“Medicines should be imported at the unified US dollar exchange rate of 42,000 rials and euro’s exchange rate of 52,000 rials,” Nasser Riahi also told ILNA. “In a joint meeting between CBI officials and importers, the central bank put forth the idea of allocating 4,000 rials in subsidies [for each dollar] to medicine imports, provided prices remain unchanged for a year but the proposal was rejected by importers due to fluctuations in foreign currency rates.” Riahi said the Health Ministry has now promised to devise a new drug pricing policy, according to Financial Tribune.