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Election Victory Emboldens Ahmadinejad

Posted Mar 17, 08 9:26 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – More complete results from Friday's Iranian parliamentary elections show Islamist conservatives who support Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nuclear policy sweeping about 70% of the vote, Bloomberg reports. Pro-democracy candidates, meanwhile, did poorly after clerics blocked many from running. A triumphant Ahmadinejad said the results "stamped a mark of shame and despair on the forehead of Iran's enemies."

The US dismissed the elections' validity as "cooked," and Iran observers say the victory will ratchet up tensions regarding the country's nuclear program. "The nuclear rhetoric could get worse now," said an Ahmadinejad biographer. "The election victory may bring tougher UN sanctions, making Iran’s economic situation all the more difficult."

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Members of Iran's Revolutionary guards write their candidate names on their ballot papers in Iran's parliamentary election in Tehran, Iran, Friday March. 14, 2008.   (AP Photo)
A member of the Iranian Jewish community Farhad Aframian, casts his vote during Iran's parliamentary election in a Synagogue in Tehran, Iran, Friday March. 14, 2008.   (AP Photo)
An Iranian cleric casts his vote for the Iranian Parliamentary Elections in Qum, 130 kms, 80 miles south of Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 14, 2008. Conservatives and allies of hard-line President Mahmoud...   (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fills in his ballot for the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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