Fury as Iran makes bomb suspect defence minister

Iran faced more world condemnation today after parliament backed the Cabinet appointment of a man wanted for the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.

Fury as Iran makes bomb suspect defence minister
Fri, 04 Sep, 2009 - 08:43

Iran faced more world condemnation today after parliament backed the Cabinet appointment of a man wanted for the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.

The assembly showed international defiance by supporting Ahmad Varhidi as defence minister in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hardline Cabinet.

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