Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a news conference in Ankara June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament sacked the science, research and technology minister on Wednesday, a victory for the conservative critics of moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
In their impeachment motion - the first time parliament has sacked a minister since Rouhani's election last year - lawmakers criticised Reza Faraji-Dana for allowing students expelled from university over anti-government unrest in 2009 to return to college.
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