Chairman of Powerful
Assembly of Experts
Ayatollah Mohammad Reza
Mahdavi Kani, the chairman of Iran’s powerful Assembly of Experts, died today
in Tehran. He was 83.
The Assembly of Expert is
a body of 86 senior Shia clerics that chooses and can dismiss the supreme
leader. Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani was the Assembly’s chairman until 2011,
when he was pushed out of the chairmanship by the hardliners because of his
moderate policies. It was not clear if he would seek the post again.
The current supreme leader
underwent prostate cancer surgery only weeks ago, making the role of the
current Assembly in choosing a new supreme leader, or a council of supreme
leadership, that much more important. The elections for the next Assembly will
be held in early 2016.
File photo: Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (AP)
File photo: Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (AP)
Finally some good news! I hope a moderate will hold the post now. It would really help Rouhani.
ReplyDeleteto Piruz
DeleteThe grand daddy of all akhoonds, Khomeini croaked right after the war in 1989 from being heartbroken after his defeat. Did a moderate replace him? No.
Give us a break man! Rouhani is cut from the same cloth as the rest of them. They are all in it to win it for themselves,and they don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.
ReplyDeletePIRUZ - all civilized people wouldn't' crudely wish death for an opponent !.
ReplyDeleteit would be terrible if you replaced him !
Rohani is a good puppet for keeping people in control...during his time... acid attacks against Iranian people, continuous sanctions, oil prices at lowest level, ISIS 50 km from Iranian border etc.
ReplyDeleteNot so much of achievement!