December 27-2013
Ali Akbar Velayati (photo), who came in next-to-last in June’s presidential election, has been named by Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani as the head of the Center for Strategic Research, the position President Rohani held for a quarter-century before his election. Velayati, a former foreign minister, is and will continue to be the senior foreign policy adviser to the Supreme Leader.
