Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 The new governor for Irans restive province of Kurdistan will be sworn in on Wednesday, several Persian-language websites reported on Tuesday. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 The new governor for Irans restive province of Kurdistan will be sworn in on Wednesday, several Persian-language websites reported on Tuesday.
Ismaeil Najjar will be sworn in as provincial governor in a ceremony attended by Irans Interior Minister Hojjatoleslam Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi.
Najjar will take over from Assadollah Razani.
Since taking office, Ahmadinejad has dismissed more than a dozen of Irans provincial governors and in many cases installed Revolutionary Guards veterans in their places.
The western province of Kurdistan has been a hotbed of anti-government protests and over the past year Kurdish youths have repeatedly clashed with security forces. A number of demonstrators were killed by agents of the State Security Forces who were attempting to prevent an escalation of dissent.
