Iran Lawmakers Reject Another Oil Nominee (AP)
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Iranian lawmaker, Fatemeh Ajorlou, bottom right, talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in an open session of parliament to debate on the President's nominee for the post of Oil Minister, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005. Nominee for the post Mohsen Tasalloti failed to win a vote of confidence in parliament after lawmakers argued that he lacked sufficient experience to run the Oil Ministry, which controls the sector that generates some 80 percent of Iran's public revenues. Tasalloti was the third candidate put forward by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
AP - The Iranian parliament rejected a third nominee for the post of oil minister on Wednesday, handing a major embarrassment to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
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