Conservatives face concerted effort by moderates to deny them places in the parliament and Assembly of Experts as election campaigns start this weekThe struggle to shake up a decade of conservative dominance over Iran’s two major political institutions is set to kick off in earnest on Thursday,when candidates are officially allowed to start their week-long campaigns before two important elections.
Iran’s interior ministry on Tuesday finalised the full list of approved candidates for the next parliamentary election, due on 26 February, and after the Guardian Council blocked a meaningful number of reformist contenders during the vetting process.
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Source: theguardian.com