Eshaq Jahangiri Named First Vice President of Iran Monday Aug 5,2013

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani named Eshaq Jahangiri, a former industry and mines minister, as First Vice President Iranian state TV Report Monday Aug 5,2013

Eshaq Jahangiri(56) was Iran’s former minister of industries and mines in the administration of former President Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2005 and a close ally of former reformist president Mohammed Khatami, who is disliked by hard-liners

Eshaq Jahangiri was also a Majlis lawmaker for two terms (eight years) and the former governor of the central Iranian province of Isfaha