Syria health minister pays homage to Imam Khomeini
Syria Health Minister Nizar Yazigi pays homage to the founder of the Islamic Republic by visiting his holy shrine in the Iranian capital Tehran.
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Date: 2015/08/18
Laying a wreath of flower at Imam Khomeinis tomb, the Syrian health minister and accompanied delegation paid tribute to the late Imam Khomeini.
Imam Khomeini is considered an unprecedented leader and a history-making figure in the contemporary history.
His academic legacy and dynamic political thought are becoming increasingly popular among the elite classes, academics and masses of people in various parts of the world.
Imam Khomeini revived the divine and ethical values at a time when the world had been plunged into moral and social decline.
The great leader of the Muslim world has had well-command over the Islamic sciences and several disciplines of knowledge.
The Islamic Revolution emerged triumphant under his wise leadership in 1979. The revolution raised awareness among the Muslim nations and inspired awakening.
Imams holy mausoleum on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran is visited by thousands of domestic pilgrims and foreign devotees
In a separate development, Visiting Syrian Minister of Health Nizar Yazigi said 30 hospitals out of 100 have been destroyed due to civil war in this Arabic country, the IRNA news agency reported.
The Syrian minister made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Dr. Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi.
'So far 20 pharmaceutical factories out of 100 have been destroyed during the Syrian war and this Country is facing serious difficulties in supplying the medicines and vaccines,' he added.
'The terrorists targeted a large number of medical centers in Syria last year,' the Syrian minister ntoed.
He reiterated that Syria government has so far repaired 16 pharmaceutical factories and a number of hospitals in collaboration with Iran.
'The Islamic Republic of Iran has met some parts of the Syrian people needs to the vaccine, medicine and ambulances,' he added.
Last week, the Iranian health minister in a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud discussed the expansion of bilateral ties and mutual cooperation as well as Syria's sharing Iran's knowhow and experiences in pharmaceutical and medical equipment.
Hashemi pointed to Islamic Republic of Iran's readiness to enhance its relations with Syria, especially in medical equipment and medicine fields, and said, 'We will do our best to help Syria in this field.'
It is noteworthy that Imams top priority was that the Iranian developments following the victory of the Islamic Revolution should be shared with Muslim and oppressed nations.