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New Iranian hard-line group seeks to expel parliament speaker from their camp

Iranian hard-liners say parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has become soft on conservative issues and seek to remove him from their grouping for good.
Speaker Ali Larijani attends a session of parliament in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2019.  Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1449450070

Iranian hard-line conservatives are planning to exclude moderate-leaning conservative parliament Speaker Ali Larijani from their ranks.

In the past three months, conservatives have formed a new group called Shaja (Coalition of the Revolution), hoping to reclaim parliament from the Reform movement coalition in the February election.

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