Ahmadinejad rivals cement hold on Iran parliament
The parliament has no direct control over major policy matters like Iran's nuclear program, but it can influence the run-up to the election of Of 65 seats for grabs in Friday's runoff election, Ahmadinejad's opponents won 20 while the president's supporters got only 8 seats. Independents won 11, according to the state media early Saturday. Results for the rest were expected later in the day. Ahmadinejad's opponents had already won an outright majority in the 290-member legislature in the first round of voting in March.
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