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Larijani re-elected as Iran’s parliament speaker

Politics Materials 31 May 2017 10:37 (UTC +04:00)
Conservative politician Ali Larijani was re-elected as the speaker of Iran’s parliament for the second year.
Larijani re-elected as Iran’s parliament speaker

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 31


By Fatih Karimov – Trend:

Conservative politician Ali Larijani was re-elected as the speaker of Iran’s parliament for the second year.

Larijani won 204 of 268 votes from MPs and became the speaker for a one-year term, the state-run IRINN TV reported May 31.

Larijani has been the speaker of the two previous parliaments for 8 years.

The Iranian MPs also re-elected reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian and Ali Motahari as the first and second vice-speakers.

Pezeshkian and Motahari received 179 and 163 votes out of 253 votes cast by MPs, respectively.

Iranian parliament has 290 members.

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