More Iranian voting
Iran votes in second round poll"Iranians are voting in second round run-off elections which are expected to confirm the dominance of conservatives in the country's 290-seat parliament.
"Eighty-two seats in which no candidate managed to win 25% of the vote in last month's first round are being contested...
"Conservative candidates won around 70% of the seats in the first round vote.
"But correspondents say many of them are highly critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's economic policies.
"If the conservatives continue to cause problems for Mr Ahmadinejad in the new parliament, this will strengthen Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, they add..."
Labels: elections, Iran, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 10:18 AM
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