Iran taps North Korean-educated man for top post

Tehran, Feb 18 (AP) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated a North Korean-educated former Iranian military official for a key post in his government. The official IRNA news agency says Mohammad Hasan Nami has been named as the proposed Minister of Communications and Information Technology to parliament, and will now face a vote of confidence he is likely to pass. Nami holds a doctorate degree in state management from Kim Il-Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea. He is also a former deputy defence minister and Iran's ex-deputy Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army. IRNA's report today says Nami is fluent in English and is the man behind an Iranian national intranet project. (AP) SAI 02190148 NNNN