Iran names hardline cleric as top judge amid calls for probe into past abuses

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Friday, 02 Jul 2021
2:41 AM MYT

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei attends the International Conference of the Prosecutors of Islamic Countries in Tehran April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo

(Corrects day to Thursday in first paragraph)

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s supreme leader promoted a hardline cleric to serve as head of the judiciary on Thursday, amid international calls for investigations into allegations of abuses.

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