Iran Press/ Iran News: Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian calls for unity between Parliament and the government.
After the President's speech, the Iranian Parliament members began voting to approve or disapprove of the proposed ministers of President Masoud Pezeshkian's new administration.
The Iranian lawmakers voted on whether to agree, disagree, or abstention the proposed ministers of Iran's new administration.
After 5 days of discussion in the Iranian Parliament, MPs on Wednesday finalized their vote on approval or disapproval of 19 nominees of president for the 14th administration of the 9th Iranian president.
Last week, the Iranian lawmakers started debates on the credentials and backgrounds of 19 individuals on the shortlist for the cabinet of Pezeshkian, with the formal sessions on votes of confidence slated for Wednesday, August 21.
After the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19, Masoud Pezeshkian won the highest number of votes in the first round of the presidential election on June 28 and secured victory in the runoff election on July 5.
President Pezeshkian is the 9th president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and his administration is the 14th administration after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and will hold office for four years.
Here are the proposed nominees of President Pezeshkian in Persian language alphabetic order:
1. Alireza Kazemi for the Ministry of Education
2. Sattar Hashemi for Ministry of Communication and Information Technology:
3. Esmaeil Khatib for the Ministry of Intelligence
4. Abdolnaser Hemmati for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance
5. Abbas Araghchi for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
6. Mohammadreza Zafarghandifor Ministry of Health and Medical Education
7. Ahmad Meydari for the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare
8. Gholamreza Nouri Ghezelcheh for Ministry of Agriculture Jihad
9. Amin Hossein Rahimi for the Ministry of Justice
10. Aziz Nasirzadeh for the Ministry of Defence
11. Farzaneh Sadeghfor Ministry of Roads and Urban Development
12. Mohammad Atabak for the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade
13. Hossein Sarraf for Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
14. Abbas Salehi for Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
15. Eskandar Momeni for Ministry of Interior
16. Ahmad Donyamali for the Ministry of Sport and Youth
17. Abbas Aliabadi for the Ministry of Energy
18. Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri for Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
19. Mohsen Paknejad for the Ministry of Petroleum
