Former President Hashemi Rafsanjani was picked Tuesday as head of a powerful clerical body empowered with choosing or dismissing Iran's supreme leader, state-run television reported. Rafsanjani received 41 votes to become head of the Assembly of Experts, a body of 86 senior clerics charged with monitoring Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and choosing his successor. The former president, who is considered more moderate than current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defeated Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati. Jannati received 30 votes, state TV said.