Khabaronline reported on October 29 that hours after the Iranian parliament refused to confirm the president’s pick for minister of science, Hassan Rouhani tweeted the following in reaction to rejection of Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi: (#parliament, #voteofconfidence, #unity)
“The public opinion will judge [the vote]. The public opinion will not approve of any division, nor will it approve of, God forbid, intransigence.”