President Mohammad Khatami on Thursday accepted the resignation of his Minister of Culture and Islamic
Guidance Ataollah Mohajerani, Iran's official news agency (IRNA) reported.
According to the Presidential Office, the President accepted his resignation, appointed him as the Chairman of the International Center of Dialog Among Civilizations.
On Tuesday, Mohajerani told a student gathering in Tehran that he had submitted his resignation to the President on April 2nd, the agency said, after he held the position for forty months.
Mohajerani, 46, started his political career twenty years ago as the representative of Shiraz to Parliament. He was then the youngest deputy in Parliament.
In July 1997, Mohajerani managed to get a vote of confidence from Parliament, which was then under the control of the opposition. He got the least positive and the most negative votes compared with other ministers of the cabinet.
Twenty two months later, he was impeached by Parliament but again managed to get the vote of confidence of Iran's legislative assembly -- Albawaba.com
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