Who will replace Rafsanjani as chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council?
The question of who will replace Rafsanjani as the chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council is being discussed in the Iranian media following the ayatollah's Jan. 8 death.
![IRAN Top Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami (L) speaks with former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during an opening session of the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that supervises the performance of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran August 29, 2006.
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Ever since the Jan. 8 death of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian media have been speculating about who will replace him as the chairman of the Expediency Council.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directly appoints the members of the council, which is tasked with resolving differences between the parliament and the Guardian Council.