Tehran, May 26: With 214 votes in his favor, Iranian lawmakers have reappointed incumbent Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the third consecutive year to his post.
Forty-four lawmakers out of the total of 258 members present at the session voted in abstention for Larijani’s reelection.
Following the vote, the Iranian official expressed gratitude to the lawmakers for reelecting him for the third consecutive year as Majlis speaker.
Meanwhile, lawmakers also elected Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard and Shahabeddin Sadr as Parliament vice peakers.
Aboutorabi-Fard was elected as the first Majlis Vice Speaker winning 188 of the votes, while Sadr was picked as Second Vice Speaker with 145 votes.
Larijani was secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council before being elected as a lawmaker in the eighth parliament. He also served as head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for 10 years during 1994-2004.
———Agencies