Meeting health sector, medical staff's needs a key priority for gov't/ Country's health staff should not be under any pressure/ Immediate task of Plan and Budget Organisation is to meet the needs of medical staff and people

The President described sports and tourism as two important pillars in strengthening the vitality and health of the society and very important, and emphasised that we should not only protect the cultural heritage of the country for thousands of years, but also provide more opportunities to provide it to the world, so that by seeing these great and magical works, the world knows what important records this nation has.

In the twenty-fifth week of the inauguration of national projects across the country with the slogan of 'Prudence and Hope for Surge in Production', 422 projects, including 335 projects in the field of sports and youth and 87 projects in the field of tourism, were inaugurated by the President.

In separate messages to the President and Prime Minister of Armenia, the President congratulated the arrival of the country's National Day and expressed hope that the Tehran-Yerevan relations would be further deepened and developed to serve the interests of the two nations.

In a message of condolences on the demise of the pious scholar Ayatollah Mamduhi, the President offered his condolences to the seminaries, the noble people of Kermanshah, his students and honourable family, and wished his entire family patience and health.

The meeting of the Board of Trustees of the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Dr Hassan Rouhani, and it was decided that following the Supreme Leader's approval, investors who do not have foreign exchange income, can pay their instalments in rials until the end of the year 1399.

At Wednesday's cabinet meeting chaired by Dr Hassan Rouhani, ‌Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health and Medical Education presented reports.

The president called "illusions and miscalculations" the main cause of Saddam regime's attack on Islamic Iran and stressed that Saddam came with these illusions and miscalculations, he was disgraced and destroyed himself, and every one of his regional allies expressed regret, and today, these illusions are being exactly repeated by the rulers of the White House.

The president stated that "the United States can impose neither negotiations, nor war on us", stressing that for the world, today is the time to say “no” to bullying and arrogance. The era of dominance and hegemony is long over and our nations and children deserve a better and safer world based on the rule of law. Now is the time for the right choice.

Emphasising that culture played a very important role in the 8 years of Holy Defence, the President said, "The main factor of endurance, resistance and victory in the 8 years of defence was culture, especially the religious and doctrinal culture of the children of this land, and the Holy Defence created a culture of jihad, self-sacrifice and martyrdom".

In a letter of appointment, Dr Rouhani appointed Dr Mohammadreza Safari as "the Chief of the Veterinary Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran" for another four-year period.

At the meeting of the Cabinet's Economic Coordination Board, after presenting the reports of the relevant agencies regarding the supply of wheat in the country and the measures taken to continue self-sufficiency and provide bread to the people more economically, the guaranteed purchase price of wheat, which had already been approved by the Council, was set at 4,000 tomans for the next crop year.

The President sent a message on the occasion of the Holy Defence Week, stressing that the Holy Defence Week is the reminder of the freedom and self-sacrifice of the people who were able to resist the plots and conspiracies of the enemies of Islam and Iran, and recorded their glorious victory in the history.

The President said that with the plans made for the realisation of this year's budget, efforts have been made to take realistic measures regarding the economic situation of the country, adding, "With the resources allocated in the field of essentials and the raw materials for production, we will have no problems and the goals of year 199 budget will be achieved through realistic planning and actions for surge in production and alleviating poverty".

The President announced at the cabinet meeting that with the definite failure of the US efforts of more than two years to impose Security Council sanctions on Iran, September 20 will be a memorable day in the history of our country's diplomacy.

The President stated, "The most important sign of the failure of the sanctions imposed on the Iranian economy is that despite the many restrictions on the sale of oil and foreign currency earnings, the supply of basic goods and raw materials needed by the country, is being done without interruption and according to plans".