Two women Iranian vice presidents

Iran’s president has named two women as vice presidents after proposing a Cabinet that included no female members.

Hassan Rouhani’s presidential website announced that he had appointed Masoumeh Ebtekar as vice president for women and family affairs and Laaya Joneidi as vice president for legal affairs. Ms Ebtekar was Mr Rouhani’s vice president for the environment department during his first term, one of three female appointees.

Another was Shahindokht Molaverdi, whom Mr Rouhani named as assistant on citizenship rights.