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Presidency Follows Leadership Of Iran's Most Important Clerical Body

posted by Anna-Maria Müller at 22h00 GMT on Sep 8

BBC

The former President of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani, was elected as the head of a powerful clerical body, which approves Iran's supreme leader. Rafsanjani is said to be more moderate, than the current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This election shows clear tendencies for a moderate movement in the Islamic establishment of Iran, experts say.

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