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In Parliamentary Vote, Iranians Vented Their Rage With the Ruling Elite

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Iranians have delivered a stinging rebuke to Iran’s ruling conservatives, an evaluation of parliamentary election outcomes reveals, with tens of millions of Iranians having boycotted the vote and a far-right faction making putting positive aspects. Many well-known conservative lawmakers, together with the present speaker of Parliament, Gen. Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, a former Revolutionary Guard Corps … Read more

Calls for a Boycott Roil Iran’s Parliamentary Elections

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As Iran prepares for a parliamentary election on Friday, calls to boycott the vote are turning it right into a check of legitimacy for the ruling clerics amid widespread discontent and anger on the authorities. A separate election on Friday will even determine the membership of an obscure, 88-member clerical physique referred to as the … Read more