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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Iran's top conservatives oppose Ahmadinejad cabinet AFP - Monday, August 31 TEHRAN (AFP) - - In a blow to embattled Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top conservative lawmakers openly opposed his cabinet line-up after he urged parliament on Sunday to approve his nominees. ADVERTISEMENT "Sixteen nominees have no experience required for the ministries they have been nominated for," said powerful MP Ahmad Tavakoli as parliament began a three-day debate on the 21-member new cabinet ahead of Wednesday's vote of confidence. "The cabinet lacks harmony in its view when it comes to handling crucial issues such as economic development. The views of candidates nominated to head the economy, oil and commerce ministries contradict that of the agriculture ministry nominee." Another top conservative, Mohammad Reza Bahonar, said he will "definitely not vote for a few nominees. "Some nominees of four or five ministries have an educational background which is contradictory to their portfolios," Bahonar said as the debate raged in the chamber. Ahmadinejad, whose re-election triggered the worst crisis in the Islamic republic's history, is under fire from his own hardline supporters over several political decisions he made soon after his disputed June 12 victory. MPs are also furious at not being consulted over the cabinet, and he faces a daunting task in securing parliamentary approval for a line-up which includes many new faces, among them three women -- a first in the Islamic republic. The confidence vote comes as Iran is mired in political turmoil after Ahmadinejad's victory triggered massive street protests which left at least 30 people dead and shook the very foundations of the Islamic regime. Ahmadinejad has retained five ministers in the same posts, including Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. Current defence minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has been nominated as interior minister, while commerce minister Masoud Mirkazemi is his pick for the crucial oil ministry in OPEC's second largest exporter. However, Mirkazemi is expected to be rejected because of his lack of expertise in the sector, media reports said. He was also nearly impeached in 2007 and 2008 over rising prices of basic commodities. The three female nominees are also expected to face an uphill battle. "Islam respects women, but respecting women does not mean that heavy social positions be given to them," hardline cleric Ahmad Khatami said on Saturday. Sousan Keshvaraz, Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi and Fatemeh Ajorlou have been proposed respectively as ministers of education, health, and welfare and social security. All three of them lack ministerial experience. Tavakoli warned the new cabinet could divide Iranian society. "The nominee for the science ministry was the head of the election commission. From the point of view of protesters, he is the main accused over the recent bitter incidents," he said of the post-election unrest. "This has the potential to divide society." Ahmadinejad earlier urged parliament to approve his new cabinet. "I hope the majlis will firmly approve all ministers and with a decisive vote it will turn the hopes of ill-wishers into despair," he told MPs as he introduced his proposed line-up. Ahmadinejad said his election victory was confirmation that the people wanted his government to "continue on the same path" of his first four-year term. "We are committed to spreading justice, preserving the national dignity, achieve progress and confront the bullying powers. We will continue to support oppressed nations and cooperate constructively with all nations except the Zionist regime," he said of arch-foe Israel. Soon after the speech, lawmaker Ali Akbar Yousefnajed, who was a senior official in the government of Ahmadinejad's reformist predecessor Mohammad Khatami, criticised the hardliner. "How come we have 14 new faces?" he asked. "Where are those who were sacked in the last four years?" During his first term, Ahmadinejad received flak for firing 10 ministers, two central bank chiefs and several other top officials. But conservative MP Hossein Garousi defended the president. "If we saw people changing (in the existing cabinet), it was because the president is very meticulous when it comes to management," he said. Ahmadinejad defended the presence of women in the cabinet, saying it raised the "self-confidence" of women in Iran. Conservative MP Qassem Mohammadi appeared to back him. "I do not understand why they want to keep 50 percent of the nation's potential in the kitchen," he said. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: World German left hopes to slow Merkel in state votesReuters - Monday, August 31 Medvedev: blaming Soviets for WWII a 'cynical lie'AP - 2 hours 48 minutes ago Comoros crash black boxes to be sent to ParisReuters - Monday, August 31 Reports: Arctic Sea crewmen home after questioningAP - Monday, August 31 British interests sparked 'Lockerbie bomber u-turn'AFP - Monday, August 31 Enlarge Photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech during Friday prayers at Tehran University. 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