Larijani re-elected as Iran’s parliament speaker [UPDATE]
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Conservative politician Ali Larijani has been re-elected as the
speaker of Iran’s parliament for the third year. Larijani has been
the speaker of the two previous parliaments for 8 years.
Larijani gathered 147 of 279 votes from the MPs and became the
speaker for a one-year term, the state-run IRINN TV reported May
30.
His reformist rival Mohammad Reza Aref obtained 123 votes.
The Iranian MPs also re-elected reformist politician Masoud
Pezeshkian and Ali Motahari as the first and second
vice-speakers.
Pezeshkian and Motahari received 157 and 143 votes,
respectively.
Iranian parliament has 290 members.
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