in its management
the new plastics industry
and in manufacturing refrigerators
Iran’s Chamber of Commerce,
Industries and Mines
Iranian Jewish
ssociationA
Youssef Cohen
National Assembly
Eminent Persians
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contemporary history of the Jews in Iran
National Assembly of
the Constitutional Monarchy Regime
the Islamic
Republic
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Iran’s renowne
Acquaintance with Haj Habib Elgh
Yom Kippur War
anian
d industrialists
Yom Kippur
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an unbiased witness
arbitration would not be enforceable,
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low-level employee.
your instructions
responsible and
accountable
visit Jerusalem
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The Mahfar Company and an Unavoidable End
A Simple Incident and a Fateful Conn
Pharmaceutical Office
of the Health Ministry
ection
illegal
young graduate
young
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colleagues who are filled with hope,
Health
inistry.M
demands
reasonable
Do good and throw it in the Tigris River,
God will compensate you in the desert.
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claimed
what you were owed,
of pharmaceutical raw materials
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Crisis and Signs of the Islamic Revolution
government
instability
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dilemmas,
Tehran’s Jewish
Association Iranian Jewish
ntellectual Society I
lAyatollah Ta eghani1
The Deteriorating Situation, Growing Worries and the
Imam’s Relief Committee
Giliard
Friday prayer leader
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Islamic Revolutionary Tribunals,
Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries and
Mines
Ayatollah Mahmoud
Taleghani’s
Imam Khomeini Relief Committee.
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Kourosh Cultural
ssociationA
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The Beginning of Mahfar Co.’s Cessation
without even knowing me
Darou Pakhsh Organization
state,
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company’s professional credibility and reputation
company’s solid record
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We must relinquish Mahfar Co.
ivotal position Mahfar Co. state institutionp
internal organizational
problems in critical circumstances
complex external organizational duties
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transactions were
carried out only in cash
no one knows what lies
ahead,
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external aspects of our organization,
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Translation of the Transfer of Power
(see previous page)
Mahfar Co. Ltd.
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product of some thirty
years of effort in an instant
private sector, healthcare
and pharmaceutical companies and all other organizations in
the country.
The Country’s Open Political Climate and Trip to Europe
to Transfer Representations
a government
efending the underprivileged d
Iran’s future.
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Darou Pakhsh
have better
nowledge of and familiarity with Darou Pakhsh’s k
organization
make profits and
ffer remedies operating uselessly and o
suffering losses
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mere
trust in God is not sufficient,
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Astra’s
Advertising and Imports Office
enigma
had
introduced a ray of hope in my heart
big problem
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Darou Pakhsh
It is my
ill,w
Transfer of Representations, or the Delivery of my
Children
Astra
Pharmaceutical Factory
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from now on, I am no longer
Astra’s representative in Iran
Each one
of these pharmaceuticals is like our child
take good care of
ur childreno
unexpected accident,
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Engineer Bazargan1
Mehdi Bazargan
Ecole Centrale des
Arts et Manufactures
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Two-Day Trip and Encounter with Allon
We both cried
own home
exiting Iran had become very difficult
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Engineer Bazargan’s Confirmation:
Return to Iran and the Sad End of Mahfar Co.
Engineer Bazargan
zarganEngineer Ba
no longer felt like home
sadness were seeping
hrough the doors and walls strong t
and firm
third stage
program for the transfer and complete cession of
Mahfar Co.
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cession of all representation
rights and privileges of Mahfar Co. Darou Pakhsh
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Mahfar Co.’s structure and management
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Mahfar Co. worked like a Swiss watch
Leaving Iran:
A Trip That Was Not Supposed to Turn Into
Involuntary Exile
I left my
homeland and headed for exile
dreams
From now on you are no longer the Managing Director
f Mahfar Coo
start all over again
History had taught us the lesson of
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eing in harmony with exileb
I did not know where I should settle.
endeavored to bring people together,
social
harmony and virtuousness
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dutifully
journey on the path of honesty and integrity - not in
our homeland in involuntary exile
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The Beginning of an Unwanted Migration:
Trip to America and Residence in Switzerland
From Zurich to Los Angeles
Islamic
Republic
our lifestyle was incompatible with the ways of the new
migrants in that city
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From New York to Zurich and Efforts to Obtain Work
Permit
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Syndicate of Swiss Pharmacists
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Swiss Immigration Office
federal state of Switzerland
Initial Pharmaceutical Trade Agreement
Wyeth
exports to
Middle Eastern countries
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professional queries
U.S. trade regulations,
of a long-term plan
ndependent professional i
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Mahfar Co.’s Liquidator.
the
country’s new laws and regulations
Family’s Migration to Switzerland and Settlement in
Geneva
Zurich University
Chemicon
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Trade Development Bank
s ta hir with no tie
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I wiped away the tears,
early in the
morning
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refrigerator
in exile and away from
y homeland,m
become independent
Acquaintances and Friendship with Nessim Gaon
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Nessim Gaon,
kosher food
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own bitter experience
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ll of my savingsa
all that I
ossess,p
I do
ot require a guarantee.n
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internationally renowned personality and a generous
individual such as he
eceiptr
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Geneva’s Christian Church,
Becoming a Homeowner in Geneva
became uncomfortable about the
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loan I had made him.
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brother never accepts interest from another.
humble sixty-meter office
my loan
I never mentioned the matter to anyone.
my humble office
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very happy and excited.
not capable of buying a
plot of land on my own
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kosher1
Cooperating with Gaon in Exporting Powdered Milk
to Nigeria
meat products
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open a credit
Meeting of Gaon and Levin
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Kourosh School
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memories of Iran and of our mutual friendships
Negotiations with Rabin and Levin’s Retirement
Persian and
Hebrew
Foreign
Minister Prime Minister and Defense
Minister
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Embassy in Moscow
private sector work
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Being Away from my Homeland and Mother
A Child’s Exile and the Mother’s Pas
homeland
mother
people forced into exile
sing
two afflictions
hoping to see
my mother this hope
n unfulfilled wish,a
sorrow of
eparating from her four children s
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adoptive brother
We are brothers
generosity and affection
The Iran-Iraq war
chemical warfare and weapons of mass destruction
defenders, protectors and propagandists of Iraq against Iran
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freely return to our
omeland and birth place,h
individual
Mahfar Co
the drug user the drug’s sale
myself, my children and other family
embers as the buyers and users of that drugm
One must
ace up to realityf
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joined the firmament
f heaveno
Seventh Day Month Year
Sympathy with an Unknown Fellow Iranian and
Mother’s Nurse
refugee
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Iran
Dr. Movassaghi
Memorable Encounter with Dr. o assaghi in Lo don
solitary life scattered
M v n
visit him and exchange
memories
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shared memories of our three-way
friendship
sense of duty and her strenuous efforts
Sweden
American
University in Beirut
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Be good to everyone everywhere
For God will compensate you elsewhere
Khatam (marquetry) vase
made in Esfahan adorns
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American Harassment, Pain of Exile and
Attempts At Kindness and Friendship
Family Trip to New York
merican hostage crisis in TehranA 1
occupation of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
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aysd
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misunderstanding
merica is a democratic nation,A
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what we
Iranians had done
I noticed the contra
apologize
customary
among us Americans
are
welcome in America
the family breadwinner?
minor warning
st,
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foreign lands
Senator Jackson’s Ill-fated Trip to Geneva
Noga Hilton Hotel
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his tireless defense of
human rights
Second Family Trip to New York and Loss of Green Card
Pesach Holiday Festival of Liberation 1 -
angrily ,
a humiliating and
racist tone, turned to me
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looking
forward to a pleasant stay
feeling extremely upset
asked that he be forgiven. impropriety America’s
multicultural and vibrant society
sed on the
will of God
A Quest for Peace and Friendship and Escape from War
whatever happens to us is ba
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all for
Nurem
defend peace and fight
ms of racial discrimination warmongering
berg War Crimes Tribunal
Marshall Plan2
Brandeis University
member of no political institution
philanthropy, human rights,
so al welfare and cultureci
United Nations Watch
$40 billion
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eceipt of Honorary PlateR
fluent in five languages
longstanding supporter of Israeli industry
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continued
activities
took me by surprise
Lion of Judah Award
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In Tehran and Jerusalem in Pursuit of
Connections and Convergence
Friendship with Yigal Allon: Laying the Groundwork
for other F iendshipsr
official ten-day visit to Iran
promoting Iranian culture academic studies
under the British Mandate
evacuation of the Gaza Strip
Six-Day War
Yigal Allon, Native Son
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around Iran’s historic sites, we had plenty of
conversations
Start of a Lasting Friendshi with a Young Generalp
city of Jerusalem
Holy Jewish Temple
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Iranian
Press
conqueror of the city of Jerusalem
A Soldier from Jerusalem
Nobel Peace Prize
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Sorbonne University
Six Day War
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to defend the people and preserve the
country’s independence
A Diligent Iranian in Jerusalem
ohammad Reza
Shah
Prince Reza Pahlavi’s birthday
large picture of M
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without my name ever being mentioned
Best Mayor in the World
Iranian Studies
Section Hebrew University of Jerusalem
inauguration of the Jack Mahfar Cardiology
Services1
Mayor of Jerusalem
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promoting my own efforts
Plotting Against a Short and Successful Mission
politics
Islamic Revolutionary Court
The Great Satan, The Small Satan: Memoirs of Eliezer Tsafrir.
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Manouchehr Omidvar1
Tehran University
press and journalists in Iran
sincere, unpretentious and industrious man
abilities
Tehran
University
Payam
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honor
mission Tehran
honest, sincere and
well liked,
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reception attended by journalists
abilities
authority
Ghodratollah Movassaghi
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jealous plotted against him,
marked the end of his mission
well his accident
jealousy and
narrow-mindedness,
Worthy Face-a-Face A
leave this country
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did not have enough strength, and felt
terribly unsafe
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travel bag
exile
With Shimon Hanasab in His Own Words
man of principle,
Esfahan’s HeChalutz House of Jewish
Youth
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youth summer scouts
advance social welfare
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Jewish quarter of Tehran.
hefty, athletic
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beer drinking party
nurturing the younger generations
and ensuring a better future for society
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