26 January 2004

on Iranian elections

An update on the struggle facing the Iranian government, coming to grips with the political change affecting their country. Two nearly identical stories out of Tehran; the first from the Saudi government sanctioned media outlet arabnews.com led with this headline: Reformists in Iran Challenge Hard-Liners while the BBC ran this: Iran hardliners 'reject reform. Hope to get a chance to revisit these later... but I'm struck by this closing statment in the arabnews.com story:

Reformist MP Hossein Ansari-Rad warned that the electoral reforms may only serve to heighten political tensions.

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