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Rouhani’s proposed second-term Cabinet draws ire

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's proposed second-term Cabinet draws criticism from both moderates and Reformists.
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani arrives for his swearing-in ceremony for a further term, at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RTS1AIIV

After weeks of speculation, Iran’s moderate President Hassan Rouhani submitted his proposed second-term Cabinet to parliament Aug. 8. The lineup appears set to potentially face obstacles in obtaining the necessary votes of confidence.

Rouhani has kept roughly half of his Cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Labor and Social Welfare Minister Ali Rabiei, Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh, Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, Health and Medical Education Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Masoud Soltanifar. Of note, Rouhani does not appear to have so far named anyone as minister of science, research and technology.

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