Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Iran reformists fear mass exclusion from key vote

Interesting article. Of course the reformists are unlikely to get a strong vote anyway. The main Iranian opposition now seems to be coalescing around the "Third Wave" which is the new pragmatic party:

Agence France-Presse - 23 January, 2008
Iranian reformists said on Tuesday they fear many of their candidates will be disqualified ahead of parliamentary elections in March, as a vetting body was set to reveal the results."We have received worrying information in the past week indicating that a surprising number of reformist candidates will be rejected," Reformists' Coalition spokesman Abdollah Nasseri said on the group's website.

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