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Moderate appointed to head Iran’s Expediency Council

Iran’s supreme leader appointed moderate Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as chairman of the Expediency Council.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Aug 15, 2017
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) reads the oath of office as Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi looks on during Ahmadinejad's swearing-in ceremony in Tehran August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN POLITICS) - RTR26F4I
Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi looks on during President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's swearing-in ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 5, 2009. — REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

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