This week, as part of that effort, I'm attending a global assembly of experts on education for sustainable development in the Netherlands.
After that, he became a member of the assembly of experts, and finally a president.
Now 47, he is a member of the Council of Experts, an assembly of 70 religious scholars chosen by their peers to make the most important political decisions.
Showing multicolored maps on an overhead projector to demonstrate what he called Armenia's aggressive ways, Mr. Aliyev, a former Soviet deputy premier and leader of the local K.G.B., held court over an assembly of influential foreign policy experts.
A parallel contest is taking place for the assembly of experts, a clerical body whose 88 members have to choose the supreme leader.
"We don't think the authorities can pull the plug on his website, because they probably would have done so by now". He has been ostracised for his views, including his opinion that political parties should be allowed and that the supreme leader should be elected in a national ballot rather than chosen by the assembly of experts, a body dominated by conservative clerics.
On the same day, Iran will also hold the election for the next Assembly of Experts, an influential clerical body in charge of appointing the supreme leader.
Khamenei was appointed to his new job by Iran's assembly of experts, a powerful clerical body in charge of appointing and dismissing the supreme leader.
In theory, he can be dismissed by the assembly of experts, a senate-like body whose 86 senior clerics are elected for eight-year terms.
In parallel, clerical leaders are standing for election to the assembly of experts, a normally obscure body whose role is to choose the next supreme leader.
He is a member of Iran's assembly of experts and is touted to be the possible candidate for the country's next supreme leader among the conservative and fundamental front.
