TEHRAN – Mohammad Reza Bahonar has been appointed as the head of the Incorporation and Assessment Committee of the Expediency Council.

He was appointed via a decree issued on Sunday by the council’s Secretary Mohsen Rezaee, IRNA reported.

Bahonar has been appointed to the post for one year. His predecessor was Seyyed Abdollah Sajjadi Jaghargh.

In a similar decree, Rezaee extended for one year the term of service of Masoud Ghanizadeh as the council’s Preparation, Housing, and Urban Development Committee chairman.

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