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

184

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

200

British Leyland factory

national duty

201

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

211

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

214

Iran’s renowne

Acquaintance with Haj Habib Elgh

Yom Kippur War

anian

d industrialists

Yom Kippur

215

an unbiased witness

arbitration would not be enforceable,

216

low-level employee.

your instructions

responsible and

accountable

visit Jerusalem

219

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

222

Crisis and Signs of the Islamic Revolution

government

instability

223

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

224

Islamic Revolutionary Tribunals,

Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries and

Mines

Ayatollah Mahmoud

Taleghani’s

Imam Khomeini Relief Committee.

225

Kourosh Cultural

ssociationA

226

The Beginning of Mahfar Co.’s Cessation

without even knowing me

Darou Pakhsh Organization

state,

227

company’s professional credibility and reputation

company’s solid record

228

We must relinquish Mahfar Co.

ivotal position Mahfar Co. state institutionp

internal organizational

problems in critical circumstances

complex external organizational duties

229

transactions were

carried out only in cash

no one knows what lies

ahead,

230

external aspects of our organization,

232

Translation of the Transfer of Power

(see previous page)

Mahfar Co. Ltd.

233

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.

234

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

235

mere

trust in God is not sufficient,

236

Astra’s

Advertising and Imports Office

enigma

had

introduced a ray of hope in my heart

big problem

238

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,

240

Engineer Bazargan1

Mehdi Bazargan

Ecole Centrale des

Arts et Manufactures

241

Two-Day Trip and Encounter with Allon

We both cried

own home

exiting Iran had become very difficult

242

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

245

Mahfar Co.’s structure and management

246

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

248

dutifully

journey on the path of honesty and integrity - not in

our homeland in involuntary exile

249

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

250

From New York to Zurich and Efforts to Obtain Work

Permit

251

Syndicate of Swiss Pharmacists

252

Swiss Immigration Office

federal state of Switzerland

Initial Pharmaceutical Trade Agreement

Wyeth

exports to

Middle Eastern countries

254

professional queries

U.S. trade regulations,

of a long-term plan

ndependent professional i

255

Mahfar Co.’s Liquidator.

the

country’s new laws and regulations

Family’s Migration to Switzerland and Settlement in

Geneva

Zurich University

Chemicon

256

Trade Development Bank

s ta hir with no tie

257

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

259

Nessim Gaon,

kosher food

260

own bitter experience

261

ll of my savingsa

all that I

ossess,p

I do

ot require a guarantee.n

262

internationally renowned personality and a generous

individual such as he

eceiptr

264

Geneva’s Christian Church,

Becoming a Homeowner in Geneva

became uncomfortable about the

265

loan I had made him.

267

brother never accepts interest from another.

humble sixty-meter office

my loan

I never mentioned the matter to anyone.

my humble office

268

very happy and excited.

not capable of buying a

plot of land on my own

269

kosher1

Cooperating with Gaon in Exporting Powdered Milk

to Nigeria

meat products

271

open a credit

Meeting of Gaon and Levin

272

Kourosh School

274

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

275

Embassy in Moscow

private sector work

277

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

279

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

280

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

281

joined the firmament

f heaveno

Seventh Day Month Year

Sympathy with an Unknown Fellow Iranian and

Mother’s Nurse

refugee

282

Iran

Dr. Movassaghi

Memorable Encounter with Dr. o assaghi in Lo don

solitary life scattered

M v n

visit him and exchange

memories

285

shared memories of our three-way

friendship

sense of duty and her strenuous efforts

Sweden

American

University in Beirut

287

Be good to everyone everywhere

For God will compensate you elsewhere

Khatam (marquetry) vase

made in Esfahan adorns

289

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

444

aysd

290

misunderstanding

merica is a democratic nation,A

292

what we

Iranians had done

I noticed the contra

apologize

customary

among us Americans

are

welcome in America

the family breadwinner?

minor warning

st,

293

foreign lands

Senator Jackson’s Ill-fated Trip to Geneva

Noga Hilton Hotel

294

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

296

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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300

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

302

eceipt of Honorary PlateR

fluent in five languages

longstanding supporter of Israeli industry

303

continued

activities

took me by surprise

Lion of Judah Award

305

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

309

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

310

Iranian

Press

conqueror of the city of Jerusalem

A Soldier from Jerusalem

Nobel Peace Prize

314

Sorbonne University

Six Day War

316316

317

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

319

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

323

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.

326

Manouchehr Omidvar1

Tehran University

press and journalists in Iran

sincere, unpretentious and industrious man

abilities

Tehran

University

Payam

327

honor

mission Tehran

honest, sincere and

well liked,

328

reception attended by journalists

abilities

authority

Ghodratollah Movassaghi

329

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

330

did not have enough strength, and felt

terribly unsafe

334

travel bag

exile

With Shimon Hanasab in His Own Words

man of principle,

Esfahan’s HeChalutz House of Jewish

Youth

335

youth summer scouts

advance social welfare

338

Jewish quarter of Tehran.

hefty, athletic

339

beer drinking party

nurturing the younger generations

and ensuring a better future for society

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