Larijani elected interim speaker of Iranian parliament
ian legislators picked Ali Larijani as the interim speaker of the new Majlis (parliament) on Sunday. Out of 281 votes, Larijani was elected with 173 votes in favor. The other candidate, Mohammad Reza Aref, who is a reformist politician, won 103 votes. The interim speaker means the election of a chair temporarily for a few days until the lawmakers meet again to elect the final speaker for one year. Larijani, who was an independent candidate and favored by the principlist faction in the Majlis, was the speaker of the previous parliaments for ...
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