Larijani won 123 out of 279 votes cast during the open session of parliament on Wednesday. He won the post while there were no other contestants.
Larijani has been parliament speaker since the eighth parliament in 2008. He was secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council before being elected as a lawmaker from Qom.
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Publish Date: 30 May 2018 - 10:47
Tehran, May 30, IRNA - Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to re-elect Ali Larijani as parliament speaker for the third year of the 10th Parliament.