TEHRAN – The governors of Hamedan, Kerman, Zanjan and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces were appointed during a cabinet session on Wednesday.

According to ISNA, Saeid Shahrokhi, Mohammad Javad Fadaei, Fathollah Haghighi and Ahmad Ali Muhebati were appointed as governors of Hamedan, Kerman, Zanjan and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces respectively.

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Saturday that 14 provincial governors would be replaced due to the law banning employment of retirees.

Banning employment of retirees is part of the plan to employ the younger generation in top state jobs.

MH/PA