Tomorrow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Hashemi_Shahroudi will most likely be elected chairman of Iran’s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_Experts
In the first round of voting on Tuesday morning, Ayatollah Yazdi and Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani garnered a majority of votes, while the third candidate, Aytaollah Mohammad Momen, failed to win enough votes.
A run-off voting was held afterwards, in which Ayatollah Yazdi could secure 47 votes and take up the post.
Ayatollah Yazdi succeeds Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, who passed away in October 2014.
The Assembly of Experts is a high-ranking body of experts which elects and oversees the activities of the leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Ayatollah Yazdi is a high-ranking cleric among religious academics who already served as the assemblys deputy chairman.
http://www.tasnimnews.com/english/Home/Single/681295
There are 86 members; 47 means that it was 39 against.
What will happen next?