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.
Son principal rival, Akbar Hashemi Rafsandjani, l’ancien président qu’Ahmadinejad a battu aux dernières élections, a effectué un remarquable rétablissement politique pour devenir le chef de l’Assemblée des Experts, l’organisme tout-puissant qui élit le Guide de la Révolution et qui peut même le destituer.