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Pressure mounts on Iran's health minister amid personal vaccine saga

The impeachment motion was triggered by a leaked document showing that the health minister had received an imported vaccine, contradicting his earlier claims that he had been jabbed with a government-promoted, domestic one.
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A number of lawmakers in Iran's conservative parliament are advancing an impeachment bid against the country's health minister, marking the first such attempt against the government of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi.

During an open meeting Jan. 11, the impeachment motion's architect, Kamal Hosseinpour, criticized the health minister's personal preference in COVID-19 vaccination, and his decision to take an imported dose instead of an Iranian one.

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