TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
said on Saturday that he plans to keep 50% of the cabinet
members in his second term in office, according to the
spokesman for a parliamentary commission.
Mehrdad Baouj Lahouti pointed to a meeting between
Rouhani and the parliamentarians in Tehran earlier
on Saturday and said the president held the session to
consult with the MPs about the make-up of cabinet. In
the meeting, Rouhani said that 50% of the cabinet in the
12th administration would be the same as in the previous
administration, the lawmaker noted.