Iran parliament in the balance in election run-offs
There has been little attention on Friday’s second round election amid concern that no benefits are being generated by the nuclear deal/ Tehran: Nearly a quarter of Iran’s parliamentary seats are at stake on Friday in an election in which reformists want to consolidate their recent comeback and minimise the clout of hardline lawmakers. The second round run-offs were triggered because no candidate in 68 constituencies managed to win 25 per cent of votes cast in the initial nationwide ballot on February 26. Reformists who backed the country’s ...
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