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Urgent: Larijani elected speaker of Iranian parliament

Xinhua, May 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Iranian legislators picked Ali Larijani as the speaker of the new parliament on Tuesday.

Out of 276 votes, Larijani was elected with 237 votes in favor. Endi