Word: kani
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...radio address, Khomeini warned leaders of the fundamentalist Islamic Republic Party that parliament was a likely target for bombing by insurrectionist forces. He then strove to assure Iranians that Iran is "the most stable country in the world." After naming Ayatullah Mohammed Reza Mahdavi Kani, a former interior minister, as Prime Minister to replace the assassinated Mohammed Javad Bahonar, the Imam intoned: "When a Prime Minister is assassinated, another is appointed the same day, and when a President is assassinated, another is elected right on schedule...
...earlier deaths. Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Chief Justice Ayatullah Moussavi Ardabeli jointly assumed the presidency until new elections are held, at the latest by Oct. 19, to fill the vacancy. They named another cleric and Khomeini intimate, Interior Minister Ayatullah Mohammed Reza Mahdavi Kani, 50, as Prime Minister; as one of his first tasks Kani pledged to improve security. The three, who complete Banisadr's five-man hit list, also vowed to press on with a purge aimed at eliminating their opposition. The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement blaming the U.S. and Iraq...