Tofiqi Starts Work As Caretaker Of Science Ministry

Tehran, Aug 18, IRNA – Jafar Tofiqi who was appointed by President Hassan Rohani as caretaker of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology started work Sunday morning. Members of Parliament Thursday afternoon gave votes of confidence to 15 proposed ministers while rejecting three. The three proposed ministers who failed to receive votes of confidence from Majlis were nominees for the post of minister of science, research and technology, minister of youth affairs and sports and education minister./end