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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani — the chief of Iran’s hardline judiciary who has been blacklisted by Washington — was named on Sunday as the new head of the powerful Expediency Council, state television reported.
The council is intended to resolve disputes between parliament and a watchdog body, the Guardian Council.
Larijani, 57, was appointed by Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who also made him a member of the Guardian Council, which vets laws and elections for compliance with Iran’s Islamic constitution, state television reported.
Larijani, seen as one of Khamenei’s close allies, will replace former Expediency Council head Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, who died this week at the age of 70.
Washington imposed sanctions on Larijani and 13 other individuals and entities in January over alleged human rights abuses in Iran and support for Iranian weapons programs.
Iran rejects Western criticism of its human rights record as politically motivated and based on a lack of understanding of its Islamic laws.
