In Iran, parliament has approved the new cabinet of President Massoud Pezeshkian, which includes a woman as a minister for the second time in the history of the Islamic Republic. Architect Farsaneh Sadegh heads the Ministry of Roads and Urban Planning.
In total, 19 people were nominated. Pezeshkian belongs to the camp of the reform movement, but has made concessions to the fundamentalists in parliament. He was sharply criticized for this from within his own ranks, and one of his closest confidants withdrew in protest shortly after his appointment as the new vice-president.
Former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in an accident. During the election campaign, the 69-year-old Pezeshkian campaigned on implementing domestic political reforms and improving relations with the West.
President and not head of state
Unlike many other countries, Iran does not have a president as its head of state. Real power is concentrated in the hands of the religious leader, who has been Ayatollah Ali Khamenei since 1989. The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s elite armed forces, have also expanded their influence in recent decades and have become an economic empire.
The first Iranian female minister was Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi from 2009 to 2012. She was responsible for health.
Source: Krone
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