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| | | Hello. After Iran's security chief Ali Larijani was killed by an Israeli air strike, BBC Persian's Amir Azimi explains the impact of his death on the country's leadership as it grapples with the war. From India, my colleague Soutik Biswas reports on how weight-loss drugs could soon become cheaper. And finally, watch the best St Patrick's Day celebrations from around the world. | | | | | | |
| TOP OF THE AGENDA | | Iran vows retaliation for Larijani's death | | | | | A funeral for Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the paramilitary Basij force, is to be held today. Credit: EPA | | Iranian army chief Amir Hatami has threatened to launch a "decisive" retaliation for Larijani's death. Before he was killed, Larijani was in charge of managing three major crises - the war, domestic unrest and negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme. As Amir Azimi writes, his removal leaves these issues unresolved and transfers them to an as-yet-unknown successor facing an extremely fragile situation - and the immediate risk of being targeted. His death deepens a leadership crisis that could affect both the course of the war and the stability of the Iranian state itself. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | BEYOND THE HEADLINES | | India to make cheaper weight-loss drugs | | | | | | | India's pharmaceutical industry is the global powerhouse behind low-cost generic medicines. Credit: Reuters | | The patent on semaglutide - the molecule behind Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic - expires in India on Friday. This will allow domestic pharmaceutical companies to release cheaper copies and could rapidly expand access for people in India and, eventually, elsewhere in the world. | | | | | | |