Former Iranian president to head clerical body

WATCH VIDEO

Source: CCTV.com | 09-05-2007 09:32

Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been chosen as head of a powerful clerical body. It hires and fires Iran's supreme leader.

Rafsanjani received 41 votes to become head of the Assembly of Experts -- a body of 86 senior clerics charged with monitoring Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and choosing his successor.

Rafsanjani said during the Assembly meeting that Washington's plans for the greater Middle East put each country's national security in the region at risk.

Editor:Yang Jie