TEHRAN —Labor Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari named Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey as the caretaker for the Social Security Organization, IRNA reported.

Following a tragic incident on Thursday, the Organization’s director Taqi Noorbakhsh and his deputy for parliamentary affairs Abdorrahman Tajoddin passed away in a car crash in the northern province of Golestan. 

Mohseni-Bandpey is currently head of the Welfare Organization and also was the acting labor minister before Shariatmadari took office in early October.

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