Word: komiteh
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terms of the Islamic constitution, makes it hard for him to circumvent the Majlis. The deputies, for example, recently fired his Health Minister for being inadequately "Islamic," and last week a similar motion against his Education Minister was under discussion. Still, Rafsanjani is gradually consolidating his authority. The Komiteh, the police equivalent of the Revolutionary Guard, is being merged with the regular police, which should limit their ability to act as independent enforcers of hijab...