His foremost rival, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who Ahmedinejad defeated to win the post, has had a remarkable reversal of fortune, reemerging as leader of the Assembly of Experts, the powerful body that elects Iran’s Supreme Leader and that can even remove a Supreme Leader from office.
Su principal rival, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, un ex presidente a quien Amhadinejad derrotó para ocupar el cargo, ha experimentado un cambio de suerte considerable al resurgir como líder de la Academia de Expertos, el cuerpo poderoso que elige al Líder Supremo de Irán y puede sacar a un Líder Supremo del cargo.