Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi

• Iran to name its first ever female ambassador

  Iran plans to appoint a woman ambassador and a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry for the first time in the Islamic republic's history, Iranian media reports today.

• Iran raises earthquake death toll to 306

  Iran on Monday raised the death toll from Saturday's twin earthquakes to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors, state media reported. Heath Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament on Monday that the number jumped by about 50 after victims expired in the hospital.

• Iran quakes killed 306, injured 3,037: Health minister

  Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran at the weekend killed a total of 306 people -- most of them women and children -- and injured 3,037, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Monday.

• Iran gets its first female minister

  Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi has said that her selection as health minister was an "important step" for Iranian women.