Majlis decides on presiding board
TEHRAN – Masoud Pezeshkian, a reform-minded lawmaker from Tabriz, and Ali Motahari, a vocal and yet moderate principlist MP representing Tehran, were elected respectively as first and second deputy parliament speakers on Tuesday. Out of the 273 votes cast, Pezeshkian secured 158 votes and Motahari 133. Motahari garnered the highest number of votes in the Feb. 26 parliamentary election in the 30-member candidate list in Tehran led by reformist Mohammad Reza Aref. In the voting, as expected, Ali Larijani was also reelected as the speaker of ...
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