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