280 out of 2,200 in Iran
According to Al Arabiya, Iran's Guardian Council has reinstated some of the reformist candidates disqualified by local councils. Maybe the disqualification of Khomeini's grandson was too much bad publicity. Maybe the religious elders are sensitive to public opinion.Iran lets Khomeini grandson run in elections
"Iran has allowed revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson and some other reformists to fight parliamentary elections after initially disqualifying them, reports said on Wednesday.
"Ali Eshraghi was one of more than 2,200 mainly reformist candidates disqualified in the initial phase of vetting... but has now been reinstated by the hard-line Guardians Council.
"The Guardians Council, Iran's main vetting body, announced on Tuesday that 280 of the candidates disqualified in the original vetting were being reinstated to stand in the March 14 elections...
"The reinstatement of the candidates came after prominent conservative and reformist figures complained bitterly about the scale of the disqualifications..."
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