Publish Date: 13 March 2004 - 19:45

TEHRAN, March 13 (Mehr News Agency) –- A commemoration ceremony was held in memory of the late Mohsen Nurbakhsh, the former head of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) on Saturday.

The ceremony held at Nur Mosque was attended by President Mohammed Khatami, Parliament Speaker Mahdi Karrubi, a number of cabinet ministers and vice presidents, judicial officials, parliamentarians, as well as military officials and political figures and media people.

 

The former CBI governor died last year while suffering a stroke.

 

Nurbakhsh, who was regarded as an architect of Iran’s economy, served as minister of economic affairs and finance during the presidency of Hashemi Rafsanjani. He was also a member of the Servants of Construction Party, which favors market economy.

 

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