Iran's Minister of Science, Research and
Technology Mostafa Moin has submitted his resignation, a ministry's
official said, IRNA reported from Tehran.
Director General of the Public Relations Department of the
ministry Mahdokht Boroujerdi on Monday confirmed earlier reports on
Moin's resignation.
Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mostafa Moin handed
over his resignation to President Mohammad Khatami on Thursday but the
president gave no response to the resignation request, she said.
Scientific progress of the country is on top of the agenda of
the science ministry, she added. When the minister of science is
witnessing that for various illogical reasons obstacles are being
thrown on the way of nation's scientific progress, he would be left
with no alternative than resignation, Boroujerdi said.
It is believed that Moin's resignation was mainly due to the
Guardian Council's rejection of a bill that he put forward to
restructure his ministry.