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...Fundamentalists' Coalition, which split from the main conservative coalition before last week's elections. (Candidates loosely allied with the coalition have captured 70 seats in the new parliament.) They also believe he has the support of some of the country's most influential clerics. He spoke with TIME's Nahid Siamdoust in Tehran as the election results were coming in. Pressed to predict whether his "taste" or Ahmadinejad's would triumph in future Iranian elections, Qalibaf simply says, "That the people will decide." Excerpts from the interview...
...home in Islamabad, some 10 miles away, was able to receive members of the national assembly. "I'm going in," shouted senator Enver Baig, as he strode purposefully toward the assembled police. They melted away as he passed, then reformed their blockade. Other politicians were not so lucky. Nahid Hayat, a party worker hoping to run for office, stood in front of the police to address the crowd. Before she had a chance to speak, she was bundled into a waiting police car. "I have been given no reason to be arrested," she screamed, as the police slammed the door...
...conservatives supporting Ahmadinejad. Even though George W. Bush has dismissed Iran's elections as undemocratic, the country's liberalizing and conservative forces know that victory depends on a strategy the U.S. President can appreciate: turning out their base in a country split down the middle by ideology. --By Nahid Siamdoust
...sacrifice its oil needs to support sanctions? "This, potentially, could be the first time that China's oil interests run head on into our strategic interests," says a U.S. diplomat. In the global oil patch of the 21st century, it probably won't be the last. -With reporting by Nahid Siamdoust/ Tehran and Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow
...remain anonymous and circumvent government filters. With the June presidential elections approaching, some bloggers are campaigning for a boycott, while others support reformist candidates and argue for participation. "Weblogs are one weapon," says a blogger known as Saena, "that even the Islamic Republic cannot beat." --By Nahid Siamdoust