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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
"election" summary
2005-06-16
From a former intel operative who still has more than a few contacts 'in country'.

Two US citizens, Ebrahim Yazdi and Houshang AmirAhmadi, have registered as candidates in the June 17, 2005, Presidential election in Iran. They have, however, about the same chance of approval to be on the ballot as the low level factory guard, Abolghassem Khaki, from a remote desert town of Mehbod, or Ebrahim Sarraf (name means moneychanger...

{article summarizes just about everyone from monarchists to the MEK to the Islamists to the psuedo reformers]
Posted by:mhw

#2  It makes no material difference who wins since the position holds zero power.
Posted by: eLarson   2005-06-16 12:53  

#1  stupid me the title should have been

Iran "Election" Summary
Posted by: mhw   2005-06-16 12:19  

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