Iran Votes in Parliamentary Run-Offs

World | April 25, 2008, Friday // 00:00
Iran Votes in Parliamentary Run-Offs: Iran Votes in Parliamentary Run-Offs Iranians are voting Friday in parliamentary run-off elections. Photo by BBC

Iranians are voting Friday in parliamentary run-off elections expected to leave conservatives in full control, as the vote is to decide 82 seats of the 290-member parliament.

In the first round on March 14, conservatives won 132 seats, BBC reported.

Those loyal to principles of the 1979 Islamic revolution, however, are divided between supporters of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and opponents.

Ahmadinejad has infuriated many moderate conservatives with his economic policies, which are blamed for Iran's high inflation.

Reformists on the other hand complained bitterly after many of their candidates were disqualified over not meeting certain criteria, including loyalty to the Islamic revolution.

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