Gholam Ali Haddad Adel
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Gholam Ali Haddad Adel is the Speaker of the Iranian Consultative Assembly, a.k.a. the Iranian Majlis.
On December 6, 2006, he dismisses as unimportant the Israeli decision to create its new Minsitry of Strategic Affairs: "Even before the Zionist regime created this ministry, it clearly wanted to slow down the pace of Iran's progress." Sources: n.a. "Iran Blasts Israel's New Ministry Targeting its Nuclear Issue." People's Daily Online. December 7, 2006; n.a. "Zionist Regime Against a Powerful Speaker." IRNA. December 7, 2006.
A peculiar news report of the same comments "Gholam Shire'i: Zionist Regime Against a Powerful Iran," by the on-line Persian Journal December 6, 2006, describes him as being "in majlis for his addiction to opium." Mistake? Clumsy disinformation?