The story: Iran's industry minister, Reza Fatemi Amin, has been ousted after a vote of no confidence in the parliament. This comes as President Ebrahim Raisi has dismissed several local managers in the oil-rich Khuzestan Province over their performance. The changes to the Raisi government are taking place as conservative control over the three branches of power has failed to address the country’s ongoing economic crisis.

The coverage: Iranian lawmakers on Apr. 30 voted to remove Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin following what they described as the ministry's prolonged failure to address economic issues.

• In what was Fatemi Amin's second impeachment hearing in less than six months, 162 MPs voted against him and 102 in his favor, with two abstentions.
  
  
• Criticism of the ousted minister's performance was focused on the rising cost and inferior quality of domestically-manufactured vehicles, the failure to facilitate the import of foreign cars as well as...