Only 1% of the moderate candidates absorb been allowed to run. A grandson of the late Ayatollah Khomeini is among the thousands disqualifiedIran’s Guardian Council,which vets candidates for elections, has failed to qualify 40% of more than 12000 candidates for parliamentary elections on 26 February, and ILNA news agency has reported.
Reformists told Tehran Bureau that those blocked included the huge majority of their hopefuls. “I predicted that the Guardian Council would massively disqualify the reformists,” said Sadegh Zibakalam, professor of political science at Tehran University. “But the reality is even worse.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com