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Ali Larijani

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani (C) chats with MPs as health minister candidate Mohammad Hassan Tarighat Monfared (bottom) addresses parliament before a vote of confidence in Tehran on March 17, 2013. Tarighat Monfared has been caretaker of the health ministry since December when Ahmadinejad sacked former minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, the sole woman in his cabinet and the first female minister after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

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  • Iran president summoned to criminal court

    [JURIST] Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official website; BBC profile] was summoned to a criminal court on Monday. Although the charges were not specified, this may be the continuation of a longstanding political battle [JURIST news arch   from JURIST Read more »

  • Rohani, Larijani discuss key Iran issues

    The president-elect and the Majlis speaker held a meeting on Sunday, one day after the official announcement that Rohani won the 11th presidential election following a vote that saw a massive popular turnout on June 14. Larijani later said that during th   from Press TV Read more »

  • Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran June 8. | AP Photo Iran's new president: No easy fix

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