TEHRAN, Iran, Nov 5, SPA -- Iran's parliament on Sunday approved the new Minister of Cooperatives, state-run radio reported. After a short review, 155 legislators voted in favor ofMohammad Abbasi, and 70 members of the parliament voted against him. Abbasi, a current legislator, was a former chancellor of a university in a northern Iran, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/400631