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Former Tehran mayor elected Iran’s new parliament speaker

Iranian lawmakers have voted to elect ex-Tehran mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf as speaker of the country’s newly-inaugurated parliament (Majlis).

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Iran’s new parliament inaugurated

The newly-elected lawmakers in Iran held the first session of the 11th parliament after victory of the Islamic Revolution on Wednesday. The present parliament is dominated by principlists while the previous legislature was mainly composed of pro-reform figures.

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