Re: Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body

On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:33 PM, uvj@vsnl.com wrote:

BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Last Updated: Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6977451.stm

[Rafsanjani is considered a rival to President Ahmadinejad]

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been elected
speaker of a powerful clerical body responsible for supervising Iran’s Supreme Leader.

The Assembly of Experts has the power to dismiss the Islamic
state’s highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6977451.stm

This was the news hook for my interview with Ervand Abrahamian; I’ll
post the audio to the web sometime soon….

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