Rouhani Names Khavazi as Agriculture Minister

Date: 23 February 2020 - 22:12

News ID: ۷۶۴۹۵

TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani introduced Kazem Khavazi, the deputy of Iran’s previous agriculture minister and head of Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, as the new agriculture minister to parliament. Khavazi will face the lawmakers next week for a vote of confidence. Rouhani accepted the resignation of former agriculture minister Mahmoud Hojjati who faced impeachment by parliament in November.