Iran conservatives tap ex-nuclear chief as speaker

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Tehran (AFP) May 25, 2008
The conservative bloc dominating Iran's new parliament has chosen former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as its candidate for speaker, the state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

IRNA said conservatives MPs parliament chose Larijani by 161 votes against 50 for the incumbent Gholam Ali Hadad Adel, who is also a conservative.

Conservatives have the majority in the new parliament after winning 69 percent of the 290 seats in elections earlier this year.

Their reformist rivals, who have not yet named any candidates for the post of speaker, only secured 16 percent of the seats while another 14 percent went to independents.

Parliament has to vote on the new speaker after its first session on Tuesday.

Larijani last year stepped down as Iran's top nuclear negotiator, admitting that policy differences between himself and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were so great they could no longer work together.

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Rice defends Bush policy on Iran as 'successful'

Washington (AFP) May 21, 2008
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday defended as "successful" the US administration's policy on Iran after Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized its approach.

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