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No option left for US to pressurize Iran: Pres. Rouhani

reporter 1222 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:46:00 +0000

He made the remarks on Wednesday morning in the cabinet meeting.

Rouhani said that I tell the Iranian people that no option left for US to pressurize Iran and they have used all their options to pressurize our nation during this period, added that their pressure and threats will end from today.

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Cabinet studying currency reconversion, lopping off 4 zeroes of nat. currency

reporter 1222 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:20:31 +0000

According to this plan, the new currency, named Toman, which has been the unofficial currency used by the people, will be equal to 10,000 rials.

The decision aims to reduce the costs of printing coins and banknotes, make the monetary system more efficient and etc., and is expected to have a positive psychological impact in the short-run.

The Rouhani administration ratified the plan to shift the national currency from Rial to Toman earlier in December 2016. However, it was decided to postpone implementation of the plan at the time due to some reasons including the expressed concerns about the time unfitting economic conditions which would ignite inflation and economic instability.

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Maduro asks Venezuelan government to resign: vice president

reporter 1222 — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:01:56 +0000

“President Nicolas Maduro has asked the cabinet to resign to carry out a deep reorganization of the Bolivarian government,” the tweet reads.

Rodriguez added that the reorganization would be aimed at “protecting the homeland of Bolivar and Chaves from any threat,” Tass reported.

Crisis in Venezuela

On January 23, Juan Guaido, Venezuelan opposition leader and parliament speaker, whose appointment to that position had been canceled by the country’s Supreme Court, declared himself interim president at a rally in the country’s capital of Caracas

Several countries, including the United States, Lima Group members (excluding Mexico), Australia, Albania, Georgia and Israel, as well as the Organization of American States, recognized him. Maduro, in turn, blasted the move as a coup staged by Washington and said he was severing diplomatic ties with the US. On February 4, most of the European Union member states recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president

In contrast, Russia, Belarus, Bolivia, Iran, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Syria and Turkey voiced support for Maduro, while China called for resolving all differences peacefully and warned against foreign interference. The United Nations secretary general, in turn, called for dialogue to resolve the crisis.

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MPs call for ‘maximum’ reshuffle in cabinet

reporter 1222 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:30:38 +0000

In a letter to President Rouhani, 193 members of the Parliament demanded introduction of ‘maximum resuffles’ in the administration’s cabinet.

Putting forward this demand, parliamentarians also highlighted that these changes will benefit the country.

The letter was read in the open session of the Parliament on Wednesday by Mohammad Ali Vakili, a member of Parliament’s presiding board.

Appreciating the president’s move to change the governor of Central Bank of Iran, MPs highlight that “this is a good point for starting reforms.” However, limiting the changes to just one of CBI governor is won’t solve the issue, the letter reads.

Accordingly, as notified earlier, current status of the country requires introduction of maximum changes in the cabinet, the letter notes.

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Cabinet ministers, police chief brief MPs on recent riots in Iran

reporter 1222 — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:15:38 +0000

TEHRAN– Iranian interior minister, intelligence minster, and police chief attended the parliament on Sunday morning to brief the MPs on the recent riots, the roots of unrest, and the foreign hands involved in them.

“During the consultative meeting of today [Sunday Jan. 7], interior minister, intelligence minister and the commander of police presented separate accounts of recent riots in the country with details on the roots and causes of the unrest, the latest status of the detainees, and the role of foreigners in creating and tapping the recent events,” said Jalal Mirzaei, the Member of Parliament from the constituency of Ilam, in Sunday in the morning.

He was recounting the parliament’s consultative session for the reporters and added that Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the Iranian Interior Minister, gave an account of the trend of riots across the country and Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi touched upon the roots and the causes of the riots in his report to the members of parliaments.

“Iranian Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari recounted the status of the detainees, their age and education,” added the legislator.

According to the MP from Ilam constituency, some MPs, chosen by draw, recounted reports from their constituencies and brought up some points.

“At the meeting, it was emphasized that foreign agents especially US played a key role in the formation and exploitation of these unrests in the country, but with the efforts of the authorities and awareness of the Iranian people they failed to harness anything,” he added.

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Iran Parliament Starts Vetting Nominees for Vacant Cabinet Posts

reporter 1222 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:52:57 +0000

TEHRAN – Iran’s parliament began vetting President Hassan Rouhani’s nominees for the two remaining cabinet posts on Sunday, two months after all his proposed ministerial picks except one managed to win the vote of confidence from the lawmakers.

Intensive talks are underway in the parliament about the credentials and backgrounds of Reza Ardakanian and Mansour Gholami, who have nominated for the positions of the minister of science, research and technology and the energy minister respectively.

In a letter to Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani last week, Rouhani proposed submitted the names of the nominees for the two remaining cabinet posts to the parliament.

On August 20, all the ministerial nominees, except the one for the Energy Ministry, managed to win the vote of confidence from the parliament.

Habibollah Bitaraf failed to win a vote of confidence after 133 lawmakers from a total of 288 opposed him.

The position of minister of sciences, research, and technology has also been vacant.

President Rouhani had submitted the list of his ministers to the parliament on August 8, four days after his swearing-in ceremony.

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