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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, center left, speaks during the debate on the proposed Cabinet at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, August 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, bottom center, speaks during a parliament session to defend the nominees for the three remaining ministries of his cabinet in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, October 27, 2013. (AP Photo)
Iran: Parliament approves two new ministers amid controversy over attack on Mousavi’s daughter
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A prominent Iranian legislator, Ali Motahari, has called on the country’s intelligence ministry and other authorities to launch an investigation into reports of an alleged attack on the daughter of reformist activist Mir Hossein Mousavi....Caption:
Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani, center, gestures as lawmakers count the votes of their colleagues for President Hassan Rouhani’s proposed Cabinet at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, August 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran: Three Rouhani cabinet nominees disqualified in confidence vote
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After 4 days of tense debates the Iranian parliament, MPs held confidence votes on the 18 people nominated to ministerial positions by now Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Three of the nominees were not confirmed: Mohammad-Ali Najafi, who was...Caption:
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, center left, speaks during the debate on the proposed Cabinet at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, August 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran: 15 of 18 nominees approved for Rouhani’s Cabinet
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iranian parliament concluded four days of debate on new president Hassan Rouhani’s ministerial nominations on Thursday evening. In confidence votes held Thursday, 15 of the 18 candidates were approved as ministers in what Rouhani is...Caption:
Mostafa Pourmohammadi, center, nominee for Iran’s justice minister, listens to an unidentified lawmaker as he attends a session of parliament to debate on President Hasan Rouhani’s proposed Cabinet in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)