The World - News from Sept. 4, 1989
Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani appointed former Prime Minister Hussein Moussavi, a longtime rival, as one of his advisers, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported. Moussavi, 48, served as prime minister from 1981 until last month, when the post was abolished in constitutional reforms approved by national referendum in concert with July 28’s presidential election that installed Rafsanjani. Former Intelligence Minister Mohammed Mohammedi-Reyshahri was appointed prosecutor general last month. Former Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashemi, dumped by Rafsanjani, is the only major radical who has not been given a position in the new government.
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