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Source: http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3456
Iran's Majlis Elections: Whoever Wins, the West Loses
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Nikolay Kozhanov - Iran's upcoming parliamentary elections offer no hope for improving U.S.-Iranian relations. Reformist candidates have little chance of winning substantial numbers of seats in the next Majlis - the main battle will take place between rival conservative factions. The official leaders of the protest movement and their close supporters had no chance of obtaining the Guardian Council's permission to run for office. The writer worked in the political and economic section of the Russian embassy in Tehran from 2006 to 2009.