TEHRAN (Agencies)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled a cabinet boasting 11 new faces, including three women, in a line-up on Thursday slammed as inexperienced by leading lawmakers.
The president was due to address the nation to present the new cabinet including a relative novice as oil minister, but is expected to face a tough battle to win parliament's approval.
The outcome will be another test of how secure the hardliner's grip is on power in the major oil exporter after his disputed re-election in a June poll that led to street protests and political turmoil.
Iranian media reported that Ahmadinejad had submitted a list of 18 ministers to the assembly the previous evening, meeting a midnight deadline, but there was no immediate confirmation of this from parliament.
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