Iran’s parliament dealt a political blow to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this week by rejecting a higher-education bill he supported, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. The legislation would have shaken up the administrative structure of Islamic Azad University, a quasi-private institution that was established by former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, a bitter political rival of Mr. Ahmadinejad. The university remains closely affiliated with the Rafsanjani family—and, with branches throughout the country as well as abroad, enrolls more than half of Iran’s college students. The defeated legislation “would have replaced the current head of the university,” RFE/RL reported, and “would also have changed the members of Azad University’s governing board.”