He suggested that the government should subsidise childbirth and even make deliveries free, but with a cap.
Some 61 million voters in Iran were eligible to elect a successor to hardliner Ebrahim Raisi on Friday after he died in a helicopter crash in May.
Matt Hancock, ex-health minister, was suspended by the ruling Conservative Party after he signed up for a jungle-based reality TV show.
“Health insecurity can also affect economic security. We saw a pandemic crippling the world. It started as a health problem,” said the ex-minister.
