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Iran’s parliament approved the new Cabinet of President Masoud Pezeshkian, with representatives agreeing to all 19 candidates, Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf reported on Wednesday. A woman has been appointed for the second time in the history of the Islamic Republic: Farzaneh Sadegh is to head the Ministry for Roads and Urban Development The new foreign minister is Abbas Araghchi, an experienced diplomat and former chief negotiator of the Vienna nuclear agreement. Esmaeil Khatib, who is subject to US sanctions, retains the post of information minister and head of the intelligen…

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