Iran cabinet - page 2

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Parliament has given its vote of confidence to President Hassan Rouhani’s nominees for the two remaining cabinet posts.

EghtesadOnline: As 16 of the ministerial nominees proposed by President Hassan Rouhani got the parliamentary vote of confidence on Sunday, the president and his Cabinet know exactly what one of their biggest challenges in the new government is: creating sufficient new jobs to catch up on the backlog created in the previous administrations.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani's new ministers have won the Iranian parliament's vote of confidence, except the pick for the energy portfolio who had already served in the post under a reformist administration.

EghtesadOnline: The administration of President Hassan Rouhani in a cabinet meeting on Sunday approved a bill to switch Iran's national currency from rial to toman, an official said on Monday.

EghtesadOnline: As the first tenure of President Hassan Rouhani is coming to an end and he is expected to introduce his Cabinet for the next administration in a matter of weeks, the private sector has renewed its call to have a bigger presence in the government’s scheme of things.

EghtesadOnline: The government is thinking of splitting up three ministries. According to Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hosseinali Amiri, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is to be broken up into two ministries of “Roads and Transportation” and “Housing and Urban Development”; the Ministry of Sports and Youth is to be divided into “Ministry of Sports” and “National Organization of Youth”; and the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade is to be separated into “Ministry of Industries and Mining” and “Ministry of Commerce.”

EghtesadOnline: The Cabinet has approved new tax regulations concerning a host of housing activities during its latest meeting on Wednesday, which replace the old tax laws with more pragmatic and precise ones, making life more difficult for tax evaders.

EghtesadOnline: Iran will observe three days of public mourning to mark death of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's Cabinet reported on Sunday.

EghtesadOnline: Zahra Ahmadipour has been appointed as the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization.