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Iran's Parliament signaled support on Tuesday for the hardline president's choice of new defense minister, a man Argentina says was involved in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center that killed 85 people. One MP, Hadi Qavami, interrupted a speech by Defense Minister-designate Ahmad Vahidi to say he had initially opposed Vahidi's nomination but he changed his mind after "the Zionists' allegations" and would now vote for him.

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