TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A leading hard-line opponent of Iran’s moderate president was re-elected Sunday as the head of the country’s powerful Parliament.
Of the 258 deputies present in the 270-seat Majlis, or parliament, 165 voted to reinstate Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri as speaker of the legislature for his third one-year term, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Also re-elected were the incumbent 12 members of the parliament’s presiding board, Nateq-Nouri’s two deputies, three clerks and six secretaries, IRNA said.
Iranian Parliament speaker Re-elected
Published June 1, 1998
