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Hassan Rouhani, (born in 1948), the incumbent Iranian president, is a member of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts, which appoints the country's leader. The former posts he used to fill include membership of Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and headship of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim, (born in 1947), is currently the head of the Islamic Coalition Party's Central Council. He is a conservative politician and engineer who served as the country's minister of culture and Islamic Guidance from 1994-1997. From 1981 to 1989, he served as the advisor to then president Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Mostafa Hashemi-Taba, (born in 1947), was a vice president under former Presidents Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former minister of industries, and the former head of the Sports Organization.
Es'haq Jahangiri, (1957) currently serves as the first vice president. He used to be minister of mines, the governor of Isfahan, and a parliamentarian.
Mohammd Baqer Qalibaf, (born in 1961) currently the mayor of Tehran, was a former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' Air Force, an ex-chief of the national police, and a former commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbya Air Defense Base.
Ebrahim Raeisi, (born in 1960), is currently the custodian of Razavi Holy Shrines, the organization managing the affairs of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH), the eighth Shia Imam, in the city of Mashad. He has already served as head of supervisory council at Radio and Television (Seda-Sima), Country's prosecutor general, general prosecutor for clerics, member of association of combatant clerics in Tehran and presiding member of assembly of experts.
"Julian Assange has no First Amendment freedoms. He's sitting in an Embassy in London. He's not a US citizen".As reported by Sputnik,
"The Washington Post reports that prosecutors have been crafting a memo envisioning charges against WikiLeaks staff that could include conspiracy, theft of government property or violations of the Espionage Act. Officials told them that the memo is not yet complete and that approval would be needed at the highest levels of US justice to bring charges to bear".Because this information comes from unknown sources, reporting to CNN, one can not be sure of its veracity. However, based on a recent speech by CIA Director Pompeo lambasting Assange, it could very well be the case that the US is preparing to throw the ultimate book at the world's most famous whistle-blowing journalist.
Comment: It didn't work with Brexit and it didn't work with Clinton, so don't be surprised when Obama's 'endorsement' does the exact opposite of what's intended. But they have a solution for that - blame Russia!
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