Iran holds parliamentary election run-off
off to decide 65 seats still outstanding in its 290-member legislature following a March 2 first round. The vote, whose results are due out in the coming days, was seen as unlikely to change the political direction of the predominantly conservative chamber, though it could help lay the ground for 2013 presidential elections. holds in the outgoing parliament was expected to be eroded further when the new legislature starts work at the end of this month. Conservative MPs of various stripes easily triumphed in the first round. But with half of ...
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