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With almost 2,500 candidates for parliament barred from running, the result of election is preordained

Note: Click here to view a shorter version of this article (originally published in the 12 March 2008 edition of The Irish Times).

To understand why Ahmadinejad has already won this month’s parliamentary election you need to understand recent Iranian history, writes Richard Whelan. Continue reading

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Iran’s Hardliners Ensuring They Keep Grip on Power

This article first appeared in the 12 March 2008 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

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Iran’s parliamentary election on Friday has been fixed in advance and the West is doing nothing to help democrats. Continue reading

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