Confidence vote session kicks off at Parliament

TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament on Tue. has commenced a confidence vote session for nominated ministers of President Rouhani’s second-term cabinet. The Tuesday session is headed by Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and attended by majority of lawmakers. All the 17 nominated ministers for President Rouhani’s second-term cabinet are present at the open session of parliament. The nominees include: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi Ministry of Intelligence: Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi Ministry of Economy and Finance: Masoud Karbasian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Mohammad Javad Zarif Ministry of Education: Seyyed Mohammad Bathaei Ministry of Health and Medical Education: Seyyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare: Ali Rabei Ministry of Agriculture: Ali Hojjati Ministry of Justice: Seyyed Alireza Avaei Ministry of Defense: Amir Hatami Ministry of Roads and Urban Development: Abbas Akhoundi Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade: Mohammad Shariatmadari Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance: Seyyed Abbas Salehi Interior Ministry: Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Ministry of Petroleum: Bijan Namdar Zanganeh Ministry of Energy: Habibollah Bitaraf Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports: Masoud Soltanifar Rouhani’s proposed cabinet still lacks a nominee for the position of Minister of Science, Research and Technology.