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...turnout, rather than the identity of the victors, was the focus of much of the official media in the days after the election. And, of course, the turnout was helped by the reformists remaining in the race, hoping to win a strong minority bloc, despite disqualifications by the unelected Guardian Council reducing their numbers to 130 candidates. While they have gained about 40 seats in the provinces, they have so far failed to secure a single seat in the capital. By the time the Tehran votes were counted Monday noon local time, 16 out of 30 seats had gone...
...been an onslaught of attacks against her in the conservative press, claiming that she has forged many of the signatures. "I don't understand," she says incredulously. "All I have done is encourage people to vote for the reformists, who are legitimate candidates that have been approved by the Guardian Council [the clerical body that vets candidates for election]. It's not like I have boycotted the elections...
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President Bush may have urged Iranians to boycott Friday?s parliamentary election, but even the reformist factions who saw some 700 of their candidates disqualified by the Guardian Council are urging their supporters to vote. (They're still competing for around 100 of the 290 seats in the majlis, or legislature.) Many of those disqualified had once been considered khodi, or insiders, and include former ministers, governors and MPs, and heroes of the fight against the Shah or the Iran-Iraq war. Those barred from running even included two grandsons of the Islamic Republic's iconic founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...