http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=205759
Sunday, October 18, 2009 No woman nominee for the cabinet: presidential aide Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN - Samareh Hashemi, a senior advisor to the president, said on Sunday that no women will be proposed to the Majlis for the three vacant ministerial posts. The president should name candidates for the ministries of welfare, energy, and education. In September, Iranian MPs endorsed 18 of the 21 nominees proposed for ministerial posts by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "So far two of the nominated ministers have been finalized with the remaining one that is yet to be decided," the presidential advisor said. The names of proposed ministers will be released to the Majlis after lawmakers finish their study of the subsidies bill, he added. For the first time since the Islamic Revolution, women were named as ministers and a designate for the post of health minister won the parliamentary approval. However, the Majlis rejected the nominees for welfare and education ministers, citing lack of qualification. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
