Boycott by Reformers in Iran Could Undermine Parliamentary Elections
’s conservative Islamic hierarchy has been seeking to portray the coming parliamentary election as an enviable model of Middle East democracy and an inspiration for the Arab Spring revolts./ Two reformist opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi, above, and Mir Hussein Moussavi are both urging followers to stay away from the polls./ Arash Ashourinia/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images Mr. Moussavi, above, and Mr. Karroubi were under house arrest for most of 2011, according to their supporters./ But a likely boycott by Iran’s harshly silenced ...
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