The program was designed to eliminate subsidized currency while strengthening oversight of the pharmaceutical supply chain and transferring financial support to patients through insurance providers. Es’haqi had already warned in April 2025 that eliminating subsidized currency for medicines could have deadly consequences for the population. “We have no medicine for the economy minister”The growing confrontation over medicine prices has also exposed the political tensions surrounding the crisis. A healthcare crisis rooted in systemic failureThe rise in medicine prices cannot be attributed solely to the removal of preferential exchange rates. Ultimately, the debate over subsidized currency is only one part of a much deeper crisis.