Iran’s Economy Minister Hemmati Impeached

Iran’s economy minister, Abdolnaser Hemmati, has been impeached after the parliament voted to dismiss him from office amid rising inflation and a falling currency.

 

Hemmati was removed from office after one hundred and eighty-two out of two hundred and seventy-three lawmakers voted against him today, Parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, announced, just six months after President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government took office.

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