Conservatives Take Early Lead in Iran Polls

World | February 21, 2004, Saturday // 00:00

Religious conservatives in Iran have taken an early lead in elections for the 290-seat parliament. According to the results in 132 voting centers, Iranian conservatives have won most of the votes," Aljazeera correspondent in Tehran, Ghassan Bin Jiddo reported. Early election results in Tehran have showed the conservatives have won 29%-30% of the parliament seats. Official sources said on Saturday reformists had only managed to win nine of the first 60 seats decided in Friday's race for the Majlis, or parliament, where they had seized a three-quarters majority four years ago.

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