Posted on 05/24/2016 6:08:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Ahmad Jannati has been chosen to lead Iran’s new assembly of experts, the body which oversees the work of the country’s supreme leader and will elect his successor.
Jannati was voted chairman of the 88-member Assembly with 51 votes.
The 90-year-old is said to be dismissive of President Hassan Rouhani and his attempts to end Iran’s global isolation by normalizing ties with the West.
He is also the leader of the Guardian Council, a hardline vetting body that disqualified thousands of reformists from standing in February’s elections for the assembly and parliament. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euronews.com ...
Are these the moderates Ben Rhodes was speaking of?
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