The World - News from Oct. 29, 1985
The Iranian Parliament approved 22 nominees for a new Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Hussein Moussavi, endorsing the Islamic government’s plans to pursue economic policies that lean more toward private enterprise. According to diplomats, the new Cabinet will not alter Iran’s basic foreign policy of “war until victory” in the five-year-old conflict with Iraq. Among seven new faces in the Cabinet are Ali Akbar Mohtashami, heading the powerful Interior Ministry, and Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the new oil minister. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati retained his post.
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