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Sunday, October 29, 2017
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Sunday, October 29, 2017
Iran’s parliament approves Rouhani’s cabinet picks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s parliament approves two nominees by President Hassan Rouhani to head the ministries of energy and higher education.
Parliament speaker Ali Larijani says 225 of 276 lawmakers in attendance voted for Reza Ardakanian to serve as energy minister. Mansour Gholami secured 180 votes to serve as the minister of science, who is in charge of universities and higher education.
Though Iranian universities work under boards of trustees, hardliners do not support reformists for the post of science minister who has influence in picking university chancellors.
With the vote, Rouhani’s 18-minister cabinet is now complete.
— AFP
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