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| | Abolhassan Banisadr - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | He was elected President in early 1980, when he ran in a competitive election against Ahmad Madani, Hassan Habibi, Sadegh Tabatabaee, Dariush Forouhar, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Kazem Sami, Mohammad Makri, Hassan Ghafourifard, and Hassan Ayat. |
 | | Accusing Banisadr of a weak performance in leading Iranian troops in the Iran-Iraq War, Khomeini forever stripped the Presidency from holding the power of commander-in-chief and instead assigned it to his own office. |
 | | Banisadr was impeached on June 22, 1981 by the Iranian parliament because of his moves against the clerics in power, most specifically Mohammad Beheshti, head of judicial system at the time. |
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