Iranian agriculture:

Nikbakht became the Minister of Jihad and Agriculture

2023/06/21

Iranian Aricultural In IRAN:

In the public meeting on Tuesday (June 20th) of the Islamic Council, examining the plan and qualifications of Mohammad Ali Nikbakht for the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and obtaining a vote of confidence was on the agenda, and after presenting the report of the Agricultural Jihad Commission and the representatives for and against the proposed minister, Nikbakht 198 votes in favor, 40 votes against and 10 abstentions out of a total of 248 were elected as the Minister of Jihad and Agriculture.

After Sadatinejad, Nikbakht is the second Minister of Jihad and Agriculture of the 13th Cabinet.

On April 12, 2023, Sadatinejad was dismissed by President Ayatollah Raisi, and Aghamiri was in charge of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture for about two and a half months.

Nikbakht has the head of the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, the Deputy of Planning and Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture in the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and CEO of the Central Organization of Rural Cooperation of Iran, and now that he has become the minister, in the first step, he should clarify the guaranteed purchase price of wheat, which has not yet been determined.