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Todays News
Ahmadinejad Faces Sharper Scrutiny
By Agencies
posted on 03/17/08
Iran’s reformists on Saturday hailed their performance in parliamentary elections as a "remarkable success," saying they would hold around 20 percent of seats despite the mass vetoing of their best candidates. …
Reformists had bitterly complained in the run-up to Friday’s election that the disqualification of hundreds of their candidates in pre-election vetting had wrecked their chances of wresting control of parliament from conservatives. Reformists were only able to compete for less than half the seats in the 290-member parliament, a virtual re-run of the fate they suffered in 2004.

