Iran’s re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed on Sunday the intelligence and culture ministers.
The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying that the two ministers had a dispute with the hardline president over the appointment of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie as first vice-president for his second four-year term.
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An official at the presidential office said he could only confirm the intelligence minister's dismissal.
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