Iran's Ahmadinejad sacks only female government minister

DUBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad on Thursday dismissed his only female cabinetminister, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, after shecriticised her colleagues for failing to provide funds to importvital medicines. Appointed in 2009, Dastjerdi was the first woman governmentminister since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979.While seen as politically ...

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