Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 Irans Majlis, or Parliament, approved on Tuesday government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham as the countrys new Justice Minister, state television reported. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 Irans Majlis, or Parliament, approved on Tuesday government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham as the countrys new Justice Minister, state television reported.
One of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads closest allies, Elham is also his chief of staff.
He had been acting as interim Justice Minister following the death of Jamal Karimi-Rad.
Karimi-Rad, who died in a road accident in December, was both Justice Minister in the hard-line government as well as Judiciary Spokesman.
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