On May 30, in an internal election over the speakership of Iran's parliament, moderate Ali Larijani defeated the leader of the main Reformist parliamentary faction, becoming the speaker for the 11th time in a row — a record in the history of Islamic Republic.
This was the second time that Mohammad Reza Aref, who is the chairman of the Reformists' Hope faction in parliament, entered the competition and refused to reach a consensus with moderates.
