(15 Nov 2009)
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1. Wide interior of Iranian Parliament
2. Mid of MPs inside parliament
3. Wide of parliament with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking at podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's President:
"Today no power in the world dares think about threatening the Iranian nation, even in their mind. Some actions that you see them taking (apparently referring to renewal of US-led sanctions against Iran by President Obama) are passive actions out of haplessness."
5. Wide of parliament
6. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Ali Asghar Zarei, MP:
(supporting Sadeq Mahsouli's nomination)
"Having a common viewpoint with the president regarding the country's overall management, is a characteristic that makes Mr. Mahsouli's past clear to us."
7. Tilt down parliament's interior
8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Ali Motahari, MP:
(opposing Sadeq Mahsouli's nomination)
"What we say is that the management of the Interior Ministry during the election was such that the untrue claim of fraud found acceptability among some parts of society."
9. Various of parliament members casting confidence vote for Ahmadinejad's nominees
10. Mid of Ali Larijani, Iran's Parliament Speaker, surrounded by MPs reading the vote results
11. Wide of parliament
STORYLINE:
Iran's parliament approved the president's three final Cabinet nominations amid criticism that one of the candidates had mismanaged the post-election turmoil in the country when he was head of national security, state radio reported on Sunday.
While the nominees for the education and energy portfolios sailed through with overwhelming majorities, Sadeq Mahsouli, the former minister of the interior, barely squeaked by with 149 votes out of 265 lawmakers present.
Conservative lawmaker Ali Motahari led the criticism against Mahsouli, accusing him of allowing widespread abuses by security forces.
The Kahrizak detention centre was closed down in July by authorities after reports of the severe abuse of prisoners there.
Motahari also said Mahsouli's performance brought about suspicions that the ballots were rigged:
"What we say is that the management of the Interior Ministry during the election was such that the untrue claim of fraud found acceptability among some parts of society," he said.
Iran was rocked by demonstrations following opposition accusations of fraud in the June elections, which were won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The president's victory was announced in the evening of election day, much earlier than in the past, which Motahari said cast further doubt on the results.
Other lawmakers pointed out that as a former security man, Mahsouli was little qualified for the post of running the nation's vast welfare system.
Mahsouli did not answer the criticisms in his remarks in parliament and only asked lawmakers to vote for him.
Parliament approved the appointment of parliamentarian Hamid Reza Hajibabai as education minister and Majid Namjou, a former deputy energy minister, as energy minister.
The positions fill the remaining vacancies in Ahmadinejad's new cabinet after parliament rejected his earlier three nominees for that post in September.
The other 18 members, including a woman as health minister, were approved.
The cabinet includes 21 ministers and 12 vice presidents.
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