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Iran - Larijani elected provisional Majlis speaker
Islamic Republic News Agency ^ | May 28, 2008

Posted on 05/27/2008 11:57:14 PM PDT by HAL9000

Members of the eighth Majlis elected Ali Larijani, representative of the holy city of Qom, as the provisional speaker of the Iranian parliament on Wednesday.

The 8th Majlis was inaugurated on Tuesday with a message of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Out of a total of 263 votes, Larijani, the single candidate for the post, won 232 ballots.

Larijani had previously served as Iran's top nuclear negotiator.

Majlis provisional presiding board would also be elected today.

The board would continue its work until credentials of all MPs are confirmed by the legislative body.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alilarijani; iran; khamenei; larijani; majlis; nuclearweapons

1 posted on 05/27/2008 11:57:15 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

The story line is that Larijani is relatively ‘moderate’ on nukes. Of course we all know what an Iranian ‘moderate’ is.


2 posted on 05/28/2008 12:41:43 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (All of this has happened before, and will happen again!)
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