Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he plans to appoint at least two women ministers to his new cabinet, a first in the Islamic republic.
He said in a live television interview he would propose Fatemeh Ajorlou for the welfare and social security ministry and Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi for the health ministry.
‘There will be some more young people and other women in the cabinet,’ Mr Ahmadinejad said, adding that he would submit his line-up to the 290-member parliament on Wednesday.
Mr Ahmadinejad was sworn in on 5 August for a second four-year term after massive opposition to his June election victory sparked the worst crisis in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic.
Mr Ahmadinejad was criticised during his first tenure for frequently reshuffling the cabinet, sacking ten ministers and two central bank chiefs and retaining inexperienced ministers.
