Tag: Minister of Education

Attempt to impeach minister ends in his endorsement

  The impeachment proceedings against Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani ended with the minister receiving Parliament’s vote of confidence. The session convened on Wednesday June 24 to question the minister on “teacher wages, the execution of development plans, education matters, teacher training schools and political appointments in the ministry”. There were 167 votes for the […]

MP slams steady rejection of Rohani’s proposed ministers

  Iranian MP Ali Motahari criticized the general resistance to President Rohani’s choices for education minister, saying Parliament cannot dictate the appointment of ministers. In an interview with the Etemad daily on Sunday November 16, Motahari said parliamentarians today want to choose the minister of education, even though the legal procedure is that the administration […]