On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:33 PM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
> BBC News
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>
> 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
This was the news hook for my interview with Ervand Abrahamian; I'll post the audio to the web sometime soon....