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...last week's parliamentary elections? Neither of the traditional groups on the left or right got clear majorities. So I believe that this Third Wave that we've foreseen will take shape in the coming majlis [parliament...
...Iraq's future It's really pretty much in the hands of the Iraqi parliament. As long as we can maintain - which we have demonstrated we could - the level of security that exists. What they did in February - on the de-baathification law, on establishing the provincial elections, on reconciliation - are major steps forward. And if they can complete the job on the hydro-carbon law, I think we have a chance to gradually withdraw, turn over the security to the Iraqi troops, of which we now have 500,000 trained and in uniform. Then...
...have "tastes" that "are very different" - and that they are clearly not friends. Many political observers believe Qalibaf is behind the Reformist 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...
...then did a turnout of 60% vote produce a parliament with mostly pro-Ahmadinejad legislators? Is that not then a vote of confidence for the current government? I don't believe that people voted for the government. I think people came to the ballot boxes to vote for their revolution, their state, and their Leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, theocratic Iran's paramount politico-spiritual authority and unquestioned ruler]. That's a point where the West misunderstands us and our elections...
...Iraq. They participated in the drafting process of the Iraqi constitution, in addition to the educational campaign. They achieved many things in the constitution. One of the most important thing they achieved in the representation of women in the Iraqi parliament now is 25 percent, which is more than any area around Iraq. Even with unstable Iraq, this is one of the achievements: prohibiting violence and abuse against women, prohibiting the tribal taboos that violate democratic and human rights and other issues...