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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56652-2004Feb20.html?nav=headlines
Iran Hard-liners Set to Win Polls, End Reform Era
(Reuters/Washington Post) Iranians began voting in a disputed parliamentary election Friday, overshadowed by a ban on most reformist candidates and a crackdown on pro-reform media. Islamic conservatives seem certain to dominate the new assembly after a watchdog panel of unelected clerics disqualified 2,500 mainly reformist candidates.