TEHRAN, Aug. 23 - Iran marks August 23, the birth anniversary of Abu Ali Sina, aka Avicenna, as National Doctors’ Day. The ceremony for paying tribute to the figure along with the graduation ceremony of several medical students was held in Hamadan.

Avicenna (980-1037) was a Persian physician and is considered the most famous and influential philosopher and scientist of the medieval Islamic world.

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