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Parliament re-elects Qalibaf as speaker
During the Tuesday parliament’s session, Qalibaf gained the votes of 197 out of 287 lawmakers. He will serve as the speaker for one-year period.
The new parliament was inaugurated on Monday with a message from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s parliamentary elections were held in March. 245 candidates won the race in the first round of balloting.
The final make-up of the legislative body was determined after a run-off held on May the 10th.
A trained pilot, Qalibaf was a commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) during the Iraqi imposed war in the 1980s.
He also served as the head of the IRGC’s construction arm, Khatam al-Anbia, the commander of the IRGC’s air force, the police chief and the mayor of Tehran.
Qalibaf’s reinstatement comes ahead of early presidential vote as a snap election has been set for June 28 following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on
May 19.