Former premier Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, 80, was elected as the head of Assembly of Experts, the 86-member body. Rafsanjani had headed the post for the past four years.Members of the Assembly who elected Ayatollah Kani are religious scholars that are directly elected to office in a national poll. It holds meetings twice a year to review major national issues and every other year to appoint a new chairman.
[Rafsanjani, an advocate of neoliberal "free-market" economic policies and resumption of diplomatic relations with the US.Rafsanjani, BusinessWeek added, "put most of his effort into cultivating businesses and the elite, ignoring poor and rural voters" who "overwhelmingly rejected his arguments that the way to ease poverty and unemployment of 15-20% was to accelerate privatization and encourage more foreign investment.Instead, they went for Ahmadinejad's promises to end corruption and protect workers and small-business owners.".
Also the main backer behind moussavi and green movement!!!
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