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Former Iranian President and moderate Rafsanjani Loses Prestigious Post, replaced by hardliner
By artappraiser on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 9:56pm |Voice of America, March 8, 2011
State-run Iranian media report former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been voted out as chairman of the country’s highest governmental body of clerics. Analysts say the move is part of a gradual assault by hardliners on Rafsanjani for both his political position and his prominence.
In what Western analysts concur is a victory for his conservative rivals, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was voted out Tuesday as chairman of the powerful Assembly of Experts. He was replaced by the 80-year-old Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, a more traditional conservative whom analysts believe had the backing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.....
Also see:
Press Roundup: Rafsanajani Loses Assembly of Experts Chair; Report: Mousavis Still in Home
Tehran Bureau @ Frontline @ pbs.org, March 9, 2011
URL:
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/iran/Former-Iranian-President-Loses-Prestigious-Post-117599583.html
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