Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks throughout the debate on his proposed ministers at an open session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Iran’s hardline parliament on Wednesday accredited all of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cupboard members, the primary time in additional than 20 years {that a} chief has been in a position to get all of his officers accredited by the physique. (AP Photograph/Vahid Salemi) | Photograph credit score: Vahid Salemi
Iran’s hardline parliament on Wednesday (Aug 21) accredited all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian’s cupboard, the primary time in additional than 20 years {that a} chief has been in a position to get all his officers accredited by the physique.
The approval marks an early victory for Pezeshkian, a longtime lawmaker who was catapulted to the presidency after a helicopter crash in Might killed his hardline predecessor.
The approval of his officers exhibits that Pezeshkian selected a consensus cupboard with names acceptable to all energy centres throughout the Iranian theocracy, somewhat than choosing controversial decisions as nicely.
Underscoring that time, Pezeshkian instantly posted on-line an image of himself alongside the pinnacle of Iran’s judiciary, a Shiite cleric, and the speaker of the nation’s parliament, a hardliner he as soon as confronted in elections.
“Consensus for Iran,” he wrote within the caption.
Former Overseas Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif, who campaigned for Pezeshkian in his election, later resigned as the brand new chief’s vice chairman over the Cupboard picks.
Amongst Pezeshkian’s new cupboard members is Abbas Araghchi, 61, a profession diplomat who can be Iran’s new overseas minister.
Mr. Araghchi was a member of the Iranian negotiating staff that reached a nuclear take care of world powers in 2015 that restricted Tehran’s nuclear program in alternate for the lifting of sanctions.
In 2018, then-President Donald Trump withdrew america from the deal and imposed extra sanctions on Iran. Pezeshkian mentioned throughout his presidential marketing campaign that he would attempt to revive the nuclear deal.
The candidate who obtained essentially the most assist from lawmakers was the nation’s new protection minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh, who obtained 281 votes out of the present 288 lawmakers. The chamber has 290 seats.
Mr. Nasirzadeh served as head of the Iranian air drive from 2018 to 2021.
Well being Minister Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi obtained the fewest votes with 163.
The one feminine minister nominated, Housing and Roads Minister Farzaneh Sadegh, a 47-year-old architect, obtained 231 votes. She is the primary feminine minister in Iran in additional than a decade.
Parliament additionally accredited the appointment of Ismail Khatib, the intelligence minister, and Amin Hossein Rahimi, the justice minister, proposed by Pezeshkian, each serving throughout the tenure of the late President Ebrahim Raisi. Pezeshkian additionally appointed Raisi’s trade minister, Abbas Aliabadi, as power minister.
Eliminating proposed ministers has been a practice in Iran’s parliament, which makes Pezeshkian’s success all of the extra shocking. Former reformist President Mohamed Khatami was the one president to obtain a vote of confidence for all of his proposed ministers in each 1997 and 2001.
