The presiding board of Iran's parliament announced on Sunday that it had received the letter from President Ahmadinejad introducing 21 ministers of his next cabinet.
The official announcement marks the beginning of a week-long period of analysis, lobbying and debates in parliament halls over the credentials and qualifications of the ministerial nominees.
For the time being, some MPs are confident that at least four nominees will not win parliament's vote of confidence. Others believe that Ahmadinejad's choices of female ministers will face serious opposition among orthodox conservatives.
Most popular nominees, as far as their relevant parliament committees are concerned, seem to be the ministers of foreign affairs, interior, intelligence and defense, despite the fact tha the nominated defense minister is on Interpol's wanted list.
Nominees in oil, welfare, education and energy ministries may have to go through much heavier criticism and antagony before they get the parliament's vote of confidence, if they get it at all.
Amid all dispositions and new appointments, some of Ahmadinejad's remarks about his former ministers will be remembered by many Iranians. He said that his former health minister, Dr. Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, was like a "Peach", so much so, that Ahmadinejad had thought about actually "Eating him" once.
This was supposed to be a very strong compliment to the former minister. But there are some Iranians who may see such language as inappropriate, specially for a president.
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