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Iran's hardline Majlis gives nod to new Minister

LONDON, Feb 2 (IranMania) - Iran's hardline parliament gave its approval Wednesday to reformist President Mohammad Khatami's choice as Iran's new Transport Minister, three months after sacking the previous one.

According to Agence France Press (AFP), Mohammad Rahmati, who was Khatami's second choice to take over the nation's troublesome roads and transport portfolio, won 170 votes in the 290-seat Majlis, with 29 votes against and 19 abstentions.

Just three weeks ago, the parliament rejected Khatami's first choice for the job, Ahmad Sadegh-Bonab -- dealing yet another blow to the already badly isolated moderate president.

But even in approving Rahmati, also a reformist, the Majlis will only have to put up with him for several months: Khatami's second and final term in office, as well as his government's mandate, ends after presidential elections on June 17.
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Tja, was wäre wohl schlimmer für den Präsidentenjob ? Ein neuer Reformer ohne Mehrheit, oder ein erzkonservativer Machtmensch, wie Rafsanjani ?
Also ich weiss nich...
In der nächsten Legislaturperiode könnte man meinetwegen den Präsi-Job auch ganz weg rationalisieren...

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Russia to launch Iran spy satellites: report

LONDON, Feb 2 (IranMania) - Russia plans to launch later this year Iran's first two satellites which were built to gather intelligence from space, the business daily Kommersant reported Wednesday.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has signed a directive permitting the Russian Defense Ministry to launch the two satellites, named Mesbah and Sinah-1, from the Plesetsk launch site in the far north of the country, the daily said.
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Kommersant said the two Iranian satellites were due to be launched between April and June of this year and said they were designed for "distant examination of the earth's surface," a term the daily said was the common idiom for intelligence gathering.

A government spokesman contacted by AFP was unable to confirm the purpose of the Iranian satellites and the Fradkov directive described them only as built for "scientific purposes."
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:juhu::evil: