Ahmadinejad Political Rival Re-Elected as Parliament Speaker
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Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who has clashed with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over relations with the West regarding the country’s nuclear program, was re-elected by lawmakers to head the assembly for another year.
Larijani won 177 votes in the parliament today while opponent Gholam Ali Haddad Adel received 89, the state-run Mehr news channel reported. He beat the same opponent in last month’s vote for an interim speaker.