Qassemi, who had stepped down few months ago, passed away this morning after struggling with his advanced cancer for two months.
Qassemi was an Iran-Iraq war-veteran.
On Wednesday, Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) gave a vote of confidence to Mehrdad Bazrpash as Iran's new minister of roads and urban development.
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