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| Iran reformists confirm poll boycott | |
| 2004-02-07 | |
Iran's main reformist party announced Thursday that it would go ahead with a boycott of key polls in two weeks, charging that a review ordered by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had resulted in the reinstatement of just 51 of some 2,500 candidates blacklisted. The Guardians Council — the conservative-dominated vetting body which ordered the original blacklist — insisted its review was still under way and more candidates might yet be reinstated. But reformist MPs, who have already seen much of their legislative programme vetoed by the Guardians, made clear their patience was at an end. Some 130 deputies, who have been holding a sit-in at parliament since Jan. 11, announced they would now make good their threat to resign their seats and were consequently abandoning their original protest. "It's the worst possible outcome," said Islamic Iran Participation Front leader Mohammad Reza Khatami, brother of pro-reform President Mohammad Khatami, as he announced his party's decision to boycott the Feb. 20 parliamentary elections.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 Hey, people are sweltering out there |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-7 11:51:27 PM |
| #5 I am abashed! Chastened, even. Exit, Stage Right! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-7 1:10:53 PM |
| #4 A tuff nut. One of the toughest as, I think, most thinkers believe Iran is a hinge pin. Of course it's Mr. Guy... jeez .com... no one can do a candence like that except for L.Guy. But I've been wrong before and I'm easily lead. ;) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-7 12:56:27 PM |
| #3 No Dot. Thats me. I was the only commenter at the time and had to humor myself. I'm easily humored. I agree with your take but at the same time I'm conflicted. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-7 12:46:18 PM |
| #2 NLL - Hmmm. Are you trolling? Iran could be the easiest of the lot (Afghanistan, Iraq, SA, Pakiwakiland, NorK, Indo, Malay, Sudan, etc) by far. Look at the demographics. Look at the fact that they have a "reform" movement. Look at the fact that Khatami was elected by a landslide. Look at the fact that his reformist parliamentarians have the stones to call the Black Hats' bluff and resign. There's more, but those demonstrate the key point: The Mad Mullahs and their Gov Council and Rev Guard are isolated from and despised by the Persian people. When the people are obviously already seeking a change from the corrupt and vile Black Hats, well hell, tipping them over so that the progressive majority in Iran can take control could be as simple as cutting off the snake's head -- not requiring a major invasion or reeducation of tribal barking moonbats and woman-hating Wahhabists. And, given what has been said on numerous Iranian blog sites, in numerous documentaries, and in numerous interviews, I sorta doubt that the average Persian gives a rat's ass about the Mad Mullahs' feverish nuke program... not to mention having their molecules merged with silica in a shiny sheet of glass approx 4-5 minutes after they launch the first nuke at Israel. So I think you're sorta missing some key data regards Iran. I would suggest that the opposite of your take is true, in fact. It is ripe. In Rantburgian, that's "tick, tick, tick..." |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-7 11:06:40 AM |
| #1 Bizzaro, thats where. But Iran is in play. A tuff nut. One of the toughest as, I think, most thinkers believe Iran is a hinge pin. A bigger problem than Afganistan, Iraq and yes even SA. Prolly! |
| Posted by: NotLuckyLucky 2004-2-7 1:13:40 AM |