Iran's Khamenei appoints Ahmadinejad to advisory body

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to an advisory body.

In a decree announced on state TV, Khamenei appointed Ahmadinejad as a member of the Expediency Council, a body that advises the top leader on state matters. The council is headed by former powerful president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a bitter enemy of Ahmadinejad. (AP)