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cabinet minister stories: 3 news summaries

After 3 Decades, Iran Names Female Cabinet Minister

Health appointee heralds achievement of 'long-standing dream'

Sep 3, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has named its first female cabinet minister since the dawn of the Islamic Republic in 1979, the Guardian reports. “I think today women reached their long-standing dream of having a woman in the cabinet to pursue their demands,” said new health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastgerdi. “This... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • parliament • cabinet minister • Marzieh Vahid Dastgerdi

Ahmadinejad Taps Fugitive
for Iran Cabinet

Defense pick wanted
in '94 blast at Jewish center in Argentina

Aug 21, 09 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pick for Iran’s defense minister is wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina, the Guardian reports. Eight-five were killed and 150 injured in the attack, the worst on a Jewish target outside Israel since World War II; Ahmad Vahidi... More »

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Iran • terrorism • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hezbollah • Argentina • al Quds Force • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Interpol • Jewish • Anti-Defamation League • cabinet minister • Ahmad Vahidi • defense minister

Israeli Minister Urges Sanctions Against US

Upset with Obama shift, he also wants to influence elections

Jun 10, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli cabinet minister has suggested his country stop buying technology from the US and even try to influence US elections because of the Obama administration’s perceived shift on Mideast policy, the Jerusalem Post reports. Yossi Peled, a “minister-without-portfolio,” said “Obama’s ascendance represents a turning... More »

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Israel • sanctions • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Democratic Party • Obama administration • Yossi Peled • cabinet minister

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