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