Iran parliament approves four ministers

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (Xinhua): Iranian parliament on Saturday approved all four ministers proposed by President Hassan Rouhani to reshuffle his cabinet.

Mohammad Eslami became the minister of transport and urban development with 151 votes in favor and Mohammad Shariatmadari got 196 votes to become the minister of cooperative, labour, and social welfare.

Farhad Dejpasand received 200 votes in favour to be the minister of economy and Reza Rahmani was approved by 203 votes as the minister of industry, mine and trade.

In his new capacity, Dejpasand said that one of his plans is to establish centres to boost cooperation among the administration, parliament, private sector and academia in order to resolve the economic issues.

He said that immediate measures need to be taken to prevent hyperinflation, according to Tehran Times daily.