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Sunday, August 20, 2017
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Sunday, August 20, 2017
Iran parliament approves majority of Rouhani cabinet picks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIranian lawmakers approve 16 cabinet members nominated by recently re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, including the first defense minister unaffiliated with the elite, hard-line Revolutionary Guard in 25 years.
Parliament speaker Ali Larijani says 16 of 17 proposed ministers are approved, among them Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. He received 236 votes.
— AP
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