President Introduces Nominees for Oil, Industries Ministers

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad introduced Gholam Hossein Nozari and Ali Akbar Mehrabian to the parliament as his nominees for the post of the Oil and Industries ministers, respectively. Vice-president for parliamentary affairs Ahmad Moussavi had earlier announced that the president would introduce Mehrabian and Nozari – who are now the caretakers of the same ministries – to the parliament once their three-month caretaking term ended.