Iran president names female vice-president

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Shina Ansari as vice president.

Moreover, she was also appointed as the head of the Environment Department, Caliber.Az reports, citing Iranian media.

Iran’s parliament gave a "vote of confidence” to President Masoud Pezeshkian's proposed ministers on August 21, officially establishing his government.

Pezeshkian previously said he had secured approval from the "highest levels of the system" for all his appointees.

Pezeshkian took power in Iran after winning a snap election last month, following the death of hardline President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May.

Before the parliamentary vote, Pezeshkian underscored that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had approved the appointments. He also noted that he had reached agreements with the Ministry of Intelligence, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other intelligence agencies, which led to the final list.

The president said that the backgrounds of the appointees presented to parliament were “clear” and that potential candidates “who had even the slightest doubts about them were excluded from the lists without us needing to make any further comments.”

The review of the proposed ministers began on August 17 and continued through August 21.