{"id":12870,"date":"2018-08-27T00:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12870"},"modified":"2018-08-27T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T00:23:09","slug":"irans-finance-minister-masoud-karbasian-impeached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12870","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s finance minister Masoud Karbasian impeached"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran’s finance minister has been impeached by the country’s parliament in the latest blow to the embattled government as it struggles against a fall in the currency value and a mounting economic crisis.<\/p>\n

Masoud Karbasian\u00a0<\/span>lost the vote of confidence on Sunday by 137 votes to 121, with two abstentions.<\/p>\n

He is the second minister in President Hassan Rouhani<\/a>‘s cabinet to be impeached this month following the removal of Labour Minister Ali Rabiei.<\/p>\n

Critics of Rouhani’s government say it squandered the opportunities presented by the nuclear deal<\/a>, which now looks increasingly moribund after the US pulled out in May and began reintroducing sanctions.<\/p>\n

“Inefficiency and lack of planning have nothing to do with sanctions,” said one conservative MP, Abbas Payizadeh, in a speech before the vote.<\/p>\n

“Wrong decisions have harmed the people and led to individuals looting public assets.”<\/p>\n

In late July, President Rouhani’s cabinet appointed a new governor for the central bank, a move seen as a concession to hardline critics who blame the government for economic problems.<\/p>\n

Protests linked to the tough economic situation in the country began last December, spreading to more than 80 cities and towns and resulting in 25 deaths.<\/p>\n

Sporadic protests<\/a>, led by truck drivers, farmers and merchants in Tehran’s bazaar, have continued regularly since then and have occasionally resulted in violent confrontations with security forces.<\/p>\n

Iran<\/a> has struggled with high rates of inflation and joblessness for years, despite a slight improvement following the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which lifted international sanctions and saw a flood of foreign investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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