Iran’s list of approved Cabinet ministers

AP: The members of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government and their portfolios, after a vote in Iran's parliament Thursday on his nominees:

By The Associated Press

The members of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government and their portfolios, after a vote in Iran's parliament Thursday on his nominees:

_Heidar Moslehi: Intelligence

_Manouchehr Mottaki: Foreign Affairs

_Masoud Mirkazemi: Oil

_Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi: Health

_Shamseddin Hosseini: Economy

_Reza Taqipour: Telecommunications

_Sadeq Khalilian: Agriculture

_Ali Akbar Mehrabian: Industry and Mines

_Mostafa Mohammad Najjar: Interior

_Mohammad Hosseini: Culture and Islamic Guidance

_Abdolreza Sheikholeslami: Labor

_Ahmad Vahidi: Defense

_Ali Nikzad: Housing

_Mohammad Abbasi: Cooperatives

_Kamran Daneshjoo: Science and Technology

_Mahdi Qazanfari: Commerce

_Hamid Behbahani: Transportation

_Morteza Bakhtiari: Justice

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Nominees rejected by parliament:

_Susan Keshavarz: Education

_Mohammad Aliabadi: Energy

_Fatemeh Ajorloo: Welfare and Social Security