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...about 160, were won by conservatives, with only about 40 going to reformists. This is in stark contrast to parliamentary elections four years ago, when the electorate gave an estimated 200 seats to reformists. Many of those candidates were precluded from standing, of course, as the conservative-controlled Guardian Council simply disqualified the reformist candidates in about half of the constituencies, leaving them no chance of prevailing...
...reformists' defeat owes partly to the fact that most of them didn't even run. The Khamenei-appointed Guardian Council, a powerful oversight body consisting of six clerics and six Islamic jurists, barred hundreds of reformists, including 87 members of the Majlis, from standing as candidates on various grounds, such as undermining the authority of the Supreme Leader. Among them was Reza Khatami, deputy speaker and brother of Iran's President. Ten reformist parties, including Reza Khatami's Islamic Iran Participation Front, then pulled out of the balloting, saying they could not run in "illegal and unjust" polls. President Khatami...
Besides the Guardian Council, Khamenei appoints other key bodies like the Expediency Council, a sort of Iranian House of Lords, and the Iranian judiciary. In the past four years, together they have shut down reformist newspapers, jailed outspoken journalists and overturned every major reform bill approved by the Majlis. Student demonstrations protesting the actions have been suppressed by the security forces, leaving among young people a trail of disillusionment with Khamenei--and with Khatami for not speaking out or resigning in protest...
...turn crimson with nudie mag.” CNN ran a story on the issue, as did Fox TV. Hustler magazine called The Crimson for more information. Even other countries were eager to weigh in on the matter with articles surfacing as far away as India and Australia. The Guardian, a major newspaper in London, wrote: “A pair of women students have delivered a frisson to the fusty realms of Harvard, an institution previously associated with gawky teenage genius and the American establishment.” Despite the fact that H Bomb is currently just the whimsical...
...Germany and even Russia have a lot more they can threaten to take away from Iran if the theocrats continue to stifle the democratic movement. Indeed, Russia has assisted in the construction of a nuclear reactor in northern Iran; the prospect of losing that help just might get the Guardian Council’s attention...