VOL. XLVII

No 17

26-April-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

Iranian President Nominates New Economy And Labor Ministers

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on 18 April announced a minor cabinet reshuffle in which the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Tahmasb Mazaheri will be replaced by the current Labor and Social Affairs Minister Safdar Hosseini. The latter will be replaced by Nasser Khaleqi, a member in the current parliament from Isfahan and a graduate in mechanical engineering. The two...