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Back to first principles; Iran's election.(Iran's choice of conservatives)

Article from: The Economist (US) Article date: March 22, 2008

He may need more than just his own vote

Any candidate--so long as he's conservative

THE day before Iran's parliamentary election on March 14th, a grin kept creeping onto Alireza Zakani's face. Explaining why he thought it fair that the Council of Guardians, an appointed body of senior clerics, had barred 1,700 of his party's opponents from contesting the poll for parliament, the smooth-faced conservative said it was just a matter of upholding the law, "as in any country that imposes its defining values". Many of the ...

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