MILAN (AP) — The International Olympic Committee elected its first female member from Iran on Wednesday, who also became the current youngest representative. Soraya Aghaei is now the 107th member of the IOC by a 95-2 vote as just the third-ever Iranian representative and the first since 2004.

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The International Olympic Committee elected its first female member from Iran, as Soraya Aghaei, 30, also became the committee's current youngest representative.

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