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Tunisia’s new President Beji Caid Essebsi attends the ceremony of transfer of power at the Carthage Palace in Tunis December 31, 2014. Veteran politician Essebsi was sworn in as Tunisian president on Wednesday, giving the country a democratically elected leader four years after an uprising ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. REUTERS/Anis Mili (TUNISIA – Tags: POLITICS)
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Rafsanjani Uncovers Secret Details for Choosing Khamenei’s Successor
London-Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani revealed that secret negotiations are undergoing with hundreds of people to choose a successor of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Hashemi told Qanoun newspaper that a special committee...Jordan, Parliamentary Elections Set for Sept. 20
Jordan’s Independent Elections Commission has set Sept. 20 as the date for parliamentary elections. Thursday’s announcement came less than two weeks after King Abdullah II dissolved the old parliament, paving the way for a new vote within four months....Caption:
Iranian MPs listen to a speech by re-elected Parliament speaker Ali Larijani following the announcment of the result in Tehran on May 29, 2016.
Iran Assembly Head Wins Initial Re-Election Vote -State Media
Ali Larijani, a moderate conservative, retained the speakership of Iran’s parliament despite major gains for reformists in February elections, benefiting from credit gained by his cooperation with the government of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani in...Caption:
Ali Larijani, current chairman of the Parliament of Iran