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Monday, January 18, 2016
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Monday, January 18, 2016
More than half of Iran parliament candidates rejected, says local media
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAround 60 percent of would-be candidates for Iran’s parliamentary vote in February including many reformists have been rejected by the authorities, official media reported Monday.
“Out of more than 12,000 registered candidates, 4,700 — or about 40 percent — were approved,” Siamak Rah-Peyk, a spokesman for the Central Elections Supervising Committee is quoted as saying by state television.
The committee is dependent on the Guardian Council, a panel of conservative clerics and jurists, to vet registered candidates and overseeing the elections.
Reformist parties have protested against the rejections.
— AFP
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