The Facts

• Lawmakers in Iran voted on Wednesday in favor of all 19 cabinet ministers chosen by Pres. Masoud Pezeshkian, the first time in more than two decades that the parliament approved the entire cabinet.Lawmakers in Iran voted on Wednesday in favor of all 19 cabinet ministers chosen by Pres. Masoud Pezeshkian, the first time in more than two decades that the 290-seat parliament approved the entire proposed cabinet.

• 2Key figures include Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, a career diplomat who was part of the team that negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal, and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, reportedly the chief of the Iranian Air Force from 2018 to 2021.

• 3Nasirzadeh was the most voted among the ministerial nominees, 281, while Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarghandi received the lowest, with 163 votes. Roads Minister Farzaneh Sadegh secured 231 votes to become the first female minister in Iran in over a decade.