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Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) listens to the head of the Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari while they listen to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the opening ceremony of Iran's 8th parliament in Tehran, Iran on May 27, 2008. Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is to become the next speaker in the Iranian parliament, Tehran media reported Monday. Larijani is also expected to run again in the 2009 presidential elections and be one of the main challengers to Ahmadinejad. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) listens to the head of the Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari while they listen to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the opening ceremony of Iran's 8th parliament in Tehran, Iran on May 27, 2008. Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is to become the next speaker in the Iranian parliament, Tehran media reported Monday. Larijani is also expected to run again in the 2009 presidential elections and be one of the main challengers to Ahmadinejad. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah) 
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Published: March. 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM

TEHRAN, March 17 (UPI) -- Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said Tuesday that there is no split between legislators and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Larijani was reacting to a question about a vote in which legislators rejected an amendment that would have changed energy subsidies in the budget for the March 2009 to March 2010 bill, the Fars News Agency reported.

"Parliament and President Ahmadinejad share mutual respect for each other," Larijani said. "Any country ruled by democracy faces such matters."

He described the disagreement over the budget as "normal."

In parliament, 132 members rejected the amendment, 102 favored it and nine abstained.

Topics: Ali Larijani, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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