[lbo-talk] Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body

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Fri Sep 14 17:33:01 PDT 2007


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Last Updated: Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6977451.stm

[Rafsanjani is considered a rival to President Ahmadinejad]

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been elected speaker of a powerful clerical body responsible for supervising Iran's Supreme Leader.

The Assembly of Experts has the power to dismiss the Islamic state's highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6977451.stm



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