TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian lawmakers have impeached the country's labor minister over his controversial appointment of an official implicated in the deaths of prisoners.
The development is part of a power struggle between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his conservative rivals in parliament.
Out of 272 lawmakers in the parliament on Sunday,...
Tehran, March 3, IRNA - Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani is scheduled to travel to South Africa and Congo on a five-day visit on Tuesday (March 4), a senior lawmaker said on Monday.
Talking to IRNA, Advisor to Majlis Speaker for International Affairs Hassan Sheikholeslam said the visit aimed at fostering parliamentary cooperation.
While in South Africa ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- The western states must be accountable for the pertinacious and biased supports they have extended to Syria's extremist groups whose threats have now endangered peace and tranquility in the entire region, an adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker said.
Speaking on Monday, Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Sheikholeslam ...
Following the Parliament'sdismissal of Abdolreza Sheikoleslami as Iranian Labour Minister, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed him as the presidential adviser on social affairs.
On February 3, in a controversial session of Parliament, the Labour Minister was impeached and dismissed in Parliament for appointing Saeed Mortazavi to head the Social ...
(Reuters) - A once-feared prosecutor at the center of a row between two of Iran's most powerful figures was freed from two days' detention on Wednesday, adding a new twist to a political dramaIranwatchers expect to intensify before presidential polls in June.
Neither the arrest nor the release of the former judicial official, Saeed Mortazavi, have ...
Iranian police arrested former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, official media reported without stating any reason for the move.
Mortazavi, Tehran's notorious former prosecutor, was suspended in August 2010 along with two other judges over the death in prison of three anti-government protesters in the ...
Irans Labor,Cooperatives and Social Welfare Minister is in parliament today facing possible impeachment by lawmakers over unlawful appointments, state- run media reported.
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadalso turned up in the assembly to back his minister, Abdolreza Sheikholeslami, the officialIslamic Republic News agencyreported. Lawmakers will first ...
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