Araghchi, Nasirzadeh and Khatib: Meet Iran’s new cabinet under Pezeshkian
The new cohort of ministers includes officials from both hard-liner and moderate camps; it also includes the first female minister in over a decade.
The Iranian parliament approved Masoud Pezeshkian’s proposed cabinet on Wednesday, as the new president seeks to boost engagement with the outside world.
Members of the parliament, dominated by hard-liners, voted overwhelmingly to approve all 19 ministers selected by Pezeshkian. The ministers received between 281 and 163 votes in the 290-member body, with 288 members present. Pezeshkian expressed his gratitude for the support by writing to parliament speaker and former election rival, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, as reported by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
Pezeshkian, a Reformist and former member of parliament, was elected and took office in July, defeating hard-liner Saeed Jalili in a run-off. The special election was called following the death of former President Ebrahim Raisi, former Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials in a helicopter crash in May.
Under the Islamic Republic system, the president has significant executive duties, but Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ultimate control.
