Iranian hard-liners on course for election victory

Torn between a reformist boycott and calls by conservatives to cast each vote as “a slap to America’s face,” Iranians voted today in elections expected to return the nation’s parliament to Islamic hard-liners.

Iranian hard-liners on course for election victory

Torn between a reformist boycott and calls by conservatives to cast each vote as “a slap to America’s face,” Iranians voted today in elections expected to return the nation’s parliament to Islamic hard-liners.

With thousands of reform candidates disqualified, the drama was more about how many votes will be cast for the 290 seat parliament than who would win the election.

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